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T W IC E W EEK VOL 7, NO 31 G resham O utlook GRESHAM, MULTNOMAH COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1917 $150 PER YEAR FIRST MOVE STOP MAKING AGRICULTURAL DEFENSE SEATTLE MAN BORING MAN FOR COMING THE ROADS A STATISTICS IN REPORT INVENTOR OF SAYS BOARD ' 1917 FAIR COW PASTURE FORM A TRUCK WAS WRONG A • sum m ary of the farm survey l w enty-oiie counties is 3734 acres, which has been carried on in O re which is 370 per cent g reater than last ye ar’s acreage. Each county gon under the direction of Ihe Ex • W o rk, In preparation fo r this Serious objection is being made to The rise of the Sm ith M otor Tru ck likew ise has increased. Its potato tension Service of the Oregon Agri year's fa ir, began in earnest yester- j the custom of pasturing cows along acreage, the 1917 acreage fo r the C orporation from a sm all concern of day on the fa ir grounds. A good I*»« sides of ihe county roads, es- c u ltu ra l college has been compiled tw enty-one counties being 90 per less than $2,1100 ol capital two years of the th irty-six cent g reater than that in 1916 E v crop of hay was mowed yesterday '» e Base Line road fo r tw enty-one ugo to a corporation w ith a capital even when they are herded. Men counties of Hie state and shows some ery county w itli Hie exception of of $ 1 4 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 .0 0 is one of the re ufternoon from the lawns in order , ,, anil women are tre q u eiitly seen hold- very interesting facts, among which W heeler and t'oluuihlu counties. In m arkab le stories of the motor truck lo m ake room lo r the num erous inK cows or d rivin g them slowly creased th e ir corn acreage. T h e net Ind u stry; and sounds almost lik e a are an increase in the acreage of all increase is 53 per cent as compared (lower beds that members of the J along Hie sides of (lie roads so th at dream n arrative . However, Hie ro the principal cereal and food crops, with the corn acreage last year Polk, Portlan d F lo ra l Society w ill prepare ( 'hey may get a good feed of succu- mance is an yth ing hut a fiction, us w ith the exception of fa ll wheat, and Sherm an, and Union counties were 28.OIIU users of the Sm ith F orm -a- | lent grass, but the custom is all as an adornm ent to Hie grounds. an increase in u ll classes of livestock the only three out of the tw enty-one wrong and co n trary to law , if they T ru c k can testify. w ith the exception of stock hogs. The new proposition made by which did not report an increase in only knew it. T w o years ago. A. D. Sm ith, who A trem endous demand for labor hay acr"nge. President Lew is to the (lower grow The net increase in A com plaint has been made to the durin g the harvest season and a need dicates that the acres in hay this year had been a m arine for a steamship ers, whereby each one w ill receive county commissioners about the line operating between Seattle and for capital and m achinery w herew ith w ill be eigtheen per cent g reater have of m aking the pay fo r his (lower bed, has s tim u habit people Yukohom a, came to Chicago to m a r to increase production this year are than lis t year. lated them to m ake the best show county roads a cow pasture, and as o th e r facts indicated. ket his idea of converting pleasure F all wheat shows a net increase of ing ever made. W ith the closing of there is a law which makes the prac T h e fo llo w in g counties are includ 28,883 acres, which is 36 per cent cars into com m ercial trucks. He had, the rose festival in Portland they tice a punishable offense the county ed in the report prepared: durin g three years of his spare mo Baker, less than tile 1916 acreage, hut w ill tra n s fer many of the beds from is going to put a stop to it. The shade Benton, X'olum bia, Coos, Douglas, spring wheat has Increased 25,604 menta, given over to the perfecting the festival center to the county fa ir trees recently set along both sides G illia m , Josephine, K la m a th , Lane, of his scheme, proved its w orth; hut acres in the tw enty-one counties, L in e r road have been grounds and keep th e ir plants g ro w of Hie Base L in n , M arion, M orrow , M u ltn om ah , which Is 70 tier cent more than the he was w ithout cupital and unable to ing A rare display is promised with badly damaged in many instances by exploit his Invention. Polk, .Sherman, T illa m o o k , Union, num ber of acres In 1916. The out were tied w ith in th eir probably the num ber of beds doubled cows that In Chicago lie form ed an alliance U m atilla, W heeler, Y a m h ill and acreage has increased 14 per cent and all taken care o f by the growers reach. In some cases they have been W ashington. Survey ligures of prac and barley hut* increased 58 per cent with E. I. Bosenfeld, who, a fte r great tw isted and broken off and so ruined themselves tically 6500 larius, widely d is trib u t in the tw enty-one counties reporting. effort, managed to obtain the com The annual prem ium list is a ll set that they w ill not grow. They w ill p aratively insignificant sum of $1,- ed over the various counties, were The num ber of livestock shows a up ready fo r p rin tin g and w ill go on have to be replaced next year and used in m aking up the sum m ary. 500 w ith which w orking capital was net increase in practically every In the press tom orrow It w ill contain that w ill mean that the o ther trees commenced. W hen the lirst a tta c h T h a t the labor situation w ill be K lu m a tli. M ultnom ah, M a 96 pages this year with a six-page w ill be aheud of them in grow th, I a lim itin g factor in the harvesting of stance ments were placed on the m arket, In rlon and U m a tilla counties show a cover ad d itio nal. Prem ium s am ou n t thus spoiling th e ir u nifo rm ity. terest rapidly developed and funds the ad d itio nal acreage of the crops decrease in the num ber of dairy It w ill be an easy m u tter to stop ing to more than $ 1 2 ,uni* are o f planted this year seeffis certain. cows, hut the increase for the tw en- were accumulated fo r increased pro fered but not th at muny w ill be this species of vandalism , for the More than F ifty thousand dollars was 50 00 - farm hands are ry-one counties Is 7 tier cent over last duction. aw arded as there w ill t e many en m otor cycle cops w ill he instructed set aside for advertising purposes. called fo r by the 6500 farm ers re year's ligures. K lam ath , I,in n and tries lacking How ever there w ill be to give everyone a w arning who is porting. and this by no means in d i Inq u iries came in hy the hundreds W ashington counties report a de- the opp o rtun ity fo r ejthibitors to seen pasturing cows along Hie roads. ... ,. and the little factory was completely c a te s the total num ber that w ill be (•reuse in beef .. cuttle breeding slock, . ” J draw every cent of the state and i ' second tim e it w ill be an arrest ; swamped. required for the en tire state. hut the het increase of the tw en ty- | and a probable tine in the justice county appropriations. Orders were there hut no tiieuns of Three hundred amt tw elve fa rm one counties is 26 per cent over the I In ad dition to the re.gular cash c o u rt. tilling them. At that critic al tim e ers indicated th at they desired ad d i num ber on hand a year ago Ben- I prem ium s offered by the association tional capital this year, and the total ton, Linn. 1‘olk and Union county I several steel men were interested in there is a long list of special prizes CUT CLOVER NOW the concern, and m aterials necessary TO AVOID MIDGE am ount required was $1 91,613. A show a decrease in the num ber of I to till Hie orders were secured this year, donated princip ally by total of 540 plantin g and harvesting beef cattle, o ther than breeding 1 business men of Po rtlan d. The most In 1916 ten thousand attachm ents Oregon A g ric u ltu ra l College, Cor- j machines were requested by farm ers stock, hut the net increase in the a ttra c tiv e of these prizes is a cop were built and sold; and In the first vallls, June 14.— Special. "W e Such requests for assistance are be tw enty-one counties is 20 tier cen. per coffee urn donated by the M a r four months of this present year the would advise that the clover he cut ing met locally, in most instances the 'I he num ber of brood sows Is prac shall, W ells H a rd w a re company, it en tire output of Hie previous year county o r district agent concerned tically the same this year as la s t,, is to be given in the Domestic Science now in fields where it is desired to produce u seed crop,” writes M r C. having made arrangem ents for them hut stock hogs have decreased It: has ulready been more than doubled division fo r the best display of pre During the m onth of May the con to he handled w ithin the various per le n t. Douglas, G illia m , Lane, serves, pickles, etc I t ’s re ta il value W . Creel, scientific entom ological as tract for solid rubber tires with counties siatant of the U. H. D A in a recent Morrow and Folk counties were the is $30. It may be seen at the L. I, which Hie rear wheels of the truck The seed situation as revealed hy only ones in w liirb u gain in Ihe K id d e r h ard w are store in Gresham com m unication to Professor Lovett, to $4611,- In num ber ol gtock hogs was made are equipped, am ounted Observa the sum m ary Is not ala rm in g Another valuable prize is a sliver entomologist at (). A. C. , i .. n , nun.66, Illu s tra tin g the immense pro- tions in Hie held have been made at p ractically every county1 the am ount Th«. I tie uiiinuer ot breeding ewes in the medal donated by the Canadian of seed availab le was sufficient Io tw enty-one counties is also the same dilettoti which is takin g place. various points In Lane, Benton, L in n , Bank of Commerce. It w ill be g iv Sinull in itia l cost of the a tta c h Clackam as, W ashington, Polk and take care of seeds that were needed us that of a year ago, hill the n u m en for the champion bow of ail ment of $356 fo r u one-ton truck The office of the county and district by the govern ber of sheep o th e r lliu ii breeding breeds Another valuable set of Y a m h ill counties, |an d low hauling cost In some in "T h e hrooil of the a g ric u ltu ra l agents have been able ewes has increased 5 per cent AB prizes is tw elve sacks of feed donut ment experts stances as little as 8 cents per ton to handle requests for seed w ith hut counties except Lane, Marion and ed by Albers Bros, in the stock di- seed midge is much later than together w ith a well plunned little trouble. T he case o f Lane U m atilla report an increase In tin m ile slvion. T he prem ium list w ill tell usual,” he continues, "h ut for best advertising campaign constitutes the county Is typical of the work done hy num ber of brood m ales this yeur us results the clover should he cut now. all about th e ir disposition secret of Hie company's success county agent« in g etting those hav compared w ith lust. T he net .In Three dozen fru it ja rs given by W e find that the aphis also is not so Recognition of the genius of E. I. ilig seed for sale anil those needing crease for the twenty-on** counties Is W adham s & K e rr Bros., six cases of bad on clover cut e a rlie r and the Rosenfeld was given recently when It together Beports In that county 8 per ct-nl possibility of rains later which The num ber of o th e r, Golden West products by Closet! A indicated that farm ers needed 5,- horses has decreased in Colum bia, the directors chose hlui a* president Devers, three Mount Hood shirts m ight delay the cu tting beyond the Mr. Bosenfeld con- 536 pounds of potato seed and there K lam ath , I,in n , I'u ion , W heeler and I of the concern. from Fleischuer, M ayer A Co., live m idge-free date makes it advisable tin lies as general m anager In a d d i were 6 5 ,680 pounds in the hands of Y am h ill counties, hut in the tw enty-1 dollars in cash from ( ’. C Morse A to cut at this tim e .” tion to assuming tils responsible duty the o th e r tan n ers desiring to sell; one there has been a net increase ot Those desiring more complete data Co., of San Francisco, and a ten-dol- us head of the corporation. A D. 892 pounds of corn were needed and 6 per cent. P o ultry lias increased la r cash prize from the Chas. H L illy on the midge should w rite to <J. A. C. Sm ith. Hie inven tor of Hie a tta ch 703 pounds for sale. i 46 per cent. Union and W ashing- Seed Co., of Seattle are o ther special fo r the bulletin No. 203 on Clover Every county showed a decided In- ou counties were Hie only tw o which ment, is ch airm an of the board of prizes. There are eighteen in ail Seed Peats. crease In the num ber o f acres plant reported a decrease in the num ber of directors. and a il of them are worth striving T iie company is known as u firm of ed to beans. T h e net increase for th e ' poultry as compared with last year FOUR GRESHAM GIRLS fo r young men and M r Bosenfeld has GRADUATE FROM NORMAL The prem ium list w ill be ready the gathered About him Hie strongest FAR REACHING EFFECT FAkM VACATION la tte r part of next week, and those F o u r members of the class just OF A SCRAP OF PAPER" PLAN IS MADE men in the m otor truck Industry. interested are invited to call at Hie graduated These uhs I h I u i i I m have been carefully from the Oregon State h o llo w in g Is an extract from the I W ith ou t know ing that such a chosen and are me,, who have made O utlook office for a copy. Il is go N orm al at M onm outh are from east ing to be a "h u m m e r” In every ern M u ltn om ah . Three of them , the L ib erty l-outi address o f Secretary movement would he sturted in port- exceptional records in th e ir purtlcu- respect. Iow a, on land the O utlo ok, on Tuesday udvo la r ' ' 1 B a ke r A Son, T ro u t- Misses Bessie H o w itt, O live M e rrill McAdoo at Des Moines, and Alice Ekstrotn, are from Gresh EACIFIC NATIONAL am and one, Miss Uiiby Rasmussen, 1917 DAIRY SHOW from Corbett Mrs. C. M e rrill and F. A. W elch, secretary of the P a her daughter, Mrs. A J Nye of P o rt cific N atio n al Dairy show, Portland, land, attended the grad u ating exer A ll have returned to th e ir has w ritten to the secretary of the cises. M ultnom ah County E a ir asseoiation homes. Miss H o w itt expects to teach near concerning the plans of his associa Salem next year and Miss M e rlll at tion for 1917, as follows: "W e beg to advise you that the Aurora. T h e lu tte r has commenced dates of the Pacific N atio n al Dairy work as bookkeeper during the sum Show fo r 1917 are Novem ber 16th mer for her brothers, Chas and Lee to 23d, inclusive, at which tim e a general exhibit of dairy stock, dairy M e rrill, in th e ir garage in Portland May 21 T he reference to "a scrap farm vacations fo r a ll who at Hie contem plate tak in g a respite from scoffing« of Germ any regarding the i th eir reg u lar work this yeur. T ile w arnings sen, to Hint nation hy Pre, movement lias since crystallzed in Iden, Wilson Portland where a spend-your-vaca A week ago a p atrio tic citizen of tIo n -o n -th e-farm movement lias been the U nited States came In to my office, . ,, ., , , and said, "G ive me a pad and pen- ’ a o i ouservallon c il.” I picked up a piqge of paper, '-’'“ Ifue. Arrangem ents have been a "scrap of paper" that was on my made with drivers of large busses for desk, arid handed it to him W ith excursions from the city a lead pencil he wrote: “ I hereby *nu . . subscribe for $ 5 ,666 ,0 66 of Hie |,lb - h*" '* 11,1 " ,O hu* * ,,H' fstnlBes go erty Loan of 1917, and I agree ,0 r“ r " ‘H and work during th e ir m achinery, and dairy products in pay for it whenever called upon by . vacations, thereby having 11 change general w ill be displayed at Port FAREWELL DANCE the Secretary of the T reasu ry to do from city lire and at the same tim e so, and Kigripd I i I h nanip (¿ p h i I h - land, Oregon. TO ROY A OLSEN mei», that was a th rillin g Incident to H‘ilkhlK money and helping in "T h e directors of the alsive o rg an me, hetausp thern whh the uriHwer of food conservation drive. Per- ization are planning fo r a very large Tuesday evening Miss O live Olsen show and we find that much interest the Am erican people to G erm an y^ non« interested, e ith e r w orkers or gave a farew ell dancing party at her is being taken in the Pacific N o rth declaration that a sacred obligation lurm ers desiring help Dave been west in dairy stock breeding and gen home at Cedar Place, T ro u td ale, In Is no more than a "scrap or paper ” ,,-i,„ ,. , w ltli 4 36 ««’»*>»•• u » l,a lv eral developments in connection honor of her brother, Boy A. Olsen, W e answer I, w ith an o ther scrap of N o rth w esleru Bunk buildin g tie, ween th e re w ith .” paper." Upon that "scrap of paper who has joined the navy and expects was expressed the spirit and d eterm ! and 5 p. in. Experim ents w ith h lig h t-k ilie d and to he called to service soon ination of Am erica that Hie billions About forty guests were present. of dollars of resources o f this na healthy chestnut trees have proved I "GROUP MEETING" that the wood of the b lig h t-k illed At tw elve a lunch of Ice cream , cake tion would be expended. If necessary, HELD HERE TUESDAY ed A snlendht principles of liberty,' tree, when peeled, can he used w ith and punch was serv I JiiHtlcc, and hum anity throughout A special "g ro u p m eeting ” w ill be the w o rld .” • out hesitation wherever chestnut tim e was reported. ___ __________ heM at the Methodist Episcopal wood is utilized Posts, poles and a u /ir .. 1 . •'Burch next Tuesday. June 19. he- Many people who saw th e steam er W anted A W it« reads Hie sign ginning at 2 o'clock. District flupt ties made from the infected wood Islan der when she came up the Ken on the door of .1 Morse, of Brooklyn, T It F o rd , Rev. II. E Myers, or were just as sohnd a fte r three years' nebec riv e r the o ther day were some teacher of English ,0 foreigners and W alton S kip w o rth . of tim e as those made from healthy what a, a loss regarding the id en tity known as "E astern District H e rm it.” IH llshoro, Itev. Spiess, of Estucada, wood. Foresters declare that lu m Kcv F S. Ford of Pleasant Honte, I of the flag she was flying from her M r. Morse said In explanatio n; " I and Bev. (illlie rt of Oregon C ity are ber sawed from b lig h t-k ille d trees is a w — ife who »■■■ w ill »e be a a companion co expected ,0 la k e p ari The progruru jus, as good as that from healthy j i flagstaff, as from its color It m ight want ................. , rees been a p irate flag T h e flag that to me in this ghetto; one who w ill w ill take up varioiis lines of chnreti , she bore was Old G lo ry, which had help me to leach, one who w ill be A basket lunch on the sho rth an d and T yp e w ritin g l*eeu r a a I j tuv an lraib m I I I live I . . In „ .I < be r . n enjoyed a, „ 6 t^er, used used all .11 las, las, season season and and a was M In Inspiration In poverty . and . ' h“ / X r,'h ; ; . lawn ‘^ . b e w r ill ^ B .T g t>la< kened rom daily use In a cloud a w ealthy w ife could help me carry evading session w ill begin a, 7 . :3 t . It*. Those wishing to lake a sum m er ; of soft coal smoke on my work A general in v ita tio n is extended course In shorthand and typ ew riting Rev. a C. B rackenhiiry w ill ex are Invited to meet at the home of Miss Stella Roper. Monday evening , F ' U" «•“ •* gathered Mme S c b u m .n n -H e ln k has better H K at 8 o'clock *31 | b> G erm any s school ch ild ren, are j reason to be a pacifist than almost 1 b in e 17 ' Sunday m orning. ------------------------ of paper” is a palpable hit cured turned over to chemists, who are | anyone else in the world One of 'h a t auto converting them Into rich lub ricatin g her sona m in the G erm an navy and with John Brown before you have ___. __ _______ . s __ ___? oils. C herry and plum stones are three In various branches of United an accident, bave it stolen or burned •a id to be the best for this purpose States service Phone 513 tf dale, are the recognized agents for this section of the stale. COUNTY POMONA WILL MEET NEXT WEDNESDAY The second q u a rte rly session ot M ultnom ah County - ----- Pomona ------ . grunge for 1917 wm a , Evening Star grunge hull, on the .Section Line road, next Wednesday lo r un ull day and evening session T h e principal business, aside from grunge m atters w ill be the form ation of plans for Grunge Field Day some tim e next m onth. J. J. Johnson is m aster of Pomona John E. B aker, of New York, Penn , und cousin. Daniel B aker, of B altim ore, have offered Hie govern- ' men, a p lantation of 566 acres free ,,1 charge along the I'otom ac rive r as a site fo r a tra in in g camp or u m obilization point The property Is located tw e n ty -fo u r miles south of W ashington. It is one of the oldest homestead« in Am erica B O X IN G , June 14. E d ito r Out lo o k : - B eferrlng to an item in the O utlook of June 11th, signed hy (*. M. Lake and 11. L. B all, I wish to say that It is a very cheap excuse. They adm it (hat the ballot box was not locked; (hat alone Is plenty to con damn the election and as for Hie box lielng locked In the forenoon, we'll take th e ir word fo r this and give them the benefit of the doubt. And as fo r the woman accused of w ritin g the previous Item ,— the woman had nothing to do w ith it w hatever, and did not know of It u n til someone had told her. So they are kindly re quested to leave Hie woman out of It. W hy don’t those fellow s he gentle man and not throw dirt and slurs at a woman? They w ill notice that the w rite r bus no d irty or rotten words to say about th e ir wives, as they are not at fa u lt If these fellow s are not running the election according to the law . T h e ir a rtic le In the O u t look is w ritten In the same insulting m anner us the woman was spoken to at the polls when she asked "W hy they did not have the box locked.” They unswered her with a snarl and insulting way, "th a t they did not have to lock it. as they had run I, that way before and thut they had the key and could open It anytim e they wanted to .” Now, they have no more right to open that box any tim e that they want to thuu I have, and us for the lock hanging in the hasp not locked they might us well have kept it over in the b lacksm ith ’s shop fo r ull the good it did. As for the womun being neglectful In not registering she whs there in plenty of tim e one and u hulf hours before closing tim e, and I do not know thut it is any of th e ir business wliul tim e auy one votes I ulways hud an Idea that a person tiad a right to vole any tim e that he wanted to us long us he voted durlug Hie hours the polls were open, which In this case was between 7 a. m. and 8 p in. I don't th in k those officers were pul on the hoard to insult the voters or to tell them what tim e they hud to vote. I f they are getting piiid for that kind of work it It tim e for snme one to In te rfe re , ulthough ttiey don't seem to lik e it, I f it was not th eir Intentio n to leave the box unlocked why did some of them Insist Hun they did not have to lock II? One m em ber of the board said: "You show m e ;” and an o ther said, "W h a t's Ihe use? W e can open the box any tim e we waul to.” I s till condemn the election and say it was not run according to law , and that I do not have to he Am erican horn to know that. Yours tru ly , II. P. L A B R E N . OREGON TO WELCOME FEMINISTS AT N E A Because of Ihe couspictloUH part women have played in education and in politics in Hie West during recent years, unusual Interest w ill cente, urounil the coming of some of the 1111 lion's foremost women to the Nti tional Education association conven tion In Portland next m onth. H a lf a dozen receptions and banquets In honor of E lla Flagg Young, ('bleu go's noted woman educator, have a I ready been planned Mrs. Young's i-fiulu of receptions w ill begin Hal urday evening, the first duy of the convention, when the Oregon Civic League w ill give a banquet in her honor In the M ultnom ah hotel. Edith K. O. C la rk , superintendent of Public Instru ction or W yom ing, is one of the new women su p erin ten dents who has rapidly come Io the front in her able work In interesting her teachers In the Portland conven lion. Huperlntcndenl M ary C. C. B radford of Colorado bus been one of the leaders lu N. E A circles for a num ber of years. F ro m M inn e apolis w ill come Hie w ell-know n school board woman. Miss Mac Snow P arent-Teachers associations, and many wom en’s clubs on Ihe railroud lines en terin g the state of Oregon have promised to have comm it meet the train s as they pass through to present flowers to the visitors. In the in te rio r of an old maple tree cut down in Stiulh N ew fane, V t., on F ra n k Kelsey's land, were found pieces of the end* of an old hoard fence w ith nails which fastened It to the tree when It was much sm aller T h e tree bad grown outside The C e n tra l R ailroad of Georgia Hie nails and ends of hoard six inch employs nineteen women agents, es o r more. whose duty It is to solicit and handle A telephone Inspector, tapping a all freig h t and o ther m atters per wire at W olfesboro, N. I I . in the lain ln g to this end of the business course nt his duties was surprised to .Small wood w orking machinery Is overhear a description of him self be needed In Peru. A few fu rn itu re fac K v tryo n e has something to buy ing given as that of a probable G e r tories are now equipped w ith electric man spy l>r **** au O *U o o k want ad driven machines which came from Belgium auil Germ any Read the W ant ads Read the W an t ads.