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G resham O utlook
NO. 72
GRESHAM,
“NO” REBUKES
SPENCE AND
THE GRANGE
By L. H. W E L L S .
P O R T L A N D , Nov. 5 - ( S p e c i a l ) —
R e tu rn s show th a t th e a b o lis h m e n t
o f th e s t a t e s e n a te w as tu r n e d dow n
som ew hat
h e av ily .
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S ta te
M a s te r C. E. S p e n c e ’s p et m e a s u re ,
a n d in c id e n ta lly a n d d ire c tly m ad e
th e w h o le P a tr o n s o f H u s b a n d ry in
O reg o n re s p o n sib le fo r a silly m e a s­
u re .
S uch m e a s u re s tr e n d n o t to
m a k e th e o r d e r s tro n g a n d in flu e n ­
tia l, b u t r a t h e r to w eak en its in ­
fluence. V o te rs g e n e ra lly v o ted " n o ”
a lo n g th e lin e on th e m e a s u re s be­
c a u se th e y d id not u n d e rs ta n d th e m
a ll, a n d fe a re d th e in e v ita b le " j o k ­
e r ” in su c h a c ru d e m ess. Of c o u rse
th e y u n d e rs to o d m an y m e a s u re s, an d
c o u ld se e th e ir m e n a c e upon th e b u s­
in e s s in te r e s ts of th e c o u n try ,
but
it is s a fe to say t h a t n o t o n e v o te r
o u t o f te n c o u ld se e th r o u g h th e s e
m e a s u re s . I t is to b e h o p ed t h a t we
s h a ll h a v e se e n th e e n d o f th is p ilin g
m e a s u re s u p o n th e s h o u ld e rs o f v o t­
e r s t h a t b e lo n g to th e le g is la tu re .
T h e re s h o u ld be so m e w ay to lim it
th e n u m b e r o f m e a s u re s to be co n ­
s id e re d a t o n e e le c tio n to five o r ten ,
n o t m o re. T h e v o te rs, h o w ev er, h av e
le a r n e d to “ s w a t” th e s e m e a s u re s a t
th e p o lls, a n d th ey a r e g o in g to do it
in th e fu tu r e . " N o ” is th e effectiv e
w eapon a g a in s t th e ju m b le a n d m ess
th a t is p u t up to th e v o te rs a t ev ery
g e n e ra l e le c tio n . M r. U’R en m ay
h a v e le a r n e d t h a t h e is n o t d iv in e,
a n d th a t th e v o te rs h av e no m o re
re s p e c t fo r him th a n a n y o th e r m an
w ith a n " i tc h ” in h is heayl.
Now th e r e is “ P a in le s s P a rk e r .
H e g o t $ 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 w o rth of a d v e r tis ­
in g o u t o f th is e le c tio n . T h a t w as
j u s t w h a t he w as a f te r .
H e re a lly
d id n o t c a re a t i n k e r ’s c o n tin e n ta l
w h e th e r th e m e a s u re
h e fa th e re d
pa., ed o r h o t. On th e c o n tr a ry he
h o p ed it w ould be d e fe a te d .
It
w o u ld h a v e flooded th e s t a te w ith
c h e a p a n d inefficien t d e n tis ts
th a t
m ig h t h a v e m a d e in ro a d s in to his
ow n b u sin e ss. He g o t w h a t h e w as
a f te r - —a d v e r tis in g —a n d h e re is som e
m o re fo r h im .
G ra n d M a s te r W illia m G allo w ay ,
o f th e G ra n d L o d g e o f O reg o n , I. O.
O. F ., w as th e s p e a k e r a n d g u e s t of
h o n o r M onday n ig h t in th e g ra n g e
h a ll a t
M ilw a u k ie , o f M ilw au k ie
lo d g e o f
O dd
F e llo w s,
R ebekah
lo d g e, o f S ellw ood. T h e g ra n d m a s­
t e r sp o k e o f th e w o rk a n d sp re a d
o f th e O dd F e llo w s o rd e r , a n d th e n
d e v o te d c o n s id e ra b le
tim e
to th e
p io n e e r d a y s o f M ilw au k ie, w h ich he
sa id w as o n e o f th e e a r lie s t to w n s
in O reg o n .
M r. G allo w ay sp o k e of
s e v e ra l o f th e p io n e e rs w ho first
s e ttle d a t M ilw a u k ie a n d h ad m ad e
th e towm fa m o u s w h en O reg o n w as
a n in f a n t. M rs. J e s s e W’h ite , g ra n d
m a r s h a l o f th e R e b e k a h A ssem b ly ,
d e liv e re d a s h o r t ta lk , w hich w as
fo llo w ed by b rie f r e m a r k s by th e lo­
cal
m e m b e rs.
R e fre s h m e n ts w ere
se rv e d a n d a f t e r a so cial h o u r th e
v is ito rs c a u g h t th e ow l c a r fo r hom e.
MULTNOMAH,
COUNTY,
OREGON
NOVEMBER
6, 1914
T h e new re s id e n c e of E. L. M elvin,
liv in g a b o u t tw o m iles w est o f R o ck ­
w ood, w as b u rn e d o n T h u rs d a y , it
b ein g th e seco n d c a la m ity o f lik e
n a tu r e th a t h a s b e fa lle n him w ith in
W ith
th e
ex c e p tio n
o f U n ited
a y e a r.
S ta te s s e n a to r th e e n tir e re p u b lic a n
T h e fire w as c a u se d by th e u p ­
s e ttin g o f a co al oil sto v e by a little s l a te tic k e t o f O reg o n w as e le c te d ,
g irl o f th e fa m ily w ho w as a lo n e in i In th e c o n te s t b e tw e e n R. A. B ooth
th e ro o m a t th e tim e. H e r m o th e r a n d G eo rg e E. C h a m b e rla in th e l a t ­
h e a rd a d is tu rb a n c e a n d ru s h e d in to te r w on by a n e s tim a te d m a jo rity
find th e fire b ey o n d c o n tro l b u t th e
o f 1 8 .0 0 0 .
g irl w as s a fe a n d w as c a rr ie d o u t
F o r g o v e rn o r Dr. J a m e s W ith y -
u n h a rm e d .
J
co
m
b e w as a n easy w in n e r by o v e r
An a lm o st s im ila r c a la m ity h a p ­
p en ed to
th e fa m ily
la s t s p rin g . 3 0 ,0 0 0 , h is m a jo rity b ein g th e la r g ­
N e a rly e v e ry th in g a t th a t tim e w as a e st e v e r g iv en a c a n d id a te fo r th a t
to ta l lo ss bu t th e h o u se w as in s u re d
office.
fo r a sm a ll su m in th e g ra n g e in s u r ­
In c o m p le te r e tu r n s m a k e It Im-
a n c e c o m p an y . T h e m o n ey th u s re ­
■
pt
seib
le to g iv e th e s ta n d in g o f th e
alized h elp ed to b u ild a new h o m e,
b u t it h ad n o t been in s u re d a n d th e -o th e r c a n d id a te s b u t th e y w ere a ll
lo ss is h e a v ie r th a n b e fo re.
e le c te d
by s u b s ta n tia l m a jo ritie s
S om e of th e f u r n itu r e w as sav ed
ra n g in g in to th e s e v e ra l tn o u s a n d s .
w hich is all th e fam ily h av e le ft.
In M u ltn o m a h c o u n ty th e e n tir e
re p u b lic a n c o u n ty tic k e t go es in to
office.
H ere a g a in th e in c o m p le te
j r e tu r n s m a k e it im p o ssib le to g ive
W h ile e n g a g e d as o n e o f th e ele c ­ th e fig u res, b u t th e m a jo ritie s fo r
tio n ju d g e s in p re c in c t 8 0 9 , on th e c o n te s te d offices ra n g e fro m 10,-
W ed n e sd a y e v e n in g , E. C. L in d sey ! 000 d o w n to BOO, o r th e r e a b o u ts .
w as o v erco m e by a p a ra ly tic s tr o k e
H u r lb u r t h a s d e fe a te d T om
an d Is now in a p re c a rio u s co n d itio n . T om
T h e a tta c k c a m e on ju s t a s h o r t i W ord fo r sh e riff by th e s m a lle s t
tim e b e fo re th e d ay b o ard w as to ! vote, b u t he h ad th e h a rd e s t c o n te s t
tu r n its w o rk
o v e r to
th e n ig h t
b o ard . H e re m a rk e d a few m in u te s of all, as W ord w as a n e x c e p tio n a lly
p re v io u sly th a t s o m e th in g w as w ro n g h a rd foe to v a n q u is h .
a n d a sk e d th e o th e r s if th e y no-
F o r r e p r e s e n ta tiv e in c o n g re s s th e
ti ed a n y th in g o u t o f th e o rd in a ry p lu r a lity w ent to C. N. M c A rth u r.
in h is a p p e a ra n c e .
In a few m in ­
F le g e l, th e d e m o c ra t, ra n a h e a d of
u te s h e w as in th e g rip o f th e s tr o k e
L a ffe rty by a b o u t 5000.
w hich affected h is e n tir e r ig h t sid e,
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F ro m p re s e n t in d ic a tio n s th e o n ly
r e n d e r in g h im h e lp le ss an d sp eech -
i d e m o c ra t
e lec ted
in
M u ltn o m a h
h ss.
'c o u n ty w as B. F , R o llin s, fo r ju s tic e
He w as ta k e n to h is h o m e a n d is
of th e p eace in M u ltn o m a h d is tric t.
und r
c o n s ta n t c a re ,
w ith so m e
T h e re p u b lic a n v o te w as d iv id ed a n d
h o p es th a t he w ill re c o v e r, a lth o u g h
I he is th e w in n e r by a s a fe p lu r a lity .
h is c o n d itio n is s e rio u s.
For
p ro h ib itio n
th e c o u n ty of
M r L in d sey is 63 y e a rs o f ag e
M u ltn o m a h w e n t d ry by a b o u t 375
and has
a lw a y s
b een
in ru g g e d v o tes, a n d th e to w n o f T r o u t­
h e a lth .
H is afflictio n is a s u r p r is e d a le w e n t d ry by 16 m a jo rity . T h e
to th o s e w ho k n o w him .
w et m a jo rity w as n e a rly all fro m th e
city o f P o rtla n d .
TAKEN TO PORTLAND
F re a k s of th e e le c tio n w e re n o te d
FOR EXAMINATION a t R ockw ood a n d F a irv ie w . B oth
j a r e in th e w et zone b u t h av e no sa -
R ow ley S w ig e rt, th e y o u n g m an
, loons. B o th w en t w et by a sm a ll v ote,
w ho w as so b ad ly in ju r e d by a lo ad
b o th a r e sm a ll p re c in c ts m a d e up
fro n t a s h o tg u n w h ile h u n tin g In th e
a lm o st e n tire ly o f fa rm e rs .
slo u g h a few w eek s ag o , w as ta k e n
Of th e tw e n ty -n in e a m e n d m e n ts
to a P o rtla n d h o sp ita l o n T u e sd a y
on th e b a llo t th e in c o m p le te r e tu r n s
fo r a X -ray e x a m in a tio n .
show th a t all h av e been d e fe a te d ex ­
H is wo.und, w h ich is in th e le ft
c e p t tw o w hich h a v e c a rr ie d .
The
s h o u ld e r b lad e, h e a ls v ery slo w ly an d
o n e p re s c rib in g th e q u a lific a tio n s of
is v ery p a in fu l.
T h e e x a m in a tio n
v o te rs seem s to be a d o p te d .
The
h a s h e lp e d to g iv e it b e tte r tr e a t ­
o th e r is fo r s ta te -w id e p ro h ib itio n ,
m en t. H e w as b ro u g h t h o m e a g a in
th e f a te o f w hich is in no d o u b t.
y e s te rd a y a n d w ill p ro b a b ly re c o v ­
T h e a m e n d m e n t w hich re c eiv ed
e r in d u e tim e , b u t th e p ro cess w ill
th e g r e a te s t d is a p p ro v a l w as th e p r i­
be slow .
m ary d e le g a te bill.
Its loss show’s
th a t th e p eo p le a re n o t re a d y to r e ­
PECULIAR EPIDEMIC
n v e rtio n sy stem y et,
AMONG THE CHILDREN 'd tu e s r n p ite to th th e e a b c u o se
s th a t clin g a ro u n d
A p e c u lia r d is e a se , ir r it a ti n g b u t th e d ire c t p rim a ry m e th o d o f n a m in g
n o t v e ry p a in fu l, a n d in n o w ays c a n d id a te s .
d a n g e ro u s is "g o in g
th e
ro u n d B ”
T h e "v ic io u s s e v e n ” a m e n d m e n ts
am o n g m an y o f th e y o u n g p eo p le of w ere a ll b e a u tifu lly sn o w ed u n d e r.
G re sh a m .
I t s o m e w h a t re s e m b le s T h e a tt it u d e o f th e v o te rs on th e s e
rin g w o rm b u t se e m s h a r d e r to c u re , m e a s u re s is e x p re sse d by th e O re ­
it is th o u g h t to be in fe c tio u s b u t g o n ia n , w hich say s, “ th e p eo p le a re
m ay be c a u se d by im p u ritie s th a t w e a rie d to d e a th w ith n o v e lty , e x ­
so m e o f th e c h ild re n h a v e co m e in p e rim e n ta tio n , re a c tio n
T h ey w an t
c o n ta c t w ith .
A fte r a lo t o f k id s leav e to w ork o u t the^g p ro b le m s u n ­
h a v e “ h ad ’e m ” , th e d is e a se w ill d e r th e trie d an d p ro v en fo rm s of
p ro b a b ly d is a p p e a r.
g o v e rn m e n t, a n d th e y re s e n t m o re
th a n e v e r th e ill-d ev ised an d all-
STATE COMMANDER
m e n a c in g sch em es of th e m e d d le rs
TO VISIT MACCABEES a n d th e tr id e rs . It is c e rta in th a t
O reg o n is e n tire ly s a n e .”
J. W. S h e rw o o d , s t a te c o m m a n d e r
A fre a k of th e e le c tio n w as th e
o f th e M accabees, w ill v isit R o ck ­
v o te o f C. M. H u r lb u r t fo r jo in t
wood T e n t to m o rro w e v e n in g a c c o m ­
re p r e s e n ta tiv e w ho w as n e a rly e le c t­
p an ied by o th e r p ro m in e n t P o rtla n d
ed to th a t office. H e w as re p u d ia te d
m e m b e rs o f th e o rd e r . T h e T e n t is
by h is p a rty a n d th e p u b lic w as a d ­
m a k in g p re p a r a tio n s to give th e m a
vised to vote fo r th e d e m o c ra t, yet
fittin g re c e p tio n .
h e receiv ed o v e r 1 8 ,0 0 0 v o tes in th is
R o ck w o o d T e n t is p re p a r in g fo r
co u n ty a n d a big p lu r a lity in C la c k ­
an e n te r ta in m e n t to be h eld tw o
am as. T h e in fe re n c e is t h a t all th e
w eeks fro m to m o rro w n ig h t. It w ill
p eo p le do n o t re a d th e p a p e rs th o r ­
be fo r m e m b e rs a n d in v ite d g u e sts.
o u g h ly .
PARALYTIC STROKE
ATTACKS E. C. LINDSEY
j
The
am is
p laces
th e 29
tw o p re c in c ts, o f w hich G re s h ­
th e c e n te r, w ith tw o p o llin g
gav e th e fo llo w in g v o te on
a m e n d m e n ts :
A m e n d in g t o t i n g Q ualification.«.
300 Yes
392
301 No
58
M a jo rity
C re a tin g
fo r .............................
334
Office o f L ie u te n a n t-
G o v ern o r.
302 Yes
97
3 0 3 NO ..................
330
M a jo rity a g a in s t
...............
243
City an d C o u n t) C o n so lid a !ion
304 Yes
115
305 No
...........
292
M a jo rity a g a in s t .....................
E x te n d in g S ta te C re d it.
306 Yes
307 No .........
177
M a jo rity a g a in s t
M odifying Tax R u le.
308 Yes
309 No ............
148
85
233
165
226
M ajo rity a g a in s t
61
A m en d in g t id in g Q u alificatio n * .
f u r t h e r M odifying U nie.
310 Yes
152
311 No
241
M a jo rity a g a in s t .....................
St mt h e r n O reg o n X orinal.
312 Yes
313 NO
89
154
246
M a jo rity a g a in s t ......
City C o n so lid atio n .
314 Yes
315 No
92
227
169
M a jo rity fo r
............... .
W e ste rn S ta te N orm al.
316 Y es .
3 17 No
58
178
237
M a jo rity a g a in s t ........................
59
R aisin g P ay of L eg islato r« .
318 Yes
68
3 19 No
329
M a jo rity a g a in s t ....................
261
I n n e r - a l E ig h t-H o u r Day.
320 Yes .
86
321 No .............. ....................
380
M a jo rity a g a in s t ......................
94
W om en'« E ig h t-H o u r Day.
322 Y e s ......................
166
323 No . .............. ..........
286
M a jo rity a g a in s t
__
N o n -P a rtis a n .In d ieju ry .
324 Y es .
325 N o ...................... ...............
120
129
260
M a jo rity a g a in s t
Wt.KH* Tax E x em p tio n .
326 Y e s ..................
327 No ...................
131
114
329
M a jo rity a g a in s t ....
W a te rfro n t A m en d m en t.
3 28 Yes
329 No ............................................
215
M a jo rity a g a in s t .
..........
M unicipal W h arv es.
330 Yes
331 No ..............
107
145
252
153
205
M a jo rity a g a in s t .
P ro h ib itio n .
332 Yes
.333 No
M a jo rity fo r
A b o lish in g
324 Yes
335 No
52
37 4
145
229
D eatli P e n a lty .
24 4
187
M a jo rity a g a in s t
G ra d u a te d E x tra T ax.
336 Yes
337 No ............................................
57
117
295
M a jo rity a g a in s t
78
( o ie -o lid x tin g C o rp o ra tio n an d In-
s u la n e e D e p a rtm e n t« .
103
3 38 Yes
339 No
291
M a jo rity a g a in s t
DentiHlry Bill.
88
¡40 Y es
341 No
167
281
M a jo rity a g a in s t
t o u n l y t Ifficer«' T erm .
.34 2 Yes
343 No
-
114
212
202
FREAKS
ARE NUMEROUS
E v ery e le c tio n h a s its s h a r e o f
p e c u lia r c irc u m sta n c e s, y et th e r e Is
n e a rly a lw ay s a h u m o ro u s sid e to
th e m .
P o ssib ly th e m o st fr e a k is h of all
th e b a llo ts in th is c o u n ty w as n o tic e d
a t R ockw ood.
O ne a r d e n t p ro h ib i-
tio n is t v oted s tr a ig h t d o w n th e lin e
fo r e v ery c a n d id a te on th e p ro h ib i-
tto n tic k e t a n d th e m c a s t his bat-
lot fo r " w e t,” th a t b eing th e o n ly
a m e n d m e n t h e v oted for.
A b a llo t in o n e of th e G re sh a m
p re c in fts re g is te re d o n ly tw o m a rk s
to in d ic a te th e v o te r ’s p re fe re n c e s.
T h ey w ere fo r Torn W o rd a n d " w e t.”
F o u r b a llo ts in G re sh a m w ere ex­
ac tly a lik e ,
in d ic a tin g
th a t
th e y
cam e fro m o n e fam ily . T h e cro sse s
m ad e fav o red C. M. H u r lb u r t fo r
jo in t re p re s e n ta tiv e . S m ith fo r g o v ­
e rn o r, W ord fo r sh e riff a n d " d r y .”
A sa d ra s e w as n o ted in a G re s h ­
am
p o llin g
p lace
w hen G ra n d p a
C ath ey attempted to vote.
He w as
o v erco m e by fa tig u e b efo re c o m p le t­
ing h is b a llo t a n d w as fo rced to q u it
b efo re r e g is te r in g his m a rk fo r p ro ­
h ib itio n .
It w as h is g re a te s t a m b i­
tio n to h elp in v o tin g O regon d ry ,
but lie lias th e s a tis f a c tio n of k n o w ­
ing th a t h is p ra y e r h a s been g r a n t ­
ed, even th o u g h h e w as u n a b le to
ad d h is ow n v o te to th e re s u lt.
For Congress.
L a ffe rty
M c A rth u r
Lafferty * plurality ...... .........
181
90
M a jo rity a g a in s t ....................
189 D e p a rtm e n t In d u s try and P u b lic
122
W ork«.
352 Y es ...........................................
8 363 No .............................................
288
M a jo rity a g a in s t ..................... . ’ 171
F or S h eriff.
Hurlburt
......................- ............
W o rd
P rim a ry D e le g a te Rill.
118
286 354 Yes
355 No
Word’* m ajority........ .......... .
98
For Commissioner.
Holman ........ ............... ......... 238
Holbrook
Both elected.
117
103
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62
340
M a jo rity a g a in s t .....................
E q u a l A ssessm en t.
366 Ye* ............................................
35? No .................. ........................... .
288
Majority agelnet - — .....—
339
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326
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SACRIFICES
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j A n o th e r c a ta c ly is m o f c o n c e n tra t-
( ed c o n tu iu a c ity -If a n y o n e k now s
w h a t th a t m ean s— w ill p e re g r in a te
th r o u g h th e m inds of th e p opulace
o f G re sh a m in a sh o rt tim e and p e r­
a m b u la te p ro m isc u o u sly
u n d e r th e
j h a t rim s a n d b o n n et s tr in g s of all
th e m en a n d w om en v o te rs. In o th e r
w o rd s a c ity e le c tio n is co m in g on.
J u s t as if e v e ry m o th e r ’s son a n d
d a u g h te r w ho is in th e c o u n try -s a v ­
in g b u sin e ss
h a d n ’t
d o n e en o u g h
W oozy B ill s tu n ts d u r in g th e p a st
c a m p a ig n to ta k e a n e ed ed a n d d e ­
s e r v in g re s t, th e city co u n c il h a s
d e s ig n a te d n e x t T u e sd a y ev e n in g as
th e o ccasio n fo r a n o th e r c a rn a g e to
b eg in .
By r e f e re n c e to a “ n o tic e ” p u b ­
lish e d e ls e w h e re It w ill be seen th a t
th e r e Is no re s t fo r th e v o te r. P o ss i­
bly so m e o f th e m en a n d all th e
w om en e n jo y v o tin g a n d a re g lad of
th e o p p o rtu n ity to m a k e re h e a rs a l*
s e n tl-o e e a sio n a lly , h u t It w ould seem
th a t th e o c c a sio n s a r e co m in g too
th ic k a n d fa s t. T h e m en d o n ’t g et
tim e to m a k e a liv in g an y m o re, o w ­
in g to th e i r p a tr io tic d u tie s u t th e
ROCKWOOD GRANGE
PAYS PART OF DEBT p o lls; n o r do th e w om en g e t tim e to
do th e i r h o u se w o rk an d th e m en
R ockw ood g ra n g e h eld its r e g u ­ h av e to do it fo r th e m in m an y cases.
la r e v e n in g m e e tin g on W ed n esd ay It Is n 't fu lr to th e c h ild re n a n d th e r e
n ig h t a n d p aid off a p o rtio n o f th e is a p ro b a b ility th a t th e y w ill u p set
in d e b te d n e s s on th e p ro p e rty in c lu d ­ e x is tin g th in g s w hen th e y get old
ing th e g ra n g e h a ll. I n te r e s t fo r o n e e n o u g h to do th e U 'R en s tu n ts m ade
y e a r a n d a Idg slice o f th e p rin c ip a l a n d
p ro v id e d
fo r th e d e le c ta tio n
a m o u n tin g to
$150
w as o rd e re d a n d o b s e rv a n c e of th e i r p a trio tic
p aid.
f a th e r s a n d m o th e rs.
A b a la n c e of $75.00 w as le ft o v e r
F o llo w in g th e s la te sm a s h in g an d
from th e c o u n ty f a ir p re m iu m a f t e r n o m in a tin g
p e rfo rm a n c e of n ex t
a ll e x p e n se s w ere p aid .
A lso, th e T u e sd a y e v e n in g there w ill be a b r il­
su m o f $42 c le a re d a t t h e ’d a n c e on lia n t a n d s tr e n u o u s c a m p a ig n of e d ­
S a tu rd a y n ig h t la s t a n d a sm a ll b a l­ u c a tio n fo r a b o u t fo u r w eeks, w hen
a n ce in th e tr e a s u ry m a d e it p o ss i­ th e c lim a x w ill be cap p ed by an e le c ­
ble to k n o ck off a p a r t of th e d e b t.
tio n w h ich w ill give G re sh a m a new
A rra n g e m e n ts w ere m a d e fo r a set o f officers. P e rh a p s so m e of th em
New Y ear b a ll to be g iven on S a tu r ­ w ill be th e s a m e old o n es m ade o v e r
day e v e n in g , J a n u a r y 2. U n til th a t to lo o k lik e new , b u t th e cerem o n y
d a te th e g ra n g e w ill n o t hold an y h a s to be p e rfo rm e d a n d th e jo b
d an ces, a lth o u g h th e r e is a n in q u iry w ill be p u lle d off w ith c irc u m sp e c ­
from o th e r p a r tie s fo r th e use of th e tio n a n d e c la t b e fittin g th e g r e a t
h all a t an e a r lie r d a te , n o t y et a n ­ c o m m o n w e a lth
and
m e tro p o lis of
n o u n ced .
e a s te rn M u ltn o m a h .
A m o n g th e lu x u rio u s o rn a m e n ts
SAD DESTITUTION
o f w hich G re sh a m Is th e p ro p rie to r
CAUSE OF DEATH fo r civic a n d o th e r p u rp o se s Is th e
e x a lte d p e rs o n a g e know n uh a m ay o r,
A sa d case o f sic k n e ss a n d d e s ti­
an d It is ru m o re d th u t a new o n e is
tu tio n c a m e to th e a tte n tio n of th e
to he tr ie d otA on th e co m in g occa
p u b lic on M onday w hen th e d e u th of
sion. Everyb<nfy is g u e ss in g w ho he
little Sofia H olm e* o c c u rre d a t h e r
o r s h e is g o in g to be, h u t th o se w ho
h om e on th e S ectio n L ine.
know w o n 't te ll.
P o ssib ly som e of
T h e fam ily h a s been In re d u c e d
th e o th e r c itiz e n s k now n a s m u n ic i­
c irc u m stu u c e s, an d th e g ir l’s d e a th
pal officers w ill be c h a n g e d off fo r u
is a ttr ib u te d to lack of n o u ris h m e n t.
new s e t w ho a r e re a d y a n d w illing to
T h e m o th e r Is s u ffe rin g fro m tu b e r ­
sa c rific e th e m s e lv e s an d th e i r r e la ­
c u lo s is a n d tw o y o u n g hoys show
tio n * on th e a l t a r o f p u b lic d u ty .
la c k o f c a re .
The
f a th e r ,
P e te r
S om e o f th e old o n e s a re w eary of
H o lm es Is a h a rd w o rk e r b u t h a s
ru n n in g th e to w n , a lth o u g h th ey a d ­
been u n f o r tu n a te .
Sofia, ag ed six,
m it th e m s e lv e s th a t th e y can do It
w as b u rie d in th e G re sh a m c e m e ­
b e tt e r th a n a n y o n e e lse, u n d a re w ill­
te ry on W ed n esd ay a n d th e boya
in g to g iv e so m e o f th e o th e r fello w s
h av e been s e n t to th e S t. M ary ’s
a w hack a t th e p a s tim e o f g o in g
C a th o lic H om e a t B e a v e rto n .
Mrs.
dow n to c o u n c il m e e tin g s on c e rta in
H o lm es is to he ta k e n to th e tu b e r -
e v e n in g s w hen th ey know a q u o ru m
la r s a n a to riu m of S alem .
w ill he a b s e n t. B u t a ll th e sacrifice*
th e y w ill m a k e w ill n o t c o m p e n s a te
THANKSGIVING EVE
th e v o ter* fo r th e n e rv e -ra c k in g
DANCE AT FAIRVIEW c a m p a ig n th a t w ill h a v e to lie e n ­
B ills a re b ein g p rin te d a n n o u n c in g d u re d fo r f o u r w hole w eeks b efo re
a d a n c e in th e new city h a ll a t F a ir - th e th in g is s e ttle d .
B u t g e ttin g dow n to s e rio u s busl-
view
on W ed n esd ay
e v e n in g , th e
n
ess,
it is co n ced ed by o th e r* tita n
n ig h t b e fo re T h a n k s g iv in g Day.
It will be u n d e r th e s u p e rv isio n o f •h en w elv eo th a t th e city officers of
E d. H eslin w ho lias e n g a g e d L a to u r- G re sh a m h a v e d o n e th e i r w hole d u ty ,
e ll's o r c h e s tr a fo r th e occasio n . S u p ­ a n d if a n y o f th e m a re to be re tu rn e d
p e r w ill he se rv e d in th e lo w er h a ll. to office th e c ity Is to be c o n g r a tu la t­
ed.
U n d e r th e h a n d ic a p of a sm a ll
fu
n
d
fo r m u n ic ip a l p u rp o s e s th e y
D is ile « a t O u tlo o k O tlic e .
la rg e n u m b e r o f p la te s, p an s h a v e e ach anti ev e ry o n e been f a i th ­
und o th e r d ish e s, a lso w h ite a p ro n fu l to th e i r tr u s ts a n d h a v e In th e
w hich w ere le ft a t th e c a n n e ry b u ild - ,,aBt d o n e ,<’m e r’‘a ll’r
w ork
tn g la s t S a tu r d a y , h av e been b r o u g h t 14,1,1 haVM ,'a ^ r ,‘’,l
th " g o v e rn m e n t
1 , ti e O u tlo o k office w h e re th e o w n - ln “ ,1 « » « o m l c a l an d b u sin e ss lik e
e ra c an h av e sa m e by c a llin g f o r w ,y ’ fre e ,ro n l “ » «■»‘ •'»«m. In som e
th in g s th e y h a v e s u rp a s s e d th e ef-
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
f o r ts o f lik e officials In o th e r p laces.
G ra v e l a n o H and.
No o th e r to w n of it* size h a s th e ex-
I am p re p a re d to fu r n is h g ra v e l c e lle n t w a fe r sy ste m t h a t e q u a ls th e
an d sa n d In an y q u a n tity from B ell O M
G re sh a m . It is th e g r e a te s t
M a jo rity fo r
10
Tax < o d e Com ini««ioii.
F o r th e p rin c ip a l le a d in g offices 344 Yes
122
o f th e s t a te a n d c o u n ty , th e tw o 345 No
271
G re sh a m p re c in c ts sto o d as fo llow s,
le a v in g o u t th o s e w ho h a d sm a ll o p ­
M a jo rity a g a in s t
149
p o sitio n :
A tio lish in g D esert L an d B ill
U n ited S ta te * S e n a to r.
.346 Yes
53
B ooth .................................................. 182 347 No .............................................
328
C h a m b e rla in ................................... 270
-
M a jo rity a g a in s t ........................ 265
C h a m b e rla in ’s m a jo r ity .........
88
P r« |> o rtio n n l R e p re « e n ta tio n .
348 Ye* ............................................
17
F o r G o v e rn o r.
349 No ............................................. . 284 79x.
W ith y c o m b e ....................................
215
H ave you g o t th e h a b it?
S m ith ..................................................
251
M a jo rity a g a in s t
90
In a W a n t Ad.
A tio lish in g S ta te M enate
S m ith 's m a jo rity ..........................
36 360 Y es ............
163
253
361 No ............................................
Flegel .............................................
8
$1.50
ELECTION
AFTFR THE CONFLICT,
HOW THE VOTES WENT
NEW RESIDENCE BURNED
TWICE IN A YEAR
The
c o n s titu tio n a l
am endm ent
m e n t a d o p te d at th e e le c tio n p u r ­
p o rtin g to e n a b le a c ity lik e St. J o h n s
to s u r r e n d e r its u a r t e r a n d m erg e
w ith P o rtla n d m ay n o t g iv e th e r e ­
lie f e x p e c te d o f it a c c o rd in g to th e
o p in io n s o f la w y e rs h e re . T h ey say
t h a t th e a c t d e fe a ts its e lf as sh o w n
In th e w o rd in g o f S ectio n 2 o f th e
a m e n d m e n t. T h is s e c tio n re a d s :
“ T h e L e g isla tiv e A ssem b ly , o r th e
p e o p le by th e in itia tiv e , m ay e n a c t a
g e n e ra l law
p ro v id in g a
m e th o d
S u re ly th e W a n t A ds. b rin g q u ick
w h e re b y
an
in c o rp o ra te d
c ity o r a n d s u r e r e tu r n s .
to w n o r m u n ic ip a l c o rp o r a tio n m ay
s u r r e n d e r its c h a r t e r a n d be merged* a m e n d m e n t m ay be it w ill s ta n d St.
in to a n a d jo in in g c ity o r to w n , p ro ­ J o h n s in good s te a d to sta y o u t of
v id ed a m a jo rity o f th e e le c to rs of P o rtla n d at p re s e n t. If th e re s id e n ts
e a c h o f th e in c o r p o ra te d c itie s o r w ill s tu d y c o n d itio n s a t th is tim e.
to w n s o r m u n ic ip a l c o rp o r a tio n s af- | T h e re m ay com e a tim e w hen th e y
fe c te d a u th o r iz e th e s u r r e n d e r
o r m ay m e rg e w ith P o rtla n d w ith p ro f­
it, b u t it w o u ld seem t h a t now is no t
m e rg e r, as th e case m ay be.
“ I v o ted fo r th e m e a s u re ,” said th e tim e . 8 t. Jo h n * is re a lly a fine,
K. C. C o u ch , o f th e St. J o h n s Com - i g ro w in g to w n o f n e a rly 6000 p e o ­
m e rc ia l c lu b th is m o rn in g , " b u t I p le. I t is d o in g finely in a ll lin es.
h a v e been in fo rm e d th a t th e w o rd ­ D r. V in c e n t, a so c ia lis t, Is th e m a y o r,
has
n e v e r p e rm itte d h is
in g of th e a c t m a k e s it void, by a t ­ b u t h e
to rn e y s . w h ich re q u ire * a m a jo rity view* a lo n g t h a t lin e to In te rfe r e
o f th e e le c to r* . H o w ev er, I su p p o se w ith th e d is c h a rg e o f h is d u tle* to
th e city . H e is in te llig e n t an d t a c t ­
it w ill be tr ie d o u t.”
The act grew out of the effort 9t. fu l. S t. J o h n s ha* a n e x c e lle n t fire
John* made to merge into Portland d e p a r tm e n t w ell m a n n e d an d a d m in ­
several year* ago, when annexation is te re d e c o n o m ic a lly . A ll th e a d ­
carried, but the supreme court then m in is tr a tiv e a c tiv itie s m u s t b e s u r ­
held the place could not surrender re n d e re d w hen St. J o h n s is m e rg ed
A n n e x a tio n
w ill
It* charter, hence this enabling act w ith P o rtla n d .
»a* Initiated. It la now said that it co m e, b u t th e p e o p le sh o u ld be
has a fatal “joker” that may render s tr o n g e n o u g h to h o ld th e i r ow n
w ith o th e r p o rtio n * of P o rtla n d , aay
It void.
w h en th e y h a v e
1 0 ,0 0 0 o r 1 0 ,0 0 0
Whatever the reault of thia peo p le
FRIDAY,
>
M ay o r S h a ttu c k a n d th o s e w ho h e lp ­
ed h im to g e t It.
Invest
S tr e e t
Im p ro v em e n t*
t h a t h av e
been m ad e, th e fire p ro te c tio n *ys-
; tern, th e o th e r Item * o f le s s e r n o te
a tt e s t th e a b ility a n d g o -a h e a d s p ir it
o f o u r c ity g o v e rn o r* — a n d th e peo-
' pie h a v e co n fid en ce in e v e ry o n e of
; th e m .
THANKSGIVING DANCE
At Fairview
;: Wednesday Night, Nov. 25 :: ’ 1
E. E. H E S L IN
Floor Manager
LATOURELL’S 4 PIECE ORCHESTRA
Please Return.
The person who borrowed my
fishing pole, please return or leave
i ! at Halllgan’e barber shop.
JAMES JENNINGS.
Builders.
Chicken Supper in Building
Dance Tickets, $I.(M)
eeeeaaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeei
Wanted a good house built tn
Oreeham in exchange for Portland
property
For particular* see Mr*.
Lillian Pullen.
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