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GKESHAM OUTLOOK FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1V14 Pleasant Home home The p a in t o f “ P roven P e rfo rm a n c e ” will insure for you THE BEST LOOKING HOUSE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD It is a great pleasure to know that y o u r house is the best looking in the neighborhood. Besides this pleasure it is a satisfaction to know that your house is well protected from the destructive elements of weather— rain, sunshine, heat, cold, etc. Talk over the neighborhood im provem ent idea with your neighbors. Plan to make yours the neat est and prettiest neighborhood in this city. Paint and flowers will make the change. HIGH STAND AR D PAINT (of today) » the result of 40 years of experience in paint making. This experience plus improved machinery— plus highest grade materials— plus expert labor—insures x a paint quality that “ Gives Best R esults.” It is called “T h e Paint of proven performance,” and is more economical than ordinary paints—when covering, spreading, beauty of finish and number of years of wear are considered. - A. W. LAFFERTY (INCUMBENT) Independent Candidate Pleasant Valley A. G. Sager, of Lents, cam e out S atu rd ay evening and stay ed over Sunday visiting w ith relatives. Mrs. Will Richey spent a few days last week visiting w ith her p are n ts Mr. and Mrs. G eorge R obinson, of P o rtlan d . K. H. L ehm an atten d ed fru itg ro w e rs ’ association m eeting held in G resham last Monday evening. D. 8. Johnson, of G resham , was a valley v isitor one day th is week. W. L. K estersou, of M ontaviila, was out to see his b ro th er C. K. Kes- terso n , last T uesday. Rev. H arry S criber, an evangelist from C anada, preached at th e church last Sunday. School closed la st T uesday w ith a p p ro p riate exercises. P rincipal G. W. M etzger and Miss B eatrice S tev Miss E thel S m ith cam e up from P o rtlan d S atu rd ay m orning and spent enson have been re-elected to teach th e school for a n o th e r year. th e week-end a t home. Mrs. Eva to x and little d au g h ter, Call 01 when you w ant C ogsw ell’s o f T ro u td ale , visited her p a re n ts here grocery. 28 th e first of th e week. METZGER BROS. ~ 661 The Store with a Watchword that Means Something “Quality and Service” Corbett Lumber! Lumber! TH IS IS T O INFORM YOU that we are still selling Lumber at greatly reduced prices and have large quanties of all kinds, rough, sized and finishing, at our mill at Sandy. Let us figure on your orders. W rite or phone. W e deliver. I Y" Mr. M cDonnall, of P o rtla n d , spent th e week-end a t his ranch. Several from h ere atten d e d the dance at W ashougal S atu rd ay even ing. Mr. F leu ry , of P o rtlan d , was o ut Sunday and expects to build a bun galow on his acre tract. Sandy Fir Lumber Co. P h o n e 446 M a r t in L e n n a r ts . M g r. O ur Sunday school is in a flour ishing co ndition, th e re being 6« in a tte n d a n c e Sunday. S a n d y , O re . Sandy ^ = N O T IC E !-- W e Pay 6c a p o und fo r No. 1 Cows. Can use H ogs an d V eal any time. A ny quantity. Highest Price According to Size and Quality GRESHAM M AR KET P H O N E 41 K E E P Y O U R K IT C H E N C O O L DURING T H E H O T W E A T H E R BY USING A Perfection Blue-Flame Oil Cook Stove QUICK, CLEAN and ODORLESS —A T — Sterling & Kidder’s Gresham. A new law la being initiated to prohibit anyone working over aix days out of the »even. It la in charge of a committee of churchea and labor unions, and would serious ly interfere with employes on street cars, railroads, hotels, restaurants, Oregon. Powell Valley Mrs. K rank G ustafson e n te r ta in e d a t lunch yesterday h er sis te r, Mrs R ichard G ustafson of W oodstock, and Mrs C. C ed arq u ist an d M rs. E Joh n so n , of P o rtlan d . Eyes tested and Dr. Oso. taglia. glasse« fitted . SANDY, Ju n e 4—-The dang ero u s | llitte rb u sh hill ju st above Sandy is to be reg rad ed an d stra ig h te n e d this ¡m o n th , says itoad Ross A nderson. Adolph G ard eau sp en t M onday in P o rtlan d . W. J. W irtz is spending a few days in G resham . S. A. Cobb, of W illam ette, Is in | tow n su rv ey in g th e stre e ts an d set- iln g g rad e sla k e s fo r sidew alks and curb. S earch ers have been un ab le to lo cate (Jus Aschoff - who d isappeared from hom e n e a r M arm ot S unday a f tern o o n a f te r a q u a rre l w ith his b ro th er. T he riv e r Sandy was d ra g ged w ith no resu lts. It is now th o u g h t th e young m an is w andering in th e m o u n ta in s n e a r Zigzag m oun tain. T he C atholic church society pre sen ted a rem o n stra n ce p etitio n to th e Sandy council Monday n ig h t praying th a t th e proposed livery barn on the p ro p erty co n tig u o u s to th e church lot sh o u ld be d eclared a nuisance. It was th e Sense f th e council th a t actio n could be tak en now. R eco rd er P u rcell was in stru c ted by th e council M onday n ig h t to notify th e ow ners of th e building know n as Shelley hall to p u t sam e hi a m ore safe condition befo re a n o th e r dance is held there. N. H. S ih m in k ey , of Dover, spent M onday in Sandy. R. T. P itte rt sp en t Sunday in P o rt land. O R E rtH A M R K B B K A H L O f/G E . N O . * 1 .— M e a ts e v e ry second and fo u rth ' W e d n e s d a y s i I p. m . In th e I. O . O . F . ; h s ll N o b le G r a n d . N o r m s H u n d l e y ; | s e c re ta ry . M rs . C. M . K e n n e y . C M l V E R C I R C L E N O . 202. W O W M e e ts e v e 'y f o u r t h T h u r s d e y a t 2 20 in t h e I. O . O . F. h a ll. G u a r d ia n N e ig h b o r , M r s . D L>. J a c k , G r e s h a m It . 2 ; G u a r d ia n c l e r k , E l l a s M e t s x e r . G r e a h a m FOR CONGRESS Mrs. Andrew Jen sen , of P o rtlan d , visited one day last week w ith Mrs I.. E. S hi'iam an. Aug. S aettle r has re tu rn e d from C algary, C anada, to spend th e su m m er w ith his fam ily. Mr. S aettle r J has been w orking for the G reat West- j c m Saddlery com pany. M rs C. D. S teintuan sp en t last week visiting in Fortiani! with i friends. Mrs. Jas. M auary and Mrs. W m 1 K eitle and ch ild ren , of P o rtlan d , j were th e guests on Sunday of Mrs. Aug S aettler. An excursion from P o rtlan d is ex pected here next Sunday as the guests i of th e I'm bd en sto ck -L arso ii com- 1 pany. Mrs. Rose H aw kes, of P o rtlan d , sp en t T h u rsd ay with Mrs. Aug S aettler. T he P leasan t H om e band engaged in an in te restin g practice m arch last Sunday. The band sta rte d from P leasan t Home a t 10 o'clock, going n o rth as fa r as th e L usted road, m arching and playing as they w ent to C o ttrell sta tio n . At E. K. A ndre's several pieces w ere played and the band was tre a te d to a straw b erry feast. The line of m arch covered fo u r miles. Mrs. George H lackburn wll give a te a next W ednesday, Ju n e 10, for the benefit of the L ad ies' Atd society All are cordially invited. Rev. A. J. L ucas was in G resham on Ills way to P o rtland. He expects I h e r e b y d e c la re m y s e lf a c a n d id a t e b e fo r e a l l th e p e o p le in a few days to begin w ork in con a d u l a t i o n s . r o r re -e le c tio n ' to th e o tlb e In w h ic h I a m n o w . nection with an im p o rtan t m ission of l a s t p a s t h a v e been, s e r v in g a l l th e p e o p le , a n d in w h ic h I th e p e o p le f o r s o m e y e a r s to c o m e . th e Pacific Coast Rescue society. PAINT INFORMATION and color combinations for exteriors, interior walls, floors, woodwork and other surfaces needing Paints, Varnishes, Enamels and Stains— at our store, FOR THE ASKING. 661 PAGE TH R EE Kelso Mr. and Mrs. G ilbert Jo n sru d and ch ild ren Lillie and G ran t, sta rte d on an autom obile trip Monday m orning to C orvallis, w here th e ir son A lbert is atte n d in g th e a g ric u ltu ra l college. T he la tte r will accom pany his p a r en ts hom e to spend his vacation. Mrs. Joel J a rl an d d au g h ters Mil dred and Helen have re tu rn e d from a visit w ith relativ es in ea ste rn O re gon. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. P u rcell were d in n e r guests Sunday at the hom e of R obert Jo n sru d . R. Netzel has alm ost com pleted his new barn. T he W ednesday aftern o o n club m eets w ith Mrs Jo e Hall th is week R o b ert Jo n sru d Is em ploying Mr G ilbertson to slash an d Im prove his p astu re. Cherryville Miss D orothy Cooper re tu rn e d from P o rtlan d M onday, w here she has been visiting w ith h er friend Miss E lizabeth Boyd. M emorial services were held a t the cem etery S atu rd ay , th e re was sin g ing by th e Sunday school and also a d u et by Mrs. Geo. Couper and Jam es B otkins. Mr. A verill and Mr. R un yon each gave good rem a rk s ap p ro p ria te to th e occasion. T he In d u stria l club m eets today at C lover A cres an d a f te r th e business m eeting is o ver th e m em bers a re In te n d in g to have a good tim e. T h ere was a dance given a t th e hom e of Mr. O aks, S atu rd ay night A p arty of young people w ent to see th e b ea u tifu l falls on th e Sandy riv e r Sunday. Rev. E ru eat S m ith, of Sandy, will p reach a t th e M B. church a t th ree p. m. Sunday, Ju n e 7. Cottrell Mrs. Iphl H enshaw , of Seaside, was th e guest of Mrs. 9. T. Ja ck Mon day. ** T h e young lad ies' em broidery club will be e n te rta in e d a t th e hom e of Mrs. W illiam C aldo in G resham next week T h u rsd ay . Mr. and Mrs. 8. P. Timberlake and children, Mona and Merrit, Misses E dna Y ergen, Belle Hall and Eva iiy. and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Chase Schneider were the guests of Mra. and family, visited at O. H. Black Ella Schneider, Sunday. burn* on Sunday, Mr. and Mra. L. C. Nawall and faa- r e s a r d le s a o f p a i t y and fo r 3 yuan e x p e c t to s e r v e a ll M y n a m e w i l l be p r in t e d o n th e b i l l o t in th e r e g u la r w a y E a c h v o te r, on N o v e m b e r 3. w i l l b e g iv e n a n o p p o r t u n t y to c a s t u b a llo t e it h e r a p p r o v in g o r d is a p p r o v i n g m y . r e c o r d in C o n g re s s . B e tw e e n n o w a m i «‘le c t io n tin \ I s h a ll m a k e s u c h a c a m p a ig n a s 1 h a v e n e v e r m a d e b e fo r e , i t is m y c a n d id b e l i e f th a t m y d e f e a t w o u ld p o s tp o n e f o r a t le a s t te n y e a r s a r e a l i z a t io n o f N a t io n a l la w s g iv in g to th e g e n e r a l p u b lic th e p r o s p e r i t y a n d s h a r e o f w e a lt h p r o d u c e d w h ic h It d e s e rv e « . I f d e f e a t s h o u ld be m y r e w a r d f o r d r a f t i n g a n d f i g h t i n g f o r Much la w s , n o C o n g r e s s m a n in th e f u t u i e c o u ld h e e x p e c te d t o t a k e u p th e s a m e t ig h t T h e s e a r e s o m e o f th e t h i n g s 1 u rn l ig h t i n g fo r: 1 T h e e n f o r c e m e n t o f th e O r e g o n N C a l i f o r n i a R a ilr o a d L a n d ( I r a n t . t h a t th e m a je s t y o f a s o le m n A c t o f C o n g r e s s m a y b. u p h e ld , a n d t h a t th o u s a n d s o f p o o r p e o p le in O r e g o n m a y h a v e h o m e s . I s t a r t e d t h i s l i t i g a t i o n .S e p te m b e r 16, 1907. p u s h e d I t to a f a v o r a b l e d e c is io n b e fo r e J u d g e W o l v e r t o n in P o r t la n d . J u ly 1, 1913, a n d . w h i l e I a m w r i t i n g t h i s a n n o u n c e m e n t. 1 a m i n S a n F r a n c is c o l i g h t i n g th e c a s e in th e IT. S C i r c u i t C o u r t o f A p p e a ls . E x -S e n a to rs Spooner a n d G e a r ln a n d H o n . W . 1». F e n to n a m i M r. P e te r F . D u n n e a r e h e r e r e p r e s e n t in g t h e r a il r o a d M r . IL D . T o w n s e n d , w h o h a s r e p r e s e n te d th e A t t o r n e y - G e n e r a l s in c e 1907, w it h d r e w s ix w e e k s a g o . a n d th e A t t o r n e y - G e n e r a l is r e p r e s e n t e d h e r e b y M r . C. J . S m y th , o f ( »inttha, a n d y o u n g M r . K a b b , o f In d ia n a , l a t e l y a s p e i i a l a g e n t o f th e L a n d (» flic , a t P o r t la n d . I a m th e o n ly m a n o r i g i n a l l y in th e c a s e a g a i n s t th e r a il r o a d w h o is s t i c k i n g to I t , a n d 1 s h a ll s t i c k to th e e n d . 2. I ' o r G o v e r n m e n t o w n e r s h ip o f r a ilr o a d s , a n d G o v e r n m e n t o r m u n i c i p a l o w n e r s h ip o f a l l o t h e r m o n o p o lie s , to th e e n d t h a t th e p e r c a p it a c h a r g e T o r p u b l i c u t i l i t y s e r v ic e m a y b e re d u c e d in t h i a c o u n t r y to c o a t, w h ic h w o u ld m e a n a s a v in g a n n u a l l y to e a c h c i t i z e n o f a t b a s t $60. 3. F o r a g r i c u l t u r a l a s s e t c u r r e n c y , o f e x a c t ly th e s a m e t e n o r a n d e ffe c t a s th e c o m m e r c ia l a s s e t c u r r e n c y p r o v id e d f o r in th e r e c e n t c u r r e n c y la w . e x c e p t t h a t f i r s t m o r t g a g e s o n f a u n s , n o t e x c e e d in g 50 p e r c e n t o f th e u n im p r o v e d v a lu e t h e r e o f , s h a l l b e ta k e n a s s e c u r i t y b y th e G o v e r n m e n t i n p la c e o f p e r s o n a l n o te s , to t h e e n d t h a t t h e $500.000.000 a n n u a l in t e r e s t w h ic h o u r p e o p le a r e n o w p a y in g t o t h e M o n e y P o w e r , t h r o u g h th e f a r m e r s , s h a l l g o to th e G o v e r n m e n t — t o th e p e o p le — a n d n o t to th e R o t h c h ild s , M o r g a n s a n d R o c k e f e lle r s . T h i s b i l l a lo n e w o u ld s a v e th e A m e r ic a n p e o p le $5 a y e a r e a c h . N o b o d y w o u ld be h u r t e x c e p t th e M o n e y P o w e r , w h ic h is n o w lo a n in g c r e d i t " to th e f a r m e r s . T h e f a r m e r s h a v e b o r r o w e d e ig h t b il l io n s o f d o lla r s , w h i l e th e r e a re o n ly » 3 ,5 0 0 .0 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 in e x ls t e n c t in th e P. S o r b u t l i t t l e m o r e t h a n a t h i r d o f th e « m o u n t th e f a r m e r s a lo n e h a v e b o r r o w e d . T h e G o v e r n m e n t i s b e t t e r e q u ip p e d to a c t a s fis c a l a g e n t , h o ld th e s e c u r itie s , a n d e x te n d th e c r e d i t t h a n Is a n y p r iv a t e b a n k . N o w o n d e r th e A s s o c ia t e d P re s s a n d th e P n it e d P re s s , a m i t h e ir n e w s p a p e r s , a r e f i g h t i n g m e. T h e m o n e y p o w e r c o n t r o ls th e r o w s c h a n n e ls o f th is c o u n tr y . I t w o u ld he i d i o t i c n o t to d o so. s in c e i t h a s th e p r ic e . 4. F o r a la w m a k in g a l l p r e s s a s s o c ia tio n s c o m m o n c a r r ie r s , to th e e n d t h a t a n y p e r s o n o r c o r p o r a t i o n m a y s t a r t a d a i l y n e w s p a p e r a n d c o m p e l th e p r e s s a s s o c ia t io n s t o f u r n i s h t h e i r o u t - o f - t o w n s e r v ic e , a n d a t a r e a s o n a b le p r ic e , J u s t a s a n y c i t i z e n m a y n o w c o m p e l a r a ilr o a d to c a r r y h im a s a p a s s e n g e r i f he t e n d e r s th e f a r e . W h e n 1 in t r o d u c e d t h i s la w , M r . B o n d P. G e d d is , a g e n t a t W a s h in g t o n f o r M r . E . C. S c r ip p s , a s k e d m e to le t u p o n m y f i g h t f o r th e b i l l , a n d t o a p o lo g iz e f o r m y s ta t e m e n t in th e ( ’o n g r e s s io n a l R e c o r d t h a t th e p r e s s a s s o c ia t io n s w e r e c o n t r o ll e d b y th e m o n e y p o w e r . M r. G e d d is t o l d m e t h a t M r . S c rip p s o w n e d th e P o r t l a n d N e w s ; t h a t S c r ip p s a ls o o w tie d th e U n i t <1 P r e s s . o r th e m a j o r i t y o f I t , t h a t s e r v e s b o t h th e N e w s m id th e J o u r n a l In P o r t la n d , a n d t h a t i f 1 d id n o t a p o lo g iz e a n d d r o p m y f ig h t . S c r ip p s w o u ld h a v e h is p a p e r, th e P o r t la n d N e w s , f i g h t m e f o r r e - e le c tio n . I r e fu s e d t o s u r r e n d e r . 5. F o r a n I n t e r s t a t e T r a d e C o m m is s io n w i t h p o w e r s t o c o n t r o l p r iv a t e t r u s t s , l i k e th e S te e l T r u s t , th e T o b a c c o T r u s t , t h e O il T r u s t , th e H a r v e s t e r T r u s t , a n d a l l o t h e r s t r u s t s , e v e n t o th»- e x t e n t o f f i x i n g m a x im u m p r ic e s to be < h a rg e d f o r a n y c o m m o d ity w h e n fo u n d to be c o n t r o lle d b y a n a b s o lu t e m o n o p o ly , p e n d in g t h e e l i m i n a t i o n o f th e m o n o p o lis t ic c o n d i t i o n s an«l th e r e s t o r a t i o n o f f r e e c o m p e t it io n . T h e s e a r e n o t e m p t y p r o m is e s . I h a v e p u t a ll th e s e p r o p o s it io n s i n t o th e f o r m o f s p e c ific la w s . A l l t h a t w o u ld be r e q u ir e d to r e a liz e th e m w o u ld he to e le c t 219 C o n g r e s s m e n — a m a j o r i t y - - w i l l i n g to s e r v e th e p u b lic . 1 h a v e ta k e n m y o ffic e s e r io u s ly ; h a v e w o r k e d l ik e a s la v e th e la s t 3V4 y e a r s , a m i, o f c o u r s e , ( h o I n t e r e s t s w i l l t r y t o d e f e a t tn e a n d p u t in a s t a n d p a t t e r o r a n o n e n t i t y 1 h a d n o t b e e n i n o ffic e s ix m o n t h s u n t i l I w a n a p p r o a c h e d a m i o ffe r e d a b r ib e t o s e r v e th e ‘'i n t e r e s t s . ’’ I w a s o ffe rs « ! a s a la r y to s e r v e n s “ A t t o r n e y ’ * fo r th e C o o s B a y & E a s t e r n E l e c t r i c C o m p a n y .“ I r e fu s e d to be b o u g h t , am i ia v e k e p t t h e f a i t h . I s h a l l k e e p I t h e r e a f t e i , le t c o m e w h a t w i l l . H a d a n y f a i r p r e s e n t a t io n o f th e t r e m e n d o u s is s u e s I n v o lv e d in t h i s t i g h t b o o n m a d e to th e v o t e r s b y th e n e w s p a p e r s in th e la t e p r im a r y , 1 s h o u ld r e g a r d th e r e s u l t a s b in d in g . B u t su ch w as n o t done. E a r ly i n m y C o n g r e a s to n a l c a r e e r t h e n e w s p a p e r s r i d i c u le d m e, t.nd L it e r ( w h e n I h a d b e e n r e c o g n is e d b y th e c o lle a g u e s a t W a s h in g t o n , a n d p la c e d o n th e c o m m it t e e In I n t e r s t a t e a n d f o r e ig n c o m m e r c e , o n e o f th e m o a t i m p o r t a n t c o m m it t e e s o f th e H o u s e , a n d th e m o s t i m p o r t a n t o n w h ic h a n y O r e g o n m e m b e r s e r v e s . th e n e w s papers th e n a b s o l u t e ly Ig n o r e d m e . 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