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Patriotic Americans Are This Week Pledging to Conserve Food and Foodstuffs to Help America Win the War for Freedom
G resham O utlook
VOL. 7,
GRESHAM,
NO 71
MULTNOMAH
COUNTY,
OREGON,
$1.50 PER YEAR
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1917
SUGGESTIONS FOR CHRISTMAS
FIREMEN’S DANCE WAS MOST
BIG RED CROSS AUCTION SALE
PACKETS FOR THE SOLDIERS
SUCCESSFUL EVENT OF YEARS
BRINGS GRATIFYING RESULTS
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Great Sale of Tickets and
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h a lf m ile n o rth of V ictory school-
le tte r fro m h e r co u sin , C la u d e E l­
■ of about $160.
By C h ris tm a s we s h a ll h av e a la rg e n u m b e r of m en In F ra n c e , an d h o u se, w as b u rn e d to th e g ro u n d th is
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fo rd , w ho e n lis te d fro m N o rth P la in s,
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W.
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e v id e n tly
m issed h is c a llin g w hen h e d ecid ed
to becom e a law y er. He sh o u ld h av e |
been an a u c tio n e e r.
F ro m th e way-
lie h a n d e d th e R ed C ro ss d o n a tio n s
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a t W ed n esd ay n ig h t s sa le it is p lain
th a t he could m a k e a good liv in g as
an a u c tio n e e r an d lay up m oney. If
th e r e w as a n y th in g to sell he co u ld
sell It a n d th e p**ople w ould be co n ­
f e r rin g a fa v o r on th e m se lv e s by
p ay in g th e h ig h e s t p ric e s e v e r k n o w n
fo r s o m e th in g th ey c o u ld do w ith o u t.
B ut th e th r o n g s th a t a tte n d e d th e
big a u c tio n sa le d id n ’t w an t to do
w ith o u t.
T h ey w a n te d to h e lp a
w o rth y c a u se a n d th e y fell to th e
p e rs u a s iv e n e s s of th e a u c tio n e e r in
o r d e r t h a t G re sh a m m ig h t m a k e a
big sh o w in g an d tu r n o v e r a big lo t
of m oney.
G re s h a m 's Red C ro ss a u c tio n sale
w as o rig in a l an d
su c c e ssfu l. T h is
v e ra c io u s c h ro n ic le w ill n o t be a b le
to s ta te w no conceiv ed th e id ea, but
it w as a n o rig in a l c o n c e p tio n of
so m eo n e c o n n e c te d w ith th e G re s h ­
am R ed C ro ss a u x ilia r y , a n d it is
co m m e n d e d to th e w o rld at la rg e as
a p lan to be fo llo w ed — p ro v id e d , a l­
w ays, th a t G eo rg e W. S ta p le to n can
be h ail a s a c rie r of th e g o o d s to be
sold.
T h e w om en o f th e R ed C ro ss, u n ­
d e r th e a b le le a d e rs h ip o f M rs. S ta ­
p leto n h ad been m a k in g a sy s te m a tic
c a n v a s of th e tow n a n d its e n v iro n s
fo r se v e ra l d ay s.
T h ey h ad g a th ­
e re d up am i asse m b le d se v e ra l w agon
lo ad s of p ro d u c e ra n g in g from ap p le s
a n d p o ta to e s dow n to c a rr o ts . T h e re
w ere a p p le s in boxes a n d b a sk e ts,
p o ta to e s by th e d o zen sack a, a to n of
p u m p k in s, lo ts o f c a b b a g e a n d a
g re a t p ro fu sio n o f o th e r v e g e ta b le s
a n d fr u its .
T h e re w as a tr u c k lo ad of c an n ed
fr u its , m e a ts a n d
v e g e ta b le s, all
ch o ice am i a p p e tiz in g . S o m eo n e d o ­
n a te d a k itc h e n ra n g e , p o u ltry in
c r a te s lin ed th e o u ts id e w alls o f th e
Ja c o b so n b u ild in g
T h e re w ere ra b ­
b its, g u in e a pigs, c h ic k e n s, a real,
live C h e ste i W h ite pig a n d
a h o rse.
T h e h o rs e , a f a ith f u l o ld D obbin
th a t h ad h e lp e d to p u t aw ay th e w ar
cro p of 1917, w as d o n a te d to th e Red
C ro ss by it. F W a lte rs w ho lives
so m e w h e re on G re sh a m B u tte
A nd
th e n a b rig h t id ea s tru c k in to th e
b ra in of a R ed G ro sser. It w as d e ­
c id e d — d o n ’t re a d th is fo r it is u n ­
la w fu l to p rin t It— to tr u s t th e o w n ­
e rs h ip of th e h o rse t,o th e o n e who
held a c e rta in n u m b e r, an d H a ro ld
B o eh m er hail been c a rr y in g it a ro u n d
in h is pocket all d ay . T h en H aro ld
a ro s e e q u a l to th e o ccasio n an d o f­
fe re d to let th e a n im a l be a u c tio n e d
off, g iv in g o n e -h a lf o f w h at it w ould
b rin g to th e Red C ro ss cau se. W hat
it b ro u g h t is o n ly a m a tte r of an
item in th e sa le s c o lu m n , b u t Mr
G u v n u p led th e h o rse aw ay to his
b a rn a f t e r th e sa le w as o v er.
T h e cro w d s beg an to a ss e m b le fo r
th e sa le as soon as it b ecam e d a rk .
E v ery b o d y w as re a d y to buy an d
Mrs. P re s id e n t S ta p le to n n eed ed an
“a u c tio n e e r.
So sh e to ld G eo rg e to
do it, a n d G eo rg e d id — m u ch to th e
s a tis fa c tio n of ev e ry b o d y co n c e rn e d .
T h e re w as an o v erflo w cro w d w ith a
n u m b e r fro m P o rtla n d
Mr. S ta n ­
field M cD onald w as o n e o f th e m an d
lie k in d ly c o n se n te d to a ss ist in th e
a u c tio n e e rin g b u sin ess
He w as p u t
O reg o n , anti w ho w ro te fro m C am p
G re e n e , N o rth C a ro lin o .
I’.ig s
of
his le t te r a re o f sp ecial tn te W st to
th e p u b lic a t th is tim e, a n d th e y a re
g iv en below-
T h e to w n o f C h a rlo tte h a s a b o u t
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q u e e r peop le. T h e b e tte r cla ss a re
f a lr |y w ejj e d u c a te d , th r if ty a n d very
so ciab le.
T h ey a re very lib e ra l to
th e m en to S u n d ay d in n e r s a f t e r
c h u rc h . T h is is a re a l c h u rc h to w n .
T h e re a re til c h u rc h e s fo r th e w h ite
p eo p le am i 28 fo r th e b lack . D ru g
s to re s a re o p en on S u n d ay fro m 8 to
10 o n ly a n d th e n o n ly m e d icin e can
be b o u g h t. 1 n e a rly g o t a r r e s te d fo r
b u y in g a m ilk sh a k e .
“ T h e to w n is policed by 125 m ili­
ta ry police. T h e fello w s a r e o f th e
th r e e tro o p s of W a sh in g to n ca v a lry .
We m u st d re s s ju s t so a n d n o t lo ite r
on th e s t r e e ts o r sp e a k to an y g irls
o r w om en.
T h e re a re a b u n c h o f
b e a tin g s s to re d u p w hen th o s e M. P.
fello w s a re re lie v e d fro m d u ty .
“ T h is is a h is to ric a l p lace , as se v ­
e ra l b a ttle s o f th e C ivil W a r w ere
fo u g h t n e a r h ere.
L a rg e , old-B tyle
c o lo n ial h o u se s s till e x ist, s u r r o u n d ­
ed by la rg e m ap le a n d o ak tr e e s an d
p re tty
law n s.
E ig h te e n
h u n d re d
m en a re h e re a t C am p G reen e, w hich
is all c le a r of s tu m p s a n d b ru sh
P a r ts u re c u t th r o u g h c o tto n fields,
so m ay be 1 w ill sen d so m e fre sh
c o tto n .
.
“ T h is cam p is u n d e r q u a r a n tin e
on ac c o u n t o f m o v in g . I c a n n o t te ll
you w h ere us th e c e n s o r w ill c u t it
o u t, b u t F r a n c e by C h ris tm a s is c e r ­
ta in .
P ro b a b ly th is w ill be my last
le t te r to you u n til we re a c h Ih e o th e r
s id e .”
—
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FANDY FIRE LOSSES
NOT YET ADJUSTED
T h ro u g h a m in u n d e rs ta n d ln g of
tile re p o rt of th e S an d y fire, ta k e n
o v e r a te le p h o n e w ire, th e in s u ra n c e
of $ 2 0 0 0 on S h e lle y ’s h a ll w as c re d ­
ited to Jo h n B ro w n ’s co m p an y .
It
sh o u ld h av e been c re d ite d to Ja m e s
E lk in g to n an il a c o m p an y re p r e s e n t­
ed by him . T h e p ian o a lo n e w as in ­
s u re d by Mr. B row n.
C a sp e r J u n k e r ’s p ro p e rty is In­
su re d in ih e N o rth w e st M u tu al C o m ­
p an y , th e O reg o n F ire a n d R elief,
b o th re p re s e n te d by Mr. B ro w n , an d
th e P acific F ire , th r o u g h a n o th e r
ag en cy .
The
to ta l
lo sses
an d
a m o u n ts o f in s u ra n c e w ere a p p ro x i­
m a te ly c o rre c t.
P e n d in g th e a d ju s tm e n t o f losses
on M r S h e lle y ’s p ro p e rty th e r e has
been no a n n o u n c e m e n t a s to h is in ­
te n tio n s
He is at H ood R iv e r an d
can g ive no in fo rm a tio n as to w h e th ­
e r he will re b u ild o r n o t
As it is
now . S an d y h a s no a d e q u a te h all fo r
p u b lic g a th e r in g s o f an y size.
T h e C e n tra l O reg o n p o ta to g ro w ­
e rs h av e o rg a n iz e d a n d s ta n d a rd iz e d
th e ir cro p s, so th a t th e y now get
fro m 25 to 50 c e n ts a b u sh e l m o re
fo r th e ir p o ta to e s th a n th e r e g u la r
m a r k e t q u o ta tio n . C o u n ty
A gent
R. A. W ard .
P a r tia l w o m a n ’s su ffra g e h as been
d e c la re d u n c o n s titu tio n a l in In d ia n a .
On th e th e o ry , p e rh a p s , th a t a slice
is not as good as a w hole lo af, w hich
th e w om en w ill g et b efo re th ey give
up.
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O n e-to n tr u c k fo r h ire .
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h a u l,n *
H C h ris te n s o n . P h o n e
(0 0 ,0 0 0 in th e c a n to n m e n ts at h o m e, b esid e th e th o u s a n d s In o u r re g u la r
A rm y p o sts a n d in o u r N avy, an d ev e ry o n e w ill be e a g e r to h elp In g iv in g
th e m C h ris tm a s c h e e r.
No m a tte r how g e n e ro u s a su p p ly of g ifts so m e of th e m en m ay r e ­
ceiv e fro m fa m ilie s a n d frie n d s . It is believed th a t all R ed C ro ss m e m b e rs
w ill w an t to u n ite in se n d in g to e ach m an a C h ris tm a s p a c k e t filled w ith
good th in g s a n d good w ill.
In o r d e r th a t th e m en m ay be e q u a lly re m e m b e re d a n d y et th a t th e r e
m ay be a p le a s in g v a rie ty in th e p a c k e ts, th e fo llo w in g s u g g e s tio n s a re
m a d e fo r p re p a r in g a n d a ss e m b lin g th e C h ris tm a s p a rc e ls:
1. N o th in g sh o u ld go In th e m w hich will not keep fre sh fro m th e tim e
of p a c k in g u n til C h ris tm a s.
2. D ried f r u its a n d o th e r food p ro d u c ts sh o u ld be p a ck ed in sm a ll tin
o r w oodpn boxes, o n e -q u a r te r to o n e -h a lf p o u n d size.
, 3. H a rd c an d y , in c lu d in g c h o c o la te , w ould p ro b ab ly be sa fe In tin
foil o r h eavy c a rd b o a r d , b u t no so ft c h o c o la te s n o r a n y th in g th a t co u ld
p o ssib ly be c ru s h e d sh o u ld be u sed , as »he re m a in in g c o n te n ts of th e
p a c k a g e m ig h t be sp o ile d th e re b y .
4 S e v e ra l d a in tie s p a ck ed In o b lo n g tin boxes h o ld in g each a q u a r te r
o f a p o u n d , w ill p ro v id e a b e tte r v a rie ty fo r a p a c k e t th a n a la r g e r q u a n tity
o f a sin g le co n fe c tio n .
5. No liq u id s n o r a rtic le s p a ck ed in g la s s sh o u ld be placed in th e
package.
6. F o r w ra p p in g th e g ifts use a k h a k i c o lo re d h a n d k e rc h ie f, tw e n ty -
sev en in c h e s s q u a r e , h n d fo rm th e base of th e p a c k e t by p lacin g on th e
c e n te r o f a h a n d k e rc h ie f a pad of w ritin g -p a p e r ab o u t sev en by te n in ch es.
7. S elect a v a rie ty of a rtic le s e ith e r fro m th e su g g e s te d list ( o r a c ­
c o rd in g to In d iv id u a l w ish es I to an a m o u n t n o t ex ceed in g (1 .5 0 , an d a r ­
ra n g e th em on th e p ad of p a p e r so th a t th e e n tir e p a c k a g e s h a ll be th e
w id th of th e p ad o f p a p e r an d a p p ro x im a te ly five o r six in c h e s high.
8. W rap a n d tie w ith o n e -in c h red rib b o n a n d p lace a C h ris tm a s c a rd
u n d e r th e bow of rib b o n .
A c a rd b e a rin g th e g re e tin g s of th e C h a p te r
w ould be d e sira b le .
9 . W rap th e p a rcel a g a in in h eav y , lig h t-b ro w n M an illa p a p e r, tie se-
c u re ly w ith red , g re e n , o r g ilt c o rd ? an d use C h ris tm a s la b e ls o r A m erican
m o rn in g , to g e th e r
w ith
all of Its
c o n te n ts.
T h e fire s ta r te d In th e
k itc h e n , w h e re a c an o f g re a s e w as
b e in g h e a te d on th e
ra n g e .
The
b u rn in g g re a s e w as th ro w n to all
p a r ts of th e k itc h e n . A c lo th e s ra c k
n e a r th e ra n g e b u r s t in to flam es
w h ich s p re a d so ra p id ly th a t n o th in g
could be sav ed .
A lth o u g h a sm a ll
ho u se, th e b u ild in g w as a good o n e
an d w as w ell fu rn is h e d . Mr. B u rn s
w ill receiv e $4 00 in s u ra n c e , w hich
w ill n o t c o v e r th e v a lu e of th e c o n ­
te n ts of th e house.
Mrs.
B u rn s h a s c a n n e d a la rg e
a m o u n t of f r u it, v e g e ta b le s an d fish
a n d had on h a n d flo u r an d s u g a r fo r
th e w in te r
O nly W e d n esd ay . Mr.
an d Mrs. B u rn s cam e to G re sh a m a n d
put in a su p p ly of g ro c e rie s, c lo th in g
a n d sh o es, m u ch of w hich w as n o t
even u n w ra p p e d . A m ong th e th in g s
lo st w ere c h in a , s ilv e r a n d fine w ool­
en b la n k e ts b ro u g h t by M rs B u rn s
from S c o tla n d , to g e th e r w ith m any
o th e r th in g s th a t m oney c a n n o t r e ­
place.
T h e F ir e m e n ’s H a llo w e 'e n d an ce
on W ed n esd ay n ig h t w as a b rillia n t
su ccess b o th so cially a n d fin an cially .
R e g n e r's h a ll c o n ta in e d th e la rg e st
crow d th a t h a s been seen th e r e a t a
d a n c e fo r n e a rly th r e e y e a rs a n d th e
a ffa ir w as th o ro u g h ly e n jo y a b le .
CARLSON S HALL SCENE
OF HALLOWE'EN AFFAIR
T h e H a llo w e ’en p a rty h eld T u es-
day n ig h t by th e E p w o rth L e a g u e of
th e M e th o d ist E p isco p al c h u rc h In
It. R. C a rls o n ’s h a ll w as a tte n d e d by
n e a rly 100 y o u n g
people.
A m ong
fla g s a s d e sire d .
th e m w ere tw en ty -fiv e m e m b e rs of
L IS T O F A R T IC L E S S U G G E S T E D FO R C H R IS T M A S P A C K E T S .
th e L e n ts
E p w o rth
L eag u e, w ho
• K h a k i-c o lo re d h a n d k e rc h ie f, tw e n - «R ed C ro ss C h e c k e rb o a rd ( th is is a cam e a s g u e s ts o f th e G re sh a m
c o m b in a tio n s e t o f c h e c k e rb o a rd ,
ty -se v e n in c h e s s q u a r e , fo r co n ­
As th e y o u n g people a r ­
c h e c k e rs , c h e ssm e n , an d d o m in o es L eag u e.
ta in e r.
m ade o f heav y c a rd b o a rd e sp e c ­ riv ed th e y w ere m et by g h o s ts w ho
ially fo r th e R ed C ro ss a n d can be e sc o rte d th e m th r o u g h p u rg a to ry , a
• W r itin g - p a p e r p a d , a b o u t 7 by 10
p u rc h a s e d a f t e r O c to b e r 1 5 th fo r p lace re p le te w ith p itfa lls , s tr a n g e
Inches.
5c a p ie c e ).
E n v elo p es.
n o ises a n d a devil. T h e n th e y w ere
O th e r gam es.
P en cil
tu r n e d loose in th e h a ll w h e re th e
P ipe an d pipe c le a n e rs.
P o sta ls.
T obacco.
p rin c ip a l p a rt of th e e v e n in g 's e n te r ­
Book (In p a p e r c o v e r) ,
C ig a re tte p a p ers
ta in m e n t w as to ta k e place.
H e re
fe ra p b o o k b o o k , h o m e -m a d e , c o n ta in ­ W a te r-tig h t m atch -b o x .
in g a good s h o rt s to ry , so m e jo k e s , C h ew in g gum .
g am es w ere pluyed. A w itch in o ne
e tc.
F ru ite d , ch o c o la te , an d o th e r s w e e t­ c o rn e r to ld fo rtu n e s , a n d in a n o th e r
K n ife, su ch as boy s c o u ts use.
en ed c ra c k e rs , in o rig in a l p a c k ­ c o rn e r w as a fish p o n d , w h ere th e
M irro r, ste e l.
ages.
fish w ere tr in k e t s of v a rio u s k in d s.
H a n d k e rc h ie fs , k h a k i-c o lo re d .
F r u it cak e.
L a te in th e e v e n in g th e c a fe te ria
N eck ties.
P re s e rv e d g in g e r
M outh o rg a n .
w as d e c la re d open a n d th e lu n c h ,
S a lte d n u ts.
E le c tric to rc h .
P ru n e s .
w hich c o n siste d of p u m p k in pie an d
C o m p ass.
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P la y in g ca rd s.
D ates.
w hen th e p a rty e n d e d b u t e v e ry o n e
M ech an ical p u zzles ( a n a s s o rte d lot R aisins.
d e c la re d th a t th e e v e n in g h ad been
of 12 sm a ll m e c h a n ic a l p uzzles H ard ra n d y .
ca n be b o u g h t a t th e r a te o f 12 C h o c o la te in tin foil.
a very p le a s a n t one.
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fo r 5 0 c ).
T h e a rtic le s w hich a re m a rk e d w ith an a s te ris k in th e abo v e lis t will
GRESHAM SUPPLIES
be p u rc h a s e d by th e Red C ro ss S upply B u re a u an d c an be b o u g h t fro n t
MISSIONARY BOX
C h a p te rs by th e tim e C h a p te rs a re re ad y to pack th e p a rc e ls. T h is le a fle t
is p u b lish e d e a rly th a t th o s e in te re s te d m ay be g a th e r in g fu n d s fo r th e
T h e W o m a n 's F o re ig n M issio n ary
p a c k e ts a n d a s s e m b lin g th e sm a ll a rtic le s to go in th em .
so ciety o f th e F re e M e th o d ist c h u rc h
C h a p te rs w ill receiv e d ire c tio n s fro m D ivision M a n a g e rs as to th e p ack ed th e i r m issio n a ry box W e d n e s­
d a te s w hen p a c k e ts sh o u ld be s h ip p e d to F ra n c e a n d a lso as to th e d a te s day a fte rn o o n . I t w as ta k e n to P o r t­
w hen th o s e in te n d e d fo r th e h om e c a n to n m e n ts sh o u ld be re ad y fo r d is ­ la n d T h u rs d a y m o rn in g , w h ere It w ill
tr ib u tio n .
be re p a c k e d a n d sh ip p e d n ext w eek
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do m o re good in th e R ed C ro ss fu n d
p ro p o rtio n .
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w as a p ro d u c t o f J u d g e S ta p le to n 's c o n n e c te d w ith th e sa le a m o u n te d to
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w ith its c a te rw a u lin g . I t w as of th e
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p e d ig re e s of b e in g a M altese.
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MRS G. W S T A P L E T O N ,
e v e ry th in g w as so ld ex cep t a few
size m u st not be less th a n 2 7 -ln ch es T h e a r r a n g e m e n ts m ad» by th e gov-
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MRS A J W B RO W N ,
p ro c u re d a t a n y o f th e la r g e r de-1 fo r a n y , an d no e x c e p tio n s can be
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fa m ilia r d a n c e s th a t seem ed to have
been th ro w n Into th e d is c a rd .
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had been sold to ev e ry o n e w ho w ould
buy, an d th a t m e a n t p re tty n e a rly
th e
w hole p o p u la tio n
fo r m iles
a ro u n d .
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d an ces, a n d all of th e m w ere e n ­
co red .
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a p a rtic u la rly p le a sin g w altz, tw o
ste p o r th r e e ste p w as play ed It w as
re p e a te d as m any as fo u r o r five
tim es.
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hall d in in g room and th e crow d a p ­
p re c ia te d th e fe s tiv itie s an d th e m id ­
week o ccasio n w hich allo w ed it to
stay an d d a n c e as long ns it pleased.
T h e last piece wus play ed a b o u t th r e e
o ’clock.
T h e n et re c e ip ts w ere so m e w h e re
ab o u t $160, a f t e r p a y in g all e x p e n s­
es. T h u t su m w ill go a long way in
giv in g re lie f to sick o r In ju re d m em ­
b ers w ho m ay need it.
PETITIONS TO DEPOSE
AGENT ARE CIRCULATED
A. J. L ew is, of M aple L an e, an d E.
E. K ello g g , of M ount I’le u s a n t, a re
c ir c u la tin g p e titio n s a g a in s t th e r e ­
te n tio n of an a g r ic u ltu r a l u g en t in
th e c o u n ty .
It a p p e a rs th a t th e ir
a c tiv ity is p re m a tu r e , Inusm uch us
th e co u n ty u g en t p lan is m erely on
tr ia l In C lu ck am as co u n ty an d sin ce
th e m a tte r will be p u t b efo re th e
v o te rs a t th e n ext e le c tio n fo r final
d ecision.
T h e g o v e rn m e n t is p ay in g th e b u r­
den of th e cost o f k e e p in g a n a g e n t
in th is co u n ty u n til th e v o te rs r a n
e x p re ss th e m se lv e s a n d th e c o u rt p re ­
p a re to m eet th e co sts. J u s t a t th is
tim e th e u g en t Is d o u b ly s n e c e s s a ry ,
it is p o in te d o u t, fo r th e w ork he can
do to w a rd h e lp in g th e s ta te a n d n a ­
tion in th e p ro d u c tio n a n d c o n s e rv a ­
tio n of food stu ffs
In th e w ork he
h as d o n e a lre a d y fo r C la c k a m a s
c o u n ty , th r o u g h c o -o p e ra tiv e e ffo rts
w ith e n te r p ris in g fa r m e rs th e a g e n t
h as p ru e tie a lly paid th e c o u n ty back
fo r any ex p en se he hus in c u rre d . It
Is only in a s p irit o f fa irn e s s to th e
c o u n ty a g e n t
p lan , to th e c o u n ty
c o u rt a n d to th e fu rm e rs th e m se lv e s
th a t T h e C o u rie r s u g g e s ts a full an d
Im p a rtia l tr ia l fo r th e co u n ty ag e n t
b efo re he o r th e c o u rt Is e m b a ra sse d
th r o u g h th e p re s e n ta tio n o f such p e ­
titio n s as a re being c irc u la te d
O re ­
gon C ity C o u rie r.
GRESHAM SCHOOL HOLDS
FRANCES E. WILLARD DAY
F ra n c e s W illa rd d ay w as duly o b ­
se rv e d by th e G resh am p u b lic school
on F rid a y , O c to b er 26. at 2 :3 0 p m.
T h e p u p ils gave th e fla g s a lu te a n d
sa n g “ A m e ric a ", “ S ta r S p an g led
B a n n e r" an d "C o lu m b ia Gem of th e
O cean .” S ev eral r e c ita tio n s an d e s­
say s w ere th e n re n d e re d by th e p u ­
pils
M rs. W ostell a n d Mrs. G eorge
H oney g av e very I n te re s tin g ta lk s
c o n c e rn in g Miss W illa rd , h e r life an d
h e r w o rk s.
On b e h a lf o f th e local W C. T U.
M rs. J. N. C la n a h a n . In a few well
ch o sen w ords, p re s e n te d th e sch o o l
w ith a b e a u tifu l fra m e d p ic tu re of
Miss W illa rd to be placed In th e a u ­
MI8Z MILLINERY
d ito riu m .
P rin c ip a l E. S. M cC or­
OPEN ONE DAY WEEKLY m ick. on b e h a lf o f th e p u p ils, a n d
Miss Misz w ill be in G re sh a m on te a c h e rs , a ccep ted th e p ic tu re a n d
M onday o f each w eek, u n til f u r th e r th a n k e d th e la d le s of th e W. C. T. U.
n o tice, fo r m illin e r w ork
S he w ill fo r th e p ic tu re a n d fo r th e ir a s s is t­
occupy th e g elt b u ild in g , n e x t d o o r
a n ce w ith the p ro g ra m .
to B e lt’s c o n fe c tio n e ry .— Adv.
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