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D on’t O verlook the fine opportunity to subscribe for the leading Portland Dailies through the O utlook and thus save m cney T W IC E À W EEK G resham O utlook VOL 5, NO. 90 RURAL JOB IS WAITING FOR CHANGE GRESHAM REMEMBRANCES OF OTHER GREAT STORMS The rem iniscent editor of the Out look recalls that It has been nearly three years since there was enough snow in this part of Oregon to find a coon track in. His recollection goes back a little further and it Is There has been considerable spec remembered that four years ago ulation as to the reason tor such a yesterday the great sleet storm known as the "silver thaw" spread long delay in appointing a carrier to itself all over the northwest, doing fill the vacancy on route three from more damage than a Kansas torna this office. Some rumors have been do. floating around, a carriers’ exam ina That occasion was a thriller for tion was held, a sub appointed to car many people, but to none more so ry the route over four months ago than the rural letter carriers One and there the matter stands People of them, from the Gresham office, are wondering where they are going was out fourteen hours that day and to get off at. had to use hot water to unhitch his It is known that som e experim ents horse when he got home. All the Wljll being made in other places with others had wierd expenriences and an autom obile service on a 50-mile so did everyone who was caught out route. One of these is in central Ore that day. gon. and Is said to be a success so The greatest damage was done to far. So it is believed that the delay the telephone lines and fruit trees. in appointing a carrier here is the I Many of the latter were totally result of “ watchful waiting" and ruined and the others show signs to- that there are going to be som e radi 1 day of having been badly broken. cal changes when the department Going further back it is remem gets a good ready on to make them bered that eight years ago next Wed It has been rumored that eventual nesday the rural mail service was ly all of eastern Multnomah west of suspended for a week. The snow the Sandy river will be changed over drifts were anywhere from two feet into two autom obile routes from to twelve feet deep, the latter depth Portland. Two sifeh routes could having been found at the Gresham serve all the people o^ that territory gravel pit. That was the only occa easily and they would be scarcely sion that the Gresham rural service more than fifty m iles each; or possi- i has been interrupted since its begin blv there might be three routes. In ning nearly 15 years ago any event the plan Is feasible. There Is sm all likelihood of the The postoffice department is said storm this winter being as severe as to be getting many com plaints about those mentioned, but nobody knows. readjustment of rural mail routes If the elem ents “ keep off" for ten and Is going slow in m aking new ap days more there will be no backbone pointments. The government is try left to the winter, for the records ing to extend the service without in show that after the 20th of January creasing the cost. That means re there is a return to the Oregon arranging the routes so as to take in 1 weather we are all used to. all the territory possible and not em ploy more carriers It Is a hard GRAND ARMY VETERAN problem to meet all the conflicting jg LAID TO REST demands from localities and persons. ---------- When the service first started the j Funeral services were held over carriers got only about $300 a year. | the rem ains of Orlando Thomas, at Here, in Gresham, the first salaries hi3 late residence, on Wednesday were $5 00. Now the carriers have forenoon, Kev. E. A. Leonard of become an important body of more ficiating. A male quartet rendered than 45,000, and the salaries are al appropriate songs, the singers being most averaging $1200 a year. As Dr. Earl Clanahan, C. E. Rusher they have to furnish their own teams Jackson Jones and Rev. J. C. Tib- and vehicles that sum is not too bits. much, but with the tendency of gov- The pall bearers were Adolph ernment jobs to be soft, the depart- ABchoff D M RobertB> George W. ment im agines the rural carriers’ Job Kpnney_ Alpt. w uk ln son. H. M Mil lo be a soft one and is seeing to it ,pr and L L Kldder that it gets a full day’s work In every p ,ora, trlbutp8 wprp numproug MULTNOMAH COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, PERTINENT PORTLAND POINTS SHOW ALL ANGLES OF VARIETY 1916 A WOMAN MASTER AND LEAP YEAR BALL TU ESD A Y S AND F R ID A Y S $150 PER YEAR CITY COUNCIL REORGANIZED HAS MEETING Rockwood grange Installed officers on Wednesday evening, the new mas ter being Mrs Ida Burgess. The overseer is Mrs Lewis Jensen, the PORTLAND. Jan «.— Evidence of oe great, It is stated. This plan wi'l lecturer is. Mrs. William Rowan, and wasteful and unbusinesslike methods ' e submitted to the council for con- the treasurer is Mrs Piatt. The only offices held by men Is in connection with the handling of ti'ueratlon by City Engine*.* la te r . The Gresham city council was re Beatrice W illiam s and Alice Fort that of secretary. Lewis Jensen, aud Portland's public school supplies and ner brought suit today for $500 each I ,h o ,e of »«»ward, assistant steward organised on Tuesday evening when school business is cropping out in tgainst the Alder Hotel company and ! “n<* gatekeeper This is the first two new counctlmen took their seats various wavs and attracting atten 3. E MeDougal, manager of the ho H™® that Rockwood has elected a and the standing com m ittees were tion The extent to which many .el. charging that McDougal had 1m- I w",na" »» roaster g ra,'k** decided to have a leap named for the com ing year. schools are over Supplied. with ma prisoned them In a room and had j Mayor Stapleton was unavoidably forcibly taken thetr clothing aud • T *ar ,,a,u'e 0,1 S»’urday evening. Jan- terials and the apparent waste that absent and hts place waa taken by jewelry in an effort to collect an al-j uar' ,o *'*lch the public is In- is going on were pointed out in an leged room rent bill for $21.50. vlted It was decided to give the Councilman Kelly, acting pro tern. article in the Journal yesterday. _______ i young women of the grange full con- The one new member, William School m aterials have been sold Minors are prohibited front pool- trol, and they will have to pay all Thom; and the two re-elected. Geo. and effort to find record of the money rooms under an ordinance passed bills as well ns collect the money. The F. Honey and Ray H Todd, were having been turned into school with an em ergency clause yesterday. regular order of things will be re sworn in. clerk's office has been fruitless. In In naming the stauding com m it Formerly the ordinance allowed boys versed, as men will be admitted free another Instance the boys of Jeffer between 18 and 21 years of age In and the women must buy the tickets tees the only change over last year son high school were buying sawdust poolrooms until 10 o'clock at night The men will not be allowed to ask was the placing of William Thom in for their athletic field and the school All boys under 21 years of age are for dances except when It is "gentle the positions held by Joe Paten- officials took the matter out of their eaude, who was tendered a vote of now prohibited from entering the men's choice." hands and paid to another company The admission has been fixed at appreciation after serving four years places for sawdust a price nearly four times The com m it 7 5 cents for all women or girls; with as one of the council as high. The Current Events class, of W est 25 cents a plate for supper. A good tees as they will stand for this year Other instances of wastefulness minster Presbyterian church, held a Portlund orchestra will be secured are as follows: and lack of business methods are round table discussion at the meet-I for , bp occasion and the grange girls Ways and Menus Ray II Todd. S coming to light. | 3. Thompson, William Thom ing held Sunday afternoon and plans, will bp floor managers for a year of activity were : Streets and Public Ways George "I shall expect to see at least five considered It was found that the FAREWELL PARTY TO F. Honey, C M Zimmerman, E II. of those here present married during get-together program of the past MR. and MRS TURNER Kelly. the coming year, or there will be no year, by which every one attending Mr Mnl. , )gn Turnpr w||1 |pavp Public Property—C. M Zimmer more banquets " the class was made acquainted with man. Ray H Todd, 8. 8. Thompson That is the statement made by next week for St. Helens where they all the others, is working out well Health aud Police E 11 Kelly, Rev William A Daly, pastor of the and will be continued through the will take up their residence. Abou S. 8. Thompson, C. M Zimmerman Itnniaeulate Heart of Mary church, ensuing year. Arrangements are be- twenty of their neighbors brought Fire and Water William Thom to the choir, ushers and Sunday iug made by which the leading busi their dinners with tioui. today an I George F Honey, Ray II Todd school teachers gathered in the ness and professional men of the city gave the Turners a farewell surprise Fluauce- 8. 8. Thompson, George church clubhouse Tuesday night for Those present were, Mr. aud Mrs F. Honey, William Thom will discuss live topics before the the annual feast. •lass duriug the year. The first John Palmquist, Ray Palinquist. Mr. An extension of the water service "The church has been the scene of speaker In this class will be Franklin and Mrs S F. Pitts, Mr and Mrs H was authorized on petition of J. H. only a few nuptial ceremonies the r. Griffith, president of the Portland C Wthlon, Mr and Mrs J O Down Sterling ami W R Johnson The last two years, there having been a Railway. Light a . Power company, ing, Mr. and Mrs C. M Oliphant, council will furnish 600 feet of ;wo- tailing off of nearly 80 per cent from next Sunday, and it is hoped to have Mrs Bertha Sutton. Sidney Baker i.irh pipe foi Wallula rvenue, tretu the previous record Timidness and P I. Campbell, of the University of and Mrs C. E. Rusher t i e present n i l of the pipe to Dr i unpreparedness are the chief reasons Oregon the Sunday following C. E. sit.n street. Sterling ami Johnson for the slump in Cupid's business,’ Cochran Is president and Hugh TUESDAY STUDY CLUB .» reed to lay it nt their own ex says the pastor. There were twenty- TO MEET JANUARY 11 pense and continue with the sam • Henry the secretary, and the attend six present Tuesday evening ance average about thirty-five men. The Tuesday Study club will meet size pipe to their properties w est ward on Division The agreement Is All the property owners of Hudson Portland's national banks record at the ItbrAry on next Tuesday even addition, have signed up an agree a gain of nearly $6,500,000 in depos ing, Junuury 11, at 7:45 o'clock. Mrs that when the revenues shall reach ment for the replattlng of that addi its over a year ago and an increase In Clanahan will conduct a parliam en « per rent on the coBt the city will take the extension over as a part of tion. At the present the streets arc resources of nearly $4,000,000 by the tary drill. in a tangle, strating nowhere and same comparison. Loa us aud dis The follow ing pupers will be given: the city system. The treasurer's report showed ending nowhere. In one case the counts show a decrease of nearly "Public Institutions of Oregon," Miss addition overlaps on a street a dis $12,000,000 for the year and over Durst; "How do the Laws of Our $1037.03 In the general fund There is a deficit In the water tin c e of 18 feet. There is no con $300,000 for the two months Cash State Protect W omen,” Mrs. Good formity of the streets in this addi and exchange makes a gain of over win; "How are Our Taxes Collect»! fund of $312 66 Bills were ordered paid, us rol t'OB with the streets and plctting jf $5,000,000 in the same period. and Paid Out," Mrs Kern; "The Ore other districts, and the pla i is for gon System," Mrs McCormick Al lows: James McKinney l ì o . on Arthur Laugguth, well know women are Invited to come. H e property owners to pQrmit the 1 » ,M Roberts 30 00 ■ acatlon of all streets and the re Portland attorney and state senator, J H Metzger 15.25 First M exican Invnsion. has been selected as municipal Judge I ettir.r of the property. f i l s will Outlook 7.25 ca»e - and suitable. Interm ent was made to take the place of John H. Steven mean the reallotm ent of lots in th> P. B I,. A P. Co. 50.00 It must be enorm ously difficult for in , hp Grpgbam cen)Ptery. The tirat invasion of Mexico by a Water Board son. who has resigned The position 90.75 addition, but it is thought that th men in an office at W ashington to set , ______________ foreign power reached its successful Labor and material 45 07 1» the only way the tang'? can be aC was tendered to him by the council down at their desks and arrange ev The Ways of Queens. conclusion sixty-eight yeurs ago, Justed’for the benefit of ail the ov> u this morning and formal appointment Gasoline at nearly 20 cents seem s erything in a practical way. A route When General Scott and the Ameri may look perfectly good on the map, The pride of birth in strong among • rs. Just what the exp-m s; will be will follow at a special session of the can army entered the City of Mexi to mean that John l> has some peace but it may be composed of roads so the women of. royal and aristocratic » ill be known later, bu. it wi.l not council this afternoon. co. The conquest of Northern Mexico notions hlmiielf. When people can't rough or hilly as to be impracticable. European households. It is rare that had been effected before Scott march afford autos on account of (he price THIRTY FIVE ACRES Such is not the case here, however, ' they do not give preference to the IS NOW PROPOSED ed on the capital. He lauded at Vera of gas, Henry Ford will not sell so TO DEDICATE GORGE TRADED FOR 700 which gives color to the idea that house and country from which they Cruz In March with an army of 13, many, and therefore will have 1« s i som e radical changes are to be m ad e. 1 come rather than to those Into which C. C. Colt, president of the Port Frank H Ansparh has traded his 000, and the follow ing month began money to pay for peace missions No one wants to be at the tail end ¡ they have entered, They land Chamber of Commerce, yester 3 '-acre farm near Rockwood for a the advance into the Interior of a route and get his mail late in ' "The queen of Belgium alone, a were confronted by a strong force of PROHIBITION START8 day sent to Chief Forester H 8 700 acre wheat ranch near Walla the day. Few people like to get their ■ Bavarian princess,” says Le Cri de BUTTERMILK DEMAND Mexicans In the strong Paas of Cerro mail from a route running out of a Paris, "shows absolute loyalty to Graves a telegram urging that when Walla. The new owner of the Rock Gordo, but defeated Santa Ana's men When the people of Oregon and distant postoffice, as they have to the people over whom she has been the national dedication of the Co wood farm is a man named Zesk, and pressed onward. The port of W ashington voted for prohibition give an address different from the called to reign. The queen of Greece lumbia River Highway is made dur living at Halsey. Perote and the city of Jalapa sur town in which they live. But in this I b plainly much more proud that she ing the com ing Rose festival, the Mr Ansparh Is about to announce rendered without resistance, and in they voted thousands of dollars Into county, or at least this part of It, we is the sister of the kaiser than that ceremony be also extended to a dedi an auction sale of all his other be May the vlstorious Americans en the city of Oakland. As a result of the heavy demand for buttermilk, us are all going to be a part of Portland she is the wife of King Constantine. cation of Columbia Gorge park longings. which will be held on Jan tered PueblR There the army rest President Colt extends to the for. a substitute for the prohibited beer Some years ago these words of a som e day and a rural delivery from uary 31 He will then move his ed until August, when the advance there would start from the city lim young prince of a reigning family ester the thanks of the chamber and family to M ontavllls, as he cannot was resumed, and the Mexican army In the northwest, an Oakland factory its, so we are not so very far from were quoted: ‘When the enem y is of the Oregon public for his Interest get possession of the Walla Walla Of 30,000 was defeated aud broken Is rushing work on pasteurizers aud victor, papa is sa d ; when the enemy and enthusiastic support of the proj ranch until after harvest the big postoffice after all. It Is now- up by a force of a third of lt> num butler machinery for Oregon ami ect to set aside the 14,000 acres of in wheat of which he will get one- W ashington creameries An auto delivery could easily make is beaten mamma cries.’ ber. The hattlem ented hill of "The people of our part of the "We have known several times in forest and adjoining the highway as fourth. the tenant holding the re Chapultepec, overlooking the cap’tal. fifty miles and start at a reasonable country ure going to drlng butter hour. If a carrier starts too early he French history the m isfortune of a park. He asks that the dedication mainder. held out until September 13, when misses mall that he ought to deliver: having a queen who us^d her influ be featured by the presence of Mr. Mr Ansparh and his family are the Stars and Stripes waved over Its milk for want of beer,” declared F Graves and a representative of the if he starts late the patrons grumble ence to the profit of the country of well known in eastern Multnomah shattered castle, and on the fo llo w >. Courtney, manager of a Heattle department of agriculture at the delay. They should keep In her birth " and have many friends who will ing day Scott entered the city. In creamery, who arrived In Oakland Bayle says in his dictionary: "The ! mind the enormous cost of the serv miss them when they are gone 1843 another foreign army mart l.ed yesterday and will return tomorrow Cost of C ollege A thirties. ice and rest in the belief that the gov fatality that accompanies the French from Vera Cruz to the city o ’ Mexi with an installing engineer for the Freedom of speech for professors, S u iisG iu te for G asoline. any other ernm ent Is doing all it can at long monarchy, more than co, the French under Bazaine cap machinery he has ordered but no freedom of purse for stu "The demand has already been range. Even if the lonely farm house country in the world, is that the The invent'on of William A Hall, turing the d ty . In which the Austrian dents. That seem s to be the college felt. It became evident the day pro gets its mail late in the day the gov queens always bear a foreign heart new thought. an American, called inofor spirit, de Archduke Maximilian set up hts hibition took effect. We intend to ernment is still rendering it a won and are the usual instrument made short-lived empire A conspicuous Pennsylvania col signed as a substitute for gasoline, is meet the demand." use of by God to hum iliate and chas- derful and incomparable service lege levies an assessm ent of $10 upon meeting with marked success in Eu ten the nation." A Ixindon railroad station has been every boy, but all the money is Cartl of Thanks. Quit pens were made in the fifth rope British governm ent Is using equipped with penny-tn-the-slot ma From Carrying Place Ontario, the turne<1 ° v,“r ,o ,he »‘“dents for their «,000 gallons a day century. There is no record of their Fuel is pro chines to sell tickets to persons who We wish to thank our friends ami earlier use Theodorie, the Ostrogoth follow ing letter was received at Rich OWB affalni An<1 how ta ,ht“ raon*y duced cheaply, and according to Prof wish tc, accompany friends to trains neighbors who so kindly assisted us mond, Va., addressed to the "Con- distributed? king, is said to have been illiterate during the illness and death of our Out of each $10 bill $7 goes for Charles F Chandler, founder of Co N otice I and unable to write his own name. federate States of America: "Con- lumbia School of Mine«, one gallon and father, Orlando “ t o ~ '° ,hp collp«p p,,>pr of motor spirit does the work of from On account of the high advance In husband A golden plate was made with the federate States of America: Gentle- Thomas Also for the beautiful and a 50-cent piece is devoted to the leather prices. I am compelled to ad letters of his name cut through it. men— You will find inclosed a Con 1 18 to 1.34 gallons of gasoline Mr vance on shoe repairing floral offerings This was placed over the document federate $10 bill I received It from Y M C. A. Lucky thing that salva Hall's plant In England was taken GRESHAM SHOE SHOP. tion is free, as "B illy” Bunday told Mrs Harriet Thomas and Family Can I get my money he was expected to sign, and he Fresno. Cal Carl Dahl, Prop over by government and he is now us, because fifty cents will hire no traced his name through the open ' for It, or Is it just counterfeit?" "Shocked Into speech" was the taxis to speed along the straight seettlng up works In other parts of One man plans building 2,250 new spaces with a quill. Great Britain Raw material for the word at a recent banquet of electri and narrow way.” houses on a new Philadelphia sub M ate School .Money. uel Is gas oil or petrollte. cal engineers at Ran Francisco, the Apparently football coaches come division Dr V K W ellington Koo, the new toastm aster having attached to the Arthur Langguth, financial agent higher than religion in the ratio of Chinese m inister to the United States, Friday Night, January 14. An occasional coat of Ix>we Bros chairs of speakers a little device of the state school fund for Mult 14 to 1, while the college paper edi was graduated from Columbia uni wagon paint will save yo*ir wagons , which caused them, when he pushed You are Invited to attend a grand and versity in 1909. Less than thirty nomah county, «tales that there is tors may starve and be jolly thank farm Implements from rust and I . , now available money to loan on farm ful the athletes permit them to have hall given by W Wilkinson of the decay. It la in eip en slv s and will i a button, to arise promptly and with years of age. he is credited with be Easily ap- great enthusiasm .” Bridal Veit Amusement club In Iteg- save you many dollars ing one of the youngest men ever property at 6 per cent Interest His a tenth of their own $10 notes plied We’ll tail yon how Metzger addreaa la «05, McKay building. But is it fair to compel a student I ners opera house, Gresham, Friday sent to fill such a diplomatic position A u lo I urtaine K e p a im l iros Adv. Portland.— Adr. to give $7 for sports when he might ; night, January 14 New music Good at Washington. with celluloid windows, etc 8. E prefer to devote that sum Io paying management Everybody come. 90 Milk Rerord Blanks Palmquist, Gresham Harness Shop T a llo n e < The Royal Astronomical society i his own salary as a journalist’ In Month's record of milk produc ■yes tested and g li The law office of D. C. Lewis is fitted. has just had it» charter amended so For men and w o m a n c le a n in g , the memorable words of Bryan, mast tion for about 1$ eows Just what Dr. Oso Inglis.—Ad*. now located In room 317, Board of that women are eligible for election pressing and repairing dons e s il every college student be crucified Trade Building, Portland Phones you need to keep track of your herd as fellows and associates Peter Lsnard Powell street. j upon a goal post? Maia $«$7; A-3972 Convenient and shoap U ntlook. 90 Read the Want Ada.
