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VOL. 7,
G resham O utlook
NO. 98
THRIFT DAY
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ON NATION
GRESHAM,
MULTNOMAH
THRIFT DAY PARADE
MADE FINE SHOWING
On a c c o u n t o f th e w e a th e r th e pu
pits a n d te a c h e rs o f U n io n H ig h
COUNTY,
OREGON,
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1918
OPEN LETTER B Ï RUFUS HOLMAN
ANSWERS ROADMASTER YEON
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DISPATCH MESSENGERS
T U E SD A Y S
AND
F R ID A Y S
$1.60 PER YEAR
CO-OPERATIVE
AGRICULTURAL
DEVELOPMENT
T h e local o rg a n iz a tio n o f th e Boy :
S co u ts a re s e rv in g th e U n ite d S ta te s !
S chool No. 2 o f G re sh a m g a v e th e ir
as d is p a tc h b e a re rs. T h e sc o u ts d i s ­
T h r if t Day p a ra d e T u e sd a y a f t e r
tr ib u te to G re sh a m h o m es fre e lite r- i
T o th e P e o p le o f M u ltn o m a h C o u n ty :
b e t t e r to g o o n u n d e r th e c i r c u m s ta n c e s
a tu r e issu e d by th e In fo rm a tio n B ur- ,
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n o u n ced .
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T h ese p a m p h le ts a re to In fo rm th e '
T h e first c e le b ra tio n o f N a tio n a l sh o w in g a n d m a rc h e d to th e b e a t of B o a rd o f C o u n ty C o m m is s io n e r s , a u p o n c o n t r a c t s o f w h ic h th e c o m m is s io n
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By W. H . C R A W F O R D .
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so to do. 1 to o k a ll th e s e c o n t r a c t s to
o p m e n ts in th is s ta te d u rin g re c e n t
m u n itie s w idely s c a tte r e d th r o u g h ­ e n th u s ia s m o f th e i r c la s s m a te s w hose j o u r n u n til M r. Y eon h atl p r e s e n te d a th e d i s t r i c t a t t o r n e y a n d r e q u e s te d t h a t m an p la n s of c o n q u e st
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H e re is w h e r e Mr.
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th e p u b lic, th o s e w ho p la n n e d T h r itt b le n d e d a n d th e id e a s e x p re sse d by a p p e a r e d a n d p r e s e n te d a lo n g l e t t e r Yeon s t a t e s t h a t I in c r e a s e d th e c o s t o f p u b lish e d in n in e d iffe re n t la n g ­ E m ery O lm stead a n d O. M. C la rk ,
Day did n o t c o n te m p la te th a t its a c ­ th e b a n n e rs w ere c a rr ie d o u t in th e a d d r e s s e d to th e h o a rd o f c o u n ty c o m - th e V i s t a H o u s e so m e $8000. He h a s uages.
P o rtla n d .
T h e n a tio n a l slo g a n o f th e Boy
c e p ta n c e a y e a r la te r, F e b ru a r y 3, p a ra d e . T h e p a ra d e w as h e a d e d w ith m is s io n e r s w h ic h c o n ta in e d n o th in g o f n e v e r y e t d e m o n s tr a t e d th e t r u t h o f
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e ig h t m illio n p eo p le d ire c tly o r in d i­ of a s t a te o rg a n iz a tio n
e s ta b lis h e d in th e m in d o f th e p u b ­ S c h o o l,” an d th e d iv isio n s w ere e l a b o t a t e a t t a c k u p o n m e p e r s o n a lly c a n n o t a n d s h o u ld n o t b e h e ld re a p o n s i
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An in v ita tio n h a s been receiv ed by fu n d s h a v e been p ro v id e d to c a rry
h o lid ay s. T h is w as u n d o u b te d ly d u e
A ll o f th e s e c o r r e c t iv e p ro c e e d in g s
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th e G resh am Boy S co u ts to a tte n d o u t th e ir p ro g ra m .
to a q u ic k re a liz a tio n o f th e b ro ad
t y c o m m is s io n e r I to o k t h e I n i ti a t i v e w e re a p p r o v e d b y th e b o a rd o f c o u n ty
in s u c h r e o r g a n iz a tio n o f th e ro a d d e ­ c o m m is s io n e r s b e c a u s e th e r e w as, in o u r th e n a tio n a l a n n iv e rs a ry of th e Boy
scope an d p u rp o se th a t u n d e rlie th e e s tly ."
In O reg o n , fo r th e tim e b eing, th e
“ W e sa v e th e q u a r te r s a n d o u r p a r t m e n t a s se e m e d to he n e c e s s a r y f o r o p in io n , n o a l t e r n a t i v e in th e * m a t t e r ; S co u ts o rg a n iz a tio n , w hich will be
T h r if t Day idea.
new s t a te b o ard is w ith o u t fu n d s to
th e p u r p o s e o f b u ild in g th e C o lu m b ia so Mr. Y eon is a b le to s t a t e t h a t " a ll o f h eld in Die a u d ito riu m o f th e L in ­
d o lla rs g ro w .”
T h r if t Day w as n o t p la n n e d to be
c a rry on its w ork. T h e O reg o n D e­
R iv e r H ig h w a y , w h ic h p r o je c t w a s i n ­ h is a c t s h a v e th e A p p ro v a l o f th e m a ­
“ W a r s a v e rs a r e life s a v e r s .”
coln h ig h sc h o o l, P o rtla n d , F rid a y v elo p m en t B u re a u o f th e P o rtla n d
th e o n ly day on w hich T h rif t w as to
i t i a t e d a n d s u p p o r te d by m e.
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S co u t s tu n ts , C h a m b e r o f C o m m erce lias offered it s
be e sp ecially p ra c tic e d , b u t It r e p r e ­
M r. Y eon no w s a y s t h a t it w o u ld h a v e
s e n ts r a t h e r a k e e n re c o g n itio n of s m a lle r b a n n e rs w h ich w ere il l u s t r a t ­ s ib le f o r th e a p p o in tm e n t o f M r. Yeon. been a c r im e to h a v e b u ilt th e V is ta so n g s a n d sp e e c h e s will be p a rt of e n tir e re s o u rc e s a n d e q u ip m e n t to
e w a s to h a v e c h a r g e o f c o n s t r u c t i o n
th e tre m e n d o u s fo rce p ro p e l'e d by ed in v a rio u s w ays. " T h r if t a n d in ­ u n d e r th e e n g in e e r in g s u p e r v is io n o f H o u s e w h ic h w a s to h a v e c o a t M u ltn o ­ th e e n te r ta in m e n t. E ach sc o u t is in ­ th e new co m m issio n in a n effo rt to
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In th is c o n n e c tio n th e O regon De­
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BE AT FAIR THIS YEAR m en t B u re a u , w hile clo sely id en tified
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y o u n g fo lk s of U n io n H ig h sch o o l
h e s e f a c i l i ti e s s h o u ld be p la c e d tin d e r sp e c tio n , a n d y e t h e r e f u s e d m e i n f o r ­
fact th a t T h r if t Day is to b ecom e tu e
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T h e m e e tin g of th e H u ral T e a c h ­
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e x p a n sio n
of th e C o u n ty
F e b ru a ry 7, 1918, a t 2 o 'clo ck In th e g e n e ra l
h e ld on J a n u a r y 26, waa p o stp o n ed s tr e s s laid by th e m upon C a p ta in
fro m th e i r old p re c in c ts in to o th e r s
A g ric u ltu ra l A gent S ystem .
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T h is m u st be reco g n ized a s a p e r­
In h is to ry , w ith sch o o ls h a v in g m u st r e g is te r a g a in . T h e o p p o rtu n i­
fo r th e e n su in g y e a r w ill be e le ted
p lace of m e e tin g w ill be Hoorn F a t
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a n ce is d esire d
T h e fo llo w in g p ro ­
w ill be th e
re a d in g c irc le boo k s, th e h ig h e s t a v e ra g e , 73.8 p e r cen t.
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m a d e to h av e d e p u tie s at th e s h ip ­
F o r H ire Service
th e sch o o l:
M any local te a c h e rs w ill ta k e p a rt
1916 F o rd . In good c o n d itio n . E.
E v ery e ffo rt w ill be m ad e to
A u to m o b iles a n y w h e re , n ig h t o r y a rd s
P a n to m im e , first g ra d e c h ild re n ; A. T h o m p so n , 443 E a st 53d s t r e e t,
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Miss T ra v is o f P o rtla n d w ill e n ­
M r. B ev erid g e sa y s th a t he w ill
S q u ire.
g ra d e g ir ls ; violin solo, N a th a n P o r­
d e a v o r to In te re s t th e te a c h e rs in
b rin g a b o u t a few re fo rm s In th e
D i l l s A L B E R T RAN KS
W . R. A. to P la y C artl».
t e r ; re c ita tio n , " S e p te m b e r G a le ,”
We h av e a few se c o n d -h a n d sto v e s c o n d u c t o f e le c tio n s th is y ear, o n e of
th e fo rm a tio n o f a class In g y m n a s­
T h e W o m en 's B enefit a ss o c ia ilo n
E d g a r T ib b lts . so n g . " T h e B lue
tics, o f w hich sh e w ill be th e in ­ a n d ra n g e s to d isp o se of. L. L. K id ­ w hich w ill he th a t e ach b a llo t will
G re sh a m is p ro m ise d o n e of th e
of R ockw ood w ill g ive a c a rd p a rly
d e r H a rd w a re Co.
s t r u c to r
be c o u n te d as it Is ta k e n fro m th e g re a te s t in te lle c tu a l t r e a ts th a t ev e r B ird s ,” fifth an d six th g r a d e ; r e c ita ­
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C ab le ra te « h av e been re d u c e d b e­ box in s te a d o f fo llo w in g a fo rm e r cam e to a c o u n try tow n w hen, on
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cu sto m o f c o u n tin g th e c a n d id a te s F e b ru a r y 20, th e ren o w n e d Ixiuls
m e n ts w ill be se rv e d .
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so c ia tio n s w ill be held a t 10 o 'clo ck ,
first an d th e n g o in g back to th e A lb e rt R a n k s will g iv e o n e of his
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ita tio n , E d ith S o d e rq u ls t; so n g , th ird
p re c e d in g th e m e e tin g o f th e leag u e .
Say T h rift Stam p to the grocer
a m e n d m e n ts
m ost fo rc e fu l le c tu re s h e re
g ra d e ; re c ita tio n , A lice P e te rso n
B argalu s In the W ant Ada.