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Important N otice— There u)ill be an important meeting M o n d a y night at Gresham in the interests o f all Fruit and Vegetable grou'ers
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VOL. 3.
GRESHAM,
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G eo rg e F. H oney h a s been n o tified
t h a t he is o n e o f a c o m m itte e of five
a p p o in te d by th e P ro g re s s iv e B u si­
ness M en’s c lu b o f P o rtla n d to a s s is t
in c o -o p e ra tin g w ith th e P o rtla n d
c lu b s in th e G ood R o a d s ’ D ay p ro ­
g ra m on A pril 25.
T h e a rr a n g e m e n ts fo r th a t d ay a re
In th e n a tu r e o f a ra ilro a d e x c u rs io n
to O n e o n ta fa lls e ach m e m b e r to be
p re p a re d w ith a pick a n d sh o v el a n d
a fu ll d in n e r p all, fo r a d a y ’s w o rk
on th e C o lu m b ia R iv er h ig h w ay . T h e
c lu b s in P o r tla n d w ill m e e t a t th e
Y eon b u ild in g a t 7 a. m ., e ach m e m ­
b e r of th e c o m m itte e to be fo re m a n
o f h is ow n crew . T h ey w ill m a rc h
to th e tr a in .
A rra n g e m e n ts h a v e b een m a d e fo r
th e tr a in to sto p a t F a irv ie w fo r Mr.
H o n e y ’s g a n g w hich h e e x p ects to r e ­
c r u it h e re . T h e ra ilro a d fa r e w ill be
75 c e n ts fo r th e ro u n d tr ip , a n d each
o n e is e x p e c te d to pay h is ow n w ay,
w o rk fo r n o th in g an d b o a rd h im self.
T w o h o u rs w ill be p u t in a t O n e o n ta
th e n th e r e t u r n tr ip w ill b e g in w ith
f r e q u e n t s to p s fo r w o rk w h e re it is
m o st n eed ed . Mr. H oney h a s tic k e ts
fo r sa le a n d is re a d y to g iv e a n y o n e
a Job w ho w ill p ro m ise to do a fu ll
d a y ’s w o rk .
M otorcycle C laim ed by Owner.
T h e m o to rc y c le w h ich w as fo u n d
b o u t te n d a y s ago by C ecil D u k e
iear th e a u to m o b ile c lu b h o u s e , an d
d v e rtls e d in th e O u tlo o k , h a s been
lalm ed by th e o w n e r, a y o u n g m an
iy th e n a m e of W e a th e rle y
fro m
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,t th e h o m e o f G. W. A U der a n d
ta r te d In th e e v e n in g fo r P o rtla n d ,
lom e difficulty a ro s e w ith th e e n g in e
,nd th e m a c h in e w as le f t by th e sid e
if th e ro a d a n d th e y o u n g p eo p le
a m e to G re sh a m an d to o k a c a r. T h e
iext day Mr. W e a th e rle y re tu r n e d
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pith it.
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T h e f u n e r a l o f J a m e s W m . C u rl,
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E d w . W. H ig h t b e in g th e o fficia tin g
m in is te r. M r. C u rl w as 63 y e a rs old
a n d a n a tiv e o f O reg o n . A m o re e x ­
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T h e o n e w ho n e g le c ts to go to
u rc h is in th e sa m e c la s s w ith th e
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th e
D o u g las fir, h e m lo c k , s itk a s p ru c e ,
a n d S a n d p in e to a s c e r ta in to w h a t
e x te n t fo re s t d e s tro y in g in s e c ts a re
w o rk in g in th e m .
H e w ill a ls o try
to le a r n th e effect of v a rio u s m e th ­
o d s of lu m b e rin g o n th e o c c u ra n c e
of th e s e in s e c ts.
T h e in s p e c tio n is
p a rt of th e r e g u la r in v e s tig a tio n s in
fo re st e n to m o lo g y b e in g c a rr ie d on
u n d e r th e d ire c tio n of P ro fe s s o r V.
I. S a fro , w ho is w o rk in g on th e best
m e th o d s of a v o id in g loss o r d e te r io r ­
a tio n of tim b e r by in sects.
An in v e s tig a tio n o f th e w e a k e n in g
a n d d e s tru c tio n by in se c ts o f tim b e r
used in c o n s tru c tio n h as been m ad e
by P ro fe s s o r S a fro , w ho s a y s :
“ T h e tre e s ta n d in g in th e fo re s t,
th e saw log, th e b o a rd , th e c ru d e
an d th e fin ish ed p ro d u c t— all a re
s u b je c t to a tta c k by in s e c ts w h ich
m ay leud to f u r th e r d e te r io r a tio n o r
e n tir e d e s tru c tio n .
T h e n a tu r e of
th e w ood, Its c o n d itio n , u se, lo c a tio n ,
a n d th e h a b its o f th e in s e c ts c o n ­
c e rn e d , a re a ll fa c to rs in th e o c c u r­
a n c e of in s e c t d a m a g e to w o o d w o rk .”
The
p u rp o s e o f th e s e In v e s tig a
tio n s is to a s c e r ta in th e n a tu r e an d
e x te n t o f th e d a m a g e , th e c h a r a c te r
of th e h a b its o f th e a g e n c ie s th a t
c a u se th e d a m a g e , a n d th e m o s t e f ­
fectiv e a n d e c o n o m ic a l m e a n s o f c o n ­
tr o llin g th e p e sts a n d p ro te c tin g th e
tim b e r. If th e s e re s u lt» a re s u c c e s s­
fu lly a c c o m p lis h e d , th e life a n d s e r v ­
ice o f th e tim b e r s u sed in th e O reg o n
in d u s tr ie s w o u ld be g re a tly le n g th ­
e n e d a n d o n e o f th e m o st ex p e n siv e
fa c to rs in th e u p k e e p o f b u ild in g s
a n d I n d u s trie s w ill be e lim in a te d .
i t h a s been fo u n d in th e s e in v e s ti­
g a tio n s th u t th e g r e a te s t d e s tru c tio n
o c c u rs b e fo re th e fo re s t p ro d u c ts
e ach th e m ills.
I t is a d v ise d th a t
w h ere p ra c tic a l, felled tr e e s sh o u ld
be w o rk e d in to lu m b e r as so o n as
p o ssib le, n o t p e r m ittin g th e lo g s to
lie on th e g ro u n d in w oods d u rin g
th e su m m e r. If it is n o t p o ssib le to
use th e logs up w ith in a s h o r t tim e
th e y sh o u ld be a rr a n g e d In loose
lilies In th e su n an d k e p t off th e
g ro u n d e n tire ly , o r else k e p t in w a te r
lu r in g th is p e rio d . T h e se logs sh o u ld
be k e p t e ith e r w et o r d ry , n o t m o ist.
U nless ex cessiv e c h e c k in g re s u lts th e
b a rk sh o u ld be re m o v e d im m e d ia te ly
.
u p o n fa llin g th e tr e e o r as so o n a f t e r ­
w a rd s as p o ssib le.
of les, P o r tla n d is in th e le a d of all
sc h o o l g a rd e n c o n te s ts , am o n g th e c itie s In th e U n ite d S ta te s w ith not
o n ly a la r g e r p e r c e n t b u t in th e to ta l
P o rtla n d
p u b lic sc h o o ls, w as in
n u m b e r.
G re sh a m y e s te rd a y a n d in a u g u r a t­
T h e p e rc e n ta g e o f sc h o o l c h ild re n
ed a m o v e m e n t to b rin g th e sa m e e n ro lle d in th e c o u te s ts th is y e a r
lin e of w o rk h e re th a t h a s b een so 1 b 39 of th e to ta l e n ro llm e n t, o r 48
p e r c e n t o f th e g r a m m a r g ra d e s to
su c c e s sfu l e ls e w h e re .
M r. E v a n s v is ite d th e G re sh a m w hich th e w o rk is m o stly confined.
E ach c o n te s ta n t is fu r n is h e d w ith
sch o o l y e s te rd a y a n d a p p e a re d be­
fo re th e g ra d e s .
H e w as e n c o u r­ a p a m p h le t g iv in g c o m p le te in s tr u c ­
a g e d to go a h e a d a n d h a s e n lis te d tio n s w h ich sh o u ld be c a re fu lly
th e a tte n tio n o f a b o u t 100 c h ild re n s tu d ie d . O ne of th e li tt le c a u tio u a ry
in h o m e g a rd e n w o rk , w h ich is a b o u t p a ra g r a p h s , in re fe re n c e to th e
50 p e r c e n t of th e g r a m m a r g ra d e s . g ro u n d s re a d s as fo llo w s:
A d e m o n s tra tio n p la t h a s been se ­
’L ook o v e r th e a v a ila b le g ro u n d
c u re d a t th e c o rn e r o f F if th a n d a n d p lan y o u r g a rd e n b e fo re b e g in ­
in
M ain s tr e e ts , n o rth of th e lib ra ry , n in g p re p a r a tio n s fo r p la n tin g :
5 0 x 1 0 0 fe e t in size. I t w ill be ca re d th is way you can g e t th e b est re s u lts
fo r by so m e o f th e la r g e r p u p ils a n d fro m ev ery foot of g ro u n d you have.
m ay be a s s ig n e d to so m e ol' th e d if ­ S m all beds a r e d e s ira b le in h o m e g a r ­
d en s fo r s m a ll v e g e ta b le s, su c h as
f e r e n t classes.
A sid e fro m th is fe a tu r e th e h o m e ra d is h e s , le ttu c e , o n io n s, b e e ts, etc.
g a rd e n o ffers th e b e st field fo r th e T h e beds sh o u ld be a b o u t fo u r feet
ta le n ts o f th e c o n te s ta n ts .
S p ecial w ide, a n d an y le n g th d e s ire d , w ith a
local p rizes w ill p ro b a b ly be offered p a th a ro u n d th e m , so th a t it w ill be
fo r th e b est h o m e g a rd e n g ro w n by easy to c u ltiv a te a n d d ig b e tw e e n th e
th e boys a n d g irls of th e sch o o l. T h e ro w s w ith o u t s te p p in g on th e beds.
c h ild re n w ill be e n c o u ra g e d to grow You can w o rk fro m e ach sid e a n d ac­
o rd in a ry g a rd e n tr u c k b u t a sp ecial co m p lish th e b est re s u lts . R a ise th e
fe a tu re w ill be m a d e of c o rn th e beds so th e y w ill be a little ab o v e th e
seed of w h ich w as d is tr ib u te d a t th e p a th w a y s .”
A few “ d o n ’t»” a re u rg e d upon th e
sc h o o lh o u se
to d ay
by
P rin c ip a l
S tu b b s w ho w ill h av e c h a rg e of th is a tte n tio n of th e boys a n d g irls. T hey
d is tric t.
The
seed
w as o b ta in e d a r e of g re a t sig n ific a n c e to o ld e r peo­
fro m th e U. S. D e p a rtm e n t o f A g ri­ ple as w ell. H e re th ey a r e :
D o n 't p la n t y o u r se e d s too th ic k ;
c u ltu r e a t W a sh in g to n .
T h is is th e first a tte m p t o f th is it w ill only w aste th e m u n d m ak e
k in d in G re sh a m a n d it w ill be c lo se ­ m o re th in n in g n e c e ssa ry .
D o n 't be a fr a id to th in o u t y o u n g
ly w a tc h e d so as to o b ta in th e b e st
It Is b e tte r to
re s u lts . T h e re a r e so m e good p re m ­ p la n ts as d ire c te d .
iu m s a w a itin g th e g ro w e rs a t th e w a ste th r e e - f o u r th s o f th e m , if
co m in g f a ir a n d a c u iu iu ille e w ill n e c e ssa ry , a n d g ive th e o th e r one-
be a p p o in te d la t e r to in s p e c t th e g a r ­ f o u r th a c h a n c e to grow .
D on’t p la n t ta ll-g ro w in g
veg e­
d en s a n d o ffe r a d v ic e w ith th e fa ir
ta b le s w h e re th e y w ill Hhade th e low-
d isp la y in view .
M r. E v a n s g a v e a few s ta tis tic s g ro w in g o n es.
D on’t try to g ro w m o re th a n fo u r
sh o w in g th e g ro w th o f th e h o m e g a r ­
d e n in g id e a in P o rtla n d . T h e re a re d iffe re n t k in d s of v e g e ta b le s on p lo ts
aow 43 sch o o l g a rd e n s th e r e w ith 5x10 L e t . o r s m a lle r, n o r m o re th a n
8,100 p u p ils p a r tic ip a tin g . T h e re six d iffe re n t k in d s on p lo ts ra n g in g
a re 3 ,5 0 0 h o m e g a rd e n s a n d a f t e r d e ­ in a re a fro m 5x12 fe e t to 5x20 feet.
D o n 't w a te r y o u r g a rd e n every
d u c tin g th e d u p lic a te s th e r e a re a c ­
tu a lly 1 0 ,6 0 0 c h ild re n e n g a g e d in tim e it lo o k s a li tt le d ry on top.
E ven in d ry w e a th e r a good so a k in g
h e g a rd e n in g c o n te s ts th is y e a r.
L a s t y e a r th e to ta l n u m b e r e n ­ every th ird e v e n in g w ill be sufficient.
D on’t be in too g r e a t a h u r r y to
ro lle d in th e w o rk w as 6 ,5 0 0 , an d
lie sch o o l g a rd e n s n u m b e re d 28. p la n t y o u r seed . Y ou w ill g a in tim e
L A F F E R T Y 'S PLATFO RM .
The g a rd e n s v a ry in size fro m one- by w o rk in g y o u r g ro u n d Into a very
lo t to tw o a c re s , b u t w ill to ta l a p ­ ine c o n d itio n b e fo re p la n tin g
In th e official s t a te p a m p h le t soon
D on’t p la n t y o u r se e d too deep,
p ro x im a te ly 1 2 ,0 ° 0 s q u a r e fe et. W ith
to be d is tr ib u te d C o n g re ss m a n L af
.h e p o ssib le ex c e p tio n o f Los A n g e­ . ’a re fu lly follow d ire c tio n s .
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On th e re c o m m e n d a tio n of C o u n ty
L a st T u e sd a y n ig h t th e m e m b e rs
C o n g ress. I e x p e c t to be re -e le c te d
if s e v e ra l
M aso n ic lo d g e s v isited C le rk C offee a n d A s s is ta n t R o ad m as-
B u t ev en d e f e a t w o u ld in now ise G resh am lo d g e to th e n u m b e r of
te r M cM ullen, th e C o u n ty co m m is-
d im in ish m y g r a t it u d e fo r th e lion
m o re th a n o n e h u n d re d In a d d itio n
sio
o n e rs h av e a u th o r iz e d th e e m p lo y ­
o rs you h a v e b esto w ed u p o n m e in to th e G re sh a m m e m b e rsh ip . M ount
th e p ast.
T abor lo d g e p u t on th e w o rk of th e m en t ot E. V. H ale a n d F . E. F la n ­
As a re p u b lic a n c o n g re s sm a n d u r ­ .h ir d d e g re e in r e t u r n fo r a lik e s e r v ­ d e rs to ta b u l a te a n d m a k e a ss e ss­
in g th e p a s t th r e e y e a rs I h a v e d e­ ice by th e G re sh a m officers se v e ra l m en ts fo r im p ro v e m e n ts to be m ad e
m a n d e d th e m o st sw e e p in g p ro g r e s ­ w eek s ago. A fe a s t fo llo w ed th e de-
in th e R iv e rs id e D rive a n d B ase L in e
siv e law s o f a n y m e m b e r o f th e ,r e w o rk a t w hich G eo rg e W. S tap le-
H ouse. 1 h a v e a lw ay s h eld th a t th< ton se rv e d aB to a s tm a s te r . S p eech es ro ad d is tric ts . Mr. Coffey a d v is e d th e
re p u b lic a n p a rty is th e p ro g re ssiv e w ere m a d e by a n u m b e r o f th e best c o m m is sio n e rs t h a t h e h a s no m an
in h is office fa m ilia r w ith th e w ork
p a rty o f th is c o u n try , a n d th a t all .a lk e r s ,
am ong
th e m b e in g C arl
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file of its m e m b e rs th e r i g h t to c o n ­ j f w hom p ro v e d to be good b o o ste rs re c o m m e n d e d th e e m p lo y m e n t of
H ale a n d F la n d e r s , w ho a r e d e p u tie s
tr o l th e p a r ty ’s a c tio n .
T h e n no
fo r G re sh a m .
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C ity A u d ito r B a r b u r ’s office and
th ir d p a rty w ill be n e c e ss a ry .
N ext W e d n esd ay n ig h t th e G re s h ­
th o ro u g h ly fa m ilia r w ith th e w ork
T h e b ills I h av e p ro p o sed a re
am lo d g e w ill v is it a t L e n ts fo r th e
m e e tin g w ith g r e a te r fa v o r d aily in p u rp o s o f c o n fe r rin g th e th ir d d e ­ to be d one.
C o n g ress. T h ey d e m a n d o n ly c o m ­ g re e on m e m b e rs o f t h a t lo d g e.
W eeds o r v e g e ta b le s ?
m on h o n e sty in p u b lic affairs. T h ey
a r e n o t re v o lu tio n a ry . T h ey a re n o t WILL MEET GROWERS
M ean w h ile, plow , p la n t, n o u rish .
so c ia listic . T h e y a r e n o t s u b je c t to
MONDAY EVENING
su c c e s sfu l a tta c k . B u t if th e s e b ills
A ball b a t is g o o d ; sp a ile a n d hoi
Mr. R u sk in , a v alley c a n n e ry m an , a re e ’en b e tte r .
be p a sse d th e y w ill in c re a s e te n -fo ld
th e o p p o r tu n itie s fo r h a p p in e s s to w ill m e e t th e f r u it g ro w e rs of th is
I'ro h ib tio n u n d e r th e local o p tio n
th e a v e ra g e c itiz e n . I am in fa v o r v icin ity on M onday e v e n in g A p ril 20,
o f C o n g re ss g o in g a h e a d w ith
th e a t C o m m e rc ia l c lu b h a ll w ith a view law is g a in in g g ro u n d a g a in .
s tr id e s of a g ia n t in o r d e r t h a t th e to p ro c u rin g th e f r u it o f th is sectio n
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an d th e la b o rin g m an e sp e c ia lly , a n d
p e rso n s ta n d s fo r th e c h u rc h .
e rn m e n t co al In A lask a. I fa v o r th e
ev e ry b o d y e lse , too.
b u ild in g of a fleet o f A m e ric a n m e r­ g r e a te r lib e ra lity to s e ttle r s . I fa v ­
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c h a n t s h ip s to be o p e ra te d by th e o r e x e m p tin g
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■ g o v e rn m e n t fo r th e h a n d lin g of o u r sh ip p in g fro m th e p a y m e n t of to lls re a d y b e in g m ad e. W hy, o ld G e n e r­
al H a rm o n y Is d e a d a n d d eep ly b u r­
p a ss e n g e r, m ail a n d f r e ig h t traffic a t th e P a n a m a C a n a l.
go es o v e r th e ro a d o r a p a r t o f it only
o n ce in a y e a r o r tw o th e r e a re a few
s u r p ris e s in n o tin g th e v a st a m o u n t
o f la n d t h a t is b e in g c le a re d fo r a g r i ­
c u ltu r a l p u rp o s e s.
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tw een G re sh a m a n d
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th e r e a re m an y new c le a rin g s a n d a
few new h o u ses.
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lo g g ed off s e v e ra l y e a rs a g o a n d a re
ra p id ly b e in g p u t in s h a p e fo r c u l­
tiv a tio n .
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a c re s o f new la n d w ill be p u t u n d e r
th e plow f o r th e first tim e th is y e a r
in th e d is tr ic t m o st d ire c tly t r i b u ­
ta ry to th e ra ilw a y . S om e o f it lies
close to th e ro a d b u t a g r e a t d eal
m o re is b ack fro m th e m ain lin es
o f tra v e l.
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a d o p te d to th e w o rk s u b d u in g th e
soil an d b rin g in g it in to s u b ju g a tio n .
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o u t to f r u it a n d b e rr ie s a n d m o re
w ill fo llo w . O. A. P a lm e r ’s e n te r ­
p rise in s e ttin g o u t a la rg e field of
lo g a n b e rrie s h a s s tim u la te d o th e r s
to follow s u it a n d th e r e is a p ro sp e c t
th a t th e B o rin g d is tr ic t esp ecially
w ill in a few y e a rs b eco m e a f r u it
c e n te r of c o n s id e ra b le im p o rta n c e .
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d a iry in g g o in g o n , as th e lev el flats
b eyond B a rto n , a ll th e w ay to E s ta ­
c a d a , a re n o t d e e m e d to be as well
a d a p te d to f r u it as it is fo r h ay an d
g ra in .
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E ag le C re e k a ll sh o w p ro g re s s , es­
p ecially a t B o rin g , w h ich h a s re c o v ­
e re d fro m th e lo ss s u s ta in e d by th e
rem o v al o f th e lu m b e r m ills. It is
th e b e st d is tr ib u tin g c e n te r fo r feed
an d m e rc h a n d is e a lo n g th e O. W . P.
a n d is g ro w in g in im p o rta n c e a ll th e
tim e. E a g le C reek is a th r iv in g
to w n , c lu s te r in g m ain ly a ro u n d th e
ra ilro a d s ta tio n w h e re a h o te l tw o
o r th r e e s to re s a n d a p u b lic h a ll fo rm
th e n u c le u s o f w h a t w ill so m e day
be th e g ro w in g city of t h a t p a r t of
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bish in so m e w ay, b u t th e y p re f e r
to p ile it on tile la n d th a t b e lo n g s to
so m eo n e else.
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fo r Bill S m ith to sen d a w agon load
of w hat he h a s no u se fo r d ow n th e
rouil u m ile o r so an d d u m p it on
T oni J o n e s ’ place. J o n e s d o es lik e ­
w ise to Sam B row n a n d th e la t t e r
fo llo w s s u it by d o in g th e s a m e to
so m e o th e r u n f o r tu n a te w hen he
is n ’t lo o k in g . T h u s th e c h a in c o n ­
tin u e s, ad in fin itu m , a n d th e la n d ­
sc ap e is d e c o ra te d w ith a sy m p o siu m
in h a rd w a re und a r t in g la s w a r e th a t
is a n y th in g b u t a r tis tic . T h e a r tis tic
t e m p e r a m e n t is s e t u t d e fian ce b u t
th e ru b b ish h a s been d is p o se d of.
M any p e rso n s w ith so m e c o n s id e r­
a tio n fo r th e s e n s ib ilitie s o f th e ir
n e ig h b o rs a re th o u g h tf u l e n o u g h to
h a u l th e ir s u r p lu s c o lle c tio n s o f ju n k
to th e g ra v e l pit. It is n o t a su c c e s s ­
fu l d e c o ra tio n fo r a ra g g e d h o le in
th e g ro u n d , b u t it is n o t left on p r i­
v a te p ro p e rty a n d Is very c o n v e n ie n t­
ly d isp la y e d f o r lie - w a n d e r i n g j u n k
d e a le r to s o r t o v e r; b e sid es, th e r e is
a p o ssib ility th u t th e ro a d s u p e r v is o r
m ay so m e day o r d e r h is crew to h id e
th e r e m n a n ts w ith a few lo a d s of
d irt.
T h o se w ho h av e an y c o n s id e ra tio n
fo r th e a r tis tic b e a u tie s of n a tu r e
w ill not try to aid in th e d e c o ra tio n s
p ro v id ed by P ro v id e n c e to h id e u n ­
s ig h tly fen ce c o rn e r s ; n e ith e r w ill
th e y m a k e life a n y h a r d e r fo r th e
sh e e n e y sc a v e n g e r w ho is tr y in g to
m a k e a liv in g by se llin g old s c ra p s
to a fo u n d ry ; n e ith e r w ill th e y be a
p a rtia l c a u se o f p ro fa n ity fro m th e
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u fo re s a id ,
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a re so m e w ho h av e no c o n s id e ra tio n
fo r an y o n e , n o r an y sig n of h a r m o n i­
o u s effect in th e ir m a k e -u p .
C ity A tto rn e y H a m m o n d h a s in ­
fo rm e d th e m a y o r a n d c o u n c ilm e n of
S an d y t h a t th e to w n c a n n o t pay fo r
th e c o n s tru c tio n o f th e c a b le fro m
B ull R un to S an d y fo r th e tr a n s m is ­
sio n o f e le c tric ity fo r lig h t a n d p o w e r
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to w ith th e P o rtla n d R ailw ay , L ig h t
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th e e le c tric lig h t, b u t th e a tto rn e y
say s th e city c a n n o t do tills.
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s ta te -w id e p ro h ib itio n on th e fo l­
low ing d a te s :
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p le a s a n t V alley
S u n d ay m o rn in g , A pril 19, C o ttre ll
B a p tist ch u rc h .
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H om e M. E. c h u rc h .
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A pril 20, 21, B ap list c h u rc h , G re s h ­
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M accab ees w ill giv e a d a n c e to m o r ­
row n ig h t S a tu r d a y , A pril 18, at th e
Of Course, Y ou'll Go Io C hurcli.
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tio n a n d a p le d g e u tte r e d by th e E ast
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