T W IC E W EEK VOL. 6, NO. 1 G resham O utlook ORNAMENTAL SHADE TREES ■' ON BASE LINE GRESHAM. M eeting Called. A m ass m eeting of th e voters of G resham and east ern M ultnom ah county, who a re in te re ste d in th e co u n ty ’s ru ra l schools an d in th e c a n ­ didacy of E lm er S. McCor­ mick fo r county school s u p e r­ in te n d e n t, will be held in G resham , S atu rd ay evening, M arch 11, at 7 :3 0 p. m. Place of m eeting will be annou n ced in th e succeeding issues of th e O utlook. E v ery ­ m an .a n d w om an vo ter is urged to be present. MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1916 FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF MULTNOMAH COUNTY FARM I he an n u a l rep o rt of M ultnom ah C ounty Karin n ear T ro u td ale , for 1H15, has ju st been m ade by th e su p e rin ten d e n t and su b m itted to the Hoard of County Com m issioners. It gives In d etail th e value of all the livestock and produce, to g e th er w ith cost of im provem ents and cost of all m a teria l The rep o rt has n o th in g to do with th e m anag em en t of the hospital. It follows: In an interview w ith C ounty Com­ m issioner H olm an th is week th e in­ fo rm ation was im p arted th a t th e plan of se ttin g ou t shade tree s along CA TTLE E X H IB IT . CR th e im proved highw ays will be in- 13 c a ttle on hand Ja n . 1st, 1916— value a u g u ra te d at once. A verage n um ber giving milk for 12 m onths. 17 A verage per cow fo r 12 m onths, 9132 lbs T his m a tte r was suggested by the A verage per cow per day. 25 lbs. O utlook last su m m er in two different Am ount of milk produced, 155263 lbs. a rticle s and was at once tak en up for Amount of b u tte r produced, 3837 lbs. Veal consum ed. 642 lbs. co nsideration by Mr. H olm an, who Ten calf hides sold ................ saw th e ad v a n ta g es of the idea. ______________ Value of c a ttle sold A cting on Mr. H olm an’s sugges- WHEN THE TORTOISE F e rtiliz e r from 4'i head of ca ttle a t $10.00 each tion the B oard of C ounty Com rnis- | BEAT THE RABBIT sio ners ap pointed a com m ittee to in- ---------- v estig ate th e su b je ct and rep o rt. This Chas. L ato u re ll, o u r F ord ag en t, DR. T h irty -th re e c a ttle on hand Jan . 1st. 1915— value co m m ittee consisted of E. T. Mische, a,Hl Mr. '\ip e k and Mr. Evane oi the F e e d c o n s u m e d ................ II. E. W eed and H. A. Lewis. T h eir i’’’ ,d M otor Co., with theii tam ii.ee M ilk a n d b u t t e r m a k e r 12 m o n th s a l ............. findings a re given h erew ith. w ent fishing out on th e H ighw ay, .Milk and b u tte r m ak er, board V alue of stock p u rch ased 1915 Mr. H olm an th en su b m itte d th e 1111,1 a g a in st th e ea rn e st p ro tests of m a tte r to R o a d m a ster Yeon who has '** irien d s Mr. I.ato u rell drove a I .g m ade a recom m endation for th e 1 a,011ac c a r und th a t is w here he got p lan tin g of tre e s along th e Base In bad. He had to get o ut an d get L ine fo r a distan ce of five m iles be- 'l,1,1<' r several tim es on th e way out IIOG E X H IB IT . tw een th e P U o l rtlan d L city boundary a,ul l***ally th e ( ad refused to be en- i • | R. lld llU llj U v U IlU ili j - line and th e T i'w w *'»“-™ n lv p m i "“ l e c o r n e r Twk T h e ticed tl<***cl to go f u rth e r ami and the F ord had J Ja a n u a ry 1, 1916, on h hand and 133 hogs, at $7.00. $ 7.00........................ elve m ile corner. 1 he t itc h e (i a h e a d it tow e,f tll, N inety-six head sla u g h te re d for farm use av erag e w eight t fo r th e trees, se ttin g ' ° ” '•lim e u a n e aa ano it tow ed tm 213 j_3 20487 lbs pork estim ated cost ____ . ___p o rk ........ them out and fo r th e ir care is $1500. big .r hom e. Mr. L ato u rell w ou ld n ’t ; T h ree brood sows to C latsop county T h a t m uch will be done right have m inded being left on th e road j T w enty loads fertilizer, at $ 1 5 0 aw ay, before th e 10th of A pril. T he o r even tow ed hom e* if he had h a <> schem e em braces all th e roads in­ -om pany, b ut every on e refused to J a n u a ry 1st, 1915, on hand 103 hogs, at $7.00 in g lo rlo u sly J a n u a ry 7th, p u rch ased one hour clu d ing th e F airview -G resham road, ride in th e big car tied Even his wife ! -'1111 fee<1 for 1“ m° n th s hut for all except th e Base Line, th e ll,e t‘ntl 01 a rope , , C are ta k e r ....................... d eserted him and rode in th e F o rd C are ta k e r ’s hoard fo r 12 m onths work will have to go over for a n o th ­ e r y ear o r two. If public approval with the six o th ers. Il was a long. C artag e on th ree hogs for C latsop county c a rrie s any w eight th e re will be no sad ride on I lie H ighw ay, alone and 1 ra ,e s for th ree hogs let-u p until all the im proved roads forsak en , ami some of th e d riv ers ot K ll|i„ K n ln e ty . „ K hogs at 30(. th e h u n d red s of ears they met on th e ' are lined w ith tra n sp la n te d trees. Follow ing is th e report of the H ighw ay had b e tte r not let Mr. L a t­ o u rell find them broken down he- ' co m m ittee: C redit we B ro th ers S tan d a rd barn p ain t for p ain tin g th e ir b arns, silos, fences and o u tb u ild in g s. I t Is th e most econom ical h am p ain t on th e m a r­ ket. Ask for color card s a t o u r sto re M etzger Bros.— Adv.