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About Gresham outlook. (Gresham, Multnomah County, Or.) 1911-1991 | View Entire Issue (May 16, 1916)
W hat a lot of good prom ises all of th e can d id ates a re offering to the public th ese days! Do you th in k they really mean w hat they sav? W hat a suspense and w hat a d isap pointm ent a fte r it is all o ver Hut we sta n d for re-election, w henever a person has proved by his deeds th a t he lias been faith fu l to his prom ises before (Jotl and man. L et us re elect him, no m a tte r w hat party he belongs to. Any person holding a position for political purposes » h o has done his best to m ake his pocket book big and fat, an d has f u rth e r m ore w asted th e ta x p ay ers' utouey, right and left w ith ex tra v ag a n t m an agem ent of the money they huve in tru st, we say, "Down and o ut w ith th e m ." .Ur. un>^ Mrs. N ew ton C o u rier, of JOHN P. KAVANAUGH L atou rell Kails, have closed th e ir ( sto re and are m aking p rep a ra tio n for , Republican Candidat* a trip to A laska. Mr. H. S hoults For Re-election » ill have ch a rg e of th e postotfice a t i th a t place. FOR C IR 'T IT * JUDGE D epartm ent 1 Mr. an d Mrs. A. W oodw art’. Mr and Mrs. F. H inkel ju s t r e tu r ted Ballot No. 56 from G ran ts Pass, w here thpy at- — I ’a .d \ l'/«»!* U seraient tended s ta te g ran g e and r e jo r t a splendid m eeting, but t •ry bad roads. T here was « g oad cr.iwj out S at urday n ig h t to see th e play given at o u r g ran g e hall by th e young folks aro u n d here. E veryoody ta k in g part did th e ir best to m ake It a jolly event. Rudolf H ecker and fam ily have taken possession of th e ir new home here at K n ig h t's co rn e r on th e H igh way, » h e re a new m odern equipped garag e has been opened. Jam es P o u n d er lias a fine new Dodge. Mr. and Mrs. A. M organ e n te r tained th e railro ad nten at a banquet : on Sunday. A te rrib le d isa ste r befell Mr. and Mrs. G ossit, of L ato u re ll F alls, yes terday, when Mr. Gossit ran his au to down in a creek on th e way to G resh am. Mrs. G ossit was badly h u rt and th e ca r is ruined. L ittle F lo ren ce D arling, who a t tends school in th e city, sp e n t a few Candidate lor One of the Twelve days a t hom e w ith h e r p a re n ts at Representatives to be Elected th e M eier place. Front Multnomah County to Miss Pow ell, who has been te ac h the Coining Legislature. ing the last te rm a t H u rlb u rt, signed Thirty-five Years a Resident and a c o n tra ct or. S atu rd ay to teach the Successful Business Man of this County g ra m m a r school a t D istrict 39. We w ish h er success. He sta n d s fo r stric t econom y, W e a re so rry to h e a r th a t Miss sound business principles, protection of th e in d u strie s we now have, the C oulter, th e high school in stru c to r, is en co u rag em en t of new ones and the going to leave -js. Miss C o u lter has developm ent of th e n a tu ra l resources been of m uch help to th e young folks □f Oregon. in th is vicinity, and h er p leasan t per- , Official Ballot Number 100. so n ality has won for h e r m any | ____________ P a id A dv. frien d s, who will g rea tly mis# her, b u t o u r loss will be o th e r's gain. Miss H elen D eaver le ft fo r e a ste rn W ashing to n y esterd ay , w here she w ii' spend th e su m m er w ith Air. an d Mrs. C a rrie Zill. T he w ate r in th e C olum bia ri- or Is so high now, th a t fishing is at j sta n d still. T h ere is so m uch d rift wood in th e riv e r th a t it is d an g er i ous fo r th e nets. Senator Theodore E. Burton Republican Candidate for P R E S ID E N T • Prim ary May 19, 1916 Senator Burton lias visited Oregon repeatedly in the inter est of the Columbia River and has fathered its development at all times. He knows our agricultural possibilities, lie knows our tim ber resources. Vote 34 X Burton, Theo. E. — P a id WHY A. W. LAFFERTY SHOULD BE RE-ELECTED done?” T he political sages seem to be very much at Bea In th e ir forecasts. T he sphinx-like a ttitu d e of H ughes coupled w ith th e m eteoric tendencies of R oosevelt, lin k ed w ith th e en try of Root, m akes possible som e g reat su rp rises a t th e convention. The m ore com plicated th e q uestion be com es, the m ore difficulty expert enced in m aking a political diagnosis of th e situ a tio n , th e m ore likely will it be necessary a t th e critica l h o u r to p resen t and n o m in ate a m an of w ell-know n p olitical position. In th e vast n u m b e r of men now ii th e lim elight for th e n o m in atlo none sta n d s o u t so conspicuously in his political ach iev em en ts, th e defi n iten ess of his position on all grea, n atio n al q u estio n s, «us happy geo g rap h ical location and preem inent ab ility as one of O hio's g re a te st men, th a n T heodore E. B u rto n of th a t state. His recent an v en t in to the s ta te of Oregon, th e g reat P o rtlan d speech which will probably, if re- I ported, go down iu th e political h is tory of th e co u n try as a classic, ; b ro u g h t him closer to th e Oregon people th an any o th e r ca n d id a te u n d e r co n sid eratio n . B urton seem s to be th e ntan of th e hour. He com bines all th e Bturdy q u alitie s of the illu strio u s list of O hio’s presid en ts RODERICK L. MACLEAY w ith th e fact th a t he rep rese n ts the Born in P o rtlan d fo rty-one years last an d best th o u g h t in th e p o liti ago, p resid e n t of th e Maeleay E state cal problem s co n fro n tin g th e co u n try. He is safe, san e, m a tu re, able, Co., o p era tin g in business in Oregon stro n g physically and m en tally , to an d W ashington. Lives in P o rtlan d . ta k e up th e g reat w ork as th e P re si H as never ru n fo r office before. Is actively in te re ste d in real estate, tim d e n t of th e next adiw vntatration. T he d eleg ates at C hicago a re men ber, logging, saw mills, salm on can n ot governed by se n tim e n t and in ning, sto ck raisin g , d airy in g , retail th e selection of a sta n d a rd b ea rer m erch an d isin g , and is a d irec to r of j they will dem and a m an of action th e U nited S tates N ational Bank. E d and a man w ith a p o litical past. ucated In P o rtlan d an d a t P rinceton H ughes sta n d s o u t sphinx-like. He U niversity, sou of tho late Donald is Btrong in m ystery. H e has been M aeleay, who p resen ted iMacleay P ark a m an of ach iev em en t, b u t since his to th e city of P o rtlan d . " I d esire to be elected to th e legis p resid e n tia l boom has been launched, w h at will he do, w h at w ill be his la tu re because my business experi p ro g ram , is m ere g u essw o rk , and th e ence has convinced me th a t th e poli d eleg ates a t th e co n v en tio n will be tic al reg u la tio n s of th e s ta te have at a loss to know w h e th e r o r not he m uch to do w ith th e p ro sp erity of its will be able to sta n d firm ly upon the citizens, an d I firm ly believe th a t g re a t A m erican p la tfo rm th a t is now p ro sp erity can be Increased an d m ade being fo rm u lated fo r th e h isto ric m ore o r less p erm a n en t by wise laws ev en t in Ju n e a t C hicago. N ever did Ju st as easily as It can be lessened or th e R epublican p arty d em an d a man d estroyed by foolish laws. If elected, I will striv e fo r condi who is know n In all Its p a rts as now, an d in looking o v er th e list of p o ssi tions in th is sta te fav o rab le to the in bilities. O hio’s g re a t so n , com ing in v estm en t of cap ital, th e p ro tection of to th e Chicago co n v en tio n backed by labor, th e conduct of business and th e th e solid d eleg atio n from th a t sta te s ta rtin g of new en terp rises, w ith the and as th e Ideal second choice from co n seq u en t larg e pay rolls an d ac a g re a t n u m b e r of o th e r sta te s , will tiv ity in all lines of en d eav o r." (P a id Adv.) hold th e key to th e situ a tio n and lead th e R epublican p a rty on to vic A d v » r t l . j e i le n t tory In N ovem ber. T he n am e B urton so u n d s Success. R E -E LEC T H e r e Is th e a n s w e r : B io g r a p h ic a l. DISTRICT ATTORNEY R a is e d o n M is s o u r i fa rm . DRIVES SHARKS OUT PLOW DEN STOTT A d m itte d to S t a t e S u p re m e C o u r t B a r a t 2 i. D uring th e co n d u ct of his office C ity A tto r n e y , M o n tg o m e ry . M o , a t 22 C a p ta in in M is s o u r i N a tio n a l G u a rd Mr. E vans has acted ¿is th e legal a d a t 27. viser of all county official«. D uring P r o s e c u t i n g A t t o r n e y a t 27 lii a d m in istra tio n th e people of th is S e n t to O re g o n n s S p e c ia l A g e n t G e n co unty au th o rized th e Issnance of e r a l L a n d office a t 29. 62,500,000 of bonds for th e con S t a r te d L a n d G r a n t S u i t s a t 31. H alf a C en tu ry Ago. E le c te d to C o n g r e s s a t 34. stru c tio n of th e ln te r-e ta te b rid g e to T he usual n u m b er of perso n s were R e -e le c te d to C o n g r e s s a t 36. V aucouver, W ash in g to n , an d th e o u t rid in g y esterd ay but we h ea r of R e c o rd In C o n g re s s . p av em en t of co unty roads. All of I l u r in g firs t te r m s e c u re d a p p r o p r i a a less nu m b er being a rre ste d for vio tio n s f o r C o lu m b ia a n d W i l la m e tte r i v th e legal work In th ese m a tte rs was latio n of city ord in an ces. Officer e r a m o u n tin g to »2.100.000, a y e a r. N o p erfo rm ed in th e D istric t A tto rn e y 's W ard took one fast rid e r u n d er his o t h e r C o n g r e s s io n a l I '¡ s t r i c t In t h e U n i t office w ith o u t a d d itio n a l expense to p ro tec tio n .—-Oregonian. 50 years ' d S t a t e s r e c e iv e d a s m u c h . T h e s e w e re th e l a r g e s t l t l v e r nnrt H a r b o r a p p r o p r i a th e tax p ay ers ar.d in ed d ltio n to th e ago. t io n s r e c e iv e d b y th e D i s t r i c t In O r e re g u la r w ork of th e office. T h a t sto ry has a fa m ilia r sound g o n ’s h ls to r v . Mr. E v an s' e a rn e st efforts to ca rry and m ight happen any tim e, b u t one D u r in g se c o n d te r m D i s t r i c t h a d b een o u t th e provisions of th e p ro h ib itio n sp eculates on w h at th e people were ■ ' l l d o w n to M u ltn o m a h c u n ty . S e c u re d lib e r a l a p p ro p ria tio n s fo r d e e p e n in g law have m et w ith th e a p p ro b a tio n of th e people. f ro m P o r tln n d to m o u th o f C o lu m b ia . I . daysI was H e lp e d s e c u r e a p p r o p r i a t i o n o f *1,. In th e prosecution of a rso n cased, 1 t*le river. 0 0 0 .« n o f o r n ew p o sto ffice b u ild in g a t Mr. E vans has achieved a n atio n P o r tla n d . S a m e n o t y e t c o n s tr u c te d . S e c u re d a p p r o p r i a t i o n o f $5.000 f o r wide re p u ta tio n by su c ce ssfu lly p u n A lady p u r c h a s e o f p o sto ffice s i t e a t S t. J o h n a . ishing m ore offenders th an any o th e r 11 in« how- REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE H e lp e d s e c u r e a p p r o p r i a t i o n o f 316,. county n ot excluding New Y ork city. { She plays 000,000 fo r G o v e rn m e n t r a ilw a y In He has driven o u t th e 1 o an -sh a rk s A. W . L A F F E B T Y A la s k a . she m ust be d raw in g h e r tw en ty cent# For State Representative — B u s h n e ll P h o to . 1916. S ecu red am endm ent to H o m e s te a d from th is county who m a d e it a b u s ■ per day from th e soup e a rn e rs. L aw . r e d u c in g r e s id e n c e p e rio d f r o m 5 iness to prey upon th e n e e d s an d d is F i r s t a n d F o r e m o s t. MADE GOOD LAST SESSION to 3 y e a rn . tre ss of th e w orking p eo p le. Milk R ecord B lan k s. H e is o p p o se d to th e e x p o r t a t i o n o f W a« flrn t to I n tr o d u c e 8 -h o u r la w f o r — P a id A d v o r tls e in c n t M onth's record of m ilk p ro d u c a r m s a n d a m u n itio n w ith w h ic h to m u r w o m e n In th e D i s t r i c t o f C o lu m b ia a n d L ist of Ijetter a. tion for ab o u t 16 cows. J u s t w hat d e r o u r b r o t h e r s a c r o s s t h e s e a s H elped s e c u r e it« p an n ag e. you need to keep trac k of y o u r herd. ) R em aining le tte rs un called fo r In V o te d a n d sp o k e f o r N a tio n a l W o rn - H e f a v u r a e n f o r c in g th e O. C. L a n d C onvenient and cheap. O utlook. a n ’» S u ffra g e . th e G resham postoffice fo r week en d G r a n t to t h e le tte r . V o ted f o r K e n y o n L aw . w ip in g o u t H e s t a n d s f o r a g e n u in e R u r a l C re d it c o m m e rc ia liz e d v ic e In th e D i s t r i c t o f ing May 14th, 1916: Uw L e tte rs—-C. H. H a ll, Mrs. Phoebe C o lu m b ia . H e s t a n d s f o r a r e d u c tio n o f O r e g o n 's I V o ted f o r W e b b -K e n y o n L aw , g iv in g E arls, Mrs. W. C. M: u tc h e ste r, Mrs. I ta x e s o n e h a l f b y a c o n v e y a n c e o f th e i to d r y s t a t e s p o w e r to r e g u l a t e o r p ro C lara T aylor. j f o r e s t r e s e r v e s in t r u s t to th e s t a t e to ' h ib it th e I m p o r ta tio n o f liq u o r f ro m w et T h ese le tte rs will be s e n t to the j be h e ld p e r p e tu a lly a s a s ta te - o w n e d a n d j i nt a ten. dead le tte r offlea on May 2 8 th , I o p e r a te d f o r e s t. T h e p r o fits f ro m th e V o te d fo r s u b m is s io n of H o b ao n In s a le o f rip e tim b e r e a c h y e s r w o u ld re- a m e n d m e n t f o r N a tio n w id e p r o h ib itio n 1916, if n o t d e liv e re d before. liu c e o u r t a x e s o n e h a l f a n d w o u ld g iv e to th e s t a t e s f o r r a ti f i c a t i o n o r r e je c tio n calling fo r th e a b o v e , p lease says a d O re g o n p e o p le jo b s b e s id e s l i e I n tro - j W a s p ro m o te d d u r i n g l a s t te r m to v ertised, giving daU ; o t H.»t. d u c e d s u c h a h ill a t th e l a s t c o n g r e s s c o m m itte e on I n t e r s t a t e a n d F o re ig n I. fdcC O L L . P. M. T h e tim b e r m gh o p p o se d It T h e y w a n ' ' o m m e ri'e , th e h i g h e s t c o m m itte e on to k e e p O re g o n ’s t i m b e r lo c k e d u p to ro l I w h ic h a n y O re g o n m e m b e r h a s s e rv e d in d f a ll to th e g r o u n d w h e r e I t s t a n d s s in c e th e l a t e C o n g r e s s m a n F i l l s r e tir e d T he office of fa r m m a n ag e m en t of | u n le s s th e y c a n g e t It Tor th e m s e lv e s fro m th e c o m m itte e on W a y s a n d M e an s th e U. 8. D. A. ha a co m p leted a s u r fo r a so n g T h e y o p p o s e a s ts te - o w n e d W o rk e d In s e a s o n a n d o u t o f s e a a o n to f o r e s t, s a y in g It w o u ld p u t th e s t a l e In p u s h O. A C. L a n d G r a n t c a s e to a au c- vey of one of th e best farm ed coun c o m p e titio n w ith th e m C h e ste r c e a a f u l c o n c lu s io n , a n d lo o p e n th e la n d a ties In th e Unite) I S tates, A g e n u in e R u r a l C r e d it L a w w ill so In v o lv e d lo a c t u a l s e t t l e r s u n d e r a d r a w county, P enaaylv an ia T h is survey I n c re a s e th e \ o l u m e oj so u n d m o n e y s s in g s y s te m , g iv in g to e v e r y c itiz e n w h o lo b r in g h a c k p r o s p e r o i s c o n d itio n s f o r w ill r e g i s t e r f o r a d r a w i n g a n a b s o show s th a t the tcro^ yield p rp d u ced a ll a n d m a k e a r tif ic ia l p a n ic s I m p o s s ib le lu t e l y e q u a l c h a n c e , a n d Is s t i l l w o r k in g by In ten sify in g li ¡e farm in g p rocesses In th e f u t u r e . T h e b a n k s n o w h a v e n e a r - to t h a t e n d rises along w ith th e la b o r in co m e up | ly *20.000.900 lo a n e d to th e p eo p le. T h e y T h e re f o r e . M r. L a f f e r ty a p p e a l s to v o t to a c e rta in poll it. A fter th a t point h a v e e a c h d o l l a r lo a n e d o v e r a n d o v e r e r s to m a k e t h e i r b a l l o t s c o u n t f o r la rg e r yields pr oduced by intezialve ' a g a in . T h e re a r e o n ly (3.500.000,000 m 1 t h e i r ow n b e n e fit on M ay 19. b y s u p p o r t farm in g a re a c a im p a cted by a lose in * e x is te n c e In t h e I 'n i t e d S t a t e s . g o ld s i l - . in g h im f o r r e - e le c tio n to C o n g r e s s FRED J. MEINDL ! v e r a n d p a p e r, o r J35 p e r c a p i t a I f th e i th e lab o r ln co in e. in o th e r w orda, ' A W L A F F E R T Y . 651 P ttto c k pile R e p u b lic a n ( u iiiliila le for g o v e r n m e n t w o u ld lo a n so m e o f th e P a id A dv. as in ten siv e fm rm lag is th e re p r a c HTATB REPRESENTATIF E c r e d i t " i t w o u ld re d u c e th e c o s t o f llv - i JOHN C. McCUE In g a n d ta k e t h e p o w e r (o s t r a n g l e b u s - I ticed, th e re I* a p o lu t a t w hich It Tax LI n o ta tio n , F ew er Laws, C on T he S panish g o v ern m en t la con costs m ore in la b o r th a n it brin g s in in e a s o u t o f t h e h a n d s o f R o c k s f e l l e r ! stru c tiv e L eg islatio n , le w e r Taxes, FDR DISTRICT ATTORNEY a n d M o rg a n . te m p la tin g th e estab lish m e n t of d i crops — F a rm and F ire s id e . Economy Efficient Service. L a f f e r ty a t a n d a f la t-f o o te d f o r t h e I '•Strict Ian en forcem en t ; im par p o o r p e o p le H e a p p e a la to t h o s e w h o s e rect w ireless service w ith th e United BA l a b o r NO. 1112 S tates tial and econ om ical ad m in istra tio n ." b a c k s a r e b r e a k in g u n d e r c o r r u p t p o ll- I The in q u isitiv e subscriber at — P a id A d v e r tis e m e n t t ie s ,— to th o s e w h o se s to m a c h s a r e ' Rockwood w ants t»> know how the e m p ty a s th e r e s u l t o f d is h o n e s t g re e d , F ren ch new spapers are much em Ballot No. 117 T he av erag e m eat consum ption of •ton e gets Inside t h e cherry. 3<ind to s t a n d b y h im in th i a fig h t, a n d If th e y do s o h e w ill w in . T h e v ic to r y w ill b e I b arrassed by th e sh o rta g e of paper, us about twenty par unds of good ripe th e e n tire w orld is a b o u t th irty -n in e Primary Election May 19 1916. and th e ed ito rs have agreed to pool t h e i r s a s w e ll a s h is. For President Albert B. Cummins U. S. Senator from Iowa ‘ THE MAN WHO CAN W IN ' Some of the reasons why Sen ator Cummins is entitled to the support of Oregon Republicans. He is a statesm an of the highest and best tvpe. He is not an EXPERIM ENT He is one of the strong men of the U. S. Senate and one of the great men of the day. He is one announced cand date who can unite all factions and lead a united party to vic tory in November. He is not being urged oil mei FA ITH —his views on the great questions of the day are known to all and are approved by R publicans everywhere. lie is a true friend of til farm er and laborer. ib' is the only candidate from the West and for the first titn in the history of the p arty th M st has a real chance to nom ’¡tat ■ a w, stern man. IF is strongly OPPOSED to WAR. .!• is just ami fair to all Na > ‘ild all people. His many years of faithful ami superior public service ami his m asterful achievements en title him to the hearty support c Ot-t gon Republicans lie received a m ajority vote in Minnesota, Iowa. Montana and Nebraska, the only states is name appeared on the ballot. HIS NAME W ILL BE ON THE OREGON BALLOT B a llo t N u m b e r 35 I Paid A d v ) 1 —Paid Advertisement They ask W hat has Lafferty ev er, th e ir supplies of m a terial. ones after aw hile for experim ental purposes and Ut, g it# the answer. pounds a y ear per cap ita, but the A m erican ea ts 172 pounds a year.