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GRESHAM.
MULTNOMAH,
COUNTY,
OREGON
TUESDAY,
AUGUST 10, 1915
$1.50
AUTOMOBILE SOLD
FOR FOUR DOLLARS
L ato u rell & Son are b reak in g all
records for selling Fords, having ju st
sold th e ir fifth ca r to E zra Thom as
w ithin th e past week. They have
received a F o rd coupe as th e first of
an o th e r carlo ad lot, th e rem ain d er
being to u rin g cars which are due to
a rriv e soon.
They sold an o th e r car th is m o rn ­
ing, an O ldsm obile, for fo u r dollars
an d two cords of wood. It is one
of th e pre-h isto ric au to s and was
seen on th e stre e ts of G resham long
ago, en gineered by E rn est Thom pson.
Some of th e old est in h a b ita n ts may
rem em ber it when it was in its glory.
It will be converted into a woodsaw
outfit, th e new ow ner being C harles
M cCarter.
T his fam ous old relic has been in
cold sto rag e for a long tim e, so long
th a t it had fo rg o tten how to act and
was towed aw ay ingloriously behind
a wood wagon. It is d estined to be
rein c arn ated an d
become useful
again.
FOUR CHANGES IN CITY BOUNDARIES
PER
YEAR
W. H. CONGDON
WRITES FROM
MARSHFIELD
W ith th e closing of four of th e
p rincipal ro ad s leading o u t of P o rt­
W. H. Congdon, who recently left
land th ro u g h e a ste rn M ultnom ah on
G resham for M arshfield, has w ritten
account of th e h ard su rface o p era­
the O utlook a glow ing account of his
tions now going on, th e trav el on
trip and som e of his experiences on
the only open road is som ething im ­
Coos Bay a fte r his a rriv a l there. T he
mense. W ith only the Section Line
follow ing ex tracts a re m ade from his
le tte r:
road open and untouched by im
''W e left down th e Colum bia on
provem ents u n d er way all the travel
July
20th an d arriv ed at A storia a t
necessarily follow s th a t th o ro u g h ­
8 p. m , being sev eral nours late,
fare. It is also the only connecting
which I m uch reg retted because I
link w ith th e Colum bia riv er high
w anted to go over th e bar before it
becam e too d ark , as I never did like
way, and w hat is m ost to th e point
to go over a b ar a fte r d ark even be­
it passes th ro u g h G resham .
fore G resham went dry.
An idea of th e volum e of trav el
"W e went out on th e big pond ju s t
passing over th e Section Line road
as th e last rays of th e day were fa d ­
may be obtain ed from a count m ade
ing away. I was lying down In th e
on Sunday evening last by M. M
cabin when George P reston cam e in
Squire of th e F ord Quick Service
to ask me to conie out on deck as
line. In th e space of tw enty m in ­ li e Profits Most Who S erves B est
lie bad som ething he wished to show
utes, w hile he was com ing from East
I believe—
me.
Well, if the waves had been
Eiglity-second s tre e t to Main stree t
T h at we a re living in a scientific
ru n n in g much h ig h er I would have
in Gresham , he counted an even one
age, one in which all lines of useful
showed him som ething
th a t you
hundred autom obiles. N early all of
effort are rapidly becoming reduced
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ld
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't
pick
up
w
ith
a
fork,
but I
them had been som ew here east of
to a scientific basis.
stayed o ut th ere until it becam e too
Gresham but not all had been up the
T h a t we a re living in th e age of
d ark and th e re cam e a feeling in niy
Columbia riv e r for it was noticed
th e su rv iv al of th e fittest.
th ro a t like a little h ard lum p. 1 m an­
that considerable travel had been
T h a t it m eans m ore to be fit today
aged to get It down again as I d id n ’t
diverted tow ard B oring and Sandy
th an it did ten years ago.
,
w ant to lose it, and sta rte d for my
X and some of it was com ing from the T h at it will mean m ore to be fit
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* “ aP 8h° W8 t h e / aBtl so u th «»orders of town
statero
o m , and ab o u t th e first step I
mountain resorts.
ten years from now th a n it does to- present *»°un<iaries of the city of eluded,
took I n early stepped on the back of
A peculiarity was noticed by those day.
G resham and th e te rrito ry asking to
my neck, b u t I m anaged to roll In
The u ex t special election for en ­
who saw the trav e l from th e la tte r
T h at we a re living in a com m ercial I *»e included a t th e coming special
w here I Btayed until m orning.
larging
th
e
city
was
held
on
Ju
ly
15,
direction.
M ore th a n o n e-half of
age and th a t com m erce o r business election to be held on next T hursday
“ The w ater was nice and sm ooth
the whole n um ber of m achines tu r n ­
1912, an d was for th e purpose of in ­
is a science an d m ust be stu d ied and aftern o o n , A ugust 12.
until we drew n ear to th e Coos Bay
ed to th e rig h t from th e Powell V al­
cluding th e p ro p erty of W. F. H oney W. R. Johnson, who wish to have bar w hen th e billows began to roll
pu rsu ed on scientific principles.
|
ley road when a rriv in g a t C leveland
T h at a science is sim ply classified
WiU be th e fo u rth tinle th a t and G eorge F. H oney on th e w est of th e ir p ro p erty included inside the and th e old ship began to dive aro u n d
avenue and gave c e n tra l G resham the common sense based on p ro p er s e e - 1an e IpcHon lias been held for the the town. They ag reed to pay all j c«ty lim its.
and when we sw ung Into the bay she
“go-by.” T his fact is a good a rg u ­ ing, g rasping, cam p arin g and record-1 Purpose of en larg in g the town lim ­ expenses of th e election, Bull Run
All of th ese proposed additions did roll. We landed In M arshfield
ment for the im provem ent of Main ing tacts.
j i t s since the o rig in al incorporation w ater ag ain being th e d raw in g card, »re show n by th e lig h t p arallel lines about 1 o’clock and th e first m an I
street, and it would also be a good
This election was ca rrie l by a larg e ' on th e plat.
met was Roy Wood. He sayB, 'H ell-
T h at a profession is a science in which
occurred in the sum m er of
argum ent for an a g ita tio n looking practice.
m ajority alth o u g h th e te rrito ry th u s
From th e above m ap It would at O Bill, give me your band until 1
1904
to the im provem ent of Pow ell stre e t
added to th e city was con ip aritiv ely first seem to ap p ear th a t all th e te r ­ sh ak e ’uni, fo r I like to see the old
T h at th e science of business is the
eaatward from th e fountain.
T he o rig in al boundaries are indi small.
ritory enclosed by th e o utside lines boys com ing from G resham .’
science of service; he profits most
I cated on the plat by the heavy black
Again on April 11, 1913, th e size is Inside th e city lim its, but such is
'W e left next m orning by boat up
who serves best.
I line.
This m orning a t 10 o ’clock was
of the city was Increased by th e a d ­ not th e case.
C arefu l observation th e beuutlful Coos river.
It flows
T h at when business g ettin g and
the tim e set for p rese n tatio n of the busines-buildlng are reduced to a
T he original Incorporation was dition of Geo. W. S tap le to n ’s prop­ will show th a t a portion of the n o rth th ro u g h a very b eau tifu l little farm ­
petition to the county com m ission- science by org an izin g th e know ledge I effected th ro u g h th e general sta tu te erty on th e so u th of tow n and several line does n ot extend to th e Section ing valley, producing m ostly vegeta­
This tracts ru n n in g as fa r n o rth as the L ine road and th a t a -big sq u are bles and d airy products. W hen we
fcrs for the hard su rfa cin g of the p erta in in g to them we hereby elevate | for incorporation of towns.
was found to be inadequate and
couniy m ad from G resham to the business to a professional plane.
original
boundary and connecting u n d er th e w ords "D ivision stre e t,
left the ste a m e r we took the logging
c h a rte r was o btained th ro u g h act of with th e new boundary estab lish ed in being th e farm of N. L. Sm ith, is not tra in for cam p. It consists of an
Sandy road, through F airview .
A
T h at the success of any in stitu tio n
m eeting of tlfw p rese n tatio n com ­ is th e qum of th e successes of the th e leg islatu re, session of 1905, and F eb ru ary , 1912. T h is ad d itio n was included w ithin th e lim its. It I b ull engine and a flatcar. T he trip was
th e city is now w orking u n d er this also ra th e r sm all b ut it rig h tfu lly be­ farm land and is en tirely u n d er cul a sh o rt one fo r th e tra in only goes
m ittee was held at the city hall last people engaged in it.
c h a rte r which has not been am ended longed inside th e city lim its, Bull tiv atio n , hence Its an n ex atio n was to th e foot of th e hill. A fter w ait­
night, when it was announced th a t
T hat success in life in its broadest
the com m issioners had se n t o u t word sense is a m a tte r not of luck nor of since it was enacted.
Run w ater was w anted by th e resi­ opposed by Mr. S m ith, and he was ing an h o u r unotlier tra in came down
A bout the tim e th e Buil Run w ater dents, and th ere was only slig h t op­ allow ed to have his own way ab o u t loaded w ith logs; th en th e cable was
th a t they would not be in th e ir o f­ chance, but is governed by laws of
was being installed o th e r position.
fice today, and the proposed visit n a tu re — m ental, m oral physical and system
the m a tte r. It would be Im possible hooked onto o u r ca r and up we w ent.
p roperty ow ners becam e desirous of
was necessarily postponed.
Next sp iritu al.
The election to be held next T h u rs­ to tak e it in now w ith o u t his con In some places the g rad e was 26 per
securing the privilege of city w ater day is to d eterm in e th e q u estion of sent and it will rem ain o utside until cent. J u s t th in k !
Tuesday was set as the d a te and In
H ogan hill Is
T h a t to w ork in h arm ony w ith all
the m eantim e th e p etitio n s will be of these laws would m ean success of and m ade application to be included taking In m ore land, am o u n tin g In the m arch of tim e sh all bring about only ab o u t 10 o r 12 per cent a t its
in th e city lim its. A special election all to ab o u t 80 acres. It will include o th e r conditions.
circulated fu rth e r fo r th e sig n a tu re s th e highest order.
steep est place; so, Mr. H alllgan, you
was called for F eb ru ary 10, 1912 about 400 feet in w idth on th e e a st­
The b oundaries of th e original cor can see w hat you would be up against
of many prom inent tax p ay ers who
which carried by a large m ajority ern boundary, ru n n in g from Powell poratlon and each su b seq u en t add! If ru n n in g a com pound on this pike.
are known to favor th e action taken
T AK E IT CALMLY
and
b ro u g h t in to th e city territo ry street to Division stre e t.
tlon, to g e th e r with th e new proposed T he tra in is hauled up by m eans of
by G resham and endorsed by F air-
T ak e it calm ly, my friend, ta k e it vhich nearly doubled th e size of the
On th e n o rth th e p roperty ask in g additions, a re ind icated variously on a very la rg e cable which Is 7500 feet
view in seeking to have th e co n n e ct-,
city
ing link between th e two cities and cu,Jn ly-
to be ta k en In em braces a strip ' be­ the m ap by dlfflerently draw n lines long and a t th e su m m it th e re is a
Do you know th a t every tim e you |
This addition is indicated by the longing to Chas. C leveland, n o rth of which a re fu rth e r explained in the larg e h oisting engine w hich provides
the g reat th o ro u g h fa res im proved.
The com m itte nam ed to present g et w orked up, excited, flu strated | d o tted line which is Been to nearly the new high school b u ild in g ; also annexed key. It was found difficult th e power. It Is let down by th e
the petition to th e county com m is­ 'm a d ” o r an gry, you not only use up j su rro u n d th e original lim its. By the p ro p erty of J. E Stubbs, th a t to check up th e item s show n on the sam e engine and is held by friction.
sioners includes th e nam es of Geo. a ce rtain am o u n t of reserv e stre n g th I th is election portions of the property owned by Mrs. J. N. C lan ah an , and map because of th e absence of th e No one is allow ed to ride down on
W. Stapleton, S. S. T hom pson, R. R. which m ight be m ade to serve a much I of E. Schw edler, Theo. B rugger, W. a portion of E astm an 's A ddition, all recorder, b u t It is believed to be account of th e d an g e r of th e cable
essentially co rrect.
T he p la t was breaking, which happens occasion­
( arlson, J. H. M etzger, A. M eyers, b e tte r purpose, b u t th a t y o u r m en tal I W. C otton, Chas. Cleveland, W allula fro n tin g on Main stre e t.
explosion is a p t to g en e rate teal I H eights, Jo h n R oberts, and portions
draw
n
th
ro
u
g
h
th
e
assistan
ce of Geo. ally. W hen it does happen, lum ber
F
or
th
e
p
ortion
on
th
e
w
est
th
e
Chas. Cleveland, O. J. Brow n, F red
poisons in y o u r physical w orkings? | owned by several o th e rs on th e east p etitio n ers are Jas. H. S terlin g and W. Metzger.
Is going down.
Honey, Judge W onacott. W. W. C ot­
Do
you
know
th
a
t
excitem
ent,
an-
"S p eak in g ab o u t logging If K ing
ton and E. Q. McGaw. To th ese will
Solomon
had been obliged to get Ills
be added a n u m b e r of o th e rs from g er and h ate a re really w orse fo r ' l ' e , N E W CONTENTIONS
NEW PICTURE SCREEN
1 CHURCH DEDICATION
ENTER PULFER CASE
P ortland and
o th e r p a rts of the stom ach th an lo b ster salad and mince j
AT SMITH S THEATER
AT PLEASANT HOME cedars from such rough and rugged
■ t o r . f
co untry as th is he would not have
county whose presence will carry p ie combined f Ask .
C
alm
ness
is
not
only
a
g
reat
-j
A m eeting of cred ito rs of th e Pul-
M anager Sm ith of th e Scenograph
T he new church a t P leasan t Home had th e roof on his tem ple yet.
weight and serve to im press th e com ­ d u cer of pleasu re and profit, b ut p o ro
n e j fer M ercantile com pany, an alleged
Roy W oods Is ru n n in g a barber
th e ate r has ju st in stalled one of th e will be dedicated next Sunday, Aug.
m issioners w ith th e idea th a t the
of th e finest p rev en tatlv es of many
Thom as process p ic tu re screens. It 15. T h ere will be all-day services, shop In M arshfield and Is doing a fine
im provem ent of th e road is im p e ra­
bodily pains and ailm ents.
business. We all took d in n e r with
tive this season.
Calm persons do n o t often suffer fore K e,eree Cannon In the b an k ru p is pronounced by ex p erts th e best preaching a t 11 a. m , 2 :30 p. m. and him and th e way we did Justice to
from headache. As a ru le they en-1 tcy proceedings yesterday and R. L movUng p ic tu re c u rta in s In th e m a r­ 8 p. m. Drs. O>. A. W ooddy and O
stra w b e rry sh o rtcak e would s u r ­
Last week th e O utlook, ju s t to set
joy
good digestion. In m ost instances | Sabin was appointed tru ste e for the ket.
C. W right, of P o rtlan d , will preach prise th e n ativ e a t home.
thi. people to th in k in g , offered a prize
"I have received two copies of th e
This new screen b rin g s o u t every Dr. W ooddy In the m orning and Dr
of one y e a r’s subscrip tio n for th e they sleep well and have good a p p e - 1 b au k ru p t corporation. Mr. Sabin
best nam e offered and approved by
_
,,
. 1 was m ade ausignee for the P u lfer detail In a p ictu re and is restfu l to W right In th e aftern o o n and Dr. O utlook an d you can rest assured
Calm persons usually get w hat I
the eye as it p ractically elim in ates D river of th e Chapel ca r "G oodw ill” they were welcome. One likes to get
a co m m ittee of th re e d isin terested
they go a fte r, o r come as n ea r to I ''re<R tore, a fte rw a rd s appointed re ­
th e news from the hom e town even
ail reflection which is th e g rea test
and p ro m in e n t persons for th e road
g ettin g It as th e ir m eaeu re of a b il- I ceiver an d now has the appointm ent draw back to m ost screens.
In th e evening. All a re Invited to If th e ed ito r is th e horullest man
from G resham to F airview
The Ity will ad m it, fo r calm ness is the | of tru ste e . R eferee Cannon en tered
come. B ring b ask ets well filled and there. I am feeling fine up here In
T ickets fo r th e fre e show on S a t­
offer rem ain s good and in o rd e r to
m ost com pelling p a rt of personality, j on th e request of R. L. Sabin a show- urday afte rn o o n s may be had of the stay ull day an d have a good tim e. the m ountains. I feel like a cross­
allow plen ty of tim e fo r Ideas to for And perso n ality has a 60 per cent I 'a use o rd e r directed to K enney as •
Rev. E. A. L eonard Is th e pastor.
cut saw on a frosty m orning. I feel
p ro m in en t business bouses in G resh ­
m ulate an d th o u g h ts to co n c en tra te pull in hum an dealings.
| why he should not tu rn over certain
like It would ta k e two men to handle
am. T he show will ru n all th e a fte r-
them selves in to som ething really ap ­
In th is age of n erves calm ness is | accounts to the assignee and tru ste e
BIDS W ANTED k(»K PAINTING
me, th a t is If they were ull as easy
non
w
ith
special
reels.
F
arm
ers,
p ro p ria te , euphonious and p erm a n ­
which a re now held by Kenney. Mr.
m ore needed th an ever before.
as H alllg an .”
th e l? fam ilies and frie n d s will be a d ­
ent, th e tim e allow ance will be gen­
School D istrict No. 49 will ta k e
Calm down, my frien d , calm down. Mr. P u lfe r ap p eared and was q u es­ m itted on th ese tic k ets which a re
erous. T he end of th e contest will
Rural Carrier E xam in ation
To begin w ith n o th in g is ever tioned as to his relatio n to th e so- free, b ut ra n be o b tain ed only of th e bids fo r th e rep a in tin g of th e wood
not be fixed ju s t yet, but It like ev­ q u ite so bad as It m ig h t have been, called corp o ratio n .
work Inside school ro o m ; also re-
M ayor S taple- m erchants.
T he U nited S tates Civil Service
e ry th in g else, will arriv e som e day, o r as it seem ed a t first sig h t o r on ton was p resen t, being in terested in
v arn ish in g desks. F o r f u rth e r Infor­
and th e n th e com m ittee will have first th o u g h t.
m ation call up R. K erslak e, phone 'om m isslon has announced an exam ­
You can prove this th e outcom e on account of a su it be­
Sure E nough
ination for th e County of M ultnom ah
its w ork c u t o u t in selecting th e best fo r y o u rself by looking your own ing b ro u g h t ag a in st him by Kenney.
Soph— You w ant to keep y o u r eyes 139, o r F. F o th , clerk , phone 138 to be held a t P o rtlan d , on S eptem ­
nam e.
Bids
close
A
ugust
21,
1915.—
Ad.
T
he
h
earin
g
on
th
e
show
-cause
o
rd
er
past sq u arely in th e face and hon­
open aro u n d here today.
ber 11, 1915, to fill th e position of
S everal nam es have been sen t in estly analyzing its d irect and most will be heard next F rid ay before th e
F resh W h at for?
Hear Me C ackle
ru ra l c a rrie r a t G resham , and vacan­
and have been put aw ay, aw aiting dread ed happenings.
referee.
Soph Because people will th in k |
Five years of successful poultry cies th a t may occur on ru ra l routes
the- a rriv a l of others. T hose who
T he men an d women who m ake
you a re a fool if you go aro u n d w ith
raising and egg p ro duction and no from o th e r post offices In th e above-
F rance
can th in k of a good nam e a re urged good a re th e men and women who
them sh u t.
w orry ab o u t blight o r rain.
>170 m entioned county. T he exam ination
The nam e of F ran ce is derived
to send th e m in prom ptly in o rd er have learn ed to be calm . They were
w orth of eggs in Ju ly from 450 two- will be open only to m ale citizens
Injured In n ocen ce
th a t th ey m ay all be considered and not born th a t way any m ore th a n you from th e F ran cl, o r F ran k s, a peo­
F in e b reeders for who are actu ally dom iciled In th e
Ira te P a re n t— W hat do you m ean year-old hena.
a really good one chosen. It would w ere, perhaps. They h av e .earn ed ple of G erm any w ho slezed th a t p art
G et som e now a t 75c te rrito ry of a postoffice in the county
be u n fo rtu n a te to have the best nam e th e lesson of calm ness ju st as well of th e co u n try n e a re st th e Rhine and by holding W illie Jo n e s down in the next year.
each. T he price of p u lle ts will ad- and who m eet th e o th e r req u irem en ts
left o u t ju s t because of a little ca re­ as we all learn to figure an d to read. settled there. L ater on they subdued mud an d sk in n in g his nose?
,
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vance n ex t week
H. W. Cooley A set fo rth In Form No. 1977. T his
P
aris
and
m
ade
th
a
t
the
royal
seai
lessness o r lack of enthusiasm .
And having learn ed It they are m ak ­
he got bis old nose skinned. T he Hon. W hite Knowl P o u ltry Farm form and application b lanks may be
of th e ir increasin g em pire.
ing use of it.
E vergreen B lack b erries W anted
Phone 434
mud w here I had him was soft, b ut T routdale,
tf o b tain ed from the offices m entioned
K eep calm !
T he only th in g s a t tr a c t l.e ab o u t be kept w riggling aro u n d ami hit his
T hose w ho have E vergreen black­
above o r from th e United S tate s Civ­
T h ere may be b e tte r m ottoes, but som e men are th e cuffs on th e ir tro u ­
T his week. K ing o r Queen Fly il Service Com mission at W ashing­
berries in any q u an tity when ripe
beak on a rock
sers.
I h a v e n 't happened to m eet them .
S w atters, 5c, at S terlin g A K idder ton, D. C. A pplications should be
will receive a good price for them
K eep y o u r tem p er low and your
T hink of y o u r w onderful Im m unity Hdw, Cox—Adv.
forw arded to th e Com m ission at
at th e G resham C annery. Cali up for
Dally
Oregonian.
1
yr.
reg
16.09
hopes high and s e e If th e c o m b in a ­
Twlce-a-Week Outlook, 1 yr... 1.50 from h arm If you m ind y o u r own
W ashington at th e e a rliest p rac tic­
p articu la rs.
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