T W IC E W EEK VOL. 5, NO. 46 G resham O utlook GOVERNMENT REGULATING ZONE RATES Fraud Found in Sending Par­ cel Post Packages A new ru lin g has been m ade by the postotflce d e p a rtm e n t in regard to th e ra te s of postage to be paid on parcel post packages in th e first two rones ra d ia tin g from any post- office. GRESHAM. M EETIN G FOR MISS EDNA SHOEMAKER T he B aptist church was well filled last night with friends of Miss Edna S hoem aker who joined in a rousing farew ell m eeting. MULTNOMAH, \ \ 1 1\ 4 COUNTY, n ‘ I ' l 1i—’ OREGON FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1915 $1.50 x t a a i A WAR SERMON COMMlTTEE NAMED BY REV. M. FOR ROAD PETITION, > — — _____ _________ T. WIRE T he c u rre n t issue of th e Pacific h rlstia u A dvocate co n tain s a w ar I serm on recen tly d elivered by Rev, OFFICIAL VISIT WILL BE HADE ON NEXT TUESDAY ' ' T ' C C T O V C C C ” TO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON HARD SURFACING PROROSITION ’ “ i pared w ith Isra el in th e text from The g ath erin g was arran g ed for by the W om en’s M issionary Circle, of which Mrs. E. A. L eonard is presi­ dent. Dr. E ast of P o rtlan d , for a n um ber of years a m edical m ission­ ary in India, was th e principal sp eak ­ er. T he them e of his ta lk was the -------------- efficiency of young women m ission­ Ml local h ard surfacin g p ro p o sitio n , are up in the a ir yet, noth- aries. He ch aracterized them as the real heroines of the work, and brief- H1*? definite haviyg been done except the circ u latin g of p etitio n s ly o u tlin ed th e work of a n u m b er for the im provem ent of the county road to and th ro u g h F airview w om e ad personally known. T he while the paving p lan ts are here. w iv e s liu l m a r X d ^ m m e V t h l i r 'h u i - A ' t h ° m eetin K h e ld lu8t n « h t >» th e c itv h * 11 c o m m itte e s At the m eeting held last night in the city hall the com m ittees (M icah 3 :1 0 , "T h ey b u ild up Zion Read the Want Ada. PER YEAR INEFFICIENT ORDINANCE WORRYING Oregon City Trying to Ham ­ per Stage Line Oregon City is having a tussle f X “ 00*’ “ "d Je r“,a1*“ wl,h ln’ w ith th e Jitney problem , and its h on­ * Th,. com parison is m ost strik in g ly o rab le city dads a re up ag a in st a set fo rth in a p arag rap h from which proposition th a t will get m ore p u n c t­ I th e follow ing ex tra ct Is ta k en : "T»1* «*««“ • su rro u n d in g th e be T his is a bit of new s th a t has not reported abuot 300 names, prin cip ally fr o m ’ this vicinity w ith a ,°5 ° Ur c/° ““ ,,ry under been m ade public yet and is given bands fo r h um an en co u rag em en t,” : i l- r - .w . . • th e providence of God. He reserved said Dr. E ast, “ but the young un­ sprinkling ol names from P o rtlan d and o th er p a rts of the county, the very co n tin en t itself to be the here as a scoop on all o th e r new spa­ m arried woman renounces hom e and \ cry tew ot those approached for th eir nam es refused to sign, and crad le of political and religious lib- pers. T he in fo rm atio n cam e to the am bition, b urns th e bridges behind . , , ' 7 ** time would perm it an unlim ited num ber of sig n atu res could he erty- T h e R enaissance had m ade a O utlook ac cid en tally but nothing in extrem e loneUness m idrange0/ 'm ha‘L The circulators of the petitions have so fa r w orked w ithout sU rri" g 1,1 th e *“ t« » e c‘ ual dry was said ab o u t keeping still, and it spreadin g th e gospel message. T he co,l‘Pt’"sation, but it was realized th at to continue the work u n til had w ro u g h ^ 'tm t th e ir " Herculean will be m ade public in a sh o rt tim e g re a te r n um ber of th e friends In th e « e^ t T uesday some expense would be a ttac h ed th ere to and th e task s of em an cip atin g religion from anyw ay. hom e land soon fo rg et to w rite and m atter was left to (). A. Eastm an to secure solicitors for the w ork the sh ak les of an oppressive eed es- T he ru le th a t will go into effect to contin u e th e p ray ers and su p p o rt ' P o r tl a n d . laaticism . A m erica was provided at when p ro m u lg ated will change a zone w hich th ey had prom ised, b ut th e _________ th e stra te g ic tim e to be th e reposi­ ra d ia tin g from a postoffice from an The opinion prevailed th a t re p re se n ta tiv e ta x p a y e r s of the city tory fo r th ese g rea t prin cip les and exact circle to one resem bling a cir­ m issio n aiy w o rk s o n , a n d « h e n in a few years she is forced to come home , ,,, .. . i . .. . ‘ . . . 1 . / c u la r saw w ith h alf its te eth knocked for rest, th e changed conditions but >hould b‘‘ « »»Hsted in the plan it the petition is to c a rry any w eight , id eas; o th erw ise they m ight have been stilled in th e ir inclplency.” out an d a few chu n k s tak en o u t of increase h er lo n lin ess.” with the county commissioners. They would all be in terested in : T he above q u o tatio n conveys the ab o u t seven sides of it. In o th e r O th er sp e ak e rs of th e evening ¡» connecting road so th a t trav elers over the Colum bia riv er high- sim ilie of a plan by th e Creator to w ords, th e first zone of 150 miles e re ’ M*-8- ‘ ta .......* ilin g of P o rtlan d , Rev. n w a ay m ig ight choice of ro routes coming They would v in n i n have a v e a ch o ic e oi u te s in com ing o or r going. T hey w ould lead th e world o u t of bondage Into from P o rtlan d in any d irection may * ,................ Wart> und » atu ra lly w aul to see the territo ry em braced by the th ree paved the fuI1 H«h t of freedom from all in som e cases be considerably less vi’. .A o*ie0nar? ’ o of / h her e r '.“Z r i L b, and would welcome paved road road th th a a t t would would g give The present w ar “ Is but from c e n te r to circum ference. experience In home mission- thoroughfares “ ,u* ’ » »"*« welcome a a paved ,-» ' ° ppTe“lo.n ............- one of th e m eans to th a t end. It has been found th a t the mail ary w ork an d th e influences which th e m th a t opportunity. __________ o rd er houses have discovered a way had led h er to choose the foreign The petitions wiil be presented to the county com m issioners on PLA N S FOR F A IR to ship goods beyond the zone lim it, field and China for her future work, n e x t T u e sd a y m o rning, an d som e q u ic k w o rk m tist be do n e betw een MATURING RAPIDLY reach in g fa r in to th e next zone for t i / 'c h i ' ' “ f ,e r g r a d u a tin g fro m now and then. Mr. E astm an, acting chairm an of th e citizen s’ th e one zone rate . F o r instance, if the Chicago T ra in in g school, .M iss P lan s fo r th e com ing fa ir are A shland, O regon, is five m iles be­ S hoem aker worked am ong the Chin- wlH tw elve persons to c a rry the p etitio n s to the m oving fo rw ard u n d er th e ex p eri­ yond th e second zone th e P ortland ese women and children in San F ra n - courthouse, headed by M ayor S tapleton. The list is not com plete sh ip p e rs can save a zone ra te by cisco for five years. She was then at this w ritin g and cannot be given, but it will em brace the most enced g uidance of P re sid en t Lewis and those who a re in closest touch m ailing th e ir parcels a t M ilwaukie. deeply Im pressed w ith the th o u g h t prom inent road enthusiasts of the county an d city of P o rtlan d , w ith its affairs. T his was a c tu a lly being done and to th a t she o u g h t to go to C hina and _______ such an a la rm in g ex ten t th a t M ilw au­ E nclosing th e m ach in ery -hall be­ com m enced a t once active p rep ara- P rogress on the proposition to pave the rem aining portions kie was in a fa ir way to become a tions, w hich a re now com pleted so fa r ’ c * r .i c . ■ ■ , , • gan y esterd ay u n d e r th e supervision , .. , . . v oi Main street, from the fo u n tain n o rth w ard , was revealed in tbi­ second-class office. It was being as stu d ies in th is co u n try a re co n ­ of A rth u r Reed. W hen com pleted sw am ped w ith P o rtla n d business and cerned. She will sail from San F ra n - P‘T cent of the p ro p erty ow ners along .Main a com m odious room with the g o v ern m en t was being defrauded cisco on A ugust 25 w ith a large com- street as fa r as F ifth street have agreed to the pav in g proposition. it will be * and doors for closing of revenue. pany of missionaries of ail denomin- Som e of them signed up on th e p ro p o sitio n to ta k e a d v a n ta g e o f i ¿iKwjnst. J. fie g a t h e r and jecui» m w invìi i»» T he plan has been w orking b ea u t­ ations. On the eve of th e ir d ep art- Hie B ancroft *» floor has been tak en by sev eral firms ifully all o v e r t h e U n ite d S ta t u s , a n d uro »h ■■•‘■—I - u v . o j-or the im provem ent with six per cent in terest added, to th e am o u n t of over th re e -fo u rth ’s it was decided to put a crim p in the g rea t farew ell m eeting in San Fran-. ln o r(k r tQ u k e fldvantage of the bonding act th e m ach in ery ; in orde of its area. business by sim ply m aking the zone cisco. T he concession spaces along the lim its cover 150 m iles as determ ined L ast n ig h t’s m usical p rogram was of the city must he set in motion to m ake it legal and binding, as by th e course th e goods would a c t­ ca rrie d o ut as annou n ced in T u es­ the city must become the endorser of the bonds and will he res­ F u rro w were m easured and plattt-d ually ta k e in tra n sit. T hus, if the day 's O utlook and was g reatly en ­ ponsible for th eir paym ent. No one is obliged to tak e ad v an tag e yesterd ay afte rn o o n . S everal of them w indings and sin u o sities of th e S. P. joyed by all. of bonds, nor is anyone barred from doing so. T hus a few only have been sold and th e re is no fear th a t any of them will rem ain u n ­ R. R. betw een M ilw aukie and Ash­ m ight d efer paym ent upon com pletion of the im provem ent. The sold. N early all of th o se who were land cover m ore th a n 300 m iles, the FREE SHOW SATURDAYS AT MOVIE THEATER law applies to all stree t improv« inents if the p ro p e rty ow ners h ere last y ear are coining again second zone w ould end at th e 300- A b eau tifu l a rra n g e m e n t has been desire to invoke its aid. m ile post and A shland would be in T he m erch an ts of G resham have m ade ln th e d istrib u tio n of th e floral th e th ird zone. w ith C laude ^lr. S tapleton has stated th at the proposition to pave the in- displays on th e groundu ln fro n t of It is a p p a re n t th a t 300 m iles in an m ade arra n g e m e n ts a ir line is m uch fa rth e r th an the Sm ith to p ut on a free show a t th e terseetion of Pow ell and Alain streets, known as f o u n ta in Square, th e m ain pavilion. T h e - p la n ts are sam e d istan c e on any tra n sp o rta tio n S cenograph th e a te r every S atu rd ay ¡¡j assure«!; th a t the county com m issioners will g ra n t tile privilege all grow ing well and will be a t th e ir line, hence th e zones a re being aftern o o n for a while. T h ere will be (d' paving the fractions oi the two stree ts on the fo u r co rners aftei best d u rin g fa ir week. T h e ir a ttr a c ­ tiveness can best be ap p reciated by b ro u g h t clo ser to th e center. T here an en tirely new p ro duction of reels paving for eighteen feet in w idth in all fo u r «lirectious. 1 he sa m e an Inspection, as a d escrip tio n is al­ will be a lo t of ragged looking zones, b ut th e p rese n t o rd e r applies to only which will n ot be given a t any o th e r; (.o,„,n ittee which will take the other m atter before the com m issioners m ost im possible. xt Tuegday niornjn g will p resen t the form al p etitio n of the fo u r th e first and second zones. It has perform ance. T he show will last all ow „ Cfirll(.,. buildings, a n d th ere is the RECENT DEATH OF been found th a t th e bulk of parcel the aftern o o n , com m encing on Sat- , u rday of next week. ) p*‘'P t l l J " ................. MRS JOSEPHINE HOLM post m ail is delivered w ithin th e two A dm ission tickets will be present- assurance th a t the w ork will be done when paving crew s of i<- first zones an d th a t th e re is not much ed by the m erch an ts to th e ir p atro n s, Q a k a r H uber plant reach the fountain. I hat «-vent is some six weeks W ord has been received of th e loss in p ostage f a r th e r aw ay. o r m ay be had on ap p licatio n to any a w a v v e t M r. M eyers, president of the F irs t S ta te B ank, has sig- d eath of Mrs. Jo sep h in e Holm, Vrhich C hief c lerk s of the railw ay mail of those nam ed below. *hi8 ijlteIltio|1* of having Powell stre e t paved in fro n t of th e o ccurred sev eral w eeks ago a t th e divisions have been in stru c ted to T hose en te rin g in to th e ag reem en t ; - - hank pro p erty , th u s com pleting the im provem ent as fa r as he is S tate T u b ercu lo sis h o sp ital a t S a­ m ake a list of all postoffices r a d ia t­ are, B ert Lindsey, M etzger Bros., lem. Mrs. Holm was a su fferer from ing from th e big cities, to g e th e r with F irs t S tate Bank, H allig an 's B arber concerned. th e ir d istan ce on th e m ail routes. It shop, E. W. A ylsw orth, R. B. Belt, Should the o ther petition receive favorable consideration tin- tu b ercu lo sis for a long tim e. She was ta k en to M ultnom ah F arm for will be found th a t m any places w ith­ Ben Rollins, W. R. B urke, Maxwell hard su rfacin g of Alain street will continue as fa r n o rth as may be tre a tm e n t last N ovem ber and la te r in th e zone lim its a re really much S chneider, A dam s' B arb er shop. The determ ined upon, which will most likely be a h u n d red feet beyond rem oved to Salem. f a r th e r aw ay w hen th e railro ad S terlin g & K id d er H ard w are com ­ Mrs. Holm was 38 years of age schedules a re com pared w ith the pany, G resham D rug Co., and W’al- tin- fa ir grounds en tran ce or perhapn fa rth er. and is survived by h er h u sband and ro u tes ta k e n “ as th e crow flies,” rad M ercantile Co. A bout seven m ilts of hard surface have been laid on the S andy two little hoys, th e la tte r being cared and th a t th e ir parcel post ra te s will T his plan is being trie d in o th e r I be increased accordingly. W hile the cities and is u n d erta k en w ith a view Base Lint- and Powell Valley roads com bined and the work is going for a t th e S iste rs' School at B eaver­ e x tra ra te s w ill not have any effect to draw in g people to th e city on Sat- to the full capacity of the th ree p lan ts in op eratio n . All of those ton. T he w h ereab o u ts of h er h u s­ band Is unknow n. A six-year-old on p urely local business it will m ake ( 8 ftern o ons for tra d e and re­ roads are now im passable for th ro u g h traffic, the Section Line road d a u g h te r «lied of tu b ercu lo sis at th e m ail o rd e r goods come h ig h er to t h e creation. being the only on«- open for travel. It is now the tem p o rary o u tlet fam ily hom e on th e Section Line road e x te n t of th e e x tra postage th a t will T he only m eans of g«-tting into to the Columbia riv e r highw ay an d is crow ded w ith traffic. The last fall. It was th en th a t th e des­ have to be paid. th e show S atu rd ay afte rn o o n s is by trav el all goes to B eaver creek w here it sw ings n o rth to the Base titu te condition of th e fam ily was tic k et secured in th e way stated . learn ed and a rra n g e m e n ts w ere m ade THRESHING SEASON Line. The highw ay is closed to all traffic beyond L ato u rell and for th e ir p ro p er p ro tectio n . One of HAS COMMENCED GRESHAM ROUTES even this side yf th a t point it is necessary to m ake d eto u rs to get th e tw o little boys was fo r a tim e a SHOWING GAINS T h re sh in g season is on in e a rn est p atien t at th e Salem in stitu tio n , but through. and a t le a st five m achines are in th e has re tu rn e d , a p p a re n tly cu red , to A com plete record was kept of ail field w est of th e Sandy riv er w here F our paving p lan ts of the W arren C onstruction com pany are the school at B eaverton. m ail m a tte r han d led on th e ru ra l th e heav iest g rain fields are to be Mrs Holm w rote sev eral le tte rs to ro u tes from G resham d u rin g th e being set up along the highw ay and will m ake rap id headw ay. It found. m onth of Ju ly , both in nu m b ers and is intended to have all the paving don»- at ab out th e same time, Mrs. G eorge P ullen and expressed to M ention was m ade last T uesday of h er deep ap p reciatio n of th e care some w here n ear the first of Nov.-mber. U ntil th a t tim e the traffic H enry L a to u re li’s m achine. To th a t w eight. she was receiving. T he rep o rt show s th a t th e fo u r on all the roads except th e Section Line will be more or less ob­ may be added th e s ta r t m ade today ro u tes o ut .of G resham a re slow ly by Em il Olsen w ith his practically GEORGE LE8LIE JR. g aining in volum e. F ollow ing is th e stru cted . new gasoline tr a c to r and Case steel TAKES A BRIDE se p a ra to r. T he m achine has been re p o rt: PORTLAND WRITER R oute 1.— Pieces delivered, 10,- SOLD SEVEN BINDERS G eorge Leslie Jr. and Miss B erth a idle fo r th re e y ears b u t th e outfit is ON VACATION IN TWO WEEKS L ab els, both of P o rtlan d , werq united of th e best type and will th re sh any­ 083; collected, 1567. R oute 2.— Pieces delivered, 10,- Mr. L. H. W ells, P o rtlan d co rresp o n d ­ In m a rria g e la st W ednesday. thing. W ork will begin in Dr. C or­ H essel's m achinery sto re has sold 103; collected, 1827. I^eslie's p are n ts. Mr. an d Mrs. G«-o n eliu s' g rain n e a r T ro u td ale. e n t of th e O utlook, who Is a staff R oute 3.— pieces delivered. 9090; seven b in d ers w ithin th e past two Leslie, atten d e d th e w edding, also S tanley & Neal have th e ir outfit weeks, fo u r of them w ithin th e past re p o rte r on th e O regonian, is on his Mrs. A Hevel and d a u g h te r Vivian collected, 1421. ready to begin w ork and will m ake vacation which acco u n ts for th e a b ­ R oute 4.— Pieces d elivered, 5637; few days. T h e b rid e Is th e d a u g h te r of Mr th e ir Initial s ta r t on C harles Cleve­ sence of a P o rtla n d le tte r thia week. and Mrs. A delard L ahaie. Mr Leslie la n d s farm today, rig h t here in th e coUected 80» T he fo u r se n t o u t th is week w ent Route 1.— Pounds delivered, 1210; town of Gresham. to H H o lterm an at D am ascus, H erb Mr. W ells was o u t h ere on a tra m p la chief line fo rem an of th e N orth T he young couple Hevel & Jones commenced opera- coUected, 76. la st W ednesday b u t refu ses to w rite Bank railro ad . Route 2.— Pounds delivered, 1404; Lynch of O resh sm , A. O. H orberg w hile off duty. He is th e oldest left Im m ediately a f te r th e w edding tions a week ago Their field is and V etch Bros . both of Boring w rite r on th e O regonian In point of for C alifo rn ia, w here th ey will visit collected, 273. principally west of here. Route 3.— Pounds delivered. 1264; T he first th re e b ought D eerings, th e service and has seen all th e changes th e Ban F ran cisco and Ban Idego Hensley's machine has been doing collected, 85. fo r m ore fairs They will be at hom e to th e ir last one an O sborn. Vetch Bros ! of P o rtlan d jo u rn alism work on the Slough for several days Route 4.— Pounds delivered, 842; have 80 se re s to cu t an d th e re are th an thirty-five years He gets a frien d s a fte r O ctober first In th e ir other large fields as indicated by the ( regular vacation every summer and new bungalow a t 150 B aldw in stre e t. This week. King or Queen Fly collected, 87. number of self-binders in use. ibis salary goea on just the same. P o rtlan d . Swatters. 5c, at Sterling 4 Kidder Hdw. Co.—Adv. TU ESD A Y S AND F R ID A Y S u res th a n a bicycle tire on a road strew n w ith tacks. Speaking of the m u tte r th e C ourier of th a t city says th a t th e efforts of ce rtain influences In Oregon City to " r e g u la te ” jitn ey s so th a t th ere will be no profit to be m ade by a u to ­ m obiles plying betw een th e county st-at and P o rtlan d may prove q u ite fru itless, even if freak o rd in an ces designed fo r th is purpose are bluffed th ro u g h th e council It is w ell know n th a t P o rtla n d ’s city governm ent hus been having Its sh a re of fun with th e Jitn«->s of late and has discovered th a t even if B h Jitney o rd in an ces hold good they c a n ­ not ’’re g u la te " th e In teru rb u n busses. T his discovery was m ade when tile P o rtlan d police u n d erto o k to “ re g u ­ la te ” c e rta in au to s th a t ply on a re g u la r schedule betw een G resham and P o rtlan d . T hese ears had not com plied w ith the fanciful provisions of th e P o rtlan d o rd in an ce an d tin- d riv ers of tw o cars were a rrested and escorted to th e police sta tio n . T h ere an u tto rn ey em ployed by tin- uutoa in q u estion politely told the police th a t th e G resh am -P o rtlan d cars were n ot jitn ey s a t all, hut were public stag es plying betw een P o rtlan d and G resham . They ca rrie d no passen­ gers to points w ithin th e city limita. of P o rtlan d , but all th e ir traffic was th ro u g h an d o u tsid e haul. And a fte r tUny/' iffgsn td u lh iaries, m e ponce lei th e G resham jitn ey men go. E fforts to e m b arra s th e P o rtlan d - O regon City Jitneys may bring up a sim ila r situ a tio n , th in k s th e C ourier, if th e a n ti-jitn e y co h o rts continue th e ir cam paign. T he curs th a t run betw een th e county seat un«l the m etropolis trav el about an eig h th of a block w ithin th e city lim its of Oregon City. They do not carry pas­ sen g ers to any point in O regon City except th e ir te rm in al stan d , anil they are, like th e G resham Jltn--yH, public stag es o p e ra tin g betw een the county seat and P o rtlan d . And as such It is very d o u b tfu l If th e city can " r e g ­ u la te " them . T h erefo re, concludes o u r Oregon City paper, it Is poor policy to : ig the Jitneys, and especially If it shall develop, us in th e case of th e P o rt­ land-G resham cars, th a t th e city has no a u th o rity so to act. B etter let th e poor Jit alone and put it up to th e co unty to tax them for the use of th e county roads. It will be ch eap er and less foolish and ln th e end will prove th e best th in g th a t can be done. EXTENSIVE TOUR OVER NORTHWEST Emil Olsen and d a u g h te r Olive an d son Roy, and Miss A nna L arsen, re tu rn e d last week from th e ir ex­ tended trip to W estern W ashington points. They visited tin; au to races a t T acom a, also visited B eattie, Bel­ lin g h am , V ancouver, It. from which place they sh ip p ed to Naniino, and drove from th e re to V ictoria. They shipped to P o rt Angel, from , which p o in t they drove to H ood’s C anal, S h elto n , O lym pia unil back to A berdeen. They «tamped ten «lays at Pacific Beach Ju st before coining hom e, h av in g d riven th e ir au to a d istan ce of 2723 m iles on th e w hole trip. Miss L au ra A nderson, Mr. O lsen’s niece, whose hom e is a t A berdeen, re tu rn e d w ith th e party to rem ain h ere fo r a few we«?ks Miss A nderson and Miss Olive Olsen a re sp en d in g a few «lays at Seaside. H enry A nderson of A berdeen a r ­ rived y esterd ay to spend th e su m m er w ith his uncle, Mr. Olsen. He will assist w ith th e th resh in g outfit. Htergr««en lllncktwrrle-« W an ted T hose who have E v erg reen black­ b erries In any q u a n tity « h e n ripe will receive a good price fo r them a t th e G resham C annery, Cali v.p for p articu la rs. JAB. SPERLIN G . Mi’gr. Kill the mole with Come; Gas Balls. The easy way. At Sterling 4 Kidder Hdw, C«>.—Adv.