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T he
•
, ; p o in ted
• j F rid a y
* le s ts of
fo llo w in g e o in m itte e w as ap-
at th e m e e tin g in P o rtla n d
n ig h t
held
in th e in te r-
g r e a te r cro p p ro d u c tio n m ade
up of r e p r e s e n ta tiv e s of g ra n g e s an d
o th e r o rg a n iz a tio n s : S. It. H all. R
W. G ill a n d J. J. Jo h n s o n .
T h e c o m m itte e h a s s u b m itte d th e
fo llo w in g re p o r t:
R ep o rt of th e A g ric u ltu ra l com -
‘ .m l tt e e fro m th e g ra n g e s of M ultno-
* m uh co u n ty a p p o in te d to p ro m o te
* 1 b e tte r a n d
g r e a te r m ean s of cro p
* ' p ro d u c tio n . '
Y o u r c o m m itte e re a liz e s to th e
* fu llest e x te n t th e very se rio u s h a n d -
* h e a p s th a t c o n fro n t th e fu ll produc-
* lio n of food crops.
W ith a se a so n lik e th is w hen farm -
* e ra a re fa r b eh in d w ith th e ir sp rin g
* w o rk , ta k e n to g e th e r w ith th e f a it
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
, | , a t p o ta to e s fo r seed p u rp o se a re
v ery h ig h an d scarce an d th e n ad d to
At th e p a tr io tic m e e tin g S a tu rd a y th |s
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fllrm lab o r.
fo r we h av e a s itu a tio n th a t Is ind eed
n ig h t p la n s w ere u n d e rta k e n
very g ra v e a n d one th a t d e m a n d s In-
h o ld in g a p a tr io tic rally in G re sh - s t a n , a s s is ta n c e from e v ery d e p a rt-
• m
T h e o b je c ts of su ch a m e e tin g m en! o f th e c ity , co u n ty , s ta te o r n a ­
tio n so c o n s titu te d to re n d e r aid.
w ere s ta te d to he m a n ifo ld , su ch ¡is
T h e im p e ra tiv e need is fo r actio n
h o n o rin g o u r b ra v e boys fro m th is at once b efo re th e s itu a tio n Is b e­
yond h u m a n a s s is ta n c e an d to be e f ­
lo c a lity w ho hav e e n lis te d in th e fectiv e m u st com e fro m th o s e d e p a r t­
v a rio u s d iv isio n s
of
th e m ilita ry m e n ts a n d
o rg a n iz a tio n s
a lre a d y
serv ice. T h e re a re a b o u t 2b of th em eq u ip p e d an d a u th o riz e d to act at
nt p re s e n t from G re sh a m , F a irv ie w once.
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t c II h II n i t ic ii a 111
I t n s tri
ti vv i an
iiit d
i t co n v en -
litie
of i law
I . ml v icin ity .
A lso p ro m o te t h e R e d | i o | j H H h (}1 |, (, b ( , t , r u s | „ . ( | a H j d , n ml
C ro ss m o v em en t a n d c o n c e n tra te th e im m e d ia te ¡lid be b ro u g h t fo rth ¡it
p a tr io tic
s e n tim e n t
a lo n g d efin ite o n e b efo re it is too bite.
T h e fa r m e rs th e m se lv e s m u st d e­
lin es. It w as s u g g e s te d a s d e sira b le
v o te all th e ir tim e a n d e n e rg y to
to h av e m a r tia l m u sic, flag d rills by th e ir im m e d ia te ta s k o f p ro d u c tio n
th e sch o o l c h ild re n , p a tr io tic so n g s, an d so m u st d ep en d upon o th e r s to
u ro u s in g p a tr io tic sp eech by a good see th a t ste p s be ta k e n fo r th e ir a s ­
P o rtla n d s p e a k e r, etc. T h e e n liste d s ista n c e .
T h e p re ss h a s resp o n d e d nobly to
boys hav e been n o tified am i in v ited th e call fo r p u b licity upon th e s e m a t­
te r . b u t th e ir task is o n ly begun
to be p re s e n t.
T h e c o m m itte e c o n sistin g of Mrs. an d th e su p p o rt th a t ih ey can put
b eh in d n u b ile officials am i o rg a n iz a ­
P o m ero y , M rs. C la n a h a n , Mrs. St. t i o n w ill do m u ' It to reliev e th e s i t­
C la ir, a n d G. W. S ta p le to n h a s th e u a tio n .
W e h o p e ¡¡II b u sin ess c lu b s an d
p ro g ra m in c h a rg e an d d e ta ils a re
b eing a rr a n g e d .
T h e s p e a k e r w ill | o th e r o rg a n iz a tio n s w ill u n ite a n d co-
“
i o p e ra te fo r im m e d ia te a c tio n , o th e r-
be a n n o u n c e d la te r.
w ise th e o p p o rtu n ity
w ill puss in
O ne
fe a tu re
w ill be a fife an d w hich effectiv e a s s is ta n c e can
be
d ru m c o rp s C a p ta in B ran so n , a civil g iven.
W e, as a c o m m itte e d ire c tly re p re ­
w a r v e te ra n , w ill b eat th e d ru m , u s­
ing d ru m s tic k s g iv en him by U ncle s e n tin g th e fa rm e rs , feel th a t it is
b o th o u r p riv ile g e a n d d u ty to b rin g
Sam on A pril 15, 1H61, am i used to th e a tte n tio n of all peo p le, th e p ro ­
d u rin g th e civil w ar
Anti C a p ta in d u c e rs g re a t n eed s an d in view of
th is e a rn e s tly u rg e p ro m p t c o n s id e r­
B ra n so n k n o w s how to use th em .
D ifficulty w as ex p e rie n c e d in se ­ a tio n o f th e fo llo w in g re c o m m e n d a ­
tio n s to w hich we h av e given c a re fu l
le c tin g a n ig h t a n d se c u rin g a s u i t ­ th o u g h t.
ab le h a ll.
Dr. P a rk e r , o f th e Hizz
We re c o m m e n d a b u re a u to p u r
m ed ical co m p an y , w ho h a s R e g n e r’s c h a se a n d re s e rv e p o ta to e s an d b ean s
h all leased fo r n ig h tly le c tu re s an d fo r seeil p u rp o se s b efo re seetl a d ­
van ces fu r th e r . To be d is trib u te d at
d e m o n s tra tio n s w hen in te rv ie w e d r e ­ cost.
g a rd in g th e use of th e opera- h o u se
R eco m m en d o rg a n is a tio n fo r h ig h
ex p re sse d h is in te re s t in th e m o v e­ school boys to re sp o n d to th e call for
m ent a s a p a tr io tic c itizen an d o f­ fa rm h e lp : to be so o rg an ize!) th a t
fered th e use o f R e g n e r’s b all fo r ih ey can be placed a t o n ce w h ere
n eed ed .
M onday n ig h t, A pril 23, a n d it is d o ­
M ore effectiv e o rg a n iz a tio n fo r
n a te d fre e of c h a rg e .
T h is is th e d is trib u tio n
of a d u lt
la b o r w hen
d a te an d p lace d ecid ed on b j th e n e ed ed on (a rm s.
R
eco
m
m
en
d
s
tro
n
g
a
g
ita tio n on
c o m m itte e .
th e neetl o f city p eople g ro w in g g a r ­
An effort h a s been m ad e to se c u re d e n s of th e i r ow n a n d u rg e all to can
all th e n a m e s of e n liste d y o u n g m en, o r d ry all k in d s o f v e g e ta b le s anti
fro m th is lo cality . If an y h av e been f r u its fo r th e ir w in te r su p p ly .
R eco m m en d
c o n tin u a tio n by th e
o m itte d k in d ly in fo rm th e O u tlo o k
p ress o f a c a m p a ig n fo r g r e a te r p ro ­
office. It is ex p ected m an y of th em d u c tio n by bo th city anti c o u n ty d is­
w ill g a in p e rm issio n fro m th e ir o f­ tr ic ts anti a lo n g w ith th e se , a u th e n ­
ficers to be p re s e n t next .Monday- tic c u ltu r a l d ire c tio n s by p ra c tic a l
anil e x p e rie n c e d a g ric u ltu ris ts .
n ig h t.
R eco m m en d p ro m p t a c tio n by all
T h is m e e tin g is e n tire ly fre e an d c o n s titu te d a u th o r itie s fo r Im m ed i­
a te a ss ista n c e .
m e a n s a c a p a c ity house.
m
A VISITOR FROM FRENCH TRENCHES
F ro m
" s o m e w h e re
c a m e A rm a n d
in
F ra n c e "
P a tr e a u to fa r aw ay
O regon fo r a b rie f v isit to h is p a r ­
e n ts at H ood I fiv e r an d to fo rm e r
frie n d s
n e a r G re sh a m .
T en
y e a rs
ago he w as a fa rm h a n d , w o rk in g fo r
J o h n B liss, to d ay he Is a s o ld ie r of
F ra n c e on a b rie f fu rlo u g h o f tw e n ­
ty -o n e d ay s fro m th e tre n c h e s, g r a n t ­
ed him fo r v a lo ro u s co n d u ct a n d b e­
c a u se o f tw o w o u n d s receiv ed w hile
in actio n .
He v isite d th e fam ily of Jo h n B liss
on F rid a y a n d w as th e ir g u est a t a
re c e p tio n given In h is h o n o r
The
h o u se w as p ack ed anti h e v iv id ly
d e p icted th e b a ttle sc e n e s a t V erd u n
a n d in o th e r p laces on th e F re n c h
fr o n tie r .
D ressed
in h is u n ifo rm
a n d w e ir in g h is h e lm e t he p e rs o n i­
fied th e re r rlb le e n g a g e m e n ts th a t
h av e m ark et! th e g re a te s t w ar o f an y
ag e H is h e lm e t w eig h s th r e e p o u n d s
a n d w as an o b je c t o f re v e re n t c u rio s ­
ity to th o s e w ho w ere p e rm itte d to
e x a m in e it.
In th e h e lm e t a re tw o d e n ts . " T h is
w as s h r a p n e l," he e x p la in e d
"A n d
th a t w as a b u lle t." T h ese b rie f ex ­
p la n a tio n s to ld th e sto ry of how n e a r
he ta m e to g iv in g his life fo r his
cou n try. B ut the tw o w ounds that
g av e him h is fu rlo u g h w ere -m o re
vivid. On th e arm o f h is ja c k e t a re
tw o in v e rte d c h e v ro n s, w hich " s o m e ­
w h e re in F ra n c e " a re th e ra n k of
w ou n d s. O ne Is fo r th e fra g m e n t of
a sh e ll th a t to re h is rig h t h a n d , anil
th e o th e r fo r th e b u lle t th a t p ierced
his le ft leg.
lie is a p riv a te in th e 1 3 0 th F re n c h
in f a n try , w ith a m a ch in e g u n com­
p an y , a n d w hen lie receiv ed h is I uh I
w ound lie w as p e rm itte d to com e to
th e U n ited S ta te s. T h is n a tio n had
ju s t e n te re d in to th e conflict an d he
w an ted to tight fo r th e A m ericnn
flag w ith th e p ro p o sed d iv isio n to be
fo rm ed by C olonel T h e o d o re R o o se ­
v elt. He tr ie d to m a k e su ch an a r ­
ra n g e m e n t,
c o n fe rrin g
w ith
th e
F re n c h co n su l, but w as told th a t he
m u st re tu r n to h is ow n re g im e n t.
P a tr e a u e n liste d in th e F re n c h
a rm y In 1 9 1 4 . o n ly fo u r d ay s a f te r
w a r h ad been d e c la re d . H e h a s seen
c o n tin u o u s w a r se rv ic e e v e r sin ce,
b a ttlin g g a s a tta c k s a n d c u rta in fire
in th e tr e n c h e s , so m e tim e s o n ly 50
y a rd s fro m h is G erm an en e m ie s H e
w ill be back th e r e in a n o th e r w eek,
b u t he ta k e s w ith him th e e a rn e s t
ex p re ssio n a n d w ishes o f ev ery A m e r­
ican fo r h is s a fe re tu r n to O reg o n
w hen th e w a r s h a ll be over.
A g oodly n u m b e r of p a tr io tic men
T h e re w as a u n a n im o u s se n tim e n t
anti w om en m et S a tu rd a y n ig h t at In fav o r of a s tro n g re p re s e n ta tio n
th e lib ra ry in resp o n se to th e call is­ In th e p a trio tic p a ru d e in P o rtla n d
th is week T h u rs d a y a fte rn o o n an d a
su ed in F rid a y 's O u tlo o k fo r a m e e t­
c o m m itte e w as o rd e re d io look a f te r
in g of c itiz e n s to consider w ays of this. U n d o u b ted ly b eliev in g th a t th e
h e lp in g a lo n g in th is lo cality th e holies can acco m p lish w h a te v e r they
v a rio u s p h a se s o f c o n se rv a tio n w ork u n d e rta k e in th e s e p a tr io tic d ay s,
th e c h a ir m a n a p p o in te d th e fo llo w ­
u n d e rta k e n by O reg o n p a tr io tic so-
ing c o m m itte e of lailies: Mrs. K. A
cieties.
M iller. Mrs It W E m ery, M rs J. N
M ayor S ta p le to n re p o rte d on m a t­ C la n a h a n , Mrs Max S c h n e id e r, Mrs.
te r s w hich he hail p e rso n a lly in v e s ti­ H E. D avis, M is. II. L. St. C lair.
T he s u g g e s tio n o f a H om e G u a rd
g a te d anti s u g g e s te d live neetl of ac­
tiv ity an ti c o -o p e ra tio n in in c re a sin g o rg a n iz a tio n at G re sh a m m et w ith
cro p p ro d u c tio n , c o n tr ib u tin g u sab le e n th u s ia s tic resp o n se.
T h e fo llo w ­
but u n u sed c lo th in g to th e P a trio tic ing w ere a p p o in te d a c o m m itte e of
Jones,
.lay
C o n se rv a tio n le a g u e of P o rtla n d , th e a rr a n g e m e n ts : F ra n k
R lc n a rd
W e rn e r.
Max
fo rm a tio n of a co m p an y of H om e C an n o n ,
G u a rd s, anti p a rtic ip a tio n in th e p a ­ S ch n eid er.
M ayor S ta p le to n w as re q u e s te d to
tr io tic p a ra d e In P o rtlu n d T h u rs d a y
p ro claim a h a lf-h o lid a y on T h u rsd a y
a fte rn o o n .
s
T a lk s w ere m ad e by C o u n ty A gent a fte rn o o n .
S. B. H all a n d o th e r s anti p la n s w ere
Mrs.
Roy
K ern , Mrs. S ta p le to n
su g g e s te d fo r h o ld in g in G resh am a an d M rs E E. W ellin g , w ere a p p o in t­
m o n s te r p a trio tic m e e tin g in h o n o r ed a c o m m itte e to promote th e w ork
of th e boys w ho h av e e n liste d from ol g a th e r in g used ¡mil u sab le c lo th ­
ing, su ch as cast-o ff s u its fo r both
th is lo cality .
T h e P ro g re ssiv e
T h e m e e tin g th e n
p ro ceed ed to m en a n d w om en
m a k e d e fin ite p la n s by e le c tin g Geo. B u sin ess M en’s c lu b o f P o rtlu n d and
h av e
pledged
F. H oney as c h a irm a n anti II. L. St. o th e r o rg a n is a tio n s
C la ir as se c re ta ry . T h e
flume of th e ir a ss ista n c e . T h e p lan is to
G re sh a m P a tr io tic L eag u e w as a d o p t­ clean and re p a ir th e s e g a rm e n ts und
ed , to be a b ra n c h of th e O reg o n P a ­ put th em on sa le at a s to re room in
tr io tic L eague.
P o rtlu n d , a n d d e v o te th e pro ceed s to
T h e office of th e O reg o n lea g u e is th e w ork of th e P a tr io tic C o n se rv a ­
T h e p ro p r ie to r of th e
in th e lien so u H otel anil th e fo llo w ­ tion leag u e .
ing a re th e officers: Mrs. It. I). In ­ C ity Dye W o rk s, Mr E n k e, w ill d o ­
m an , c h a ir m a n ; Mrs. E. A. B ell, vice n a te tills w ork. T h is w ill h elp both
low priced
c h a ir m a n ; O. W T a y lo r, s e c r e ta ry : th e poor in a ffo rd in g
c lo th in g a n d th e c a u se in a id in g th e
A. L. M ills, tr e a s u r e r .
T h e local officers w ere a u th o riz e d fund. Mr. C an n o n in G resh am h as a
sto re room w h ere b u n d le s b ro u g h t
to p ro v id e a s u ita b le c o n s titu tio n .
On m o tio n of S ta p le to n a co m m it- to G resh am can he sto re d an d cured
le e wus o rd e re d to look a f t e r th e e n ­ fo r am i so m e m a k in g r e g u la r trip s
ro llm e n t of all v a c a n t lo ts an d a c re ­ to P o rtla n d h av e a g re e d to d e liv e r
h e a d q u a rte rs in
a g e in th e co u n ty east of P o rtla n d p ack ag es to th e
C all
up th e c o m m itte e
a n d as fa r a s th e S andy riv e r
A P o rtla n d .
p re lim in a ry c o m m itte e w as a p p o in t­ find re p o rt y o u r a ss ista n c e .
E W A y lsw o rth , B ert M etzger
ed by th e c h a irm a n c o n sistin g
of
D E. T o w le as c h a irm a n , O W T a rr, a n d A. J. W. B row n w ere made a
Jo h n S le re t, O. J. B ro w n , G. N. S a­ c o m m itte e to in terv iew b u sin ess men
g e r a n d II L. St. C la ir, an d a u th o r i­ an d u rg e th e displuy of Old G lory by
ty w as g iven to e n la r g e th e c o m m it­ every b u sin ess h o u se in G resh am
te e as need ed
an d on a ll p u b lic b u ild in g s.
“ A ROSE 0 PLYMOUTH TOWN”
T h e se n io r cla ss of U nion H igh
S chool No. 2 will p re s e n t " A R ose o ’
P ly m o u th T o w n ” at lle g n e r's o p era
b o u se next F rid a y e v e n in g , A pril 20,
u n d e r th e d ire c tio n of Miss M ae W il­
liam so n of P o rtla n d
M usic will be
fu rn is h e d b etw een a c ts by a q u a r te t,
c o n sistin g o f Hie M isses E d ella T ow le,
lle n e n ia M a tth e w s, G e rtr u d e B ak er
and
R u th lu g lls an d by th e high
seliool o rc h e s tra .
F o llo w in g Is th e
p ro g ra m :
O rc h e stra
" I m p e ria l M arch "
O rc h e s tra
"M isso u ri W a ltz "
Act 1— An e a rly m o rn in g in A u­
g u st
S to len fru it
O rc h e s tra , " A lo h a W altzes ”
Q u a rte t. " P e g g y ”
N e id liu g e r
Act 2 An a f t ir n o o n in O cto b er
A m a id 's toys.
O rc h e s tra
"D ow n H o lo lu lu W ay"
Q u a rte t, "H a p p y S o n g "
T e rrs a del R iego
Act 3 A n ig h t in M arch T h e red
lig h t in th e snow .
O rc h e s tra
" L ig h ts O u t.”
Q u a rte t, "O n e F le e tin g H o u r"
D orothy Lee
The
Act t T in ' next a fte rn o o n
b e lte r m an.
i ms I o f < b a ra c te rs .
M iles S ta n d is h , c a p ta in of Ply-
m o u th . C lyde R uegg
G a rre tt F o s te r, of W e sto n ’s m en,
G lenn R u sh er.
Jo h n M arg eso u , P ly m o u th C o lo n ­
ist, E m erso n B row n.
P h ilip p e de L aN oye, P ly m o u th
c o lo n ist, E rn e st Q u e ttin b e ,ry .
M iriam f'h illln g s le y , E ck ro rd C a m ­
ero n .
B a rb a ra S ta n d is h , w ife to th e cap-
POSTMASTER ROBERTS
TO EXAMINE RECRUITS
P o s tm a s te r R o b e rts h as received
a u th o r ity fro m th e n a v a l an d arm y
re c r u itin g officers to c o n d u c t a p re ­
lim in a ry e x a m in a tio n fo r th o s e d e ­
s irin g to e n list In e ith e r liran cb of
th e se rv ic e
O nce th e a p p lic a n t has
p assed th e p h y sical e x a m in a tio n h e re
th e r e will be no f u r th e r tro u b le on
th a t sc o re a n d th e e x tra ex p en se of
g o in g to P o rtla n d will be saved
T h e ag e s o f a p p lic a n ts m ay be a n y ­
w h e re b etw een 1M an d 4b an d th ey
m ay e n list fo r d u ra tio n of th e w ar.
T h e se e n lis tm e n ts s r e fo r th e r e g u la r
a rm y o r navy.
tain, llilm a S taffan so n
R e so lu te S to rey , a u n t to th e c a p ­
ta in , Eva P u llen .
R ose de L aN oye, D ella H ug h es
H yn o|m iN o f
I ’ lu y .
T p e play o p e n s on an A ugust m o rn ­
ing in Hie little tow n of P ly m o u th .
T h e re lived C a p ta in M ill's S ta n d ish
an d his w ife B a rb a ra .
W ith th em
w ere h is m in t, R e so lu te , und B ar­
b a r a 's co u sin , M iriam a n d a F re n c h
ls>y, P b illip p e . a n d his sis te r. Rose
d e Lu N oye. C orn Is th e c h ie f food
d u rin g th e long w in te r an d It Is c h e r­
ished m o re c a re fu lly th u n gold W hile
Rose is a lo n e in th e k itc h e n , s u d d e n ­
ly an a rm fu l of corn
is th ro w n
th ro u g h th e o pen w indow und a fte r
it,, com es a y o u n g m an. lie Is G ar-
I re tt F o s te r of th e W 'essagiisett s e t ­
tle m e n t. a n d fo r a p ra n k , h e h as s to l­
en Hie ro a s tin g e a rs .
R ose sh ie ld s
him from th e w ra th of th e c a p ta in ,
t'a p tlv u te d by h e r wit m id c h a rm ,
th e y o u th ta k e s up his a b o d e in th e
P ly m o u th s e ttle m e n t.
Ills a tt e n ­
tion« a ro u s e th e w ra th of Jo h n M ar-
geson. w ho Is a lso a s u ito r fo r R ose’s
h an d
P h llllp p e loves little M iriam
U h lllln g sley , w ho h o w ev er, has eyes
only fo r M argesou. A d u el betw een
G a r r e tt F o s te r a n d Jo h n M argesou
c a u se s G a rre tt to he b an ish ed from
th e s e ttle m e n t. T im e, h o w ev er, proves
th e lin w o rth ln e s s o f J o h n .Margesou
an d c a u s e s R ose Io choose " th e b e t­
te r m a n .” P h llllp p e , a f t e r m any shy
a tte n tio n s , su c c e e d s In w in n in g M ir­
iam
T h e pluy is fu ll of In te re s tin g
s itu a tio n s an d en o u g h th r illin g s e n ­
s a tio n s to s a tis fy even th e h e a rt of
blase A unt R eso lu te
T h a t th e r e a re v ac a n t an d u n u se d
lots an d a c re a g e tr a c ts i l l G re sh a m
an d 111 th e a re a b etw een L e n ts m id
M O ntavilla an d th e S andy riv e r th u t
could lie p ro fita b ly c u ltiv a te d d u r ­
ing th is s u m m e r is e v id e n t to every
th o u g h tfu l o b se rv e r.
T h a t th e r e a re p e rso n s y o u n g an d
o ld w ho w ould he g lad to do th e ir
p a rt to in c re a se th e p ro d u c tio n in
th is lo cality to h e lp m eet th e u rg e n t
n eed s g ro w in g o u t of th e p re s e n t
h ig h p rices a n d food s h o r ta g e Is also
co n fid en tly believed.
In o r d e r to h elp p ro v id e fo r th e se
e m e rg e n c ie s an d get th e la n d o w n e r
a n d p ro sp e c tiv e w o rk e r to g e th e r a
c a m p a ig n of e n ro llm e n t a n d p u b lic i­
ty h a s been u n d e rta k e n .
E lse w h e re it is s ta te d th a t a p re ­
lim in a ry c o m m itte e , of w hich D. W
T ow le is c h a irm a n , w as a p p o in te d
S a tu rd a y
n ig h t.
T ills c o m m itte e ,
feelin g th a t th e tim e w as s h o rt and
th e need u rg e n t, m et S u n d ay a f t e r ­
noon an d d is tric te d th e te r r ito r y a c ­
co rd in g to school d is tr ic ts an d s u g ­
g ested a p erso n to c a n v a ss each d is ­
tric t a n d collect n eed ed in fo rm a tio n .
P u rs u a n t to th is p la n th e fo llo w ­
ing hav e been a p p o in te d to r e p r e ­
sen t th e d is tric ts d e sig n a te d .
<!. N. S ag er, P le a s a n t V alley.
J o h n S le re t, L u s te d an d O rie n t.
D. W. T ow le, Terry.
Iten j. C a m e ro n , E. S. M cC orm ick,
G re sh a m .
W m. P e te rso n , P o w ell V alley
Mrs. E a ris , G ilb e rt,
W ('. L a w ren ce, Lynch
Ray G ill, R u ssellv ille.
8. B. H all, E a lrv le w .
M rs H atfield , T ro u td a le .
G. <’. G o sse tt, B uckley,
M rs. J e lk in , R ockw ood.
(). W. T a rr, M elrose
It Is d e sire d th a t e aeh o ne, c a llin g
on su ch a s s is ta n c e a s m ay be n eces­
sa ry in th e ir se v e ra l lo c a litie s, p re ­
p a re a list of u n u se d tr a c ts w hich
a rc a v a ila b le an d could he c u ltiv a te d ,
giv in g th e o w n e r's
n am e a n d a d ­
d re s s if p o ssib le, size of tr a c t, c o n d i­
tio n s on w hich it could he used,
w h e th e r d o n a te d o r fo r w hat re n ta l
price a n d te rm s
A lso m u k e u list of
p e rso n s w ho w ould he w illing to u til­
ize a t p re s e n t u n u se d tractH m id u n ­
d e r w liat g e n e ra l c o n d itio n s.
It is d e sire d th a t so fa r as possible
Hie o w n e r’s th e m se lv e s ta k e c h a rg e
of p la n tin g o r le a s in g u sab le tra c ts .
T h e c o m m itte e s u g g e s ts th a t any
of Hie follow ing in an y q u a n tity can
be g ro w n at a good profit to th e pro-
d in e r an d will be in iiiiuhiiu I d e m a n d :
Reim s both w h ile a n d M exican, p o ta ­
toes, c a b b a g e ,
b eets, o n io n s, r u t a ­
b ag as. c a rr o ts , s p in a c h , p eas, co rn ,
, c u c u m b e rs.
P la n s a re on foot fo r h e lp in g to
; p ro v id e seed w h ere th e p erso n c a n ­
not p ro v id e h is ow n. E ffort will also
he m ad e in c e rta in n e e d fu l cases to
C o n tin u e d on page 4
T ile c itiz e n s ’ m e e tin g h eld S a tu r ­
day n ig h t w as e n th u s ia s tic in u rg in g
th e peo p le of G re sh a m a n d v icin ity to
ta k e p a rt in Hie p a tr io tic p a ra d e to
lie h eld in P o rtla n d next T h u rs d a y
a fte rn o o n , nnd to m uke a c re d ita b le
sh o w in g fo r th is p a ri o f th e co u n ty .
T o th a t en d a c o m m itte e w as a p ­
p o in te d to e n list as m any a s p o ssib le
fo r Hie p a ra d e .
It is ex p ected th a t a t le a st a h u n ­
d re d m en fro m th e G re sh a m H om e
G u a rd w ill he In line. B eside th e se ,
all a u to m o b ile o w n e rs a re in v ite d to
jo in in th e d e m o n s tra tio n .
F ifty
p a irs of G re sh a m p e n n a n ts w ere used
in an a u to m o b ile p a ra d e a few
m o n th s ago.
It is h oped th a t all
th e s e w ill he 111 ev id en c e on T h u r s ­
d ay.
T h e c o m m itte e In c h a rg e of a u to ­
m obile d iv isio n c o n sists of Mrs. K. A
M iller, Mrs. M axw ell S c h n e id e r, Mrs.
J. N. C la n a h a n , Mrs. II. E. D avis,
Mrs. It W. E m ery am i M rs. II. L. St.
C lair. G eorge F . H oney w ill n rr a n g e
fo r a s u ita b le b a n n e r to head th e
G re sh a m d iv isio n .
The
P o rtla n d
R ailw ay L ig h t A-
P o w er co m p an y h a s g ra n te d a re d u c ­
tio n in fa re s on th e S p rln g w a te r, Bull
R un a n d T ro u td a le d iv isio n s fo r th e
day , g iv in g th e ro u n d tr ip fo r Hie
r e g u la r o n e w ay fare.
T h e H om e G u a rd Is d rillin g fo r th is
occasio n an d w ill a p p e a r w ith c o lo r
h e a re r, fife an d d ru m co rp s an d eaeh
m an c a rr y in g a Hag a n d o th e r e m ­
blem of H om e G u a rd d u ty .
It Is
su g g e s te d by S. B. H all th a t eaeh
sq u a d o f e ig h t m en cu rry e ith e r a
g u n o r an a g r ic u ltu r a l to o l an d tills
p lan w ill be p erfeetei! on W ed n esd ay
n ig h t.
It h a s been th o u g h t best fo r th e
G re sh a m contingent to go d ire c tly to
P o rtlu n d to th e point a t w hich It will
jo in th e m o n s te r p a ra d e , in stem l of
fo rm in g in line h e re an d try in g to
keep to g e th e r, w hich h as been fo u n d
an im p o ssib ility on fo rm e r o ccasio n s.
T h e p lace of m e e tin g c a n n o t now he
a n n o u n c e d , hut us so o n us it is m ad e
k n o w n , all m e m b e rs o f th e p a ru d e
e o in m itte e w ill he n o tified am i an ­
n o u n c e m e n t will he m ad e a t th e m e e t­
in g o f Hie H om e G u a rd to m o rro w
n ig h t.
I,
Is su g g e s te d th a t la d le s am i
th o se w ho c a n n o t m u rch go In autos,
hut G re sh a m m ust be re p re s e n te d by
a la rg e m a rc h in g d e le g a tio n .
Men
on fo tt a re w an ted . R ep o rt fo r d rill
W ed n esd ay n ig h t.
G eo rg e H oney is a r r a n g in g fo r Hie
Boy S c o u ts of G re sh a m to m a rc h In
th e parade.
M rs R F. W a lte rs und Mrs. II L
St. C la ir a tte n d e d a m e e tin g of Wil
la m e tte C h a p te r. D a u g h te rs of tie
A m erican R e v o lu tio n , in
P o rtla n d
last W ed n esd ay a fte rn o o n , at w hich
Mrs. Eva E m ery Dye ot O reg o n C ity
1 w as th e
p rin c ip a l
sp eak er
M rs
W a lte rs Is an officer in th e c h a p te r
, an d tin e n th u s ia s tic " D a u g h te r .”
A VIGOROUS WAR AGAINST WASTE
Is it not a p a rt o f w o m an 's s e rv ­
ice to Hie n a tio n at th is tim e to set
th e h o u se In o r d e r to H k * end th a t
k itc h e n w aste s h a ll cease?
T h e d e p a rtm e n t of a g r ic u ltu r e ut
W a sh in g to n Is c a llin g on th e h o u se ­
w ives of th e n a tio n to b ew are of
w aste. N ever, p e rh a p s ,
w as th e
w a rn in g m o re tim e ly , o r th e need of
It m ore u rg e n t
In th e c o u rs e of a
sin g le y e a r, th e d e p a rtm e n t e x p e rts
d e c la re , th e w aste from A m erican
k itc h e n s a m o u n ts to $ "tib ,b b b ,ttb b .
T h is is bad e n o u g h , even In tim e s
w hen n o rm a l c o n d itio n s p re v a il, but
In th e se d ay s, w hen rig id econom y
LOAN ASSOCIATION
m u st bi- p ra c tic e d on e v ery h a n d , It
TO BE ORGANIZED is e s s e n tia l th a t so m e m ean s he
An effo rt Is b eing m ad e to o r g a n ­ fo u n d w h ereb y th is loss m ay he Im ­
m e d ia te ly c h eck ed an d re d u ced .
ize a F e d e ra l F a rm Ixian assc ia tio n
T h is w aste, sa y s th e d e p a rtm e n t,
am o n g so m e of th e p ro m in e n t f a r m ­ is d u e in la rg e m e a s u re to c a re le s s ­
e rs of tills v ic in ity , th e p u rp o s e b e ­ ness a n d ig n o ra n c e
Good food Is
ing to s e c u re lo an s front th e farm | th ro w n a w a y ; m o re food is allo w ed
loan fu n d a t 5 p e r cen t in te re s t on to «¡poll in th e k itc h e n , atnl s till m ore
food Is ru in e d by Im p ro p e r cooking
front five to fo rty y e a r s ’ tim e.
A bout h a lf a dozen a re a lre a d y in ­ T h e re s t of th e w aste- th e s m a lle r
te r e s te d a n d will hold a m e e tin g to ­ p a rt of It Is a ttr ib u te d to d e s tr u c ­
The
n ig h t at th e office of G A. B rodie, tio n by ra ts , m ice a n d In sects
B25 Yeon b u ild in g , P o rtla n d . A few figures. It Is to he o b se rv e d , a re c o n ­
m o re fa rm o w n e rs d e s irin g lo a n s a re fined to e s tim a te s of w aste In th e n a ­
need ed to m a k e th " a sso c ia tio n co m ­ tio n 's h o u se h o ld s. P la in ly sp e a k in g ,
p lete, a n d th o s e In te re s te d a re re ­ th ey b rin g an In d ic tm e n t a g a in s t th e
q u e s te d to he a t th e m e e tin g to n ig h t A m erican h o u sew ife.
The ch arges have been m ade be
If p o ssib le, o r c all on Mr. B ro d ie
fo re ; th e fig u res hav e been cited b
fore. In th e p ast, h o w ev er, th e .!♦•-
s u g g e s ts each h o u se w ife
p a r t tu e n t
h a s been w ont to re g a r d h e rs e lf qs
In n o c e n t. T h e w aste, sh e p e rs u a d -
ed h e rs e lf
w as In h e r n eigh hot s
k itc h e n , not in h e r ow n.
So, sin ce
each sh ifte d
th e re s p o n s ib ility , Ih •
w aste c o n tin u e d . Now Hie d e p a r t­
m en t u rg e s th a t e v ery w om an look
c a re fu lly aird th o ro u g h ly In to h e r
ow n k itc h e n econom y. To help h e r
It say s th a t "g o o d food is w asted |f
It g e ts In to th e g a rb a g e p a il; If It Is
allo w e d to spoil in th e h o m e ; If u Is
ru in e d by c a re le ss c o o k in g o r by c a re
less p a rin g a n d tr im m in g ; a n d w hen
too m uch Is se rv ed a t a m e a l."
T h e g e n e ra l a d v ic e Is to le a rn how
to m uke use o f " le fto v e rs " "M an y
p e rs o n s ," c o q tln u e s th e s ta te m e n t,
" r e g a r d th e sa v in g of s m a ll a m o u n ts
of le fto v e r food as u n im p o r ta n t." If
th ey k ep t a c c u ra te a c c o u n t, h o w ev er
fo r any p e rio d , m an y fa m ilie s w ould
he a s to u n d e d by th e a m o u n t of good
food th ey a re th ro w in g o u t a n d by
th e su m s th a t th e y a r e p a y in g to th e
g ro c e r, th e b u tc h e r m id
m ilk m a n
m erely to re p la c e good fooil b e 'tig
a b s o lu te ly w asted .
S u re ly th e d e ­
p a r tm e n t's a r r a ig n m e n t d o es not lack
fo r e m p h a s is, a n d now Is th e tim e fo r
re tre n c h m e n t In th e k itc h e n m o re
th a n in an y o th e r fe a tu r e o r place in
th e e n n iim y of th e h o u se h o ld .