GKESHAM OUTLOOK
FRIDAY,
JUNE
5,
1V14
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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QUICK, CLEAN
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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.
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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.
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