Gresham outlook., January 05, 1915, Image 1

T W IC E
A
W EEK
VOL
4.
NO. 89
G resham O utlook
GRESHAM,
MULTNOMAH,
COUNTY,
OREGON
TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1915
TUESDAYS
AND
FRIDAYS
$1.50
PER
YEAR
TELEPHONE
STEADY PROGRESS
RECEPTION
ROADMASTER
TWO WRECKED
FOLLOWS IN WAKE
MEETING IS
TO BE GIVEN
SAFES YIELD
OF MAN’S ACTIVITY
ADJOURNED
THE FIREMEN
SEVEN ROADS
LITTLE LOOT
^
W ith tw enty sh a re s of th e capi­
ta l stock of th e M ultnom ah & C lack­
am as M utual T elephone com pany a b ­
sen t, th e eig h ty o r m ore sh a re h o ld ­
ers p rese n t a t th e a n n u a l m eeting
y esterd ay
w ere com pelled to ad ­
jo u rn w ith o u t doing anything.
T he m eeting a d jo u rn e d fo r two
w eeks, J a n u a ry 18, a t 1 :3 0 p. m..
Miss E va A nderson, se c re ta ry of the
com pany h ad
her
a n n u a l re p o rt
ready but it was n o t read. In a d d i­
tion sh e had m ade som e com parisons
betw een th e business done d u rin g
th e p ast tw o y ears show ing th e In­
crease. F ollow ing a re th e differen t
su b je cts of th e re p o rt in fu ll:
R o ad m aster Jo h n
B. Yeon has
R e g n er's new o p era house will be
P ro g ress in e a ste rn M ultnom ah a lib eral county co u rt, th a t sees
G resham people m ust be u nusually
th e scene next S atu rd ay evening d u rin g th e Past y ear was stead y and p ro sp erity in en co u rag in g th e pro m ade a rep o rt to th e county com m is- sound sleepers, o r else th e fatig u e of
J a n u a ry 9, of an en th u sia stic recep- ^ “
'*1 a " d ° f ‘he quaH ,y th a t duction and ex hibition of only th e i8loner8 ,n w hich he m akes recom - ce leb ratin g th e holidays was too
„
. „
H will w ear well. W hile It is ad m itted best. More th a n $5000 will be giv I "« ‘“ d atio n s fo r h ard su rfa cin g sev- g reat to p erm it of anyone being dis­
tion to th e G resham V olunteer F ire th a t business wa8 Ilot 80 brisk „
en aw ay again next fall to those who era l of th e county ro ad s b ut leaves tu rb ed by such a trifling th in g as
D ep artm en t. T he arra n g e m e n ts a re has been know n to be in o th e r years, m ake ex h ib its a t th e G resham fair; o u t th e Section Line. A p a rt of his blow ing a safe open in th e dead
being m ade by th e W om en's club. ' th e re was a su b sta n tia l gro w th in fully one h alf of th a t am o u n t will re p o rt is as follow s:
h ours of n ig h t.
who invite all ad u lts of G resham every e n terp rise from farm in g to th e go to th e stock and p o u ltry d e p a rt­
I am of th e firm opinion th a t th e
P erh ap s anyone who d ream ed of
and vicinity to jo in w ith them iD prom otion of th e in d u strie s th a t go m ents an d h alf as m uch m ore to m acadam roads on o u r m ain h ig h ­ h ea rin g a noise th o u g h t it was th e
ways have out-lived th e ir usefulness
expressin g th e ir ap p reciatio n in th is ‘ to m ake up th e suprem acy of th is furm p roducts.
an d no m ore m acadam sh o u ld be la st dying echo of th e new y ear din,
way to th e firem en fo r th e ir efficient section as a d esira b le p a rt of th e
co n stru cted on th e m ain a rte ria l an d kept on d ream in g . At any ra te
w ork in fighting th e recen t fire an l s ta te to live in and do business in.
This a rtic le is not specializing roads in th e county, as I have sa tis­ no one has been found who rem em ­
o th ers.
j B ut fo r th e rec en t d isastro u s fire with individual en terp rises, b ut it is fied m yself th ro u g h th e rep o rts of bers h earin g th e safe a t th e Mt. Hood
An in te re stin g p ro g ram has been in G resham w hich placed a tem por- proper to p red ict th a t th e re will be o th e r sta te s an d counties, coupled depot sc a tte rin g itself ab o u t th e of­
a rra n g e d for th e occasion which will ary check upon th e activ ities of th e co nsiderable done by th o se who are w ith th e records of my ow n office, fice, n o r th e door of M D. K ern ’s
th a t th e cost of m acadam an d its
Include an ad d ress by M ayor Geo. W. tow n, th e re has been no retro g res- in a position to spend m oney on ce r­ upkeep is fa r in excess of w hat it office safe giving up its co n ten ts to a
S tapleto n , resp o n se by F ire Chief sion. R a th e r has th e re been an ad- tain public an d hom e b etterm en ts should be, co nsidering th e cost of se t of b u rg lars som ew here betw een
E. T. Jones, read in g s by Mrs. D. M. vance an d a b ran ch in g o u t in som e T he " b u rn t d is tric t” of G resham will o th e r h ard su rfa ce in co n ju n ctio n 1 :3 0 an d 5 o'clock y esterd ay m orn­
T rial balance fo r two y ears ending D onough, Miss Mabel Shipley an d 1 new ones.
T he prom otion of th e u n doubtedly be reb u ilt. W hat th e w ith m acadam . V aluable d a ta on th is ing. E n tran c e to th e depot was ef­
D ecem ber 31, 1914.
question can be o b tain ed an y w h ere
Miss G enevieve
S tinsm an. sin g in g new fru itg ro w e rs' association is an cost will be is a m a tte r of conjec­ to su b sta n tia te my sta te m e n ts and I, fected by sm ash in g a fro n t window.
A ssets.
by th e L adies' chorus, th e Male q u a r- i instance. T he erectio n of th e au to - tu re, according to th e dem and for th erefo re, will n o t go in to a lengthy T he safe was w recked and loot con­
C ash .........................
te
t an d Mrs. O. J. Brown and a piano 1 m obile facto ry is a n o th er, alth o u g h the b uildings to be erected. T h irty rep o rt on th is p hase of th e question. sisted of $9.65 was taken.
T reas. sto c k ........
50.00
d
u
et by the Misses Ada and F lo ren ce its inception d ates back in to th e pre- th o u san d d o llars is probably a fair As to trestles, cu lv erts an d bridges,
M aterial ....................
665.98
At K ern ’s lu m b er y ard th e o u te r
I would recom m end th a t th ey be
L ine .......................
vlous year.
estim ate. Then th e re is th e union co n stru cted w ith a view to p erm a­ door of th e safe was le ft unlocked
In stru m e n ts .............
.... 6061.19
F ollow ing th e p ro g ram a cafete ria
high school, w hich will cost an o th e r nency. T he w idth of w earing s u r­ b u t th e in n e r door was “ sh o t" only
A ccounts, rec.
1484.90 luncheon will be served. As no per-
face of bridges an d roads sh o u ld in
Im
p
ro
v
em
en
ts
in
G
resham
have
tw’enty-five th o u san d . To th ese may my estim atio n n ot be less th a n 18 to reveal som e papers an d two
B a tte ries .......
30.76
D irectory acct.
10.00 sonal so licitatio n s a re being m ade ’ k ep t pace w ith th e o th e r prosperous be added th e probable co nstruction feet. T he w idth of bridges should sm ooth dim es. T h e dim es are a to­
for th is luncheon, those who a tte n d achievem ents of th e y ear, an d b ut of som e first-class buildings on o th e r p referab ly be 20 feet.
tal loss, b ut a bunch of notes in a
T o tal .............................
a re expected to fu rn ish article s from for th e losses by fire would have sites. They a re being considered and
I am h ea rtily in fav o r of th e local d raw er w ere found la te r in th e field
th e follow ing list: salad s, sandw ich- m ade fo r G resham a record m ark , a re only aw aitin g th e tren d of events issue, for paving th e follow ing roads, east of th e lu m b er y ard .
L iabilities.
Several
th e n u m b er of m iles in d icated :
C ap ital stock ..........
...$ 6900.00 es, pickles, d o u g h n u ts an d cakes. T he la te d isa ste r will prove a bless- to becom e realities. T hen, th e re are Sandy
checks w ere not ta k en as being too
road
from
city
lim
its
S u rp lu s ........
F o r f u rth e r in fo rm atio n call Mrs. i ¡ng in th in disguise by an o th e r new also sev eral dw elling houses in con­
d an g ero u s to n eg o tiate.
to Sandy riv er............................ 10
D ividend .......
Chas. C leveland, p resid e n t of th e year, an d th e allied in d u strie s of th e tem p latio n , som e are even now u n ­ C olum bia R iver H ighw ay from
Several deputy sheriffs and detec­
P rofit and loss..........
.... 8079.36 club, o r any of th e m em bers of th e town and its vicinity give th e prom -
Sandy riv er to county line ... 28 V4 tives were h ere y esterd ay looking
d e r course of co n stru ctio n , to be fin­
Base
L
ine
road
from
city
lim
its
T he per- ise of m ak in g 1915 a n o tab le epoch ished soon. I t is know n th a t m ore
T otal ................................... $21836.20 a rra n g e m e n t com m ittee.
for clews b ut none were found ex­
to T ro u td ale cross ro a d ......... 9
R eceipts and d isb u rse m en ts from sonnel of th e co m m ittee is Mrs. in th e h isto ry of Pow ell Valley and are in prospect.
cept two badly tw isted keys a t the
Pow ell V alley road from city
N ovem ber 1, 1913, to D ecem ber 31, Maxwell S chneider, Mrs. G eorge all th e su rro u n d in g co u n try .
lim its to G resham ...,................ 8
lu m b er yard office and a piece of the
1914:
Honey, Mrs. H. E. Davis, Mrs. K. A. j W hile th e b u ild in g in d u stry has
A g re a t p o rtion of th e prosperity F o ste r road from city lim its
ra ilro a d office safe w rapped in som e
to county lin e............................... 5
R eceip ts.
M iller, Mrs. E. H. K elly an d Mrs. R. ¡not been g re a t it has served to s tin t of e a ste rn M ultnom ah is to be a t ­
cotton used to deaden th e sound of
B alance ................................... $
110.70 R. C arlson.
T he m em bers of th e u late tra d e and keep m oney in circu trib u te d to the excellent roads lead ­ Canyon road from city lim its
th e explosion.
T his la tte r fin 1
to co unty lin e............................... 2
R e n t ......................................... 9747.74 club will act as a recep tio n com m it­
lation.
T he im p ro v em en ts a t th e ing th ro u g h it an d across. W hile it D innton ro ad from city lim its
would in d icate th a t th e K ern safe
T olls .......................................... 3002.16
to L ln n to n .................................... 3
fa ir g ro u n d s, th e can n ery building is recognized th a t P o rtlan d has paid
Misc.............................................
138.75 tee.
was robbed last.
E n tran c e a t the
th e R eg n er block an d o th e r b u ild ­ 90 per ce n t of th e ir cost, It is also
K ern office was m ade by c u ttin g a
T
otal
m
iles...............................
65
%
T otal ................................. $12990.35 A. C. RUBY WILL BUILD
ings of lesser n o te have called fo r to be rem em bered th a t P o rtlan d
If th e final e stim a te of th e above piece of glass o u t of th e door and
COSTLY RESIDENCE an ex p en d itu re w ith in th e city lim its needed an d d em anded them . Up to work
D isb u rsem en ts.
should prove th a t a $1,000,000 u n locking It from th e iustde.
D ividends .............................. $ 680.00
of o ver $40,000 d u rin g th e y ear o r w ithin a y ear o r so th ey w ere su f­ bond issue w ould m ak e th e im prove­
It was discovered la te r th a t th e
W
h
at
will
be
th
e
finest
an
d
m
ost
Office expense ........................ 1184.60
in p erspective before th e cost si ficient fo r all traffic, b u t th a t was m en t th en th e Issue m eans a ch arg e crack sm en had first e n tered th e new
O p erato rs ............................... 1981.61 costly residence in M ultnom ah co u n ­
to each p ro p erty ow ner, assessed at
M aintalnence .......................... 3658.87 ty, o u tsid e of P o rtla n d , w ill be b u ilt counted up. A dded to th ese the before th e day of th e autom obile and $1000.00, of $3.00 on th e p rincipal can n ery b u ild in g by sm ash in g a w in­
R oads th a t w ere of th e bond, and a ch arg e of 15 cents dow. F ro m th e re th ey took a piece
Pac. Tel. & T el.................... 1801.42 by A. C. Ruby on his Base L ine stock eq u ip m en t of th e au to m o b ile factory, th e a u to tru ck .
Misc................................ -............ 2690.01
th e can n ery and th e cost of clearin g considered th e best th en a re becom ­ p er ann u m fo r in te rest. F o r in stan ce, of rope and a pum p han d le, b oth of
farm , a b o u t two m iles n o rth w est of
an d p la n tin g new acreag e in th e n ea r ing obso lete now ; th ey a re in su f­ a ten year bond issue w ould m ean, w hich w ere found later. A b ar of
T o tal .................................$11996.51 G resham .
vicinity— all trib u ta ry to G resham — ficient fo r th e traffic, an d w h at was fo r every p ro p erty ow n er assessed iron from th e section house was also
C ash ...........................................
993.35
W. B. Bell, a P o rtla n d arc h itec t,
a t $1000.00, an a n n u a l p ay m en t of
and th e to ta l will rep rese n t the good enough for the fa rm e r th en Is 4 5 cents, Including p rin cip al an d in ­ tak en and used a t th e ra ilro a d depot
has n ea rly com pleted th e plans and
m oney th a t has k ep t th e city of now’ unfit fo r even his use because te re s t; for th e p ro p erty o w n er as­ to b reak in to th e building.
$12990.35
specifications w hich call fo r a b u ild ­
New L ines and E xtension.
sessed at $500.00, an a n n u a l pay­
G resham pro sp ero u s fo r th e past they a re w earin g out.
ing
to
cost
$25,000.
I
t
will
extend
Sandy line No. 67.........
$ 313.35
m en t of 22
cents, in clu d in g p rin ­
y
ear
and
m
ade
it
a
d
esirab
le
place
for
T
he
p
lan
s
to
provide
b
e
tte
r
th
o
r­
C o ttre ll line, No. 71
160.00 tw o an d a h alf sto rie s above a full
cipal and in te re st, an d th e poor m an, MANAGER OF C. C. STORES
hom
e
b
u
ild
ers
and
Inv
estm
en
t
se
ek
­
o u g h fares— roads th a t will sta n d th e ow ning no p ro p erty w ould receive
T ro u td a le line, No. 84
VISITS GRESHAM
108.00 co ncrete basem ent an d co n tain fo u r­
E. T. Jo n e s line, No. 85
ers w hich a re su re to be a ttra c te d w ear and te a r of tw en ty y ears u n d er th e benefit of an increased dem and
15.00
teen
room
an
d
th
re
e
sleeping
porch­
Sloop line, No. 76 . .
J. C. C ochran, of Oregon City, ad ­
47.50
h ere by th e know ledge th a t th is is a all co nditions of trav e l a re needed— for labor, inasm uch as 90 p e r ce n t of
P o rtla n d Gun club, No. 0
35.00 es.
th e cost of road im provem ent is for v ertisin g
m an ag e r of th e C. C.
flourishing com m unity.
and
they
will
be
built.
O. W. T a rr line. No. 87... •
labor.
51.25
A m ong th e ap p o in tm en ts w ill be
sto res, was in tow n early th is week
T hese figures are based on th e as­
an ice p lan t, an electric la u n d ry and
N or h as e n te rp rise been en tirely
I t is to be re g re tte d th a t th e re is sum ption th a t th e co unty will not looking a f te r th e in te re sts of the
$ 710.10 a vacuum clean in g plqnt. C o n stru c­
E xtensions.
a t a sta n d still in th e o th e r localities opposition to th e plans of th e coun­ Increase in w ealth d u rin g th e life of G resham sto re. T his sto re is one of
L ine No. 43.......
60.75 tion will probably be s ta rte d w ithin su rro u n d in g G resham . M arked im ­
$
th e bonds, b u t it is a foregone con­ a chain of sto res o p era tin g in O re­
ty com m issioners In som e q u a rte rs, clusion
L ine No. 77.......
15.00 th e p rese n t m onth unless th e w eath ­
th a t in ten y ears M ultnom ah
p rovem ents may be seen a t T ro u t­ but th e re is alw ays opposition to e \- county will have in creased g rea tly gon and a t V ancouver, W ashington.
L ine No. 4 2.............
15.00 e r in te rfe re s.
L ine No. 13..
dale, F airv iew , P le a sa n t Home, Rock­ ery plan th a t costs money.
12.00
It Is in w ealth , th ereb y red u cin g th ese Mr. C ochran says th a t buyers for the
T he Ruby ran ch , as It Is best
wood an d P le a sa n t Valley. T hese only by ta k in g a firm g rip on a p ro ­ figures p ro p o rtio n ately . T h e m ak ­ sto re s will soon go e a st to p urchase
$ 102.76 know n. Is situ a te d on th e Base L ine im provem ents are prin cip ally in the ject and push in g it th ro u g h with a ing of th is im p ro v em en t of 65 >4 new lines of sp rin g and su m m er
m iles of h ard su rfa ce ro ad s will goods.
road an d co n tain s a b o u t 180 acres,
A lready m uch buying has
2989 poles a t $2
$ 5978.00 It is th e hom e of th e fam ous Belgian form of new residences an d b arn s d eterm in a tio n to Bucceed th a t many m ake M ultnom ah co unty one of the
been
done
and early sh ip m en ts are
694 m iles w ire a t $10
and
an
increased
are
a
of
tillab
le
land
6940.00
th in g s a re accom plished. T he Col­ forem ost co u n ties in th e Pacific
564 telephones ...
5986.18 horses w hich w ere show n a t th e w rested from th e wild dom ain th a t u m b ia R iver H ighw ay an d th e I n te r ­ N o rth w est in m ileage of paved expected to a rriv e a t th e G resham
M a terial on hand. . ..
300.00 G resham fa ir fiuring th e p ast several is co n stan tly yielding to th e efforts
roads, w hile a t p rese n t we a re at sto re. T he C. C. people have lo cat­
s ta te b ridge are exam ples. One is le
ast 10 y ears behind tim e in th e ed h ere p erm a n en tly an d give a s su r­
years, an d w hich have won first
of
its
ow
ners
to
m
ake
it
productive.
n
early
finished,
th
e
o
th
e
r
will
be
Below, on th is page, will be found prize a t a ll th e n o rth w este rn fairs.
co n stru ctio n of p erm a n en t highw ays.
In reg ard to th e assessm en t dis- ance of co n d u ctin g th e ir business on
th e ta b u la te d s ta te m e n t fo r two Mr. Ruby is well know n as a p ro ­ T he new land th a t w ill be yielding bu ilt th is year. In a like m a n n er the
tric
t plans fo r th e h ard su rfa ce of fa ,r and safo principles.
T hey do
its
first
crops
th
is
y
ear
w
ithin
th
e
roads
of
ea
stern
M
ultnom
ah
will
be
y ears of ea rn in g s an d expenses.
gressive stockm an
confines of e a ste rn M ultnom ah will h ard su rfaced an d w ith th a t done roads, w hich was trie d o u t th is y ea r ; business on a stric tly cash basis and
th l’ ,n a se , L lne road aa d th e R iver- give th e public th e benefit of the
be ap p ro x im ately five h u n d red acres. th e re will come a com p en satin g era °,n,
S to ck h o ld ers’ M eeting.
side drive, I do n ot believe th a t th e iow.,8, nrtceo
1 n
CLEANING AWAY
county should a tte m p t any m ore h ard
®
. J. B. a r te r who has
Not very m uch in itself, but it gives
T he an n u a l m eeting of th e sto c k ­
FIRE WRECKAGE an idea of how m uch m ore will be a p ro sp erity th a t will co n v ert th e su rfacein g u n d er th is plan, fo r the ch a rg e of th e local sto re is a p e r­
ho ld ers of th e M ultnom ah & C lack a­
d o u b ters an d opposers, b u t they wl’l
m as C ounty M utual T elephone com ­
C lean in g up th e w reckage of Os­ grow n th is y ear th a n was grow n last have to be “ sh o w n ” before they will reason th a t I consider th e plan both m a n en t re sid e n t h ere an d a m an
im p racticab le an d u n ju st. I do not stric tly reliab le an d p le asa n t to trad e
pany was a d jo u rn e d on Ja n u a ry 4th, b u rn ’s b lack sm ith shop an d H essel's year. T h a t m uch of progress show s believe.
believe th a t any p ro p erty a b u ttin g w ith.
to m eet again on J a n u a ry 18th, on m achinery sto re is g oing on briskly in creased p ro sp erity and ad d its quo­
on co u n try roads should be directly
G resham is th e stra g e tic p o in t for assessed for th e cost of paving the _
-
_ ...
acco u n t of a suficient n u m b e r of and th e p h o to g rap h stu d io ru in s are ta to th e w ealth th a t now exists—-a
WO
CONTRACTS
sh a re s n o t being rep rese n ted to hold being to rn down. Mr. O sburn owns w ealth th a t ca n n o t d ecrease o r fly all of th is section. It is th e gatew ay road, inasm uch as im m ediately upon
th e com pletion of th e p avem ent the
ENTERED INTO
a legal m eeting.
th e pro p erty and is c lea rin g th e site aw ay, because It sp rin g s from the to th e m o u n tain re so rts— th e n a tu ra l assessable value of th e p ro p erty is
pass
fo
r
all
th
e
co
u
n
try
th
a
t
Ik
s
soil
and
w
ill
grow
w
ith
th
e
years
T he ad jo u rn e d m eeting w ill be p re p a ra to ry to m ak in g plans fo r his
increased, and th is in crease will be in
A m eeting of th e board of d ire c t­
eastw ard , an d th e ce n te r of all its 10 y ears pay for th e im provem ents.
held on J a n u a ry 18th, 1915, In th e new building. T he ru in s of th e th a t a re to follow.
o rs of th e G resham F ru it G ro w ers’
g re a te st in d u strie s. I t needs (level
C om m ercial club hall a t one o'clock C raw ford
dw elling
w ere cleared
association was held la st n ig h t a t
T h ere can be no retro g ressio n for opm ent, needs a tte n tio n and a sp irit DOUBLE HEADER
In th e afte rn o o n .
aw ay la st week.
BASKET BALL GAME w hich two im p o rta n t co n tra cts were
A full re p re se n ta tio n of stock *s
Some w ork of th e sam e k ind is th e basic p rin cip le is here. It is to of lib e rality an d p ro g ress on th e
signed up for th e com ing year.
req u e sted .
EVA ANDERSON,
being done on th e o th e r sites, and be found in th e farm s, th e dairies, p a rt of every persou who lives here.
T he people of G resham will have
One was w ith th e A. R u p ert B rok­
W ith th e sp irit of th e new w est it
th e re is a prospect th a t all th e ru b ­ th e o rch a rd s an d th e livestock in ­
S ecretary.
a n o th e r b ask et ball tr e a t on F rid ay erag e Agency of P o rtlan d , which will
bish will be rem oved In a sh o rt tim e. d u stry w hich is in creasin g all aro u n d will go fo rw ard , n o t backw ard, and n ig h t, Ja n u a ry 8 th , when a big d o u ­ han d le th e packed and canned goods
C h a rity H ive No. 38, L. O. T. M., No definite p lan s have been a n ­ us. T he reg istered h erd s a re rapidly w ith no unfo rseen calam ity It will
ble h ead er gam e will ta k e place a t of th e p la n t; th e o th e r was w ith
w ill give a 500 p a rty on S atu rd ay nounced fo r reb u ild in g , b u t it is a l­ ta k in g th e places of th e g rad es in be th e focus of d iscern m en t m ore
th e G resham rin k . T he G resham A th ­ F re d R a ste r of th e Brow nsville can­
c
a
ttle
,
h
orses,
sheep,
sw
ine
and
evening, J a n u a ry 9, 1915, in th e m ost c e rta in th a t th e v acan t lots
an d m ore each y ear as It goes on­
letics, who have been doing som e re ­ n ery as process man fo r th e season.
M accabee H all a t Rockw ood.
Ad­ will have new te n a n ts w ithin a few poultry. T his condition is one of th e w ard w ith th e p restig e th a t fa r see­
m ark ab ly fine playing of late, will
Field M anager S terlin g rep o rted
resu
lts
of
th
e
county
fair,
a
t
which
m ission 25 cents, Including lunch.
ing has In sto re. Each passing year
m onths a t th e fu rth e st.
m eet th e stro n g team of th e N orth h aving sold fo u r carlo ad s of feed
no prizes a re given to In ferio r stock, will see som e A dvancem ent, b ut the
Pacific D ental college.
d u rin g th e p ast fo u r weeks, and
an d w here th e ex h ib its of only th e com ing one will see th e m ost ta n g i­
T he high school team will play the has ta k en o rd ers fo r a n o th e r c a r­
F o llow ing is a co m p arativ e s ta te m e n t of ea rn in g s
best in each class a re rew ard ed w ith ble resu lts flowing from its resources
boys of F ra n k lin high school In a lo ad ; also for a car of a lfa lfa hay.
and expenses of th e telep h o n e com pany fo r th e tw o
g en ero u s prem ium s. F o r th is g en ­ an d th e efforts of its people to bring
years beginning, Nov. 1, 1912, an d en d in g Oct. 31,
gam e which prom ises to be one of
ero
sity
th
e
people
a
re
beholden
to
them
ab
o
u
t.
1914.
ANNUAL ELECTION
th e m ost th rillin g of th e season.
T h ere is need of a good bunch of
FIRE DEPARTMENT
iD avis, " P o in s e tta .”
E xpenses.
REGNER S MASQUERADE
1913
1914
B est su stain e d lady ch a racter, ro o ters and a larg e rep rese n tatio n of
GLITTERING SUCCESS
T he G resham V o lu n teer F ire De­
Office expenses
$ 886.32
$ 1 124 67
th e citizens of th e locality, to give
I Mrs. N ellie M arshall, "W itc h .’’
O perators
p
a
rtm
e n t will m eet W ednesday n ig h t
.................. 1591.15
1738 81
T he New Y ear m asq u erad e ball
B est costum e, g en tlem an , Jam es evidence of stro n g su p p o rt of the
M aintenance . .
.................. 2284.25
3315.78
J
a
n
u
a
ry
6 a t 8 o ’clock fo r th e an ­
given
by
A
rth
u
r
R
eg
n
er
in
his
new
hom e team s an d enable th e boys to
Taxes
McKinney, “ Uncle Sam ,”
220 11
125.32
n u al election of officers an d o th e r
I o p era house on F rid a y n ig h t last
pay
expenses.
S torm d a m a g e ..... ................. 605.95
Best su stain ed g en tlem an ch a rac­
______________ Im p o rtan t business. Ail m em bers
In te re s t ..................
was a successful affair, the atteu d - te r, A. E. K essler, "T ra m p .”
73.85
B alance profit .......
3395 84
M ayor Sim pson of N o rth Bend a re e*Pected to be presen t. By or-
ance being alm o st as larg e as it was
It was an n ounced th a t a se ries of
H a rry Jo h n so n ,
a t th e o p en in g ball on C h ristm as dancing in stru c tio n s would begin to ­ prpooses th a t th e fed eral g o v ern m en t ,ler of th e c h le t
T otal .................
$9795.21
n ig h t. I t Is e stim a ted th a t 450 m orrow evening, W ednesday, J a n u ­ ta k e o ver all Coos Bay Im prove- ■e c re ta ry.
Incom e.
................—
persons w ere p resen t, ab o u t one-half ary 6, an d co n tin u e every W ednes­ raenta in fu tu re .
1913
1914
T he an n u al election of officers of
of
whom
w
ere
in
costum
e.
R entals ...................
day n ig h t. T hose who wish to tak e
$7925.53
18509.28
From Ja n u a ry 30 to Sept. 30, 1914 th e G resham A m ateu r A thletic club
T he floor m an ag em en t was u n d er lessons may apply a t th e halt d u rin g
T olls
.................. ................ 1369.35
1285.93
M iscellaneous .......
d irectio n of W. R. B agnell and wife, th ese evenings o r to Mr. R eg n er at th e co u n ties of th e s ta te sp e n t $3,- w ill be held in th e fire h all, T h u r s ­
13 45
None
day, Ja n u a ry 7, a t 8 p. m. T his will
dancing in stru c to rs from R ln g le r s any tim e. T he cost will be 50 cents 369,788 on roads.
T otal ......................................$9308.33
$9795.21
be a very Im p o rtan t m eeting an d no
C otillion hall In P o rtla n d .
fo r a single lesson, o r six lessons for
Bids have been taken for 450,- m em ber of th e club can afford to be
I Prize« w ere aw ard ed as follow s:
$2.50. T he hall will be open to In­ 000 tons of rock for the Columbia ab sen t.
B ert L indsey, p re sid e n t;
I Bost costum e, lady, Miss L au ra te re ste d sp e cta to rs a t th ese lessons.
jetty next year.
H a rry Jo h n so n , se cretary .
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