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VOL. 7, NO 69
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F ro m
re p o rt»
a n d ru m o rs th a t
co m e flouting a ro u n d it is e v id e n t
th a t th in g s a re so m e w h a t m ixed up
on th e tw o lo n g r u r a l ro u te» t h a t
a re now s e rv in g th e g r e a te r p o rtio n
of e a s te rn M u ltn o m a h fro m P o rtla n d
to th e Sanity riv e r.
T h e o n e fro m
P o rtla n d is in th e w orst sh a p e , as fa r
as m ail d e liv e ry is c o n c e rn e d anil it
is fre e ly
p re d ic te d
by its p a tro n s
th a t it w ill be a fa ilu re . P e rh a p s it
w ill get s e ttle d dow n to a good w o rk ­
ing b asis b efo re th e w in te r s e ts in,
but so m e of th e w ise a c re s say th a t it
can n e v e r g a in th e pro ficien cy n o r
se rv e tile peo p le as w ell as th e old,
lint s h o r te r ro u te s did.
T h e til- m ile ro u te o u t o f G re sh a m
is w o rk in g b e tte r as it h a s b e tte r
ro a d s fo r th e c a r r ie r to m a k e h is
tr ip s upon, an d th e r e is no co m ­
p la in t a g a in s t him . b u t th e r e is a
feelin g th a t c o n d itio n s h av e n o t been
im p ro v ed upon. So m an y m o re peo-
pb a re g e ttin g th e ir m ail la te r in th e
d ay th a n b efo re th a t so m e w ho h av e
to go to P o rtla n d
fre q u e n tly
a re
r e n tin g lock boxes th e r e an d a r e g o ­
ing a f t e r It w hen in th e city.
T lie g re a te s t n u m b e r of c o m ­
p la in ts , h o w ev er, a re b e in g m ad e by
so m e of th o s e w ho fo rm e rly re c eiv ed
th e ir m ail on old n u m b e r o n e fro m
G re sh a m , b u t a re now on th e tail
end of th e P o r tla n d ro u te .
A p e ti­
tio n , n u m e ro u sly sig n e d by th o s e liv ­
ing a lo n g th e S ectio n L in e ro ad b e­
tw een th e E lw ood ro a d a n d B u ck ley
a v e n u e , a n d a lo n g th e la tte r , h as
g o n e to W a s h in g to n
a s k in g to be
given I be G re sh a m d e liv e ry a g a in .
As a s a m p le of th e c h a n g e s th a t
h av e been m ad e it is sh o w n th a t th e
B ase L in e ro ad is b ein g se rv e d fro n t
P o rtla n d as fa r e a s tw a rd as th e place
w h ere th e T r o u td a le c a r lin e cro sse s
it n e a r R uby J u n c tio n . T h u s R o ck ­
w ood, a n d fo r tw o m iles e a s tw a rd is
in P o rtla n d .
F airview an d T ro u td a le e n jo y th e
d is tin c tio n of b e in g se rv ed by c a r ­
rie r fro m P o rtla n d but b o th h a v e
postotiices y et.
It is a g u ess as to
how long F a ir v ie w ’s postoffice will
re m a in as it is re p o r te d th a t it will
be d is c o n tin u e d so o n , a n d th e n it will
get all its m all fro m P o rtla n d at a
m uch la te r h o u r th a n it e v e r d id b e­
fo re.
G reat
c o n fu s io n
e x is ts
am o n g
th o s e w ho h av e to sen d le tte r s to
F airv iew
o r T ro u td a le , as no o n e
k now s how to sen d m ail so th a t it
w ill re a c h th e p erso n it is in te n d e d
fo r
T lie o n ly sa fe way is to g iv e it
th e sm a ll tow n
a d d re s s a n d th e n
tr u s t to lu tk .
in th a t case it m ay
ta k e a le t te r tw o o r th r e e d ay s to get
fro m h e re to its d e s tin a tio n , th o u g h
but th r e e o r fo u r m iles fro m G re s h ­
am
T h e c a r r ie r w ho s e rv e s th e ro u te
fro m P o rtla n d h a s to tra v e l ab o u t
fo u rte e n m iles w ith o u t se rv in g a box.
lie ta k e s b is m ail from S ta tio n E on
th e w est sid e a n d tr a v e ls m o re th a n
a m ile e a st of M o n tav illa b efo re
co m m e n c in g to d e liv e r.
T h e in t e r ­
v e n in g d is ta n c e is se rv e d by j i t v c a r ­
rie rs.
He h as to tr a v e rs e th e «am e
d is ta n c e in r e tu r n in g to h is s ta tio n .
T h e re
is a n o th e r p ro p o s itio n to
ad d m o re tt r r ito r y to th e city d e liv ­
ery o u t of M o n tav illa w h ich w ill ta k e
in A sco tt A cres.
In th a t case th e
r u r a l c a r r ie r w ill h av e s till m o re un­
d e liv e ra b le te r r ito r y to go o v e r b e­
fo re an d a f t e r d o in g h is re a l w ork.
T h e re w ill o f n e c e ssity h av e to be
so m e c h a n g e s b u t it is th o u g h t th a t
tilin g s w ill get b e tte r a f t e r a few
w eek s m ore.
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m et at th e h o m e of Mr Z e n g e r F r i­
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m e e tin g , g a m e s w ere p lay ed
P rizes
w ere won by A lta D a h lh a m m e r anil
A lfred Z en g er. A fte r th e g a m e s r e ­
fr e s h m e n ts w ere se rv e d
T h o se p re s ­
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g er, G race M illand. A lb e rt H o rn eck -
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E lm e r Z en g er, H elen L a w re n c e , H a r ­
old L ynch. A lta D a h lh a m m e r. C lif­
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A n o th e r in te re s tin g
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F ra n c e is given h e re w ith . It is fro m
G len D irrin , w ho is in a c tiv e se rv ic e
w ith th e A m erican
E x p e d itio n e rv
fo rce a n d w as w ritte n on S e p te m b e r
2 9 th to Mr. a n d Mrs. 11. O. B osw ell
at E sta c a d a
Mr. D irrin w as fo r m e r­
ly a c o n d u c to r on th e E sta c a d a ru n
a n d is w ell k n o w n to ev ery p a tro n
ot th e line.
As th e le t te r w as n o t
m u tila te d by th e c e n s o r it is g iven
in fu ll:
Mr. a n d Mrs. it O. B osw ell.
E stacada. Oregon.
My D ear F r ie n d s ::
W ill try an d
w rite you a little m essag e now . have
been h e re fo r a w h ile an d c o m ­
m en ced to le a rn th e w ays an d sp eak
tin ' la n g u a g e so I can get a lo n g , in
fact am le a rn in g to sp e a k very fast.
I w o n d e r o cc a sio n a lly how ev ery b o d y
Is an d th in k of you all but m ost of
my tim e ¡s ta k e n up w ith som e th in g
an d am not w o rry in g an d feel very
s a te so fa r, lint n o n e can tell how
soon a c h a n g e m ig h t com e. W e a re
here to win an d win we m u st.
I u n d e rs ta n d I tie K a is e r Bill is o f­
fe rin g som e fm cy p rices fo r th e c a p ­
tu r e of any A m erican so ld ie rs . W ell
h e re is o n e th a t d o n 't e v e r in te n d to
be m ad e a p ris o n e r if it co m es to
th a t, an d th a t is th e way th e y all
feel a b o u t it w ho a re h e re
N ow, of
c o u rs e , I n e v e r w rite su ch to my
fo lk s, fo r I p re s u m e th ey w o rry
m u ch a b o u t m e, b u t as I see it we a re
g o in g to see no re a l se rio u s lig h tin g
u n less so m e th in g u n fo re se e n sh o u ld
h a p p e n . We d o n ’t know w hat is g o ­
ing on rig h t h e re a ro u n d us even.
I am feelin g tine now
A slig h t
a tta c k in E n g la n d of rh e u m a tis m in
a n k h s and a little sto m a c h tr o u b le
h ere
T h ai is th e m ain th in g h ere,
u n d e r sindi u n sa n ita ry c o n d itio n s , to
k e e p o u t of tlie h o sp ita l.
I did not
know th e U n ited S ta te s w as so clean
in e v ery way u n til I cam e h e re even
m o rally .
E v e ry th in g seem s bad but
I’m g o in g to m a k e th e best o f it an d
not w o rry ai.d pu ll th r o u g h so m e
way. O u r c lo th in g is very good but
o u r i .: t s a t tim e s h av e been fierce,
a lth o u g h b e tte r n o w ; bu t on (lie long
tr ip th e r e w ere so m e h o rrib le th in g s
p u t up to us. in fact we a re g e ttin g
used to th e very bad b read an d tack
now if my te e th ju s t hold o u t.
W ish I could go in to d e ta il a b o u t
w h at I am d o in g o r w h ere we a re ,
but I su p p o se you re a liz e th a t th e
c e n so r is very s tr ic t on all o u t-g o in g
m ail, but we can receiv e a n y th in g
Can’t even sem i o u t a p h o to o r p o st­
al c a rd s o u v e n ir o r a n y th in g . It is
a very try in g lim e h e re fo r th e y o u n g
fello w s ab o u t 21
w ho n e v er h av e
been aw ay from h o m e, anil I c e r t a in ­
ly feel so rry fo r lo ts of th em th a t a re
to co n n b u t I hey m u st do it an d
m a k e up th e ir m in d s to b e a r it an d
not w o rry an d it c a n ’t last alw ay s, as
I tell o u r boys h e re .
And we a r e
e ith e r g o in g back o r n o t go in g back,
th a t is o n e fh in g c e r ta in , b u t I p re ­
fe r to re tu rn .
If I do lan d th e r e
a g a in I can p o ssib ly th in k of fo r a
good s q u a r e m eal th e way I feel
rig h t now am ! I know th e r e w ill be
few alo n g th e E sta c a d a lin e th a t will
not w elcom e m e a t an y tim e
H av e not receiv ed m uch m ail as
y et.
P ossibly
th e
su b s
lu r k in g
a ro u n d h av e c a u g h t so m e o f it. We
b eat th e m to it an y w a y o n e th in g
to tie th a n k f u l fo r
H ave been wit f l ­
out m oney fo r a b o u t th r e e w eek s
h e re a n o th e r p le a s a n t th in g
bu t
g o t p aid so am all r ig h t a g a in now
an d can buv a few little th in g s on th e
sid e to e a t.
Did n o t even h av e th e
p rice of a b a th fo r a w hile. T h ey
a re sc a rc e h e re w hen you h a v e n ’t th e
p rice. M ust clo se now . Be s u re an d
w rite m e a lth o u g h a ’ tim e s It is
very d itiic ilt fo r m e to w rite m uch
Hop«- to h e a r fro m you
As ev er.
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G u e rd o n anil R uy m o u d a re e n liste d
in th e U n ited S ta te s ’ se rv ic e , lias r e ­
c en tly receiv ed a l l in te re s tin g le t te r
from th e y o u n g e r. R ay m o n d , te llin g
o f c o n d itio n s in C am p G re e n e m id of
th e tr ip to th a t place.
He sa y s in
p a rt:
T h e h ead s I s e n t you I b o u g h t of
real In d ia n s at N eed les, C a lifo rn ia
T h e In d ia n s w ere all ta tto o e d an d
p a in te d an d w hen Hie I kjvs tr ie d to
ta k e th e ir p ic tu re s, th ey th re w ro ck s
a t th e m
It w as so m e rid e we had
a lo n g th e M ississippi riv e r fo r a lo n g
wav
We saw In rg e levees, la rg e s u ­
g a r, c o tto n an d c a n e fields. T h e n e ­
g ro e s a re p ic k in g u p th e le a v in g s of
th e c o tto n .
We lo o k ed fo r w a te r
m elo n s, h u t did n o t see one.
We h a v e th e best of g ru b , o n ly It
is h eav y , b eef a n d p o ta to e s
On S u n ­
d ay we g et ice c re a m an d pie an d
o th e r good th in g s
T h e O reg o n c a v ­
a lry is h e re , a lso b a tte ry a n d e n g i­
n eers. T h e re a re som e G resh am
boys In each b ra n c h o f th e serv ice.
I th in k G resh am g av e up as m an y as
an y to w n o f its size
C h a p la in Gil­
b e rt g av e us a good sp eech last S u n ­
d ay . He a rriv e d w ith th e rest o f th e
re g im e n t.
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W ed n esd ay n ig h t's rally in th e In­
te r e s t o f th e lib e rty bond issu e at
R e g n e r's h a ll w as a ro u s in g e n d o rs e ­
m e n t o f th e seco n d lib e rty loan. A
r e p r e s e n ta tiv e a u d ie n c e was p re s e n t
a n d ev ery fe a tu re o f th e m e etin g w as
h e a rtily e n d o rse d a n d ap p ro v ed .
J u d g e S ta p le to n a c te d as c h a irm a n ,
a n d s e a te d w ith h im on th e p la tfo rm
w ere th e s p e a k e r " J e rry ” B ro n a u g h .
A rch ie M eyers, K. A M iller. Rev. J.
M alcolm B row n a n d H. L. St. C lair.
Mr. B row n in v o k ed th e d iv in e g u id ­
an ce of th e m o v em en t in a b rie f
p ra y e r fo r th e n a tio n an d its w illin g
w o rk e rs in ev ery lin e of e n d e a v o r
lo o k in g to th e su ccess of tlie U n ited
S ta le s am i its a llie s, am i especially
th e c a u se of tile lib e rty loan.
T h e e n tir e a u d ie n c e jo in ed in s in g ­
ing th e th r e e g re a te s t of all n a tio n a l
so n g s. H a t t i e H ym n of th e R e p u b ­
lic.”
"Tlie S ta r S p an g led B a n n e r”
am i ” A m e ric a ,” led by P ro fe s s o r F in ­
ley.
Miss G lad y s N eal p resid ed at
th e p ian o . T he so n g s w ere follow ed
by tw o so lo s by Miss G e o rg ia n a C ross
a n d th e re a d in g of a poem by Mrs.
J a n e t G ra n t, w hich is as fo llo w s:
T a k e th e I s t a ll.
C o m e , f r e e m e n o f tlie la n d .
C om e m eet Hie g re a t d e m an d .
T ru e h e a rt an d o p en h a n d .
T a k e th e lo an !
F o r th e h o p es tlie p ro p h e ts saw ,
F o r th e sw o rd s o u r b ro th e rs d raw .
F o r lib e rty an d law
T a k e th e lo an !
Ye la d ie s of th e lan d .
As ye lot« Hie g u llu n l bund.
W ho h a v e d r a w n tlie s o l d i e r 's b r a n d ,
T a k e tlie lo an !
W lio w o u ld b rin g th e m w h a t s h e
c o u ld .
W ho w ould give tiie so ld ie r food.
W ho w ould s ta u n c h h e r b r o th e r ’s
blood.
T a k e Hie lo an !
AB w h o sa w h e r h o s ts p a s s by,
A ll w h o jo in e d Hie p a r ti n g c ry ,
W hen 111 b ild e H u ill d o o r d ie .
T a k e Hie lo an !
A s i e w ished th e ir tr iu m p h th e n ,
As ye h o p e io m eet a g a in .
And to m eet th e ir g aze lik e m en.
T a k e th e lo an !
W ould you p re ss th e g re a t a p p e a l
Of o u r ra n k s of s e r rie d ste e l.
P u t y o u r s h o u ld e rs to th e w heel.
T a k e th e lo an !
T h a t o u r p ra y e rs in t r u th may rise.
W hich we p ress w itli s tre a m in g « yes
On tlie L ord of e a rth an d sk ies,
T a k e th e lo an !
E d w a rd E v e re tt H ale. (M ay 1861 I
Mr. B ro n a u g h w as th e n in tro d u c e d
a n d e x p la in e d th e s t a t u s of th e lib e r ­
ty b o n d s fro m a fin an cial s ta n d p o in t
A lso, In m ad e a fe rv id p lea In b e h a lf
of th e ir a c c e p ta n c e as a m e a n s of p ro ­
te c tin g !h e n a tio n in its d e fe n siv e a t ­
titu d e fo r d e m o cracy an d th e d e s ­
tr u c tio n o f a u to c ra c y .
H is in d ic t­
m en t of G e rm a n y ’s ru le r w as a fe a r
f i l l a r r a ig n m e n t of m ilita rism a n d its
e ffe c ts upon th e w o rld sh o u ld he
su cceed .
Mr. S ta p le to n follow ed in a s p le n ­
did a rg u m e n t, sh o w in g th a t o u r in ­
s titu tio n s w ould he in re a l d a n g e r
a n d o u r n a tio n a t th e m ercy o f a
re m o rse le ss in v a d e r sh o u ld we fail
, Hi- to ld of o u r p re c a rio u s s itu a tio n
Next W ednesday
n ig h t, O ctober
only a few y e a rs ago w hen th is w as
31, will o c c u r one of tlie b iggest
a d e fe n se le ss n a tio n an d said th a t e v e n ts of th e y e a r, th e F ir e m e n ’s
o u r s a lv a tio n
m ean t e te r n a l v ig il­ B enefit ball ill R e g n e r’s o p e ra h o u se,
ance. h a rd w ork a n d m oney w ith G resh am
It is not too m uch to p re ­
w hich io t a r r y on th e w ar to a su c ­
dict th u t it w ill he well a tte n d e d a n d
c essfu l co n clu sio n .
su p p o rte d by G re sh a m people an d
As a re s u lt of th e sp le n d id e ffo rts
m ade a t th e lib e rty loan rally on m any from th e s u r ro u n d in g c o u n try
W ed n esd ay ev en in g an d th e o th e r in ­ anil th a t It w ill lie a very e n jo y a b le
fluences al w ork tlie s u b s c rip tio n s affair.
T h e m e m b e rs of th e V o lu n te e r
have been m a te ria lly in c re a se d sin ce
th e p u b lic a tio n o f th e lists on T u e s ­ F ire d e p a rtm e n t a re s p a rin g no e f ­
day. T h e Batik of G re sh a m , up to fo rts to m a k e th is a n n u a l benefit a
noon to d a y , re p o rts a to ta l of $9,350. g ra n d success. T h e y ’ need a n d a re
F o llo w in g a re th e s u b s c rip tio n s d u r ­ e n title d to th e fin an cial a s s ista n c e
th a t it will be to th em a n d b eing all
ing th e past th r e e d ay s:
B enj. C iim eron
$500 p o p u la r y o u n g fellow s, m u tu a lly
C u rrie C a m ero n
500 b o u n d to g e th e r in a s tro n g a n d h e lp ­
C. M. Jo h n s o n
300 ful o rg a n iz a tio n , th ey w a n t to show
E m an u el A nderson
200 th e ir m any frie n d s a ro y al good tim e.
T hey a re d e c o ra tin g th e h a ll, one
C h a rle s Jo h n s o n
200
C. E. O sb u rn
100 of tlie very best d a n c e h a lls in tlie
U. C. R obs
100 c o u n ty , in a way to eclip se a n y th in g
In th e m u t­
W endell H. C lev elan d
100 h e re to fo re a tte m p te d
Jos. A. l ’a te iieu iid e
100 te r of m usic also th ey w ill not ta k e
G len o ra N elson
50 a second place. Tlie best local p lay ­
by se v e ra l o u t­
S h u ita ro T a k a k i
50 ers, su p p le m e n te d
J o h n C onley
50 sid e m u sic ia n s, will f u r n is h th e m ost
T. D. L y m an
50 e n te r ta in in g an d la te s t d u nce m usic.
E R. B y fo rd
50 T h e re will be sn a p to every n u m b e r
Jus H W ilson
50 th a t will m a k e y o u r to e s tin g le.
T he firem en will act as floor m a n ­
D onald P ag e
50
O. A. E a stm a n
...
50 a g e rs and w ill be a ss iste d by tw o
N eat p ro g ra m s w ill be f u r ­
S u b sc rip tio n s at F ir s t S ta te B an k 'la d ie s.
have now re a c h e d $ 1 5 ,0 0 0 b u t th e r e n ished th e ilan cers. S u p p e r will be
ipust s liil be su b sc rib e d $5,000 in o r ­ se rv ed In th e hull d in in g room , c a f­
d e r to re a c h its q u o ta .
T h e in d if­ e te ria sty le.
T he p ro ceed s of th e hull will go in ­
fere n c e of tlie people d u rin g th e e a rly
p art of Hie c a m p a ig n lias left a la rg e to th e F ire m e n 's B enefit F u n d w hich
am o u n t to be su b s c rib e d d u rin g Hie is used to a ss ist m e m b e rs of th e lire
Inst few days. T h is d is tric t h as not d e p a rtm e n t in cases of a c c id e n t an d
D u rin g th e p ast y e a r at
fu rn ish e d its q u o ta a n d b u n k s have sick n ess.
been a sk e d to re d o u b le e ffo rts a n d ex ­ least ten have been a ss iste d from
T h is is ex clu siv e of any
tern! th e ca m p a ig n to M onday m o rn ­ tlie fu n d
ing in an effort to se c u re th e fu ll o th e r a ffa irs c a rrie d on by th e fire­
T h e ir o rg a n iz a tio n
Is very
q u o ta fo r tills d is tric t a n d th u s sav e m en.
itself fro m
th e d is g ra c e of b ein g c o m p le te an d fu n d s a re c a re fu lly
' ailed a " s la c k e r d is tr i c t” . Six J a p ­ an d w isely u sed . K A. M iller is tr e a s ­
a n ese hav e a lre a d y placed th e ir a p ­ u re r an d H a rry J o h n s o n , se c re ta ry .
p lic a tio n s fo r good s u b s c rip tio n s A re All c la im s a re passed upon by u co m ­
the c itiz e n s of th is c o u n try w illin g m itte e of tru s te e s .
We a re all e n th u s e d by Hie e v i­
t h a t tlie J a p a n e s e w ho a re not yet
citiz e n s of Hit U nited S ta te s s h a ll he d en ces o f h ero ism on Hie p a rt of o u r
n a tio n a l d e fe n d e rs an d re ad y to do
m ore p a tr io tic th a n th e y ?
Som e a re ta k in g an a c tiv e in te re s t o u r p a rt in a s s is tin g th em . T h e fire­
in s o lic itin g , w hich is Hie p ro p e r m e n ’s w ork Is of a s im ila r n a tu r e to
W hen th e call
H iing to do. Most p eo p le a re w illing th a t of th e so ld ie r
to su b s c rib e a f te r th e y have been conies, n ig h t o r day , in fa ir o r sto rm y
a ro u se d to Hie necessity fo r sam e an d w e a th e r, th e firem an h o ld s h im self
in re a d in e ss to resp o n d
H is w ork
th e g ra v e d a n g e r of th e i r co u n try .
is a rd u o u s a n d d a n g e ro u s . He m ust
F o llo w in g a re th e s u b s c rib e rs at
ru n m any ris k s of life a n d lim b. His
tlie F irs t S ta te B ank sin ce T u e sd a y
w ork is h ero ic. It Is our d u ty to show
noon:
him o u r a p p re c ia tio n an d loyal s u p ­
E m ily
Jonas.
M a rg a re t
Jo n as.
p o rt.
Em il O lsen, D W. M cK ay, M. A okl,
Tlie firem en need th e fu n d s T hey
D onald G ra n t, E m il A lt, Geo. W.
do not ask fo r m uch n o r call upon us
L u sted , A nna M. L u ste d , R u d o lp h A
o fte n .
It is all th e m o re n ecessary
K aser. F U jiye. Y. K ido, M K ondo.
an d p ro p e r th a t all th e people sh o u ld
T M iy asak i. Mrs.
P. Jo h n s o n . O. I.
m a n ife st a h e a rty in te re s t In th e ir
N eal, G lad y s N eal. A rza S m ith , F re d a
[ cau se by th e p u rc h a s e of tic k e ts to
W lkoff. E. K irk w o o d , N elaon K ir k ­
th e ir a n n u a l hall. In fact, th e boys
wood, 8. Oye, H elen
B liss. G lad y s
' in tim a te th ey a re g o in g to m ak e a
Bliss T u r n e r , E ra n c e s B liss. G. W.
1 ho u se to h o u se can v a ss an d ev ery o n e
M etcalf, Mrs. E ln o ra H ensley, A rn o ld
' sh o u ld feci th a t he is h e lp in g h im ­
Itu eg g , P. A. S ö d e rs trö m , G ilb e rt
self an d h is co m m u n ity by h elp in g
Jo iis ru d . B a rb a ra W itte r. B E. W it­
th e m .
te r, Axell A n d erso n , J N. E arls, A. M
In th e m e a n tim e any firem an will
he pleased to sell you a tic k e t.
H oss, F re d F. H oss. 8. M. D avis, A u­
g u st P e te rso n , S ophia C. S to n e, J o ­
seph E xley, R ic h a rd J e n n in g s , E d­
w ard Lee E llio tt, Ray O lsen, O live
O lsen, (io tfre il A. Ja c k s o n , E m m a
R oss, ( ’. E O sb u rn , M rs
Lyon P
C h len e, C arl P a u ls e n , M uriel J.
H oney, G eo F H oney, E rn e st C. M or­
riso n , N W. J a c k s o n , F G. H a rc o u rt.
O T tiles« , J a n e It H a rtle y E s ta te ,
S. S T h o m p so n . C. J L u n d q u is t, 8. ('.
Jo n e s, Mrs N ora W ith ro w , C h rls te n a
G H um nson. E va C. A n d erso n , J M
H illy a rd , M attle B. J e u n e , M ary Je a n
L en t, Mrs. Itlell W lh lo n , C a rllto s
S tre h ln , J M E berle, S B elle Je u n e .
The Gresham Red Cross Auxiliary
Is planning to hold an
A U C T IO N
A ll
SALE
H a llo w e ’en, W e d n e s d a y , O c to b e r 31,
H to 9 p. m., in th e Jacobson B uilding
C orner of Main ami I’owell S treets
Live chickens, ducks, rabbits, fresh fruit or
vegetables will be thankfully received by the fol
lowing committee of arrangement: Mesdames
Stapleton. Cameron, Hughes, Cavanagh, A J W
Brown. Full particulars may be had by tele
phoning any of the above
ROBFRTS AVENUE
PARKING PROJECTS
Al an
G. W . Stapleton, A uctioneer
PUMPKINS AND PIGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
APPRECIATED
Live aiiiuuiis may be left at the Gresham .Meat
M arket ami all fru its ami vegetables at l)r.
resilience on Tuesday or not later than
liiiv h e s
12 o'cloek W ednesday m orning.
Red Crons work is a work all should be in
terested in, it h o p e s fo r a ready response
to this appeal.
A m th e
Remember you are helping your soldier boy by
giving to thia fund.
i
a d jo u rn e d
m e e tin g of th e
'W oe u n to th e lim e s h a r k ,” is tlie
■ 1»
slo g an o f Dick W e rn e r, w ho is now
th e c o u n ty a g e n t of C la c k a m a s. A f­
te r h is p ro m o tio n from a s s is ta n t to
C o u n ty A gent H all he p u t h is a c c u s­
to m ed en e rg y to u good p u rp o se am i
su cceed ed in ru n n in g dow n th e p a rty
w ho h as been e x tra c tin g m oney from
th e p o ck ets of th e fa rm e rs by sellin g
lim e u n d e r fa lse p re te n s e s at fa b u ­
lo u s prices.
Mr. W e rn e r had th e a s s is ta n c e of
Mr E ran k E w ing an d C o u n ty A gent
H all. T hey
had
h eartl llia t tlie
a g e n ts o f " C o n c e n tra te d L im e ” w ere
very a c tiv e th r o u g h o u t tile te r rito ry
s u r ro u n d in g P o rtla n d a n d th a t they
h ad su cceed ed in p lacin g o rd e rs fo r
m any to n s of lim e a t p ric e s ra n g in g
from $12.50 to $15 p e r to n . d e sp ite
th e p u b licity w hich had been given
th em th r o u g h v a rio u s c h a n n e ls, in ­
c lu d in g Hie O u tlo o k . Hie O regon Cltv
p a p e rs and th e v a rio u s g ra n g e s.
T h ro u g h th e m ed iu m of an a d ­
d re ss found on a receip t th e lim e
m a n ip u la to rs w ere fo u n d In P o r t­
la n d sa ilin g u n d e r th e n a m e of th e
"V alley Lime an d F e rtiliz e r C om ­
pany " T h e " c o m p a n y 's " place of
b u sin ess is a re sid e n c e a t 1203 E ast
N in th s tre e t, P o rtla n d
It w as fo u n d
th a t th is " c o m p a n y ” is c h a rg in g
a b o u t 110 p e r cen t In c re a se on th e
price of Its lim e fo r th e 17 p er cent
In crease in v a lu e th e ir sto ck re p r e ­
sents.
G ro u n d
lim e sto n e , 95 p er cen t
p u re, ra n lie o b ta in e d ill P o rtla n d for
$0.25 p e r Ion a t th e p re s e n t tim e,
an d b efo re th e w in te r is o v e r o rd e rs
ra n be placed fo r g ro u n d lim e sto n e
at less th a n $5 p er ton.
T h e ’’c o m p a n y " cla im e d th a t It
h ad tlie in d o rs e m e n t of th e O regon
A g ric u ltu ra l college,
a n d to m uke
s u re , b efo re g o in g an y f u r th e r Mr.
W e rn e r w ent to C o rv a llis to find out
If su ch w ere th e case. T h e college
a n d P ro fe sso r S cm lder, Hie lim e ex­
p ert th e re , h ad n ev er lie a rd of th e
sh a rk s , hut it was fo u n d th a t th e
sam e q u a lity o f lim e hud been re c ­
o m m en d ed a b o u t tw o a n d a h a lf
y e a rs ago. w hen It co u ld he b o u g h t
fo r $4.70 a ton. T h is w as th e b asis
th e
" c o m p a n y " w as w o rk in g upon
upon vv Idle It w as w o rk in g its vic­
tim s.
T h e lim eR tone th e " c o m p a n y ” Is
se llin g enm es from th e I n te rn a tio n a l
L im e co m p an y at S u m as, W a s h in g ­
to n , an d is of a good q u a lity , h u t it
is th e o u tr a g e o u s p rice th e s h a r k s a re
d e m a n d in g fo r it, In c o m p a riso n to
w hat th e stu ff can be b o u g h t fo r
th a t th e g o v e rn m e n t a g e n ts a re o b ­
je c tin g to. T h e ir p ro d u c t is c o n ­
c e n tr a te d lim e anil Is a b o u t 17 per
cen t s tro n g e r th a n a g r ic u ltu r a l lim e
anti Is w o rth ju s t th a t m uch m ore
In s p e a k in g of th e m a tte r y e s te r ­
d ay Mr W e rn e r s a id :
"W h y
not
help to do aw ay w ith th e s e lim e an d
f e r tiliz e r s h a r k s ?
Vou can do y o u r
p a rt by re p o rtin g e v ery o n e w ho
com es a ro u n d
y o u r p lace to y o u r
c o u n ty a g e n t, w ho Is In to u ch w ith
all fa ir-d e a lin g firm s a n d w ill g lad ly
rec o m m e n d th e m .”
DOSE OF MEDICINE
HASTENS HIS DEATH
B e rn h a rd M. L u n d b o m died at th e
h o m e of his fa th e r, J. T L u n d b o m ,
n e a r Pow ell V alley cu rly on S unduy
m o rn in g Iasi a f te r a b r i e f , Illn ess of
o n ly a few h o u rs
Ills d e a th w as
p ro b ab ly h a ste n e d by a dose of pills
w hich lie h ad ta k e n a s a rem ed y for
rh e u m a tis m th e day b e fo re w hile in
P o rtla n d
IB- cam e h o m e sick on
S a tu rd a y a n d h is d e a th o c c u rre d a t
2 :5 0 S u n d ay m o rn in g
He w as w ell know n in an d a ro u n d
G re sh a m , h a v in g been em p lo y ed by
th e P o rtla n d W a te r
c o m m is sio n e r
u n d e r F ra n k
E sco b ar fo r sev eral
y e a rs as an In sp e c to r on th e pipe
lines.
He q u it
th a t Job se v e ra l
m o n th s ago a n d w ent to P o rtla n d
w h ere he w as le a rn in g th e b a rb e r
tra d e .
It is said th a t he to o k th e pills u p ­
on th e ad v ic e of a n o th e r b a rb e r an d
an in q u iry in to th e c a u se of d e a th
w as m ad e by D eputy C o ro n e r S m ith
an d tw o p h y sic ia n s on M onday. T hey
fo u n d th a t th e c a u se w as d u e to an
e n la rg e m e n t o f th e h e a rt an d th a t
th e p ills w ere only c o n tr ib u to ry to
th e e x te n t o t re d u c in g h is v ita lity fo r
th e tim e being
T h e d eceased w as b o rn in S w eden
on D ecem ber 29, 1887, a n d cam e to
th is v icin ity w ith his p a re n ts a b o u t
! ten y e a rs a g o
The
fu n e r a l took
place y e ste rd a y
from
th e Sw edish
j Lutheran e b u re b w ith in te rm e n t in
( D ouglass c e m e te ry .
G resh am tow n co u n t'll, on M onday
ev en in g , a re s o lu tio n w as voted to
ex ten d th e p a rk in g p ro je c t on Bob-
1 e r t s a v e n u e from I’o w ell s tr e e t to
Second s tre e t.
T h e re w ill be a g ra v e le d center of
25 feet an d a p a rk in g s t r ip will ex ­
te n d 5 A4 feet on each sid e beyond
th e p re s e n t c u rb lines
A re s o lu tio n w as a d o p te d to In tro -
! duce a m e a s u re lo o k in g to th e Im ­
p ro v em en t of R o b e rts av en te in th e
sam e m a n n e r as f a r as D ivision
s tre e t T h e g ra d e will be e sta b lish e d
fo r th e p u rp o sed im p ro v e m e n ts be-
I
fo re th e s tr e e t is im p ro v e d
Another carload of gravel was or­
dered for the present work on Rob­
erts and Hood avenues
An effort will he made to establish
the grade for a new sidewalk on
Polly Prltn Mops and *1.00 hottie
Main street, leading to the (). W. P.
oil for $1 50 at L. L. Kidder Hdwe.
j depot
company.