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MULTNOMAH.
COUNTY,
OREGON
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1915
$1.50
PER
YEAR
SCORE CARDS R. F. D. RULES APPROVAL OF CROP SHEETS
NEW HOME
SPLITS LOGS
AS ARRANGED AND POSTAGE BLUE SKY LAW ARE WANTED
FOR BANK
AND PULLS
FOR GRANGES
TO GERMANY
AS ENACTED
BY MANAGER
AND CLUB
BIG STUMPS
An a rr a n g e d m e e tin g b etw een tile
F , E. K en n ey , th e tnuu w ho in ­
O w ing to th e fact th a t th e r e h av e
At th e y early m e e tin g held J a n u a ­
By L. H. W ELLS.
G re sh a m , F eb. 11, 1915.
p re m iu m list c o m m itte e o f th e M u lt­
P O R T L A N D , F eb 11— ( S p e c i a l i - v e n te d th e v acu u m c le a n e r, w as in
E d ito r O u tlo o k :— 1 h av e re c e n tly ry 11, th e fo llo w in g re s o lu tio n was
been n u m e ro u s in q u irie s as to w hat
n o m a h C o u n ty F a ir an d th e m a ste rs
¡T h e E ast S ide H o ld in g co m p an y w as G resh u m y e s te rd a y a r r a n g in g fo r a
a re th e re q u ire m e n ts of it. F. I), p a t­ I n o ticed in th e O u tlo o k se v e ra l r e f ­ a d o p te d :
fo rm ed th is w eek w ith J a m e s
A. ■
o f th e g ra n g e s o f M u ltn o m ah c o u n ­
e re n c e s to O re g o n ’s B lue Sky law . I
ro n s to receiv e th e serv ice, I w ill s u b ­
" R e so lv e d ,
th a t
cro p
e s tim a te L yons, II. II. F itz p a tr ic k a n d J. D. , d e m o n s tra tio n o f a new m e th o d of
ty w as h eld a t th e fa ir g ro u n d s on
| b eliev e th is law to be a good one.
m it th e fo llo w in g re g u la tio n s w hich
big
stu m p s
fro m
th e
W e d n e sd a y fo r th e p u rp o se of r e a r ­
T h e K a n sa s B lue Sky law is an e m i­ i s h e e ts be fu rn is h e d each g ro w e r so S h e rm a n as in c o rp o ra to rs , re p r e s e n t­ re m o v in g
will g ive a little in s ig h t as to w hat
ra n g in g th e s c o re c a rd fo r g ru n g e
n e n t su ccess, d riv in g off th e m a r k e t , he could m ak e a n e s tim a te of th e in g th e s u b s c rib e rs to th e sto ck of I g ro u n d . He e x p ects to be h e re a g a in
th ey co n sist of.
e x h ib its a t th is y e a r ’s fa ir.
m illio n s o f u n re lia b le a n d
fa k e a m o u n t o f fru it h e now h a s b e a rin g , th e a s s o c ia tio n an d th e E a st Side to m o rro w
w ith liis m a c h in e and
W hen a c a r r ie r finds u n sta m p e d
The
c a p ita l p ro m ises to do h e rc u le a n taskB In a
's to c k s . T h e fact th a t once in a g re a t and th e c ro p s he is w illin g to grow B u sin ess M en’s club.
As h e re to fo re th e g ra n g e c o n te st
m ail in a p a tro n s ' box, a n d th e r e q u i­
sto ck w as placed at $2 5 ,0 0 0 w ith 250 few m in u te s th a t hav e h e re to fo re
' w h ile a n h o n est an d w ell m e an in g
w ill c o n sist o f fa rm a n d h o u seh o ld
a n d d e liv e r to th e c a n n e ry fo r c a n ­
s ite a m o u n t of m oney fo r p o stag e
s h a r e s o f sto c k
at
$100 a sh a re . been deem ed Im possible.
c o rp o ra tio n finds it difficult to co m ­
p ro d u c e by th e m e m b e rsh ip of a
p ro p e rly w rap p ed o r placed in a coin
N early 190 s h a r e s h a v e been su b -
ply w ith th e law do es not in v a lid a te ning o r se llin g fre s h ."
B esides re m o v in g stu m p s fro m tile
g ra n g e , o r a ss e m b le d by a g ra n g e
h o ld in g re c e p ta c le , he s h a ll co llect its su ccess. T h is is m o re th a n offset by
T h e se e s tim a te s h e e ts w ere p rin te d sc rib d e for. Officers of th e H olding g ro u n d w ith o u t th e us«- o f p o w d er,
fro m its c o m m u n ity .
E ach ex h ib it
th e m ail an d m oney an d affix th e n e c ­
th e fa c t
tlia t
d is h o n e st a n d ir r e ­ in sim p le form a n d o ne m ailed to co m pany w ill be e lec ted th e en su in g he w ill also d e m o n s tra r e th e p r a c ti­
is to c o n sist o f not less th a n 100 a r ­
essa ry sta m p s. C a rrie rs a re n o t s u p ­
sp o n sib le m en a re fo rb id d e n to p ed ­ each sto ck h o ld e r th a t w as know n to w eek, w hen p la n s an d e s tim a te s of ca b ility of s p littin g big logs. He will
tic le s to be sh o w n as a co llectio n .
plied w ith m oney to m ak e c h a n g e
a n d office ta c k le th e b ig g e st fir s tu m p to b '
d le b o g u s sto ck s th r o u g h th e c o u n ­ be a g ro w e r; 160 of th e s e sh e e ts w ere th e p ro p o sed c lu b h o u s e
T h e fo llo w in g new sco re c a rd was
I w hen se llin g s u p p lie s ; th e r e fo re if
try .
If so m eb o d y
say s,
’ p eople m ailed J a n u a r y 27 an d up to th e b u ild in g , to be e re c te d on G ra n d a v ­ fo u n d , s p littin g It In to q u a r t e r s am t
a d o p te d :
' you do n o t w ish any m o re su p p lie s
o u g h t to be m o re d is c rim in a tin g " it p resen t d a te 1 hav e received th e larg e e n u e an d E a st A ld er s tre e t w ill be th e n p u llin g th e q u a r te r s o u t of th e
V e g e ta b le s g re e n a n d d rie d , an d
th a n w h a t is n e cessary fo r th e m ail
A co m b in ed s tr u c tu r e g ro u n d .
m ay be a n sw e re d th a t th a t d o e sn ’t n u m b e r o f 18. Not a very la rg e n u m ­ called for.
S tu m p s o n ly
tw o feet
se e d s, 15 p o in ts ; fr u it, g re e n an d
you w ish d isp a tc h e d , leav e th e ex act
b rin g b ack
lost
m oney
o r a v e rt ber, c o n sid e rin g th e tim e it w ould ¡c o v e rin g th e q u a r te r block 100x90 th r o u g h a re y a n k e d o u t b o d ily by
d rie d , 15 p o in ts ; g ra in a n d g ra sse s,
c h a n g e o r else, if you h av e n o th in g m any o f th e tra g e d ie s of life w hich
fe et, w ill be e re c te d . T h e c lu b h o u se th e ro o ts, lea v in g only th e hole.
s h e a f o r s h e lle d , 15 p o in ts ;
n e a t­
b u t la rg e c h a n g e ask th e c a r r ie r to a ris e fro m th e p u rc h a s e of b og u s ta k e to m a k e up o ne of th e s e sh e e ts : w ill occupy th e in s id e lo t 90x60 feet
H is m a c h in e is a h y d ra u lic ja c k ,
n e ss a n d a rr a n g e m e n t,
15 p o in ts;
to b rin g th e c h a n g e th e n ex t trip . It sto c k s. S o m etim es old people, o r is it?
an d th e o u ts id e on th e c o rn e r will be w eig h in g less th a n 400 p o u n d s, an d
fan cy w o rk a n d h o u se h o ld sk ill, 20
.Now,
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f
th
e
G.
F.
G.
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w ould be well to m ak e it a ru le to try peo p le n o t used to th e w ays of th e
o ccupied by th e b u ild in g of th e C iti­ Is o p e ra te d by h a n d . It o n ly n eed s
p o in ts ; q u a lity , 20 p o in ts.
an d a lw ay s h a v e a few s ta m p s on b u sin e ss w o rld find th e m se lv e s s u d ­ w hat k in d o f a d e a l a re you going to z e n 's B ank 40x90 feet. T w o -sto rie s
to be sec u re ly a n c h o re d , so as to ex­
T h e sc o rin g fo r fan cy w ork an d
give
m
e?
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you
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p
ect
m
e
to
go
hand.
d en ly p o ssessed o f a c o n sid e ra b le ah e a d , sell y o u r fr u it a n d p ro d u ce w ill be b u ilt at p re s e n t, b u t th e fo u n ­ e r t a s tre n g th of 150 to n s of p re s su re
h o u se h o ld s k ill w as
c o n tin u e d in
P a c k a g e s w hich you do n o t know su m of m oney. They n eed it fo r fu ­
d a tio n w alls w ill c a rry tw o a d d itio n ­
T h e m eth o d of s p littin g s tu m p s is
f o u r d iv isio n s, b u t th e p o in ts w ere
and not h av e a t least a ro u g h e s ti­
th e w eig h t of, a lw a y s g iv e th e c a r r ie r tu r e c o m fo rt.
al s to rie s w hen n eed ed . T h e co m ­ to fo rce a h u g e ste e l w edge in 'o
B
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ake
sufficient to in s u re fu ll p a y m e n t of in g to u se it, a n d d e riv e th e re fro m
bined b u ild in g w ill cost a b o u t $30,- th e m , q u a r te r in g th e stu m p s. T h e n
C a n n e d f r u it a n d je llie s, 5 p o in ts;
p o stag e, an d a n y ex cess w ill be r e ­ an in co m e, cast ab o u t fo r an in v e s t­ .c o n tr a c ts an d a rr a n g e m e n t fo r sell- 000. W ork w tll s t a r t a b o u t A pril 1.
a re v e rse o p e ra tio n p u lls th e q u a r ­
fan cy
w o rk
and
e m b ro id e ry ,
3
lin g y o u r fru it an d v e g e ta b le s and be
tu r n e d on th e n ex t trip .
C a rrie r m en t.
The
p la u sib le
g e n tle m a n .s a fe on m a k in g d eliv ery if I do not T h e c lu b h o u s e p ro p o s itio n h a s p ro v ­ te rs o u t. T h e w edge Is of th e finest
p o in ts.
s h a ll n o t a c c e p t ch e c k s fo r p a y m e n t w ith th e im p ressiv ely em b o ssed sto ck
S ew in g , k n ittin g , etc., 5 p oints.
know how m uch th e r e is to se ll? Do e d a v ery p o p u la r m o v em en t In C en ­ s te e l, a b o u t 18 in c h e s lo n g a n d six
o f su p p lie s.
c e rtific a te s is alw ay s on h a n d . T h e you re a liz e tlia t th e success of th is tr a l E ast P o rtla n d as it w ill be th e Inches sq u a re . T h is w edge Is g u a r ­
C o o k in g , b a k in g ,
c o n fe c tio n e ry ,
M ail w hich h a s com e in to th e c u s­ u n in itia te d on es buy w ith g re a t ex­
I " h o m e " of th e b u sin e ss m en a n d ' a n te e d to s p lit th e b ig g est s tu m p th a t
d a iry p ro d u c ts , c u re d m e a ts, honey,
a sso c ia tio n d ep en d s la rg e ly on ju s t
tody of a r u r a l c a r r ie r s h a ll n o t be p e c ta tio n s .
¡y o u n g m en of th a t d is tric t. It w ill e v e r grew .
T
h
e
sto
c
k
s
soon
p
ro
v
e
so a p s, e tc ., 7 p o in ts.
r e tu rn e d by h im to a n y p e rso n . An w o rth le ss an d as a re s u lt little c h il­ such a n e s tim a te of th e cro p s it has be p ro v id ed
w ith
b o w lin g alley s,
T h e g re a te s t fo rce im a g in a b le is
T h e p ro p o s itio n of th e f a ir asso ­
to
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a p p lic a tio n fo r r e tu r n o f a le t te r o r d re n m ay be d ep riv e d of th e n e c e ssi­
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tio n a n d com - th e a p p lic a tio n of a w edge, th e
c ia tio n to o ffe r th e p re m iu m s in p arcel s h a ll be re fe rre d to th e p o s t­
very h a rd th in g to m a k e good b u si­
ties of life o r old people lack th e o r ­ ness d e a ls if you a re not p o sted on ; m itte e ro o m s a n d a g e n e ra l assem - Jack screw is th e n ex t, anil Mr. K en­
th r e e p riz e s of $ 1 2 0 , $110 a n d $100 m a s te r a t th e d is trib u tin g office.
' bly h all. T h e re a r e fo rty -tw o s u b ­ ney a s s e rts h is a b ility to ra is e th e
d in a ry c o m fo rts. Such c a se s a re not y o u r en d o f th e g am e ?
m e t w ith th e a p p ro v a l o f th e m a s­
C an you
all la rg e s t b u ild in g s w ith h is m ach in es.
is o la te d , b u t h av e h a p p e n e d tim e s have a su c c e ssfu l o rg a n iz a tio n if you sc rib e rs to th e b u ild in g fu n d
te r s a n d th e y w ill be a w a rd e d as
P e rs o n s re s id in g on ro ad tra v e le d
m
em
b
ers
of
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st
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people
A p erso n ca n ea sily im a g in e w h at
fo llo w s;
E ach g ra n g e sc o rin g 90 I by tw o o r m o re r u r a l c a r r ie r s m ay
do not do y o u r p a r t of th e w o rk ?
a sa v in g th e r e w ould he in re d u c in g
C an 1 m a k e a su c c e ssfu l m a n a g e r j M en’s club.
p o in ts o r u p w a rd to be g iven th e se le c t th e c a r r ie r by w hom h e p re ­ of good b u sin ess a b ility , it o fte n h a p ­
th e cost of c le a rin g logged off land.
first p re m iu m ; a ll sc o rin g b etw een fe rs to h av e h is m ail d e liv e re d a n d p en s th a t in th e b o tto m of th e ir box­ if 1 am n o t given all th e su p p o rt of
Mrs. Jo s e p h in e S h a rp , p re s id e n t of
80 a n d 90 p o in ts to be a w a rd e d sec­ ¡c o llected , in w hich case, on ly th e d e s ­ es in s a fe ty d ep o sit v a u lts a re th e m e m b e rs th a t it is p o ssib le fo r th e A lb e rta ’s W o m e n ’s Im p ro v e m e n t T h e p re se n t m e th o d s of b la s tin g and
o n d ; a ll fa llin g below 80, dow n to ig n a te d c a r r ie r s h a ll h a n d le h is m a il; sto c k s th a t w ere p u rc h a s e d y e a rs ago th em to g iv e? T h ese a re a few little clu b re p o rte d a t th e m e e tin g of th e c h a rp ittin g a re costly a n d slow . W ith
an d to d ay a re n o t w o rth th e p a p e r th in g s I w a n t to c a ll y o u r a tte n tio n
th e h y d ra u lic s p litte r , w h ic h a boy
60 to be a w a rd e d th e th ir d prize. u n le ss su ch se le c tio n is m a d e ,
by
A B lue Sky to. T h en I w ill ask you to please clu b T u esd ay n ig h t a t h e r h om e th a t can o p e ra te , tw o p e rso n s can do m o r •
I t is p o ss ib le by th is a rr a n g e m e n t th e p a tro n , each c a r r ie r p a ss in g th e th e y a re w ritte n on.
54 v ac a n t lo ts in d iffe re n t p o rtio n s
f o r e v e ry g r a n g e to w in first m oney. box s h a ll d e liv e r m ail in to , a n d c o l­ law p re v e n ts th is. T h e o n ly tro u b le fill o u t y o u r e s tim a te sh e e ts p ro m p tly of th e city h a d been d o n a te d fo r th e w ork of th a t cla ss in o n e day th a n
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ith
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rs
in
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regon
is
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we
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a n d sen d o r b rin g th em in. If you fre e u se of su c h fa m ilie s as m ay d e ­ can be acco m p lish ed in a w eek by th e
T h e rib b o n s w ill be a w a rd e d in th e le c t th e r e fro m a n y m ail w h ich he
old m eth o d s.
do n o t h a v e a n y th in g to sell th is
o r d e r o f p e r c e n ta g e s a tta in e d an d can e x p e d ite in d is p a tc h o r d e liv e ry . h av e it 2 5 y e a rs ago.
S ays R. A. W atso n , c o rp o ra tio n | y e a r re tu r n th e s ta te m e n t s ta tin g th e s ire to use th e m . T h ese lo ts a re lo­
M r. K e n n e y ’s d e m o n s tra tio n s w ill
w ill be p u re ly h o n o ra ry .
M ail fo r d e liv e ry by r u r a l c a r r ie r s
c a t e d in
S ellw o o d , L e n ts,
P o rts-
do good b u sin ess 1 m o u th , U n iv e rsity P a rk , V ern o n and he so m e w h e re n e a r G re sh a m , w h ere
I t w as a ls o p ro v id ed th a t each i s h a ll be a d d re s se d to p a tro n s in d i­ c o m m issio n e r, in a re c e n t a rtic le : i fact. I c a n n o t
! ‘T h e O reg o n law' h a s m ad e good. In ' w ith o u t th em .
m o n s te r stu m p s a re »o he fo u n d , an d
g ra n g e w ill be p ro v id ed w ith en o u g h v id u a lly .
M a tte r
w hich
is u n a d ­
I o th e r se c tio n s. M rs.' S h a rp re p o rte d
th e first 13 m o n th s of its a d m in is ­
w ill be public. If th e w o rk is as su c ­
JA S. II S T E R L IN G .
s m a ll c a rd s to la b e l
e v e ry a rtic le d re s se d , o r w h ich is a d d re s se d to th e
th a t m any of th e o w n e rs a r e w illin g
tr a tio n it h a s d riv e n 33 fa k e co m ­
cessfu
l as he c la im s it w ill lie he w ill
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sh o w n .
On
th e s e c a rd s w ill be box a n d ro u te n u m b e r, only is u n d e ­
th a t th e lo ts sh o u ld be used fo r tw o
p an ies fro m th e s ta te an d has by
be a b le to s e ll s e v e ra l o f th e m a-
p rin te d th e n a m e o f th e g ra n g e w ith liv e ra b le .
y e a rs, b u t th a t w ould d e p e n d on th e
th a t a c tio n d riv en off th e m a rk e t of
c h in e s h ere. T h e ir cost is less th a n
th e w o rd s, ‘’a r tic le " a n d " o w n e r.”
P a rc e ls to o la rg e fo r th e box,
use th e fa m ilie s m a k e o f th e lot.
th e s t a te m o re th a n $ 2 7 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 of
$300 apiece. T hey a re p o rta b le , be­
T h e se c a rd s m u s t be filled o u t an d »hall not be le ft o u ts id e of th e boxes
Mrs. S h a rp o u tlin e d th e p la n fo r th e
bogus sto c k s a n d bonds. It, d u rin g
in
g m o u n ted on a sled w hich can he
a tta c h e d to e v e ry th in g ex h ib ite d .
by th e c a rr ie r.
If th e c a r r ie r c a n ­
use of th e s e lo ts. " T h e y w ill be fre e
th e sa m e p erio d h a s ca u se d c o rp o r­
m oved an y w h e re .
A lso, a f t e r
th e p re m iu m s have n o t c all th e p a tro n , h e is to le a v e a
of r e n t ,” said Mrs. S h a rp , " a n d it is J
a tio n s co m in g u n d e r it to sq u eeze
been a w a rd e d , th e s ta n d in g of each n o tice to m eet h im a t th e box th e
th e o p p o rtu n ity o f m an y fa m ilie s fo r
m o re th a n
$ 1 2 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 o f ’w a te r’
TRAVEL INCREASING
e x h ib it w ill be p rin te d fro m
th e n ex t tr ip , u n le s s c a lle d fo r a t th e
th is year,
T h ey can s e c u re o n e of
o u t of th e i r c a p ita liz a tio n . It fo rced
WITH JITNEY SERVICE
ju d g e s ’ sc o re c a rd s
a n d e x h ib ite d m ain office in th e m e a n tim e . If th e
th e s e lo ts, p u t up a te n t, c u ltiv a te
p ro m o te rs to tie up in escro w and in
a lo n g w ith th e rib b o n a w a rd e d d u r ­ p a tro n fa ils to m eet th e c a r r ie r , th e
th e lot and cease p ay in g re n t. T h e
J itn e y se rv ic e b etw een G re sh a m
pool m o re th a n $ 1 9 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 of p ro ­
in g th e c o n tin u a n c e of th e fair.
p a rcel w ill be re ta in e d a t th e post-
te n ts a re to be s u p p lie d , b u t to be a n d P o rtla n d Is on th e In c re a se . A r­
m o tio n sto c k issu ed in e x c h a n g e fo r
T h e re
w ill be fo u r ju d g e s th is office a n d tr e a te d in a c c o rd a n c e w ith
p aid fo r by th e fa m ilie s a n d it will th u r L elan d p u t a F o rd on th e ru n
fictitio u s se rv ic e s, v ag u e p a te n ts , u n ­
y e a r— tw o m en a n d tw o w om en, w ho th e re g u la tio n s .
be m ade p o ssib le fo r th e fa m ilie s to d u rin g th e w eek a n d lias a tim e card
p ro v en m in in g c la im s a n d w h at not,
w ill p a ss upon th e a rtic le s d is p la y ­
pay fo r th e te n ts an d th e to o ls used In th e O u tlo o k , m a k in g fo u r jitn e y
u
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til
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tim
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th
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M ail boxes e re c te d o n r u r a l ro u te s
ed by th e i r sex o n ly .
T h ey w ill
in c u ltiv a tin g th e lo ts. M any fa m i­ a d s now ru n n in g , th r e e of w hich give
s h a ll be a b le to show by th e ir o p e r a ­
w o rk in p a irs
but
k eep s e p a r a te a re in te n d e d ex clu siv ely fo r th e r e ­
lies can becom e s e lf-s u p p o rtin g on h o u rs of d e p a r tu r e from b o th te r m i­
tio
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th
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sc o re c a rd s to be s u b m itte d to th e ce p tio n of m a tte r re g u la rly in th e
th e s e lo ts a n d cease p ay in g r e n t.”
n als.
m ails, a n d an y m a ila b le m a tte r , su ch v a lu e , a n d can be sold w ith o u t d e ­
f a ir a s s o c ia tio n .
M rs S h a rp h as been w o rk in g a lo n g
W ith th e c a rs o p e ra tin g a b o u t e v ­
f
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T h e e n tr a n c e fee w ill be 10 p e r as c irc u la rs , sjMe b ills, etc., d e p o site d
th is lin e fo r th e p a st y e a r, l»ut only e ry h o u r an d h a lf a dozen J itn e y s till­
W
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th e re in is s u b je c t to th e ru le s g o v e rn ­
c e n t o f th e firs t p re m iu m s.
l re c e n tly h a s sh e been a b le to g et a in g In th e tim e , th e se rv ic e fro m h e re
tio n t h a t w a n ts to sell its o u tp u t
T h e m a tte r o f in d iv id u a l fa rm ex ­ in g th e m ails, in c lu d in g a d d re s s in g ,
I h e a rin g from th e p u b lic, a s h e r ef- is a lm o st dow n to th e fifteen m in u te
r a t h e r th a n its sto c k c e rtific a te s .”
j fo rts had been re g a rd e d a s a Joke
h ib its w as d is c u sse d b u t fin al a c tio n an d p a y m e n t o f p o sta g e a t th e r e g ­
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w as d e fe r re d u n til a r e g u la r m e e tin g u la r ra te .
j r a th e r th a n a n y th in g s e rio u s. Som e
O ne re tn u rk u b le fe a tu re th a t has
o b je c t is to ex p ress my ap p ro v a l of
o f th e b o a rd o f d ire c to rs .
I t w as
! id ea can be fo rm e d of w h a t can be been n o ticed Is th e In c re a se d tra v e l
Boxes sh o u ld be e re c te d o n th e a law w hich is e n a c te d fo r th e p ro ­
¡d o n e on even 54 v a c a n t lo ts. F a m i­ th a t h as been d ev elo p ed . T h e Jitn ey s,
te n ta tiv e ly d e c id e d th a t th e sco re
T. .1. »'<»111 RN.
ro a d re g u la rly tra v e le d by a r u r a l te c tio n o f th e com m on m an . T h e i r ­
c a rd sh o u ld be a s fo llo w s:
v e g e t­
lies can s e c u re te n ts a n d sto p p ay ­ w ith th e ir s ig n s a re good a d v e r tis e ­
c a r r ie r a n d in su ch p o sitio n as to be re s p o n sib le c o rp o ra tio n h a s h ad too
E v a n g e list T. J. C o b u rn , o f P o rt­
a b le s , 15 p o in ts ;
f r u it 15 p o in ts ;
ea sily a n d sa fe ly acc e ssib le fo r th e m uch ro p e in tim e s g o n e by, we a re lan d , w ill p reach at th e F re e M eth o d ­ m ent of re n t, anil ra is e v e g e ta b le s on m e n ts an d a g re a t m any p eo p le in th e
g ra in a n d g ra s s e s ,
15 p o in ts ;
a r­
d e liv e ry a n d c o lle c tio n of m ail by g lad now to see it sn u b b e d up to th e ist c h u rc h next S u n d ay a t 11 a m. 't h e v a can t lo ts. It re m a in s of co u rse , c ity w ho h a v e h ad very few a u to
ra n g e m e n t o f d is p la y , 10 p o in ts, o th ­
to be seen how m any fa m ilie s w ill rid e s a re a tt r a c t e d by th e c h e a p s e r ­
th e c a r r ie r , w ith o u t le a v in g h is co n ­ p o st in o u r fa ir s t a te o f O regon.
an d 7 :3 0 p. ni. T h e se rv ic e s w ill co n ­
e r p ro d u c ts , 25 p o in ts ; q u a lity , 20
ta k e a d v a n ta g e o f th is offer.
Mrs. vice an d m a k e th e trip . A la rg e n u m ­
v ey an ce. P a tr o n s sh o u ld k e e p c le a r
R esp ectfu lly ,
tin u e e v e ry ev e n in g d u rin g th e w eek.
p o in ts.
j S h a rp p la n s to m a k e
th e A lb e rta b e r of s tr a n g e r s h av e been seen h e re
th e a p p ro a c h e s to th e i r boxes, by
M E L V IL L E T. W IR E
Good s in g in g in c h a rg e of David
T h is
a rran g em en t
m ay
be p ro m p t re m o v a l o f s n o w d r if ts , o r
! P u b lic m a rk e t a p lace w h ere th e c h il­ w ith in th e p a st w eek w ho n e v e r saw
( a th e y . All a re c o rd ia lly In v ited to
c h a n g e d ; a ls o th e r e is a p o ssib ility o th e r o b s tru c tio n s by w hich th e d e ­
d re n th e r e can s e c u re a m a rk e t fo r G resh u m b efo re.
SIX DOLLARS MONTHLY
a tte n d t h e s e in te re s tin g an d h e lp fu l
t h a t th e size o f th e p re m iu m s m ay liv e rin g of m ail in to th e m w ould be
th e ir p ro d u ce.
T h e sam e id e a of ch cu p a u to rid es
SAVED TO DISTRICT serv ices.
be c h a n g e d so m e w h a t.
a n d th e n o v elty o f th e se rv ic e has
re n d e re d
im p o ssib le
or
difficult,
T h e te m p o ra ry In ju n c tio n of th e s tim u la te d tr a v e l fro m Oils en d of
I t w as r e p o r te d th a t th e r e is a w ith o u t th e c a r r ie r le a v in g h is co n ­
A sa v in g of a b o u t six d o lla rs a SEEKING TO JOIN
M ilw aukie W a te r co m p an y r e s tr a in ­ t h e line, Rom e a rc tr a v e lin g to tb n
p ro s p e c t fo r m o re p re m iu m m n n ey
mon*h tf) ’h e school d is tric t was e f ­
TRAINMEN'S
UNION
v ey an ce.
ing th e c o u n c llm e n an d m a y o r from city w ho se ld o m w ent b e fo re. T h e
th a n th e $ 3 0 0 0 p ro m ise d fro m th e
fected y e ste rd a y by th e sim p le d e ­
I t is re p o rte d th a t th e c o n d u c to rs c o n tr a c tin g fo r th e e re c tio n of a m u ­ b u sin e ss Is g ro w in g .
c o u n ty .
T h e s t a te le g is la tu re
is
R u ra l c a r r ie r s sh o u ld re p o r t all vice o f re g u la tin g th e e le c tric c u r r e n t
c o n s id e rin g a f a ir a p p ro p r ia tio n bill boxes w hich do n o t c o n fo rm to th e w hich o p e ra te s th e v e n tila to rs a t th e a n d m o to rm e n of th e P . R. L. A P. n icip al w a te r p la n t h a v in g been d is ­
th e
C la c k a m a s
c irc u it TEAMS
Co. a re o rg a n iz in g fo r th e p u rp o se solved in
w hich w ill p ro b a b ly be p assed .
IN HIGH
re g u la tio n s ,o r w hich a re im p ro p e rly sch o o lh o u se.
c o u rt, th e co u n cil T u e sd a y n ig h t
of
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SCHOOL DEBATES
ere c te d .
M ak e a G u ess.
R ailw ay T ra in m e n . T he sig n ed up th e c o n tra c t w ith th e (H e­
I w ould su g g e s t t h a t a ll p a tro n s B oard o f D irecto rs, had n o ticed th a t hood o f
Miss
M
abel
S h ip ley an d Miss M ar­
th e p o w er bill w as u n d u ly la rg e and m ost of th e m a re said to be affiliated llish A Jo p lin co m p a n y , o f P o rtla n d ,
E v e ry p e rso n w ho se n d s in th e c o r­ o f th e G re sh a m postoffice e v a m ire
g
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rite
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In
itia
l
O rd e r of R ailw ay E m ­
b egan an in v e s tig a tio n . He s e n t fo r w ith th e
re c t so lu tio n to th e p u zzle in o u r th e ir m ail boxes to se e If th e y com e
firm a tiv e d e b a tin g te a m , w ill m eet
m
ain
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th
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T
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ployees,
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th
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J. I). S co tt, of th e P. R. L. A P. C o.’s
w indow w ill re c e iv e a 4 0 -cen t can of u p to th e r e q u ire m e n ts o f th e pi s ta l
An 8-lnch m ain th e n e g a tiv e te a m of th e A sto ria high
p o w er d e p a rtm e n t w ho cam e h e re scope of th e la t t e r o rg a n iz a tio n is p rice is $ 1 6 ,4 0 0 .
V e rn ic a l
floor a n d V a rn ish s ta in re g u la tio n s , in re g a rd to co m litio .i
w
ill
be
laid
front
M
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au k ie to a co n ­ 's c h o o l to n ig h t at th e G re sh a m high
too
lim
ite
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y
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to
If fo u n d w a n tin g in y e ste rd a y , a n d by m a k in g c e rta in
free. Y ou need n o t buy a n y th in g in an d lo catio n
on th e
q u e s tio n :
n ectio n w ith th e P o rtla n d w a te r sy s­ sch o o l b u ild in g
Join
w
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a
body
of
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stem
o r d e r to e n te r th e c o n te s t.
It
is an y re sp e c t, I a d v ise y o u r earl., a t ­
" R e so lv e d , th a t th e F e d e ra l g o v e rn ­
tem
th
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ts
at
once.
influence.
of p u lley s, to g e th e r w ith a re d u c tio n
fre e fo r e v e ry b o d y , so
g et busy te n tio n to sa m e , fo r th e y w ill be in ­
T h e B ro th e rh o o d of R ailw ay T r a in ­ A 6-inch m ain w ill be laid in th e low ­ m en t sh o u ld ow n a n d o p e ra te all in ­
in p rices to be m a d e th e sa v in g will
w h e th e r you a re a c u s to m e r o f o u rs sp e c te d In th e n e a r f u tu r e , a c c o rd in g
men com prises p ractically every em ­ e r p o rtio n of th e tow n. T h e local te r s ta t e ra ilro a d s a c tin g as com m on
o r n o t. C o n te s t clo ses E e b ru a ry 28. to o rd e r s receiv ed fro m W a sh in g to n , be effected.
ployee of th e g rea t railw ay system s w a te r c o m p a n ie s so u g h t to p re v e n t c a r r ie r s (in c lu d in g all I n te r s ta te
M ail o r b rin g y o u r s o lu tio n to o u r D. C., a n d If fo u n d d eficien t >n any OPERA HOUSE FEATURES
of th e United S tates, w ith branches In M ilw au k ie fro m b u ild in g a w a te r lin e s co m p e tin g w ith th e m ) , c o n s ti­
to
be re p o r te d
s to r e b e fo re
th a t
d a te .
M etzg er re s p e c t w ill h a v e
TOMORROW NIGHT every la rg e city. It is one of th e p la n t u n til th e to w n sh o u ld have tu tio n a lity w a iv e d .” G re s h a m 's n e g ­
Y o u r c a rr ie rs ca n te ll you how th ey
B ro s.— Adv.
stro n g est n atio n al unions in exis­ p u rc h a s e d th e local p la n ts. T h e c ity a tiv e team , c o n s is tin g o f M iss E llen
sh o u ld be, if y o u do n o t u n d e rs ta n d .
"D ope,” one of th e m ost a ttr a c t­
tence,
an d the men on the electric lias s o m e th in g m o re th a n $20,000 D e lla v e n a n d E ra n k R o d g e rs, le ft
"D ope,"
a stro n g
und erw o rld
ive photoplays now on th e m o v ij
lines
a
re
in many places seeking to fo r th e e re c tio n of th e m u n icip al e a rly th is m o rn in g fo r A s to ria to
P
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to
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erm
any
raised
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d ram a show ing 125 scenes will be th e
circu it will be shown a t R egr.er's
become m em bers
W ith th e con­ p la n t. B u ll R u n w a te r w ill be f u r n ­ m eet th e l a t te r 's a ffirm a tiv e team .
fe a tu re S atu rd ay n ig h t a t R eg n er’s
o p era house.
T h ere
wtll also be
special music by Mr. In g ram , piano
p lay er from th e N ational th e a te r In
P o rtlan d
T he Misses F e rrin and
C u rran will fe a tu re g ran d opera, b al­
lad and com edy singing. A tw o-hour
•how fo r five cents and fen cents.
C u rta in , 7:10,
a
GRESHAM,
TU ESD A Y S
AND
F R ID A Y S
su it of th e w ar conditions in E u r pe,
;th e postm aster-g en eral has issued a n ­
nouncem en t th a t th e postage cb .i,x e
fo r le tte rs from th e United 8 ta ,m to
G erm any h en cefo rth will be 5 • elite
instead of 2 cents.
Any o th e r postal in fo rm atio n w ill
bs gladly given, when requested.
I. McCOLL, P. U.
opera house on S atu rd ay evening In
addition th e re will be ex p ert pla.io
playing and topical singing by noted
artists. C u rtain will rise at 7 :3 " ,
adm ission, 5 and 10 cents.— Ad.
sta n increase in th e n um ber of elec­ ish ed by P o rtla n d th r o u g h a m eter.
The council au th o rized th e issu­
trically op erated lines th e re are
th o u san d s of men
who feet th a t ance of $5000 In im provem ent bonds
they should be a p a rt of th e g re a t­ J io pay for th e im provem ent of H a rri­
son stre e t, and passed an ord in an ce
er org an izatio n .
assessing th e m ost o f th e im prove­
How old should a law yer be before
C h ild re n 's ro lle r »bates H e at m ent of L au rel stre e t, to th e am o u n t
be ceases to be a rising young law-
S terlin g A K idder's.
• of $3100.
y»r7
T his is th e second ro u n d in th e de­
bates under th e sta te high school de­
b atin g league. T he co n test In the
C olum bia R iver d istric t has n a r ­
rowed down to th e G resham and As­
to ria schools, St. Jo h n s, T illam ook
an d Scappoose having been e lim in a t­
ed in tbs former debates.