T W I CE
W EEK
VOL. 5.
NO. 43
G resham O utlook
GRESHAM,
GRANGERS'
FIELD DAY
A SUCCESS
MULTNOMAH,
FORD QUICK SERVICE
IN EXEM PT CLASS
COUNTY.
OREGON
TUESDAY,
JULY
MASS MEETING IS CALLED
FOR THURSDAY EVENING
27,
1915
TU ESD A YS
AND
F R ID A Y S
$1.50
STATE SCHOOL FUNDS
AT LOW INTEREST RATE
PER
YEAR
CONDITIONS
NOTICED IN
LOCALITIES
T he Ford Quick Service au to stage
S tate S e ta to r L an g g u th w rites the
line has been experiencing some dif
j O utlook th a t a u u m b er of people in
ficulty over th e new P o rtlan d jitney
i th is vicinity a re m aking enq u iries
inspection req u irem en t.
S aturday
1 of him concerning th e sta te school
tw o of th e cars w ere stopped by the
fund which is to be loaned on farm
police.
The Quick Service people
p roperty. He refers to th e m a tte r
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T he G range Field Day and picnic took th e m a tte r up th ro u g h th e ir
ag ain as follow s:
Rev. David Cathey, who lately re
B ecom ing In te re ste d —P ro b a b le C ost of Im p ro v
on S atu rd ay was a com plete success, atto rn ey . Geo. W. Stapleton, and an
"T h e S tate School fund Is loaned
tu
rn
ed from an E astern trip , tells
out
on
im
proved
farm
m
ortgages
yet it was not atten d e d by as many investig atio n show ed th a t they were
ing S treets a n d O th e r M atters, In c lu d
and not in th e cities, in sum s rang of his ob serv atio n s and experiences
farm ers as it was hoped w ould be w ithin th e ir rig h ts and did not come
Ing from $250 to $2500 and only one
ing C irculation of P e titio n s'
loan is m ade to a person. T he rate w hile crossing som e of th e o th e r
p resen t.
T h eir absence was ac u nder th e Jitney req u irem en ts on
of in te rest is six per cent, payable sta te s en ro u te as follow s:
counted for by th e fact th a t th e hay account of ru n n in g a stag e line from
,
sem i-an n u ally . T he m o rtg ag es are
Com ing from Chicago o ver th e
llie Outlook 8 cntupuign for hard surfaced streets is in a fair made for one year but if th e in te r
ing season had been delayed by the a point o utside of th e city. T heir
Illinois C en tral to St. Louis, I passed
to
bring
,1...
dt-sireil
M„r,.
pro,,!,.
.„...»tning
in
!
rain s since th e F o u rth and many cars do not ta k e on passengers for
terestetl—more people of prominence, including property owners b ro k erag e charged and no commie th ro u g h som e very b ea u tifu l and
w ere a t w ork in th e fields.
points w ithin th e city of P ortland.
well Im proved co u n try . T he crops
T he atten d a n ce was estim ated at Hence they claim they do not run who would be assessed for the improvements. The Outlook's stand
were good w ith th e exception of the
is being favorably commented upon, It. R. Carlson especially hav down to date. He m ust pay $1.25 corn, which had suff«>red q u ite m a
ab o u t 2000 d u rin g the day, although a line of jitu ey s
fo r recording th e m ortgage to the
The Quick Service people are p re ing said that the article in Friday’s issue was better than the one state, and he pays one per cent of terially from th e co n tin u al rain s d u r
th a t many w ere not present a t any
(he uiuount he borrow s to cover the ing th e m outh of Ju n e. Especially
one tim e.
The advertised program pared to tight th e inspection o rd in on Tuesday.
a tto rn e y ’s fees for exam ining th e ab was it tru e in th e low lunds both in
ance and are quietly aw aiting any
The agitation lias awakened a street improvement spirit in stra c t, p rep arin g th e papers and
w as carried o u t as advertised and
fu rth e r action th e city of P ortland
Illinois, M issouri an d K ansas.
In
other directions and some who last year refused to sign up for h an dling th e m a tte r, which atto rn ey come
proved most in stru c tiv e and enter- may ta k e ag ain st them .
locations th e corn was com
fee is never less th an $10.
W hen two of th e drivers, M. M. { the hard surfacing of Main street are now willing and eager to
t dining.
A pplications for loans should be pletely ruined by th e heavy rains.
M ayor S tapleton announced that S quire and W. R. Johnson, were have the work done. Their names wdl not he mentioned here hut m ade to A rth u r L angguth. atto rn ey On the h ig h er lands corn was as high
every business place in town was taken in tow by a P o rtlan d cop and it will soon he noticed that the infection has taken a deep hold and for the S late Land Hoard in Mult as th e horses backs, and in fact in
tioniah county, whose office is 605
closed in honor of the visit of Gov escorted to the police sta tio n on com- that it will he easier to bring about the desired results. Object McKay Building, P o rtland.
( Adv Illinois 1 saw corn fully eig h t or
e rn o r W ithycom be and S tate M aster plaint of a P R. L. & P. official, they
nine feet high w ithout ta ssel and
lessons are convincing and the fact that every town in the two BORING REBEKAHS
Spence, but w arned them th a t he had were ch arg ed w ith not having corn-
some I th in k ten feet high
w ith
INSTALL OFFICERS tassel, which was an exception.
in stru c te d th e city m arshal to keep plied with the req u irem en ts m ade for states of Oregon and Washington is far ahead of Gresham in the
th e ja il open. T his indicated th a t the reg u latio n of m achines doing matter of improved streets, coupled with the other faet that hard
G rain an d hay crops w ere usually
Boring R ebekah Lodge No. 213
th e e n tire assem blage was given a business for hire. T he desk serg ean t surface will actually invade Gresham within a few months, has put
good b ut th e co n stan t rain s
were
h ea rty welcome, officially, which it at th e police sta tio n m et th e officer the knockers into the booster class and the time is now rip«“ for I. O. O. F .,at th e ir last re g u la r m eet m aking it very difficult to h arv e st
ing, installed officers for the ensuing eith er. T he hay crop was dam aged
was in o th e r and m ore ap p ro p riate with a stony g la re and told hint to
action.
get o u t; likew ise he offered th e de
w ords.
six m onths as follow s: P ast G rand considerably, especially th a t which
T he e n tire program as published fendant d riv ers th e glad hand and
had been cu t in Ju n e o r th e first of
The Outlook is so deeply interested in this matter that the Minnie M eyer; Noble G rand, Louisa July. T he clover crop suffered bad
was rendered. C. E. Spence, m aster tild them to get o ut also a fte r he
Jo h n so n ; conductor. Surah F ra n k ;
of th e S tate G range, was the first had found out th a t th e city atto rn ey writer spent all ol yesterday atteruoon in quest of information
ly. T he g rain , m ore especially in
had not given o ut in stru ctio n s to bearing on the subject, and the possibility of having something w arden, Belle S h ep ard ; It. 8. N. G., K ansas, was dam aged.
sp e ak e r. He said In p a rt:
W heat in
Amy
M
orand;
L.
S.
N.
CL,
Sophonla
som
e
sections,
ready
to
cu
t,
was
"O u r problem Is production and have them arrested .
tangible is very bright. Mr. Carlson, who is the prime mover
d istrib u tio n .
P roduction is Im port
The nam es of S puire and Johnson
throw n level with th e g ro u n d with
C
hilds;
Vice
G
rand,
Blanche
Slefer
among the business men, took the Outlook representative in his
a n t, but d istrib u tio n is more Im port adorn th e police re g iste r for th e ed
I. G., S arah W heeler; O. G., C laude th e wind and rain , m aking it im pos
Ford machine, and together they made a few investigations. First F. Cross; It. S. V. O .N o ra M. R ich sible to cu t w ith a binder. Some
ification
of
th
e
officious
cops,
several
a n t. W e have a m ost expensive sys
tem of d istrib u tio n in this country, of whom have made a few timid in- they visited the Oskar Iluber plant at Jenne Station in quest of ey; L. S. V. G., L aura Brooks; sec were cu ttin g It w ith m ow ing m a
an d we need a m ore economic system quiries and then apologized for doing information as to how to proceed further. Then they went down the retary , Wm. A. M orand; tre a su re r, chines.
It has been an u n u su ally
of d istrib u tio n so th a t the producer so.
Rowell Valley road to Buckley avenue and saw hard surface con M yrtle T elford; chaplain, Selm a B ar bad year all th ro u g h those sta te s.
w ill get his sh a re of th e products.
T he P o rtlan d o rd in an ce seems to
T he w eath er has been cool w ith th e
struction and rode over a mile of the finished highway. Then they tel; o rg an ist, C arrie E. H u rlb u rt.
I d are say th a t P o stm aster Myers, of be inop erativ e ag ain st a stag e line
In stallatio n cerem onies were con exception of a few days.
went to Portland to interview Mr. Huber and Roadmaster Yeon. ducted by Amy L. M orand, d istrict
P u llin g into K ansas City from
P o rtlan d , could deliver milk through doing business w ith o th e r towns.
The idea in seeing Mr. Uuber was to get actual figures on the deputy president.
Leeton, Mo., we cam e Into a rain and
th e postoffice m uch cheaper to t h e ’
co n su m er than it now costs, and th a t MRS. CARLSON'S MOTHER
T h ree new can d id ates were In itia hall sto rm th u t seem ed m uch lik e
cost of hitulithic pavement on the streets of Gresham. It was not
would not be socialism e ith e r."
DIES AT SELLWOOD expected that Mr. Huber would give a definite figure hut that he ted into th e R ebekah degree. At pouring w ater from b a rre ls down
T he cloud
Mr. Spence veered his rem a rk s '
th e close of th e business session re over th e car windows.
Mrs. A. Jones, m o th er of Mrs. K. would t 11 what the minimum price would be under normal con
was extrem ely bluck and heavy and
a ro u n d to p o litical m a tte rs som e
fresh
m
en
ts
w
ere
served
to
all
pres
ditions, anil he gave out the desired information.
th e tru tn pulled slow ly along until
w hat, his ideas being in accord with R. C arlson, died at th e hom e of her
ent.
Being slightly acquainted with the streets of Gresham, and
the storm was over. I noticed In an
tho se of P re sid en t W ilson. On this d au g h ter, Mrs. F. \V. B an g h art, in
ea ste rn puper th a t th e rain fall was
line he said:
Sellwood on Monday m orning. H«-r paitieitlaily Main street, the information imparted at the Huber RESOLUTIONS OF THE
“ We need good citizens, and good d eath was quite sudden and was a t offices was to the effect that the price for work here would range
ANTI SALOON LEAGUE six Inches th a t m orning.
A co rresp o n d en t to th e Leeton
citizens • m ust be well fed and well
trib u te d to h eart trouble. H er fun- from $1.35 to $1.45 per square yard for laying hitulithic where i T he convention of th e Anti-Saloon Tim es w rites, "W ell, we have been
educated. We h ea r a g reat deal these
1 eral will be held from th e Sellwood the conditions were most favorable. By that it was meant where i L eague at A tlantic City, Ju ly 6 to 9, having som e dam pness down here
days about molly-coddles, and
w ant to say a w ord about p a trio t Episcopal church tom orrow m orning tiic rock foundation already exists and where only a small amount I w a s atten d e d by ab o u t 10,000 prold- too. It has been ra in in g every o th e r
day and som etim es o ften e r.
The
ism. I don’t believe th e man who at 3 0 o ’clock, in term en t to be m ade of grading is necessary. Where a rock foundation has to he laid j unionists
crops on th e Osage riv er a re ruined.
has been ram paging up and down in M ount Scott P ark cem etery w here first the cost would range somewhere between $1.65 and $1.85 per
T he reso lu tio n s adopted
noted
T he riv er began to go down
last
th is country like a wild bull, w ith a the O. E. S. will have charge of th e square yard.
with
especial
satisfactio
n
"
th
e
ra
p id week, b ut is com ing up again. T he
b attle sh ip in one hand and talk in g
services.
ly changing tone of th e public press,
ats an d w heat are p retty good o u t
w ar is a good citizen .”
Mrs, Jones was 68 years of age,
The information was also given that the property owners could and th e fact th a t h u n d red s of dally o here,
b u t It has been too w et to get
"N o r will a good citizen of this ' a native of W isconsin.
She came
co u n try go down into Mexico to m ake . west th ree years ago and spent con- take advantage of the Bancroft bonding act in paying for the im new spapers and leading m agazines them h arv ested . I am c u ttin g my
provements if they so wished. By that act the cost is assessed to now b ar liquor a d v e rtisin g ." The oats w ith a cradle.
T he corn on
money and then call on this country s(derablp of h e r t)„ ,p
Grt,8ham .
to pro tect him and Ills dollars. It Is I
the adjoining or abutting property by the city council, hut the m edical fra te rn ity , big business and flat land has tu rn ed yellow an d th e
o u r duty to stu d y n atio n al Questions,
owners thereof may have ten years to pay it in at the rate of six tra n sp o rta tio n com panies were also g rass and weeds a re as high as th e
corn with som e exceptions.”
an d we ca n n o t discuss these ques MILK TEST HIGHER
THAN AT FRISCO per cent interest. The Outlook is not well enough posted as to com plim ented for th e ir co n trib u tio n s
T his Is a good d lscrlp tio n of v ry
tio n s w ithout discussing politics. We
the merits of the Bancroft bonding act, hut it is in force and it to th e prohibition reform .
m any places I passed th ro u g h . At
believe in peace b u t should not sit
Mrs. J. R. C avanagh rep o rts to
T he convention especially
com C anaan sta tio n , M issouri, If I rem em
u
advised that the matter he taken up with the district attorney's
down and allow o th ers to ru n over
m ended C ongress and th e federal ber correctly, lig h ten in g had stru ck
us. n e ith e r should we go about with
,
.
,
_
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office
by
a
competent
lawyer.
Mayor
Stapleton
may
he
depended
, ,
.
.
.
.. . .
. 1,
,
.
“
govern m en t for con tin u ed su p p o rt th e co rn e r of a sto re building the
a chip on o u r shoulder, for som e n a cetved on sam ples sent t to San F r a n - ; on to look
otter that feature if it is desired to take action m that of
th e an ti-can teen law, ap p ro p ria n jg h t before and ripped th e siding
cisco
was
low
er
th
a
n
th
e
te
st
m
ade
I
.
,
,
tion will knock It off."
t „
manner in order to get the streets hard surfaced,
tions for recreation ce n te rs a t arm y h alf way down. T h ro u g h C olorado,
G overnor W ithycom be was the by V etsch & Son at th e Dam ascus
posts, th e en fo rcem en t of p ro h ib i U tah an«J Idaho, crops looked good
s ta r a ttra c tio n and m ade one of his cream ery In P o rtlan d . At San F ran - '
m
r, i
j ,L
z. .i i
.
r a c te
i e ristic
n s u c » speeches,
p e e c . e s , th
, . . e kind
a .u u th
. . . a a t . , c i8 f o | h e
, p , e g te d 3 g w h „ e at
< arlson and the Outlook reporter then visited Roadmaster tion In th e Indian co u n try , th e ab u n d er Irrig atio n . A lfalfa wus fine
c h .a a ra
A few of his | ,,o r t|an(1 the te8t
4 -
Yeon in quest of information as to the county’s probable attitude olition of th e wine mess in th e navy, m ostly tn stacks. I th in k upon th e
pe ople like to hear.
th e erad icatio n of liq u o r selling from whole crops a re above th e av erag e
Ideas w ere as follow s;
T he C avanagh milk received a upon the proposition to improve the center of Main street for any
nd will tu rn o ut well If w eath er
" I have been a m em ber of the score of 92.1 and would have been specified distance, also for improving its extension as far as the th e Capitol building, th e passage of
the in te rsta te sh ip m en t law, ap p ro conditions will perm it th e ir being
G ran g e fo r 42 years and can tr u th som ew hat h ig h er had th e test for
Base Line or to the Sandy road. Mr. Yeon was unable to say just p riatio n s for th e e n te rta in m e n t of h arvested.
fu lly say th a t It contains the sa lt of b u tte r fat come up to th a t given In
what
action the county commissioners would take, and pleaded delegates to th e F o u rte en th in te r A fter all I have seen an d h eard and
the e a rth , and I co n g ra tu la te you as P ortland. As It was th e sta n d in g Is
Congress on Alcoholism, felt old O regon looks good to me.
g ran g e rs on your happy s u rro u n d -| cong1dered very g ra , i fylnK and en - that there were no available funds at this time. He said just what n atio n al
and th e m ajo rity given to th e H ob My trip was very p leasan t and en
ings.
T here is no country
m ore titles th e producers to a m edal of he was expected to say.
son resolution.
joyable.
beautiful, nor g re a te r than th e one honor.
But Mr. Yeon was ready with a suggestion. II«- advised that
P resid en t W oodrow W ilson was
DAVID CATHEY.
we live in, no r cn e th e prospects of i
a petition he presented to the commissioners asking for the im com m ended for "h is ste ad fast refu s
w hich a re m ore encouraging. I at- i
NOTED AUTHORS VISIT
A carefu l census of th e m otion
provement. lie intimated that it might ask for the improvement al u n d er evidently terrific p ressu re to
tended a sim ila r g ath erin g 4 3 years
GRESHAM RELATIVES only from the fountain to the Mount Hood railroad, or even as ta k e back the sen tim en ts In favor of p ictu re business In th is co u n try
ago. m ade up of pioneers who could
prohibition ap p earin g In his le tte r show s th a t nearly $300,000,1)00 is
not boast of your privileges, but they
Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Em ery en ter- lar as the Base Line, hut advised that the petition he prepared,
It Is
to
a Texas citizen ," and a t th e sam e paid In adm issions yearly.
w ere th e men who laid the fo u n d a talned on Sunday Mrs. Eva Em ery signed by every taxpayer in this district, and presented to the
tim e he was petitioned to rem ove the claim ed th a t th e “ m ovies” now sta n d
tions of th is g reat com m onw ealth.
Dye of Oregon City, a u th o r of several commissioners. He said it would then be referred to him for in- m em bers of th e Excise Board of th e In the th ird ran k of th e countrie’s In
"Now I w ant to say a word about
Enough flints a re m ade
tilts w ar and patrio tism . We h ear a popular historical novels, her daugh- vestigation and report and then he would be in a position to take D istrict of Colom bia. T his Excise dustries.
His callers went away fully resolved to take his Board has flagrantly nullified th e so- every year to stretch tw ice aro u n d
g re a t deal about molly-coddles in ter, Miss Eva, and Miss Jessie F some action.
called Jones-W orks Law enacted for th e ea rth . Every day fifteen m illion
th is country, but let me say we have Em ery of Roxbury, Mass., who ts on advice, and the petition will be circulated.
th e reg u latio n of th e liq u o r traffic In persons go to th e m oving p ictu re
th e men in this g reat country of ours h e r way to San Francisco as a dele- '
th e D istrict.
th e ate rs. T he salaries of th e acto rs
who will defend th e grand old flag i gate to th e In te rn a tio n a l Congress
Another feature, more strictly local but important, is a call
In ad d itio n to dem an d in g th e early ran g e from fifteen d o llars a week to
th a t was designed 140 years ago. j of G enealogy, from th e New England
W e have a high civilization and I H istoric G enealogical society. Miss authorized by Mayor Stapleton for a meeting of the property subm ission of a co n stitu tio n al am en d $500 a w eek.And m any well known
owners for next Thursday evening, .July 29, at the city hall, to m ent to th e sta te s, th e convention re a u th o rs a re reap in g sm all fo rtu n es
citizen sh ip In th is country.
1 Em ery is th e a u th o r of a history of :
“ We have the best schools ,n ,he I theEmery Faintly of America. She consider the hard surfacing of the fountain square when the pav- quested th a t Congress b ar all in to x In ro y alties from d ram a tiz atio n s of
In te rsta te th e ir novels.
w orld, and they tend tow ard h ’g h 'w lll aten d a reunion of th e Em ery *nK 0,1 I’OM'ell Valley road shall have reached the intersection of icatin g beverages from
com
m
erce,
p
ro
h
ib
it
the
U
ulted
States
citizenship. T he g range has been a
#< g#n Friuictoco>
that thoroughfare with Main street. Just what Mayor Stapleton
Drexxinaking
m ails to liq u o r ad v e rtise rs, cease
g rea t fac to r In th e developm ent of I
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plans to do in this matter the public is not informed, hilt it inav . .
D airy R ecords.
th is country. It has given us pro-
List of Letter*,
he said that Mr. Iluber was invited to he present at the meeting if
lqU°r
The O utlook office has a prin ted
g ressiv e laws, ru ra l free mail dellv- i R em aining le tte rs uncalled for In possible and give information that may be valuable not only about pr° '
7 ’ ’T *'77' Prohlb! form fo r record of dairy cows. I t Is
e ry » th e parcels post, our pure food the Gresham postofflee for w eekend- th a t p ro je c t h u t regarding h a rd s u rfa c in g in g en eral. He m ay be '
•
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very com plete, larg e enough for 16
laws and better suburban schools.
jng j u)y 25, 1915.
in Gresham sooner for a conference with some who are interested,! .*.** ’. “ B’ or 0 co
1 *" cows, will contain th e m orning and
"We have In Oregon many billions Letters—.Miss Blrda Guenther and his knowledge of such matters w 11 he given out for the guidance
Thl,,P«nT
of feet of tim ber yet to be worked
Cards— Miss Belle McLeea, Mrs of those w ho a re go in g a h e a d in th e e n te rp rise .
[
* * te n ten t was m ade w ithout evening record for a m onth, »nd Is
up which will make Oregon rich Jennette Geiger.
And here it may be stated that two petitions are being p re -1,
,,C ,li,°n. , , . at
“ " a ,l" nal very convenient. If you keep cows
Then will come great agricultural These letters will be
sent to the p a re d fo r th e sig n a tu re s of p ro p e rty ow n ers on M ain s tr e e t a n d ■
" Me,hodlBt Temper- you should use th is record sheet.
The price Is reasonable. P hone 701.
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dead letter office on August i , 1915. Hood avenue, looking to their hard surfacing during the coming
>nCe ° C * y'
lf not delivered before. In calling m onths w hen th re e p a v in g p la n ts a re in o p e ra tio n w ith in such a w ith
Madame O sborne
for the above, please say 'ad v ertised , j sh o rt d ista n c e th a t th e w o rk can be done a t a low er cost th a n a f te r Ynrk
v e . r . h<.
th e y a re gone. T he m a tte r will n o t be allow ed to re st u n til th e ; « „ X . l o n guaranlle?
for th e best and purest milk a t th e gjv| ng gate o* list.
development, and agriculture ts the
basis of all state and national pros-
perlty. Oregon captured the prize
San F rancisco Exposition, and o u r
school exhibit th e re excelled th a t of
any o th e r sta te . I c o n g ra tu late you
Continued on page 2
V
i mccoll . p m .
Good buy In tireless cookers at
Sterling & Kidder Hdw. Co.— Adv.
streets, or some of them, are paved, or until every effort has been j
met by utter defeat. The Outlook is pledged to continue th agita Cor
tton and its efforts are meetiug with approval by many, although j
there are some who will pull back.
of
N ew
M|{8 A WARWICK
Thlr<i and Hood Gresham
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Read ths Want Ads.
Evergreen lllacktM-rrles Wanted
T hose who have E vergreen olaclt-
berries in any q u a n tity when ripe
will receive a good price fo r them
at th e G resham C annery. Cali up for
p articu la rs.
JAS. STERLING, Mngr.