f Don’t Overlook the fine opportunity to subscribe for the leading Portland Dailies through the Outlook and thus save money T W IC E W EEK G resham O utlook VOL 6, NO 89 vOUNTY ROADS LARGEST ITEM OF LAST YEAR GRESHAM, MULTNOMAH COUNTY. OREGON. $150 TUESDAY. JANUARY 4, 1916 PORTLAND IMPROVEMENTS ARE INCLINING EASTWARD BY LAWS CHANGED AND OFFICERS NAMED PER YEAR GREAT MONEY IN GROWING SUGAR BEETS The re g u la r m onthly m eeting of j th e G resham V olunteer F ire dep art- [ rnent was held last n ig h t. A mended by laws fo r th e Benefit an d Relief as­ PORTLAND. Ja n 4 — S pecial.— will open a d irec t stre e t to a con­ sociation of th e G V. F D w ere read The laws governing The n o rth e a st co rn er q u a rte r block, nection w ith th e Base L ine road, or an d approved th e association w ere d raw n up and | E ast S tark stre e t, at M ount T abor 100x90 feet, of G rand avenue and A retro sp ectiv e view of th e past d o n ated by M ayor Stapleton. A vote i An artic le from th e B ayard, Ne­ E ast M orrison stre e t, ow ned by Cap­ T he W esley E pw orth L eague of of th a n k s was ten d ered to th e m ayor i b rask a, T ra n sc rip t of D ecem ber 25th. . , a r would reveal th a t e a ste rn M ult- has been show n th e O utlook which Episcopal for In terest in th e d ep a rtm en t. M ethodist tain O. W H osford for th e past 2 0 C entenary m ah had progressed but little and It Is decided th a t all bills ag ain st I 8ome “ »• »“« th is week church is u n d erta k in g years, will soon be covered w ith a •x slow ly at th a t; except fo r the T he artic le som e social service w ork, and next th e d ep a rtm en t Incurred d u rin g th e ir “ r be" ' ‘n d u siry th e re one-story pressed brick m odern .oved county ro ad s w hich were ¡Saturday night will provide a d in n er New Y ear's dance, should be paid by i is as follow s; stru c tu re P lan s an d specifications “ Last F rid ay was th e re g u la r and religious service fo; tw enty men, w arra n t as soon as they w ere p re ­ aid fo r by th e w hole county, w ith m onthly payday fo r o u r b eet-raising for th is s tru c tu re have been p re­ who will be sen t to them by th e c h a r­ sented. th e city of P o rtlan d co n trib u tin g farm ers, and $ 6 10,580.61 passed lu ­ pared by Stokes & Zellar, who are itab le associations, who o th erw ise T he re g u la r m onthly rep o rt, and to th e ir h an d s in se ttle m en t for beets fully 95 per cent of th e money th e re receiving bids fo r th e excavating and would not get any d in n e r th a t night. also th e yearly rep o rt, w ere read by delivered in N ovem ber T his is the vas very little m ateria l progress In second big p ay m en t th a t has been T he league is being assisted by Mrs. th e secretary. brick w ork req u ired in th e erection made. Beets w ere hauled for a few T heressa A. Brow n, th e ch u rch d ea­ 1916. The yearly election of officers re- j only In S eptem ber, so th a t th e of th is building. T his stru c tu re will con ness. and Miss L ena W heeler, T. su ited as follow s: chief, E ttsel Jones, j first paym ent was very sm all. N early T h ere was som e gain, how ever, i have a pressed brick fro n t and the J Bagley, W. A. Van D oren and re-elected ; assista n t chief, H arold $800.0»>0 was paid for beets hauled in a few o th e r instances. T he G resh- I specifications call for p late glass Rev. T. W. L ane, the p asto r. The K ern, re-elected ; secreta ry , B H. In O ctober. T he farm ers a re still AKTIU R J. F IE L D H O ls E . tin cannery began o p era tio n s and is show windows. It will replace one d in n e r will be served in th e b ase­ Jo h n so n , re-elected; m a rsh al. Claude h au llu g siloed beets and they will receive two ad d itio n a l pay m en ts In sn estab lish ed concern w ith g rea t T he fu n e eral ra l of A rth u r J. Field- tw o-story fram e building which oc­ ment of th e ch u rch , an d it will be Stockton. ad d itio n to those alread y m ade. The possibilities before St, alth o u g h it house took place on S atu rd ay morn- cupies th e co rn er an d sev eral o th e r follow ed by services. T h e league The funds w ere tu rn ed o ver to the paym ents now m ade, how ever, ex­ failed to m ake any m oney for th e iDg last w ith in te rm en t in th e Gresh- sm aller w ooden s tru c tu re s facing tak es th is plan to aid th ese men. ceed th e to ta l am o u n t paid for beets Bank of G resham us tre a su re r. last year, and have reached th e huge s'o ck h o ld e rs. B ut it was not ex- am cem etery. Services were held at G rand av en u e an d E ast M orrison Hose cart com panies No 1 and 2 sum of $1,430,580.51. T he to ta l T hrough an an n o u n cem en t m ade C ap tain H osford estim ates pected to m ake money th e first year tb e M E ch u rch . Dr. A lfred T hom p­ stree t. were chan g ed Into one. T he officers pay m en ts for th e 1914 crop w ere $1,- Sunday m o rning at th e M ethodist th e cost of th e proposed new b u ild ­ and th e re is a disposition to give it a son officiating, assisted by Rev. A. C. fo r th e com panies are as follow s: I 4 2 4 .O 5 3 .il T he e n tire crop for this ch u rch by Re». C. E. C line a larg e I ” pU ^ , com piny.. E rn est I J * " , * ’11 , o t , ‘ m ore ,h a n • « . • • • . - chance. To th a t end th e farm ers B rackenbury. A special choir, com ­ ing at $10,000. T his co rn er is considered one of am o u n t of bed clo th es an d food were Slnints; first lie u te n an t, F ra n k H am ­ 000.” have begun to m ake p re p a ra tio n s for posed of C. E. R usher, Miss Grace T he Bayard T ran scrip t Is p rinted the most valuable in C e n tral East secured Sunday nig h t fo r a faintly lin; second lie u te n an t, Wm. R o b ert­ an Increase of fru its, berries and W albeck, Mrs. M yrtle Myers and i In an arid spot on the P latt river. It vegetables w ith th e expectation th a t B ert Lindsey san g sev eral b eau tifu l P o rtland. C aptain H osford acquired living on E ast T w en ty -fo u rth stre e t , so n ; cnptaln. chem ical, Jam es J e n ­ i will be rem em bered by all who n ear W oodlaw n, who w ere lu g reat it som e 20 years ago at a cost of less nings; first lle u te n u n t, A rth u r Dixon; J crossed the plains as the place m ade a n o th e r year, a t le ast, will see th e and a p p ro p ria te hym ns w ith Miss need of both T he bed clo th es were an(, Ijid d ,,r Co A caunery bringing them ad e q u ate re ­ L au ra Shipley as accom panist. The th an 125,000. T he h alf block In­ J m em orable by S co tt's Hluf and Cblm pall b earers w ere J. G. M etzger, Roy cluding this q u a rte r extending from b ro u g h t to th e evening services, and H am m ar; lie u te n an t, F. Jen n in g s tu rn s nay Rock. F ifty years ago when the F or th e officers of th e Relief a s­ pioneers pussed th e place It was a G re sh am ’s au tom obile factory has Gibbs, Will M etzger. W illiam P eter G rand avenue to E ast Sixth stre e t a t th e end of th e m eeting w ere tak en to th e fam ily In autom obile ow ned by frout on E ast M orrison stre e t was W ilkinson and Alfred sociation th e chief, assista n t chief been in o p eratio n ab o u t six m onths son, Alec. Rev. Mr C line asce r­ an d se creta ry were nam ed as p resi­ bleak and b arren spot w ithout a h u ­ T he cerem onies a t the >wned and occupied by St. D avid’s W. N. Davis b u t has not been building autos. It H am m ar. m an h ab itatio n for 50 tulles and no Episcopal church. W hat was know n ta in ed th e condition of th e fam ily is doing m achine w ork of d ifferent grave w ere in accordance w ith the is th e Masonic B uilding association th ro u g h his d a u g h te r, an d w ent to dent, vice p resid en t and se cretary . one stopped to realize th a t th e ritu a l of th e Odd F ello w ’s o rd er, th» T he tru ste e s are, A. H am m ar, A kinds and is now em ploying ten men. He found th a t the Dixon an d C laude S tockton. On the gro u n d • was valuable, nor th a t It m em bers of th e M odem W’oodiner. was form ed w hich p u rch ased the th e ir hom e m ight th en be had for absolutely As announced not long ago, it will cam p of G resham actin g as a guard q u a rte r on G rand av en u e and E ast fa th e r had died leaving a wife and sick and accident co m m ittee th e fol­ no th in g . But It Is now a n o u rish ­ h a v e a new foundry building in the th ree sm all ch ild ren and an aged M orrison stre e t front th e church for of honor. low ing w ere placed, A. Dixon, C. ing farm ing d istric t and Is m aking spring, 32x70 feet in size, b u ilt of 125,000, w ith th e in te n tio n of e re c t­ m other, practically w ith n o th in g , not S tockton an d L. M errill. w ealth for lta ow ners the sto ry of co ncrete and eupptved w ith a crane MACK JONES WEDDING ing a Masonic tem ple, but th is did even wood. T he fa th e r had ca rrie d w hich Is ulm ost a fairy tale to those and o th e r appliances for doing heavy Insurance, but falling to m ake pay­ tot work o u t and C ap tain H osford, AT VANCOUVER TODAY GRAND ARMY VETERAN who passed th a t way ami rem em ber work. W hile it is not likely th a t a u ­ who was one of th e o rig in al sto c k ­ m ent it lapsed. T he fam ily recently PASSES TO THE BEYOND It F. E. Mack, of ään ly, and Miss holders, g rad u a lly acq u ired all the cam e to P o rtlan d from th e East, and tom obiles will be m ade h ere until T he e x tra c t given above waa not O rlando T hom as, whose serio u s Rev. Cline had th e w ar ends, it is g ratify in g to note P earl Jo n es, of G resham , w ent to stock of th e association and o w n er­ th e fa th e r took sick rep rin te d h ere to boost an o th e r far illness had been m entioned several some difficulty in finding o ut th e ir ship in th e q u a rte r block. T he q u ar- th a t th e B eaver M otor com pany is V ancouver today w here they were en la rg in g its plans and is em ploying m arried . Miss Jo n es has been in e r is valued above $100,000 even w ants, but he succeeded in g ettin g tim es recen tly , died a t his hom e on aw ay locality, but to call a tte n tio n to t h e - f a c t th a t s u g a r beets can be m ir e men as th e dem and for certain charg e of th e n ig h t telep h o n e servlet u nder p resen t con d itio n s, and every relief to them an d yesterd ay th e Muts Main s tre e t la st night. grow n here to fa r b e tte r ad v an tag e provided them with a load of wood, Mr. T hom as was born S eptem ber uue will rejo ice th a t th e present w ork advances. T here is hope th a t here fo r sev eral y ears p ast an d is H ere 26, 1839, at Sm ithfield, Penn. From th an In Irrig a ted N ebraska it may yet be doing th e w ork it o rig ­ po p u lar w ith everyone. Mr. Mack it vooden s tru c tu re s a re to be replaced as they had none. they grow larg er, yield m ore to the th e re he w ent to M ontfort, W iscon­ with a brick building inally inten d ed to do, and th a t we a w ell-know n resid e n t of th e East A year la te r he moved acre and are m ore easily cu ltiv ated . Mr. and Mrs. G eorge O lder reached sin , In 1856 may yet see th e “ B eaver Six” and C lackam as m etropolis. to K ansas, w here he rem ained th ree Some are grow n lu th is vicinity ev­ P roceedings fo r th e o p ening of th e fifty-sixth an n iv ersary of th e ir o th e r m otor m achines m ade rig h t Miss Jo n es was given a show er at East B urnside stre e t from East w edding New Y ears, an d passed the years, re tu rn in g to W isconsin In ery y ear for cow feed. here at home. the hom e of Mrs. G. W. P age on F ri It Is rep o rted th a t a chem ical te st F o rty -fo u rth to East F ifty-fifth day quietly receiving th e good wishes 1860. A few hun d red acres of land were day evening last. Mrs. P age was as­ Mr. T hom as was a v eteran of the will be m ade of th e products of this stre e ts are advanced to th a t point of th e ch ild ren and frien d s a t th e ir cleared d u rin g th e past y ea r and sisted by Mrs. E. W. A ylsw orth, the w here th e city en g in ee r has su b m it­ hom e on T ag g e rt stre e t In Brooklyn. : civil w ar and p articip ated In th e bat- section to d eterm in e th e ir sugur- m ore will be m ade ready fo r th e o th e rs p resen t besides th ese th re e be­ If th e te sts are ted his rep o rt of th e surveys m ade I They w ere m arried in D anville I l l i ­ i ties of G etty sb u rg and C haucellora- producing value. plow before sp rin g opens. T he crops ing Mrs. Iva L lttlep ag e, Mias Inez equal to the d em an d s of th e in d u s­ ville. He en listed In A pril, 1861 and ro u te selected. Also E ast B u rn ­ nois, 66 years ago. They moved to Mrs last y ear were ab o u t average, com ­ L usted, Mrs. F ra n k Scofield, side stre e t will be w idened from Gll- O regon ab o u t th irty years ago sp en d ­ and served u n til Ju ly , 1864 wheu be try th e re Is a pro b ab ility th a t an e f­ pared w ith o th e r years, b u t th e prices Olive E k stro m , th e Misses Ö sterdahl. hatn av en u e to E ast Sixty-ninth ing a sh o rt lim e in P endleton and was m ustered out. He a tta in e d th e fo rt will be m ade for th e location of realized w ere low er th a n form erly A rlie and L elia Gibbs. T he presents stre e t a t M ount T abor, m aking con­ tbeu com ing to P o rtlan d . Mr. O lder ra n k of second se rg e a n t In Co. F , 3d a factory here except fo r dairy productions. It was w ere a set of ste rlin g silv er teaspoons nection w ith T h o rb u rn avenue. Ex­ is 80 and Mrs. O lder 72 years. The W isconsin V olunteer In fa n try At noticeable th a t th e dairy in g in d u stry to w hich all co n trib u ted . tension of E ast B urnside stre e t has fo rm er Is a v eteran of th e Civil w ar th e b attle of C hancellorsvllle be was WOMAN ASSAULTER T he evening was sp e n t in visiting, DIES A SUICIDE m ade good strid e s d u rin g the past been ag ita te d for th e past fo u r or and past com m ander of S u m n er Post w ounded on th e hand and leg by a a f te r which re fre sh m e n ts were piece of shell. season, an d th a t th e dairym en were five years. T h ere has been little No. 21 G A. R , and Mrs. O lder was served. Evan B Kemp, who m ade such a On N ovem ber 9th, 1865, he was b e tte rin g th e ir heriW as well as th e ir opposition to th e extension, but a c h a rte r m em ber of S um ner A h a n d k e rch ie f show er was given d esp erate atte m p t upon th e life of farm s by p u ttin g up m any new silos th e re has been difference of opinion W om en’s R elief Corps No. 12, Its m a rrie d to H a rrie t G aston at M ont­ Miss Jo n es as a su rp rise a t h er own as to th e ro u te to be selected, for I past p resid e n t and past d ep a rtm en t Mrs. Mabel Myers on T uesday e v e n ­ fo rt, W isconsin, w here they re ­ and new barns. T he stock industry home, New Y ears evening, when six ing last, died by a bullet fired by especially In reg istered dairy stock. Qf hpr frJend, cam e b rln g h lg re . th e stre e t will pass th ro u g h som e j tre a s u re r of th e S tate W om an Relief m ained un til 1904, com ing to Gresh him self Into his brain from th e sam e am th a t year The fam ily has lived acreag e tra c ts b e tw e e n B ast F o r ty - Corp of O regon. T h eir ch ild ren are took a long leap forw ard This was j ir e s h n m n ts w ith th e m T h o s e call- n o ttc e a b le in th e a w a r d s c a r r ie d ofi 1(JK w erp A rllp a n d L e ila oibb8> Mr„ fo u rth and E ast F lfty -fifh t stre e t an d 1 Mrs. Je n n ie K istler, Sam A. O lder, h ere since. Mr. T hom as is survived revolver w ith which he uhot Mrs Ills body was found on F ri­ at several county fairs and at th e E kstrom , Mrs. Mary W ood, Inez som e buildings may have to be Louin O lder an d G eorge O lder They by his wife, th ree sons and one Myers day evening n e a r S tanley sta tio n on d a u g h te r— H a rry , E zra, B ert and moved. T his extension Is considered ■ received many co n g ra tu la tio n s from San F rancisco exposition by several L usted and W ln n lfred O sburn M abel; also a sister, Mrs. Louise th e O W P. line. He had been dead highly im p o rta n t fo r th e reason it nu m ero u s frien d s in th e cltv. of th e leading stock grow ers and --------------------- - C h an d ler, of M ontfort. O ne son. ab o u t 24 h ours dairymen TWO WOMEN IN JAPANESE BABY IS | CLAN METZGER Jo h n , died h ere on N ovem ber 1, Before k illin g him self he had w rit­ B usiness conditions a re ju st good U N U SU A L CALLING BURNED WITH PIGS HOLDS REUNION 1913. ten tw o le tte rs on scrap s of paper and have been at a level in all the A tten tio n is called to th e card of A sto ry in th e E vening T elegram ---------- The fu n eral will ta k e place tom or- and business card s. One was to m e rc h an tile estab lish m en ts. T here Ja ckson &. Ja y n es in th is issue. They today says ch a rg es have been m ade i T he Oregon b ranch of th e descend- row at 11 o ’clock from bis late rest- I sh e riff llu r lb u r t, fully confenslng his th a t H. H eu u ad a, a Ja p an ese fa rm e r | a n ts of B aron Theoboid M etzger von w ere no failu re s recorded except in a re engaged in rearvug B elgian hares, dance In te rm e n t will be m ade In crim e and re g re ttin g his act. The one o r tw o instances, and they w ere . New Z ealands, F lem ish G ian ts and living n ea r G resham , bu ilt a fu n eral W elbnoti held its an n u al reunion on pyre of g rap e sta k e s and on th e pyre Ja n u a ry first at th e g ran g e hall w ith y reuham cem etery, Rev. E. A. Leon- o th e r was to his m o th e r— a farew ell prom ptly reorganized by o th e r par- j g u in e a pigs n e a r C o ttre ll sta tio n , b urned th e body of bis baby along ab o u t o ne-half of th e m em bers pres- ,r<* message. ties. In fact th e re was a slig h t In- T hey have had a long experience in w ith a n u m b er of young pigs w ere en t. K einp's fu n eral look place today. Notice! crease in business e n te rp rise and all N ebrask a an d fo r th re e y ears here. m ade to D eputy D istrict A ttorney T h ere was th e usual p ro g ram , a P e te r S alqulst, T hey m ade a recen t sh ip m en t of 8 4 P ierce th is m orning On account of the high advance in Rev. R ichard Q leson conducting the of them seem to be doing well. com plaining w itness, said th a ' he did good d in n e r an d th e read in g of clan le a th e r prices, 1 am com pelled to ad services Sheriff H u rlb u rt gave the In o th e r lines, such as th e county guinea pigs to In d ian a w hich went not know w h eth er th e baby was alive vance on shoe repairing. s ta tistic s follow ed by th e an n u a l O ther o r dead a t th e tim e. T he case has body a C hristian b u rial lu clefereuce fa ir and th e telephone com panies, th ro u g h in fine co ndition. GRESHAM SHOE SHOP, e n tu rn ed o v er to Dr David N election of officers fo r th e com ing to th e wishes of K em p's m other. C arl Dahl, P rop th e re w ere distin ct g ains T he fair sh ip m en ts have been m ade to far te Roberg, se creta ry of th e s ta te board year. D eputies P hillip s, C hrlstofferson. last S eptem ber was the m ost success­ aw ay localities, both of rab b its and of h ealth , for in v estig atio n . J. E M etzger was elected p resi­ To P u ifer S tore D ebtors. pigs, alw ays w ith g ra tify in g success W ard, Beckm an and George H u rl­ A ccording to S alq u lst's sto ry , the d e n t, G eorge W. Page, se c re ta ry ; ful in every p a rtic u la r of th e nine This Is to Inform th e payers of b u rt acted as pall bearers. an n u a l exhibitions th a t have been In th e ir a d v e rtise m en t it will be no­ wife of a m an know n as H arry Jap E lsie M etzger, tre a su re r. ticed th a t g u in ea pigs a re called was th e only w itness to th e b u rning, accounts and notes tak en by me from Mrs. Myers Is rep o rted o u t of Im- held here. T he telephone com panies T he clan m em bership now num - th e P u ife r business to apply on Pul- caviea, w hich serve*! to rem in d one which took place in N ovem ber. Sal .. . , q u lst ow ns th e farm on w hich th e bera 83 show ing a gain of one In th e f c r ’s Indebtedness to me, th a t the m eldate dan g er, an d has a splendid Increased th e ir lists nearly a hundred .. . . . . lived. H eunada past year, th a t by b irth T h e re w ere c o u rt found I am th e sole ow ner I chance for recovery. nam es, and th e re was th e consolida­ th a t th in g s a re so m etim es b e tte r Ja p an e se fa rm e r know n by a w rong nam e. and his wife have since moved to of such acco u n ts and n o tes, an d th a t __________ tion of th e Sandy system w ith th a t O rient. They are living w ith a fam no m arria g es n o r deaths. I am . w ith o u t q u estion, en title d to Card o f T hanks. of G resham m aking th e la tte r one ily nam ed O taka Mr». A. R. G o je r and son C arl, of collect th e sam e, by my atto rn ey S alq u lst said he did not discover Milo C. K ing, who has possession of the m ost im p o rta n t independent t o ttre ll, cam e sev eral days ago for a ' To o u r frien d s an d neig h b o rs who TROUTDALE .. _ . . . i th ® alleged crim e u n til last week thereof. system s on the coast. It now has X 'tlt w ... ith M r. G o g e rs m o th er, Mrs T he ch |, rt waa early , n Novem You will co n fer a favor on me by I *° k,n*en on th e Mt way to M onm outh, w here sh e la a t­ wagon p ain t will save your wagona FRIDAY NIGH 1 th e shape of lu m bering o p erations ten d in g th e N orm al. and farm Im plem ents from ru st aud Buy yo u r wife a Sim plex U niversal Hood road before It waa electrified and it is predicted th a t th e com ing Geo Tbom aa of Hood R iver Is decay BETWEEN H Is Inexpensive and will V acuum C lean er Easy Bailey lived n ea r Ruby w hile G aff­ visiting th is week with his b ro th er, s*ason la going to be one of th e beat E lectric save you m any d o lla rs Easily ap T he O verlook of Portland C. 1 T hom as We ll tell you how M etzger ev er experienced here T he general ru n n in g , clean s th o ro u g h ly , $21.60 ney lived In one of C h arles Cleve­ sa d Mrs J. R K n a rr has received th e Broe Adv to ne la good In all o th e r places east g u a ra n tee d , a t S terlin g A K idder la n d 's houses on Main s tre e t A ylsw orth T eam of G resham •ad news of th e d ea th of h er b ro th er, Hdw. Co. t bis hom e n e a r A shland. of here and Its sound wilt he heard Milk llernrd Blanks T he law office of D. C. Lew is is Miss Ire n e (Jouglaae, who la te ac h ­ AT SKATING RINK all th ro u g h o u t w estern Oregon as T ailorin g. now located In room 317, Hoard ot ing In e a ste rn O regon, spent h e r va­ Month’s record of milk produe- T ra d e B uilding, P o rtlan d Phones •con as th e w e a th e r conditions will F o r men an d w om en— clean in g , ADMISSION 15c cation w ith hom e folks ( tlon for ab o u t 1$ cow s Juet what 90 adm it of an opening of w ork in aev- pressing and re p a irin g done well Main 8 « 7 ; A-2972 you need to keep track of your herd SEASON TICKETS $100 LOST— P lain gold rin g — a keep­ Peter Lenard, Powell strest. » ral Im p o rtan t public in d u strie s Read the Want Ada. sa k e One d o lla r rew atd at O utlook Convenient and cheap. Outlook BASKET BALL GAME OOOOOOOoOOOOOOOOCXJOOOOOOOO