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 <nuse revenge is sw eet, and he will P o rtla n d , Feb. 3, 1916. l ot forget th a t ride soon. POULTRY EX H IBIT. Mr. R ufus H olm an, County Co. CR. C ourt H ouse, c ity , 3 210 dozen eggs, a t 25c........................................ MISS E I,VA DOLAN County hospital 132 lbs. po u ltry , a t 15c D ear S ir:— C oncerning tree p la n t INJURED IN FALL Sandy Road Camp 151 lbs. p o u ltry , at 15c ing upon the roadw ays of M ultnom ah F arm , 1003 lbs. p o u ltry , at 14c.. ............ county we beg to rep o rt as follow s: Miss Elva Dolan, form erly a resi 412 chickens on h and J a n u a ry 1, 1916, at 76c T hat it be confined, at least in its d en t of ea ste rn M ultnom ah and well Initial stages, to roads east of th e know n here, but now living at 442 ( W illam ette river, and to such road- Kast T en th stre e t, P o rtla n d , received seventy-six dozen eggs set, a t 25c ways as extend th ro u g h com parative- several severe cuts on th e face and Feed shell and charcoal ................................ ly fiat open co untry, w here filling and 1' ”a<1 lasl 'I u. s.iav when she pitched C are ta k e r c u ttin g is not so g rea t but th a t a tree down th e stairw ay leading to the ¿ ^ “ X ’a O r„go„ A g rlcu ltu ra l coIIeg,. p lan ted now will perm it of th e stir- pressroom on th e A lder-street sid e of . Express on Oregon A g ricu ltu ra l college chickens face grad e being ad ju ste d to it when- Thp O regonian building. She was 425 chickens on hand J a n u a ry 1, 1915, at 75c ever in th e fu tu re th e full w idth of ,a k W1 to 000,1 S am a ritan hospital by the highw ay is im proved, and yet ,hp A m bulance Service com pany, af- not necessitate th e d estru c tio n of th e “ '' r e i v i n g em ergency tre a tm e n t at C redit On F arm Co. H ospital T otal trees. To fa c ilita te th is we are pro- tlie hands of physicians in th e Ore- P ounds Pounds Pounds posing so rts w hich en d u re som e fill kO,lian •’«»»ding. P otatoes 130233 .355 25 165768 Miss Lolan was w alking west on Cabbage 20524 1721 upon th e ir roots. 22295 A lder stre e t, when she tu rn e d and C arro ts 13174 .3792 16966 We advise th a t th e p lan tin g be u n 6887 1623 looked backw ard. She kept w alking P arsn ip s 8510 d e rta k e n a t once and com pleted by 7145 3.3 93 10533 and fell down th e stairw ay , w h i c h corn Sweet peas 1831 th e first week in A pril: th a t each 1831 she did not see because of h er head Scotch kale 3530 1025 4555 tree be secured to a stra ig h t grained C ucum bers 1286 being turn ed . 659 1895 sta k e, preferab ly cedar, and having Pickles 800 800 T om atoes 2661 th e end inserted in th e ground dipped 1076 3737 T in M illion Dollars* W orth, O nions 8770 2001 10771 in creosote. Each sta k e to be 2x _______ R h u b arb 2352 157.3 2925 2in.x9 ft., dressed o r left rough. Each A nnouncem ent was m ade today R adishes 150 150 iquash 2002 625 tree to be fastened to th e sta k e by at th a t th e L add e sta te will sell all u n P um pkins an 2627 1129 530 1559 least tw o ties of tw ine o r sto u t cord j im proved p ro p erty In M ultnom ah, S trin g beans Spinach and I SB C hard ,3479 822 4301 of su ita b le size. , C lackam as an d W ashington counties, G arlic 4 0 20 60 F o r th e reception of th e tre e s we n ea r P o rtlan d , am o u n tin g to th e K rau t 5400 288 5688 294 9 1928 4877 advise th a t an excavation be m ade value of $10,000,000. T he an n o u n ce Beets T u rn ip s and ilrabi 3350 450 3800 not less th an two feet sq u a re and 1% m ent predicts an advance in p ro p L ettuce 395 395 Celery feet deep, and p la n tin g be done in erty for th is p a rt of th e state. 1265 35 1300 B erries 2508 topsoil should th e soil in place not be 2508 M azam as H ere S n u d a i. suitable. 221760 57095 278855 We advise th a t p la n tin g be done in T otal $3054.76 V alue $705.35 T he M azam as will invade G resham reg u la r, form al row s w ith trees next S unday m o rning for a few m in IM PROVEM ENT. spaced e q u id ista n t in th e row s and utes when they get off th e Bull Run 112 rods d itch in g , at 50 c.............................. opposite one a n o th e r on th e h ig h car. From h ere they will tra m p to N in ety -th ree rods w ater pipe to hog lot way. F o r location we advise th a t the the A utom obile club grounds w here G rubbing nineteen acre, $5.00 tree lines b» spaced 36 feet a p a rt, they w ill have a cam pfire lunch. Af F illin g west of T. B. building each one being tw elve ( 12) feet from te r th a t they will go to S pringdale, G rubbing bru sh west of T B. building R epairing lau n d ry sew er in young o rch ard th e side line of th e highw ay. O rd i thence to T ro u td a le and ta k e th e C u ltiv atin g and sp ray in g young o rch ard R em oving 200 yards rock from hill field, a t $1.00 n arily th is will cause th e tree to be railw ay for P o rtlan d . Im provem ents to p o u ltry plant p la n t'd on th e graded unpaved road Two sm all c a ttle sheds R estau ran t Moved. section, beyond th e open drain g u t Field fence an d co rral im provem ents F ire p ro tectio n at barn te rs, and yet allow fo r a fu tu re w ide Mrs. Ida Burgees h ai moved h e r! Im proving berry ground an d se ttin g roots ning of th e road to 30 feet w ithout tarant from the Sell building ll,,l,ro ' ”‘l Physical condition of 13o acres farm land, at $4 no in ju rin g the trees. ' ih Tpam Berv,ce rendered In stitu tio n , c a rtin g fre ig h t, lum ber, wood to Powell stre e t, having leased th e i - T. ” B., ■ We advise th a t one so rt of tre e bp Io h - au lin g sand - and - g rav el, at $40 per mo used for each m ile distan ce as a type T ruscott building w hich has been Road work on Farm and th a t forty-five feet he the typical renovated for th e puprose. spacing dim ension in th e rows except SIX D B Y BILIJ4. L um ber ........................ P lan i Trees. in th e case of Norw ay Maples and ----------- I Fox bill less h ard w are C atalp as w here forty feet should Now is th e tim e to plant trees. F o r Pipe line to hogs h o ld ; th a t p lan tin g on th e highw ays first class fru it o r sh ad e trees, cheap. H ard w are and fencing be done in o rd er of succession show n apply to J N. C lan ah an . Main stre e t. T h resh in g bill G resham . Phone 51x. 105 Baling straw in th e follow ing list and repeated V eterin ary service T he w ar in E urope is g ettin g serl- F a r tick ets w herever extended length of road o u i. T he B ritish governm ent now- B lacksm ith hill at T ro u td a le perm its. T he so rts and roadw ays to be w ants th e people of th a t co u n try to R epair to gas engine Berry roots econom ize even on autom obiles. p lan ted we advise as follow s: Seeds, g rass and vegetables H arn ess and wagon rep a irs Slough road from city line to San We all feel so rry for th e man who F re ig h t and express dy r iv e r— N ative Maple, Norway has to pay an incom e tax, but we B lacksm ith bill at T ro u td a le Maple, S u g ar Maple. Base Line road from city to Sandy aouid all like to be so rry for o u r- $ REV IEW . rlv er— S tiver Maple, A m erican Elm, r elves for the sam e reason. CR. E nglish Elm Chicago rep o ris an increase of 2.3 - ' alueof all I-arm p ro d u cts and im provem ents for 1915 and live Section Line road from city to 94« ramili», la., v—r i,,.. . . . . on h and a ry 1 916, 1, 1916. except horses . 46 fam ilies la. t year. Ju st wa»t C a ttle 8,o,’k on hand Ja n u J a a ry n u 1. and producto for 1 » 1 5 F airview ro ad — A m erican P lane, T u $ until all th e re tu rn s are In a f te r leap Hogs on hand Ja n . 1, 1916, and p ro d u cts for 1915 lip, C atalpa. y ear ends! P o u ltry on h and Ja n . 1, 1916, and p ro d u cts fo r 1916 Powell Valley road from city to V egetables on hand Jan . 1, 1916 V egetables and berries consum ed fo r 1915 G resham Linden. H orse C hestn u t. Leap y ear dance in O rient G range V alue fo rag e produced 1915 We advise th a t all tree s be 8 to 10 hall, M arch 11. S upper 50c, d an c Im provem ents on farm 1915 feet high, w ith clean s tr a ig h t tru n k s. ing 75c. B eers’ o rch e stra. Good Services ren d ered in stitu tio n tim e assured. C ontinued on page 4 C o ntinued on page 2 $ 2720.00 3105.20 89.50 13.90 343.80 400.00 6672.50 OUARTET CONCERT AT METZGER S HALL T he sophom ore class of th e union high school has a rran g e d w ith th e W illam ette U niversity q u a rte t for th e ir splendid e n te rta in m e n t, which will be given In M etzger’s hall on S atu rd ay evening, March 4. T he q u a rte t is com posed of fo u r stu d e n ts of ’’Old W illa m ette,” and each is an a rtis t in his line. Gus An derson is first ten o r, H arry Mills sec ond te n o r an d pianist, Ray M etcalf first bass and H arry Bowers secoud bass and rea d er T hey will ren d er a high-class program of college songs, p la n tatio n m elodies, readings and in stru m e n ta l selections. Those w ishing tic k ets can get them a t th e d ru g store. PATCHING THE ROADS SO AS TO SAVE THEM 1815.00 C onsiderable road rep a irin g is un 1547.38 d er way in th e d istric t su rro u n d in g 480.00 144.00 G resham , u n d er th e d irection of Su 1000.00 p erin ten d en t York. Several loads of cru sh ed rock from Kelly B utte have 4986.38 been spread on th e Section Line road 1686.12 east of tow n th is week, Il is th e Intention to p ut on a p er m an en t su rfa ce for a d istan ce of $ 931.00 about two m iles th ere, b ut th e p res ent condition of th e road dem ands 1999.04 som e tem p o rary w ont. 75.00 Powell Valley road has also been 30.00 patched in th e sam e way by S u p erin 3035.04 ten d en t H illyard. T h at road will al 721.00 so be p erm an en tly im proved la te r on. 25.00 701.00 60.00 I CUTS THUMB OFF 144.00 I GATHERING KALE 2.50 i 3.00 Mrs. A. W allen, living on th e Base 144.00 L ine road n e a r Ruby Ju n c tio n , lost 28.80 h alf an Inch of h er left th u m b and 1 8 2 9 .3 0 cu t several lingers half ofT on Mon- , , . „ , <l:xy w hile g ath e rin g kale p lan ts for 1205 ,4 cow feed. 802.50 19.80 22.65 1 i n . 42 309.00 1294 37 Mr. W allen was aw ay from hom e at th e tim e and Mrs. W allen w ent o u t Into th e Held to get h er cows th e ir evening ratio n s She had a big, sh a rp knife an d mude a false stro k e. She telephoned for h e r h u sband and a doctor and is now n u rsin g a p retty sore left hand. 19.00 400.26 Notice to Stockholders. 60.00 144.00 G resham , O re., Feb. 28, 1916. 94.00 T he an u al m eeting of th e sto ck 13.50 318.75 holders of th e G resham F ru it Grow ers association will he held a t th e $ 1049.51 G range h all, on M onday, M arch 6. 1916, at 10 a. m., fo r th e purpose of $ 244.86 electing a Board of D irectors, and V alue for th e tran sa ctio n of such o th e r $1804.63 business as may properly come be- 277.01 for th e m eeting. 158.92 If un ab le to be p resen t please des 88.40 363.64 ig n ate som e o th e r sto ck h o ld er as 6 1 4 9 your proxy, in o rd e r th a t th e re may 86.10 be a m a jo rity of stock rep resen ted . 27.57 JAM ES ELKINGTON, Sec’y. 15.00 99.94 115.34 Ilnad O b stru cted Yet. 88.63 3.98 Several persons have asked why 26.27 th e o b stru ctin g snow on th e Bowman 44.32 123.48 hill south of F airview has n o t been 7.25 rem oved. It is ab o u t fo u r feet deep 142.40 58.59 In a narro w cu t, and th e re is no 48.40 place to th ro w th e snow. It is m elt 22.65 ing slowly an d trav el m ay be ob- 65.00 135.11 st i t i d e d for a week o r m ore yet. $3760.11 56.00 182.00 95.00 20.00 8.00 10.00 54.00 200.00 30.00 45.00 1 ’ 4 50 Sl.fi o 50 110 520.00 480.00 32.00 D ance Poslponexl, The proposed dance at Rockwood g ran g e h all, announced for March 18th, has been postponed on account of a series of gospel m eetings in Rockwood, one of which will be held on th a t evening. F u rth e r notice of th e dance will he given. E g g . and ( ’h ic k .. 8. C. W hite L eghorns, hatch in g eggs $5 per 100, $1 per fifteen; day-old chicks $12 per 100; W hite W yandotte cock and cockerel for sale Griffin stra in , from prize w inning stock. A It Lym an, G resham , It 2. 2025.00 W ill A rrive Soon. 144.66 137.73 127.54 155 46 48 45 23.20 21 00 10.70 31.31 9 55 .34 15 127.77 26.05 14 50 3131 Com ing. M arch 2.3, 1000 baby chicks H utched Just th e rig h t Itme for w inter lay ers O rd er early, they will go fast W hite Knoll P o u ltry F arm , T ro u td ale. Phone 434. tf »49.45 6672.50 3035.04 1294.37 1300.00 2760.11 2067.00 1025 00 480.00 TU ESD A Y S AND F R ID A Y S Jo h n Schultz was paroled by C ir cu it Ju d g e Percy II. Kelly, of S a lem, Oregon, m ore th a n a y ear ago, since th en he has rep o rted his w here ab o u ts faith fu lly every m onth. D ur ing th e last y ear he has been In the A tlantic coast cities, C anada, South A m erica, Sweden and France. PREPAREDNESS IN LIFE, THEME OF EDUCATORS By L. H. W ELLS. PORTLAND, March 2.— Special— In his ad d ress today, before the 1 n 'ted P re th re n -E v lugellcai associa- tlo n tio n , on "Social H ygiene and W hat th e O regon Social Hygiene so ciety has U n d e rta k e n ," Rev. Boudl- not Seeley said th a t m in isters of th e church had been silen t on th is Im p o rtan t su b ject, and m ust m eet th e problem in an out-spoken an d plain m anner. Mr. Seeley said th a t the sex question was one of the m ost im p o rta n t in hum an life, and yet p rac tically boys and g irls e n te r life w ith o u t in fo rm atio n o r eq uipm ent to avoid th«* fea rfu l evils for th e reason p are n ts have been silen t on th e su b ject. He pointed o u t th e re su lt of ignorance, and drew a p ic tu re of th e effects of disease resu ltin g th a t was appaling. "W e th o u g h t th a t the civil w ar was te rrib le in losses in killed and w ounded," said Rev. Seeley, "and yet th e loss of life and suffering front sex diseases in men, women and ch il d ren , are infinitely g re a te r every year. B lindness, locom otor atxie, in sa n ity and im becility a re som e of th e resu lts o t sex diseases P hysicians and m in isters and p are n ts m ust get to g e th er and ta lk to boys an d girls und warn them and give them Infor m atio n .” Rev. C. C. P oling gave a sh o rt talk on Hie su b je ct. Indorsing Rev. See ley’s plans th u t physicians, m in isters and p are n ts should not rem ain silen t on th is im p o rta n t topic, b ut should in stru c t th e boys and g irls In th e se cre ts of life. T he association indorsed th e work of th e Oregon Social H ygiene society, and atte n tio n was called to th e social hygiene m eetings th a t will open at th e E m press th e a te r W ednesday and co n tin u e th ro u g h th e week At th e m eeting of th e A lbina B usi ness Men’s club F rid ay two special com m ittees w ere au th o rized , one to look a fte r th e location of m an u fac tu rin g estab lish m en ts In th e A lbina d istric t and one to ta k e up th e m at te r of filling up v acant buildings. P resid en t M athieu will ap p o in t these com m ittee« a f te r co n sid eratio n and will nam e m en who will do th e work. It was rep o rted th a t p etitio n s to th e county com m issioners asking th a t V ancouver avenue be filled from C olum bia boulevard to the Union av en u e appro ach to th e in te rsta te b ridge had been p rin ted and will be circ u lated a t once. S ecretary L. M. I epper, of th e E ast Side Business M en's club, ad d ressed th e club o u t lin in g w hat th e farm er has u n d er tak en and offering co-operation to A lbina business men. E lder H. W. C o ttrell, p resid en t of th e W estern conference of th e Sev e n th Day A dventists, has re tu rn e d from College Place, W ash., w here he atten d ed th e sessions of th e N orth Pacific Union conference. E ld er C. W Plalz was re-elected p resid en t of th e Union conference, he having de clined to accept th e se cretary sh ip of th e N orth A m erican division. E lder C o ttre ll was p resid en t of the N orth Pacific R eligious L iberty association, w hich Is one of th e m ost im p o rtan t d ep a rtm en ts of th e Seventh Day Ad v en tists denom ination. T he new nam es of th e conference com m ittee a re U. Bender, II. W. C o ttre ll, J. J. N elherly, T. G. Bunch, II. (1 T h u rs ton. H. W. Decker, and J. F. B eatty with E lder C. W Plalz and S ecretary J. 8. L asher. U. B ender, of Maine, was tra n sfe rre d to C en tral A frica, T. G. Bunch, R oseburg, tra n sfe rre d to Id ah o ; J. J. N etherly to U pper Co lu m b ia; T L. C opeland from S o u th ern Idaho to W estern W ashington; II. O. G reene from W estern W ashing ton to S o u th ern Idaho. P resident t o ltr s ll said th a t the rep o rts showed a gain of 4000 new m em bers in the n n itn . One of th e m ost im portant m easures was th e change of holding sessions every (wo years to every fo u r years Grand Ball. In Iteg n er's o p era house, G resham , F rid ay , M arch 17. You a re invited to a tte n d th is event. Good floor m anagem ent. New m usic by Prof. W F. K o lk o tk y ’s o rch e stra. Supper will be served c a fe te ria style. Danc ing 8 :3 0 to 3 a. m. G enta 50c. La If G resham should even move In dles 25c , tf side th e co rp o rate lim its of P o rtlan d Il w ouldn’t cost a cen t fo r d rayage, B argains in th e W ant Ads. T h o u san d s of farm ers use Ix>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.