Gresham outlook. (Gresham, Multnomah County, Or.) 1911-1991, February 19, 1918, Image 1

G resham O utlook
T W IC E
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W EEK
VOL. 7,
NO 102
GRESHAM.
MULTNOMAH
COUNTY,
OREGON.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19. 1918
TUESDA YS
AND
F R ID A Y S
$1.50 PER YEAR
VALUATIONS
PRIZES WON
DICK WERNER ADMONISHES
M. W. A. WILL
IMPORTANT
SHOW COUNTY BY ‘THRIFTIES’ ACCEPTS NEW ALL TO HOLD ENTERTAIN ON CASE IN HIGH
RESOURCES
IN CONTEST JOB IN SOUTH THEIR BONDS SATURDAY EVE
COURT SOON
In th e F irs t S ta te B ank prize con­
T h e m an y frie n d s of R ic h a rd J.
T h e O u tlo o k h a s receiv ed a le tte r
test fo r th e best p a p e r on th e s u b je c t W e rn e r, m o re co m m o n ly k n o w n as fro m S e c re ta ry M cA doo, re g a rd in g
h as ju s t issued th e tax ra te s h e e t fo r
of "HOW 1 W as S uccessful In P ra c ­ " D ic k " , w ill be s u r p ris e d to h e a r th e sa le o r e x c h a n g e o f lib e rty bonds
th e y ear 1918, sh o w in g th e d is tr ib u ­ ticin g T h rift," w hich closed F e b ru ­ th a t h e h as re s ig n e d fro m h is p o si­ w hich w ill be o f in te re s t to o u r
tio n o f all tax es levied in M u ltn o m ah ary 15th, th e re w ere 19 c o n testan ts, tio n us C la c k a m a s co u n ty a g ric u l­ re a d e rs w ho h a v e p u rc h a s e d th em .
c o u n ty upon la s t y e a r’s tax to ll. It one, how ever, tiled h is p ap er a fte r the tu r a l a g e n t a n d h a s acce p te d a p o si­ T h e le t te r fo llo w s;
aw ard ed
prizes. The tio n as d ir e c to r o f v o c a tio n a l a g r i­
" I l h a s been b ro u g h t to my a tt e n ­
m a k e s a sh o w in g in d e ta il to r th e ju d g es had
y e a r 191" of th e assessed v a lu a tio n , a w a rd in g of th e p rizes was done Sat- c u ltu re at E s p a rto , Y olo co u n ty . C a l­ tio n th a t a la rg e n u m b e r of p a tr io tic
B efo re co m in g to O reg o n , c itiz e n s w ho s u b s c rib e d to lib e rty
g e n e ra l, sp ecial a n d to ta l lev ies in Bauk by lio n . Geo \V. S tap leto n , Rev ifo rn ia .
loan bon d s of b o th th e first a n d sec­
m ills, a n d to ta l or all ta x e s to r each J. M ontcalm B row n and H. L S t.C lair. Mr. W e rn e r w as o n ce em p lo y ed on a ond issu e a re
b eing
a p p ro a c h e d
T
he
F
rist
S
tate
B
ank
w
as
very
much
la rg e ir rig a tio n
p ro je c t n e a r th e from tim e to tim e by a g e n ts w ho
school d is tric t of M u ltn o m ah co u n ty ,
w ith se g re g a tio n fo r te r r ito r y s i tu ­ pleased w ith th e m a n n e r in w hich scen e of h is new w ork so will n o t be h av e, w ith too fr e q u e n t su ccess, in ­
He duced th em to sell th e ir lib e rty loan
a te d w ith in o r w ith o u t a c ity , an d 1 th e ju d g e s m ad e th e ir d ecisio n . T h e u n fa m ilia r w ith th e lo catio n .
bonds a n d ta k e In ex ch an g e s e c u r i­
'
officials
of
th
e
b
an
k
w
ere
requested
left
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sp
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w
h
ere
he ties w hich iu a n u m b e r of cases
w ith in o r w ith o u t th e p o rt of P o r t­
by th e ju d g es to open th e envelopes w ill be lo c a te d fo r a s h o r t tim e.
h a v e been of very q u e stio n a b le
lan d .
w hich co n tain ed ’.lie p ap ers and a fte r
Since th e d e a th o f o n e of h is co l­ v alu e.
T h e to ta l v a lu a tio n of all p ro p e rty
" T h ro u g h th e In te n siv e w ork c a r ­
ta k in g a record of th e nam e an d g iv ­ leg e eh u m s. w h o . was on th e Ill-fated
both real and p e rso n a l in M u ltn o m ah
ing it a n u m b er to co rresp o n d w ith T u sc a n lu , Mr. W e rn e r h as e n liste d ried on d u rin g th e tw o lib e rty loan
c o u n ty is $ 3 0 6 ,8 8 1 ,6 4 5 , of w h ich th e
c a m p a ig n s, u p a tr io tic a rm y of o v e r
t i t c p ap er to e ith e r cut from th e p aper
In B ase H o sp ita l U n it No. 46, a t ten m illio n bond b u y e rs in th is c o u n ­
city of P o rtla n d is show n to h av e as
or cover w ith a p a ste r th e nam e of P o rtla n d .
He d e te rm in e d se v e ra l try w as c re a te d . It Is of th e u tm o st
its s h a r e a ta x a b le v a lu a tio n of
th e c o n te sta n t in o rd e r
th a t th ey m o n th s ago to e n te r th e a rm y b u t Im p o rta n c e th a t th e In v e s tm e n ts of
$ 2 8 4 ,8 1 9 ,9 5 3, o r 86.1 p er c e n t of all
of
p a tr io tis sh o u ld be
m ight not in any way be biased ill w as Induced by g o v e rn m e n t a u th o r i­ th is a rm y
th e ta x a b le p ro p e rty in M u ltn o m ah
s a fe g u a rd e d in every p o ssib le w ay,
th e ir decisio n by k n o w ing tile tiam t tie s to s ta y a t h is w o rk . L a te ly he
a n d th a t th e i r a c tio n in le n d in g th e ir
co u n ty a n d a fra c tio n o v e r 36.1 p er
of th e c o n te sta n t
Each of th e th re t fe lt he m u st do a c tiv e w ork on th e m oney to th e g o v e rn m e n t sh o u ld not
c e n t of th e e n tire s ta te .
ju d g es read and g rad ed each p aper fro n t. It Is e x p ected th a t th is h o s­ be ta k e n a d v a n ta g e of by Irre s p o n ­
T ax es b eing co llected now fo r th e
th en th e th re e d ecisio n s w ere a v e r­ p ita l u n it w ill he In F ra n c e b efo re sible people s e e k in g so lely a profit
city o f P o rtla n d a re 1.2 p er re n t
fo r th e m se lv e s.
aged an d th e p rizes aw ard ed to the s u m m e r com es.
"1 th e r e fo re w arn in v e s to rs in
h ig h e r th a n w ere co llected a y e a r seven w itli thp h ig h est averages. The
In an In te rv ie w w ith th e O regon lib e rty loan b o n d s a g a in s t ex ch an g e
ago.
Of th e a m o u n t to be raised prizes w ere aw artied not on p en m an ­
of th e s e ev id e n c e s of th e i r p a tr io t­
th is y e a r, on th e 1917 tax ro ll, th e sh ip or co m p o sitio n -h u t on th e best C ity C o u rie r, Mr. W e rn e r says. "I ism fo r an y s e c u r itie s o r so -calle d se ­
fo llo w in g a p p o rtio n m e n ts h av e been th o u g h t ex p ressed as to th e success am re a lly so rry to be leav in g th is c u ritie s. ’ W h ile som e of th e s e c u r i­
se c tio n o u t 1 h av e n a d su c h a good ties, offered in e x c h a n g e fo r g o v e rn ­
m ade.
I'ul p ra c tic in g of th r if t by th e c o n te s t­
p ro p o s itio n m ad e m e In th e so u th m en t b onds a re of so u n d v u lu e, th e r e
S ta te p u rp o ses
$ 9 7 9 ,1 4 1 .2 6 an t.
I4, uo d o u b t th a t a la rg e p e rc e n ta g e
th a t I co u ld n o t tu r n It dow n.
4 8 9 ,0 0 1 .0 6
C o u n ty sch o o ls
o f th e m a r e w o rth le ss
T h e p ap ers w ere all good an d very
"
T
h
e
u
n
it
In
w
hich
I
am
e
n
liste
d
1 5 2 ,8 1 2 .8 3 j in te re stin g , m ak in g it difficult to de-
C o u n ty lib ra ry
" I b eliev e It is fo r th e best in t e r ­
1 ,3 7 5 ,3 1 6 .4 9 . te rm ln e in ju s t w hat o rd e r th e prizes is to be m o b ilized on o r a b o u t th e e sts of th e p eo p le a.t la rg e , as w ell as
C o u n ty p u rp o ses
fifte e n th of M arch , so 1 w ould h av e fo r th e ir a c tu a l p ro te c tio n , t h a t they
4 4 7 ,4 6 2 .6 4 j should he aw ard ed
P o r t of P o rtla n d
A fter carefu lly
to re s ig n my p o sitio n h e re in th e d is re g a rd a ll su c h offers, a n d hold
3
,939.04
U nion H igh, D ist. No. 1
fa s t to th e b est in v e s tm e n t in th e
| c h ic k in g over th e seven w ith the
1 3 ,9 0 3 .6 0 h ig h est a v erag es th e ju d g es m ade the n e a r f u tu r e a t best. T h e Yolo c o u n ­ w o rld , th a t is, bon d s of th e ir ow n
U nion H igh, B ist. No. 2
ty p eo p le m ad e m e an o ffer o f $1800 g o v e rn m e n t.
1 4 ,257.84 aw a rd s in th e follow ing o rd er:
C o u n ty H igh sch o o ls
"P ra c tic a lly all o f th e s u b s ta n tia l
fo r ten m o n th s ' w ork each y e a r, an d
T h e to ta l assessed v a lu a tio n of
S h e rid a n E v erett, lirst.
an d r e p r e s e n ta tiv e In v e s tm e n t h o u s­
f
u
r
th
e
r
a
g
re
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d
to
k
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p
th
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place
P o rtla n d is show n to be $ 8 ,1 4 5 ,-
R uth Schedeen, second.
es of th e c o u n try
in c o -o p e ra tio n
o p en fo r m e w h ile I am In F ra n c e w ith th e g o v e rn m e n t a n d m any o t h ­
8 5 0 .7 1 ; th a t of G re sh a m , $ 15.-
M ary E lliot, th ird .
Mr. W e rn e r w as fo rm e rly a s s is t­ e r p a trio tic ag e n c ie s, h a v e p a r tic i­
6 7 3 .5 1 ; of F a irv ie w . $ 2 ,5 4 1 .4 2 ; an d
Velma H illy ard , fo u rth ; Opal Mon­
a n t to 8. It. H a ll, M u ltn o m a h c o u n ­ p ated In a m ost u n selfish way in both
of T ro u td a le , $ 2 ,0 2 9 .9 8 . T h e b a l­ a h a n . tilth ; Mabel Jo h an so n , six th ;
c a m p a ig n s, sa c rificin g
ty a g r ic u ltu r a l a g e n t a n d w as lo c a t­ lib e rty loan
B enton R ym an, sev en th .
a n ce of $ 3 2 9 ,6 3 0 .9 3 iB th e v a lu a tio n
th e ir ow n in te re s ts In o r d e r to c o n ­
T he w in n er of th e first p rize re ­ ed a t G re sh a m
H e w as well lik ed tr ib u te th e i r s h a r e to w a rd w in n in g
of fa rm p ro p e rty an d p e rs o n a l b e­ flected th e Ideas expressed in h is es­
by th e fa r m e rs a n d w as very p o p u ­ th e w ar. It Is In c o n ceiv ab le th a t a f ­
lo n g in g s o u ts id e of th e fo u r cities. say w in n he very p ro m p tly replied
la r am o n g th e y o u n g e r set.
S ince te r th e m a g n ific e n t w ork of d is tr ib ­
to
th
e
q
u
estio
n
put
to
him
by
one
T he g ra n d to ta l of th e se su m s is
of th e hank officials as to how In h is p ro m o tio n to th e O regon City u tin g g o v e rn m e n t b o n d s th u s acco m ­
$ 8 ,4 8 5 ,7 2 6 .5 8 , w hich is th e su m th e d esired th e prize paid, th a t h e would
p lish ed In a la r g e m e a s u re by In v e s t­
p o sitio n la s t S e p te m b e r he h a s a c ­ m en t h o u se s, so m e of th e sa m e p eo ­
ta x p a y e rs of th e co u n ty w ill h av e to t a k e it in W ar S av in g s C ertificate
c o m p lish ed u g re a t d eal o f w ork At ple sh o u ld a tte m p t to s u b s titu te o t h ­
pay fo r 1917 an d w hich is now in S tam ps. T he p ro m p tn ess w ith w hich
fo r
th e g o v e rn m e n t
th a t tim e th e n eed o f a co u n ty a g e n t e r s e c u ritie s
he
m
ade
th
e
reply
and
th
e
decisive
p ro cess of co llectio n .
m a n n e r in w hich he m ade it left w as n o t -41 w ell u n d e rs to o d by th e bon d s w hich th e y h av e ju s t h elp ed
in p lacin g . It seem s e v id e n t th a t a
F o llo w in g is th e a ssessed v a lu a ­ no doubt in th e m in d s of th e hank
re s id e n ts o f C la c k a m a s, b u t Mr. la rg e m a jo rity of su ch o ffers m ade
tio n of th e sch o o l d is tric ts n am ed officials th a t he is p ra c tic in g th r ift
W e rn e r by h is e n e rg e tic w ork h as so to h o ld e rs of g o v e rn m e n t b o n d s m u s t
an d th e a m o u n t of ta x e s each will in th e very m a n n e r d escribed In his
essay
H is clev ern ess in p ecu n iary co n v in ce d th e m o f th e v a lu e o f th e be m ad e by th e le a st re sp o n sib le of
h av e to pay :
m a tte rs w as a p p a re n t when he so ' w o rk th a t a su c c e sso r is to be a p ­ th e s e c u rity m e rc h a n ts , an d th a t s u s ­
picion as to th e c h a r a c te r of th e
G re sh a m — V a lu a tio n s, $1 .2 5 4 ,- q u ick ly saw th a t $8.26 of th e $10
p o in ted .
b o n d s offered in e x c h an g e, is fu lly
p rize really re p re s e n te d $10 if ta k e n
200. T o ta l ta x e s, $2 8 ,1 0 8 .4 5 .
In th e s h o r t tim e sin c e he to o k up ju s tifie d .
in
W
ar
Havings
S
tam
p
s
and
he
had
W ilk e s — V a lu a tio n s, $ 6 9 9 ,8 4 0 .
" I t is my e a rn e s t hope th u t every
left $1.74 witli w hich to in v est in h is w o rk in C la c k a m a s c o u n ty , Mr.
T o ta l tax es, $6,993.22.
a
lib e rty bond w ill
T h rift S tam p s
W e rn e r h a s In d u ced six e a s te rn p u rc h a s e r of
T e r r y — V a lu a tio n s, $ 3 8 8 .5 9 5 . T o ­
No doubt th e o th e r p rize w in n ers fa m ilie s to lo c a te In th e c o u n ty , a r ­ re a liz e th a t th e o n ly g e n u in e h elp lie
g iv es h is g o v e rn m e n t is by k ee p in g
will m ake as good use of th e ir prizes
ta l ta x e s, $5,9 8 4 .3 6 .
ra n g e d e ig h te e n m e e tin g s, d u rin g h is bond a s a n in v e s tm e n t as long as
C e d a r— V a lu a tio n s. $ 2 1 4 ,6 9 5 . T o ­ for all have show n in th e ir essay s
w h ich
he
d e m o n s tra te d to 1728 it is p o ssib le fo r him to do so.
tiiat they a re im bued with th r ift.
ta l ta x e s, $2 ,6 6 2 .2 1 .
T h ro u g h th e k in d n e ss of M r.M eyers fa r m e rs how to h a n d le th e m ole s it­ W here, b ecau se of m is fo rtu n e o r im ­
p e ra tiv e n e c e ssity , th e h o ld e r of a
b u s te d — V a lu a tio n s. $ 2 2 1 .9 6 0 of th e bank th e O utlook h as been
u a tio n , a n d h is la te s t ac c o m p lish ­ lib e rty bond is fo rced to se ll, th e r e
given p erm issio n to p ublish several
T o ta l tax es. $3.4 6 2 .5 7 .
m e n t w as th e a r r a n g e m e n t of a deal ! can , of c o u rs e , he no o b je c tio n ”
F a irv ie w
V a lu a tio n s. $ 6 0 5 ,4 9 0 . of th e p rize ts s a y s an d they will pro b ­
ab ly be in th e n ex t issue of th e paper. by w hich fa r m e rs o f t h a t lo cality
T o ta l ta x e s, $8,2 7 4 .5 2 .
TROUTDALE
w ill soon be a b le to g e t a h ig h q u a l­
T ro u td a le — V a lu a tio n s,
$4 8 9 ,- COUNTY COUNCIL TO
ity lim e in c a rlo a d to ts fo r $ 3 .2 0 a
850. T o ta l ta x e s. $7,17 0 33.
MEET AT FAIRVIEW to n . T h is w ill p ro v e m o st b eneficial
The
R ed
G ross
m e e tin g
la s t
S p rin g d a le
V a lu a tio n s.
$90.-
T h u rs d a y w as
a
busy one.
N ot
as
lim
e,
w
h
ich
h
a
s
b
een
q
u
o
te
d
a
t
T h e re g u la r m e e tin g of th e C o u n ­
965. T o ta l tax es. $1,4 2 8 .1 5 .
m an y a tte n d e d in th e m o rn in g as
alm o st p ro h ib itiv e p rices, Is being
P ow ell V alley— V a lu a tio n s, $225,- ty C o u n cil of P a re n t-T e a c h e r a s s o ­
s e v e ra l w o rk e rs w ere a t h om e s t r u g ­
m o re g e n e ra lly u sed , esp ecially in
c
ia
tio
n
w
ill
m
eet
a
t
F
a
irv
ie
w
on
S
at-
I
375. T o ta l tax es. $3,9 6 6 .6 0 .
g lin g w ith th e new p ro b le m s of th e
so m e o f th e less p ro d u c tiv e so ils. He
R ockw ood — V a lu a tio n s, $ 3 2 0 .- u rd a y , F e b ru a r y 23. T h e p rin c ip a l
s u b s titu te b re a d , b u t th e a fte rn o o n
s p e a k e r o f th e d ay w ill be J. H. ' h a s a lso d o n e good w o rk in c o m b a t­
480. T o ta l ta x e s , $5,768 64.
a tte n d a n c e w as good. T h ey a re in
C
h u rc h ill, s ta le s u p e r in te n d e n t of in g th e C a n a d a th is tle a n d th e c a t­
L ynch — V a lu a tio n s.
$ 4 2 6 .0 3 5
g re a t need o f w ood, as th e R ed
p u b lic in s tru c tio n
T h e g a th e r in g tle d is e a se k n o w n as b loody m u rrin , C ro ss d o n a tio n
T o ta l tax es, $ 7 ,5 07.92.
wood Is a ll g one,
w
hich
he
c
o
n
sid
e
rs
a
m
o
n
g
th
e
g
r
e
a
t­
w ill co n v en e a t 11 o 'clo ck . At noon
B uck ley — V a lu a tio n s, $ 2 1 2 ,9 7 0
a
n
d
th
e
c
h
u
rc
h
wood
Is d w in d lin g
lu n ch w ill be se rv e d , w hen th e local est o b sta c le s w h ich th a t co u n ty has I t is h oped th a t so m e big h e a rte d
T o ta l tax es, $2,8 9 6 .3 9 .
to
o
v
erco
m
e.
H u rlb u r t — V a lu a tio n s. $7 7 .390. P a r e n t- T e a th e r c irc le will a c t as
m e m b e r w ill see th is an d d o n a te
H e h a s m an y frie n d s in bo th
h o ste ss, fu r n is h in g
h o t d rin k s to
T o ta l ta x e s, $1 ,4 3 1 .7 1 .
so m e w ood to h e lp th e c au se a lo n g
C
la
c
k
a
m
a
s
a
n
d
M
u
ltn
o
m
ah
c
o
u
n
tie
s
L a to u re ll — V a lu a tio n s.
$ 1 7 2 ,- su p p le m e n t th e lu n c h e s b ro u g h t by
w ho w ill w ish him s u c c e s s in th is T h e m e e tin g th is w eek w ill be on
th e v isito rs.
180. T o ta l tax es. $2,5 1 3 .8 2 .
F rid a y fro m 10 to 4 :3 0 .
E x cellen t m u sical n u m b e rs w ill be new u n d e rta k in g .
C o rb e tt — V a lu a tio n s. $ 2 4 2 ,7 3 5 .
A t th e lib ra ry te a , T h u rs d a y a f ­
g iv en in co n n e c tio n w ith th e p ro ­
T o ta l tax es, $4,223.58
te
rn
o o n of th is w eek, M rs A. F.
LOUIS ALBERT BANKS
R u sse llv ille
V a lu a tio n s, $659,- g ra m a n d Mrs D ave M. D onau g h
F le g e l. of P o rtla n d , w ill g iv e a ta lk
IN
GRESHAM
WEDNESDAY
will give re a d in g s. A m ong th e m u ­
940. T o ta l ta x e s, $8,975 18.
on c o n se rv a tio n c o o k in g , to h elp th e
G re sh a m is lo o k in g fo rw a rd to th e h o u sew iv es in th e new p e rp le x itie s.
B rid a l Veil — V a lu a tio n s, $3 8 6 .- sic a l n u m b e rs w ill be vocal so lo s by
M rs A. L. S to n e a n d I xiu I b S to n e, le c tu re W ed n esd ay
e v e n in g a t th e
360. T o ta l ta x e s, $6,3 3 6 .3 0 .
A tte s tin g
to
th e p o p u la rity of
M o u n ta in ' — V a lu a tio n s.
$136,- an d p ian o so lo s by Mrs. V era Dixon. M eth o d ist E p isco p al c h u rc h by L ouis W llfo rd D elan ey , w ho Is soon le a v ­
A ll in te re s te d in th e w ork of th e A lb e rt B an k s, D. D., th e ren o w n ed in g to ta k e up w ork in te le g ra p h y
910. T o ta l tax es, $2,4 1 9 .1 9 .
G ilb e rt — V a lu a tio n s, $ 5 8 0 ,7 0 0 . sch o o ls of e a s te rn M u ltn o m a h a r e in ­ e v a n g e list, le c tu r e r , a u th o r an d r e ­ on th e O .-W II. A N , a b o u t tw e n ty -
v ited Io a tte n d .
fo rm e r. H e w ill sp e a k on th e s u b ­ five of his frie n d s g av e hint a s u r ­
T o ta l ta x e s, $1 2 ,1 3 6 .6 3
je c t : "M a k in g U ncle Sam a Safe p ris e p a rty la s t S a tu rd a y n ig h t
V icto ry — V a lu a tio n s, $96,54'».
A
SLUMBER R0BE8 MADE
L e a d e r fo r D em o cracy .” Dr. H anks Jolly tim e w as re p o rte d by th e y o u n g
T o ta l tax es. $1,283 98
FOR SOLDIER BOYS sp e a k s w ith su ch e a rn e s tn e s s on e v ­ people.
M rs
D elaney se rv e d a
B ro w er — V a lu a tio n s, $ 1 0 4 ,6 1 0
ery s u b je c t he to u c h e s th a t It Is Im ­ d a in ty lunch
T o ta l tax es, $ 1 ,6 4 2 .3 7 .
T h e R ed C ro ss a u x ilia ry a t C e d a r­
T h e re w as a h o u se w a rm in g
at
O rie n t, J o i n t— V a lu a tio n s, $3 1 3 ,- v ille h eld on a ll-d a y m e e tin g on Feb. p o ssib le to co n ceiv e o f him e v e r b e ­
in g d u ll. He h o ld s th e a tte n tio n of th e new
560. T o ta l tax es, $5,7 3 8 .1 4 .
h o m e o f Mr. a n d Mrs.
12. T h e w ork o f th e day w as th e
P le a s a n t
V alley — V a lu a tio n s, m a k in g an d ly in g o f c o m fo rte rs, o r h is a u d ie n c e fro m th e first w ord and W o o d ard on th e m o u n ta in a t P le a s ­
$ 3 8 6 .4 6 5 .
T o ta l tax es, $ 4,834 64 " s lu m b e r ro b e s ” fo r th e s o ld ie r h as th e a d v a n ta g e o f a voice th a t can a n t View S a tu r d a y e v e n in g , w hen
a n y w h e re , yet is n e v er n e ig h b o rs to th e n u m b e r of a b o u t a
H illsview ,
J o in t
V a lu a tio n s. boys. T h ey fin ish ed tw o. T h e re w as be h e a rd
h
a
rs
h
,
even
w hen ra ise d to th e h ig h ­ h u n d re d g a th e r e d In to h elp th e m
$ 6 6 ,0 0 5
T o ta l tax es, $1,108 88
a good a tte n d a n c e an d a fine c a fe ­
g e t e s ta b lis h e d In th e ir fine new
A new s u b je c t of ta x a tio n v alu es te r ia lu n ch w in se rv e d a t noon. F o r e st p itch In d e n u n c ia tio n .
it Is c e rta in th a t h e w ill sp eak to d w e llin g
is show n In th e a ss e ssm e n t o f $3 5 5 ,- a sm a ll co m p an y th is a u x ilia ry a c ­
a cro w d ed h o u se
Ed S h ro p a n d fam ily r e tu rn e d
co m p lish e s a g re a t a m o u n t o f w ork.
C o n tm u e d on pag e 3
An in te re s tin g fe a tu re is to be th e S u n d ay to th e ir h o m e w est o f T r o u t­
p re s e n ta tio n o f an A m erican flag to d a le , a f te r sp e n d in g a seaso n at
MULTNOMAH GRANGE
th e sc h o o lro o m of G re sh a m o r v icin ­ W a sh o u g al
MEETS
SATURDAY
FEED PRICES
ity w h ich receiv es th e h ig h e s t n u m ­
M rs N 8.* P a rs o n s a n d c h ild re n
The regular meeting of Multno­ b e r o f v o tes
E ach a d u lt p erso n s p e n t th e w eek-end w ith h e r s is te r,
The following prices are quoted by mah grange will be held next Satur­ p re s e n t is e n title d to o n e vote an d is
us today, subject to change without j day at Orient. A large attendance is re q u e s te d to p re p a r e a p rin te d one. M rs W. W R o b in so n , a t V an co u v er.
M r. an d M rs. J . R. K n a r r p assed
notice:
desired and the usual good time is T h e re w ill be no c a n v a ss in g a t th e
Shorts, $34.00
RundaV a t th e i r h om e at T ro u td a le .
promised.
door
T h e flag w ill be p re s e n te d a t
B ran . $32.00.
M id d lin g s, $41.00.
It is expected that a Portland th e clo se o f th e le c tu re .
The food you waste today may
C o u n ty
A ssessor H enry
E.
Heed
Holstein Dairy Feed, $34 00.
Oats and Bariev Shorts. $45.00
Oats and Barley wanted.
We buy and sell for cash.
RUN DIAL MILL. Fairview
T he officers and m em bers of G resh­
am Cam p M. W. A. a rc m ak in g e x ­
te n siv e p re p a ra tio n s to e n te rta in a
horde
of
v isitin g N eighbors from
P o rtla n d next S a tu rd a y evening, F eb­
ru a ry 23d.
D eputy Chas. D. J e s te r of P o rtla n d
h a s ad v ised E. S M cC orm ick, c lerk of
the local Cam p, th a t 25 autom obiles
have been s ‘cured to brin g th e c a n d i­
dates, v isito rs and p a ra p h a n n lia from
P o rtlan d to th is m illin g
T he m eeting will be called to o rd er
at 8:30 p m. by It L. W alrad. Couaul
of G resh am Cam p.
A fter th e c u s­
to m ary g re e tin g s a rc . xclm nged th e
officers of th e I s a l Cam p will give
way to tlic follow ing v is itin g officers:
C onsul It W. F o ster, P ast C onsul Joe
Goodell, A dvIserF. L. D avis, B anker
C. W. Meadows, C lerk J. 11. S m ith,
E scort W. 11 T ien k en , le c t u r e r II. F.
M cG rath. M ajor C. ('. Hood and 12
of h is picked degree team will be p re s­
e n t and assist th e above nam ed offi­
c e rs confer th e degree of W oodcraft
on a class of c a n d id a tes
L ight re fre sh m e n ts w ill be served
by th e local cam p a fte r th e n n e tln :
T he M odern W oodmen of A m erica
is o n e of th e le a d in g f r a te r n itie s of
th e c o u n try
T he society m a in ta in s
a tu b e rcu lo sis s a n ita riu m n ear Colo
rad o S p rings, Colo , w here any m em ­
ber afflicted w ith th is disease is tr e a t­
ed by th e best m ethods th a t m edical
science ra n fu rn ish a t a cost to each
m em ber of th e o rd e r of th re e cents
per m onth
T he society Is paying uml will con­
tin u e to pay all d e a th claim s of any
of its m em bers engaged in th e pres
e n t w ar
To d ate It h as paid about
$25,000 in so ld iers' and sa ilo rs ' claim s.
In o rd e r to do th is th ey a rc levying
a p a trio tic uBBeaament of 20 c e n ts on
each $1000 of ln sn rat.ee lu fore. T his
assessm en t will be d isco n tin u ed at
th e cloae of th e war.
T H R IF T E .X E Itt INEK AT
I Y B » \ H IGH SCHO OL
T h e re will he a T h rif t p ro g ra m at
U nion H igh S chool No. 2 next F r i­
day m o rn in g u» 9 a. in.
T h e school th r if t b ank will be
o p en ed
J u d g e Geo. W S ta p le to n ,
c h a irm a n of tin school h o a rd , a n d a
P o rtla n d s p e a k e r w ill tu k c p a rt In
th e p ro g ra m .
A p p ro p ria te
m usic
w ill be fu rn ish e d by th e m usic o r ­
g a n iz a tio n s of th e school.
An in v ita tio n Is ex te n d e d to all
frie n d s an d p a tro n s of tile school to
be p re se n t.
GUSTAVUS STATION
NEEDS WAITING ROOM
T h e re h a s been a d ecid ed in c re a se
in th e n u m b e r of p a ss e n g e rs c a rrie d
b etw een G u sta v u s s ta tio n on th e Bull
R un line, a n d G re sh a m anil P o rtla n d
sin c e th e ra te s w ere lo w ered
T he
r a te had been 10 c e n ts to G re sh a m ,
w hich Is a five m in u te ru n . A tte n ­
tion of th e officials w as called to th e
fact an d th ey red u c e d th e ru le to
5 c e n ts. E sp ecia lly h as th e in c re a se
been n o ticed In th e n u m b e r w ho a n
m a k in g th e tr ip to an d from G resli
am on th e c a r
T h e c a rs ru n at very
c o n v en ie n t h o u rs fo r Ih o
w ho wish
to do a little sh o p p in g
O ne fe a tu re w hich Is p ro v in g m ust
d is a g re e a b le , is th e lack of a w a it­
in g room D u rin g th e s to rm y w <ath
e r It Is very tin e o m fn rfa b le 10 s in n I
In th e ra in an d snow an d w all fo r a
c a r, w hich m ay be d elay e d a few
m o m e n ts
As
th e
s ta tio n ■erven
q u ite a larg e d is tric t an d a lm o st et
c ry e a r sto p s fo r a p a ss e n g e r, a
m nvem et t is b ein g s t a r te d to p e ti­
tio n ih e ra ilro a d co m p an y fo r a .» aI
ing room
T h e re is an id eal lo c atio n
fo r th e b u ild in g w hich need lie '.nly
u sm a ll o ne, an d it is b eliev ed th e
addc.I p a tro n a g e an d
"g o o d w ill"
w ill m ak e It a good In v e s tm e n t for
th e co m p an y .
D a r u c a t E a g le ( r e e k .
A tto rn ey Milo C. K ing has r e c Ivcd
from K rthur S Benson, . 1.t
>f t i t
S u p rem o C o u rt, n o tice of a d v a n c e d
h e a rin g of the case of O. E nneberg
a g ain st th e S ta te In d u s tria l Accident
C om m ission to be on M arch 1,1918.
Mr. Benson, fo rm er a ss ista n t, was
re c e rtly ap pointed successor to .1. C
M oreland, of M ultnom ah C ounty, late­
ly deceased.
Tile b riefs of th e respondent E n­
neberg w ere p rin te d at th e office of
the G resbatn Gut look, an d because of
th is am i th e fact th a t a local a tto rn e y
is co n su l lo r lltc p la in tiff in th is In ­
te r e s tin g case it lias been fre q u e n tly
m en tio n ed In the Outlook’. It a p p ears
the case lias been stre n u o u sly con­
tested for th e past y ear an d a half.
M r.
E nneberg of C olum bia county
cam e to G resham for h is law yer on
account of Mr K ing's successful h a n d ­
ling of a s im ila r case of .1 J. M eaney
of M ilw aukie in C lackam as county
A fter a tr ia l la s tin g four d ay s in
C o lu m b ia co u n ty b efo re J u d g e Ja s .
A Enltin of the c irc u it co u rt, th e re
was a Jury verdict
am i ju d g m en t
a g ain st tin- C om m ission for $750 ns
m onthly
com pensation then accrued
u n d er Hie acheduics of the C om pensa­
tion Act of 1913, uml costs of $161 on
account of total and p e rm a n e n t In­
j u r e s su sta in e d by the w orkm an In
H ie course of hia em ployin' nt at the
S ta n d a rd Box and L um ber C om pany
in Y am hill county. By th e accid en tal
fulling upon him of u heavy tim b e r
b is l i v e r , sto m ach and in te s tin e s w e r e
displaced and cru sh ed , and Dr. S lfton
an
e m in e n t physiciun of P o rtlan d ,
sew ed th e liv er up to th e illuplirum
and because he took out the appi n-
dix w hile lie w as o p e ra tin g , the com-
iniaeionera claim ed th a t th e suffert r ’s
p erm an t lit d isa b ility was dm* to a
p re v io u s d is e a se a n d not to th e
accident. T hey also claim ed. acco rd ­
ing to Mr. K ing, th at E n n eb erg re
leased h is c la im s for co m p en satio n by
sig n in g of a receipt for $50 in th e
n a tu re of a final se ttle m e n t and that
a c irc u it Judge of Coos county held
th a t such voucher w as b in d in g as tvt I1
as a ctu a l uml legal notice to th e s u f­
fe re r of th e ir decision to deny all fu r­
th e r com pensation, w hich decision
was not appealed from w ith in thirty
d ay s from the alleged d a te thereof.
T he c irc u it court and ju ry found a ’i
d isp u ted qut stlo n s of fin t an d law In
favor of th e plaintiff, w hereupon t ’:i
com m issioners appealed;
but
tiny
brought to Ho su p rem e
court
i.o
tra n s c rip t of eviil' nee • r docum ents e.
records of the c irc u it co u rt oxcep; ui
icgi-d copies of th e ir own records I
te rs
and
d ocum ents
w hich
Lu .
b ro u g h t to the court on p la in tiff's cp
fieal from th e ir ullcgcd d erisio n , un­
d e rta k in g to put upon th e d e s titu te
w orkm an und fam ily th e th re e or f n r
h u n d n il d o lla r burden of p erfeu in K
ilielr own appeal.
Th< follow ing a re e x c e rp ts fr on
the p rin te d b riefs of th e p a rtie s:
A p p e lla n ts h a v e a t te m p te d t o w in m
a l l H u t n u i'ts , in c lu t lln g l l i t i r . ,w n
m is s io n e t, a r t . tin It t h n l i i i l l l t i e t o f l. t w ,
p ro t t e d iii'e n o d J o g g lin g o f rv id e m e a n ti
s u p n r t s s lo n o f fa . Is.
T h e f a r t U n it t in
w o r k m a n Is t o t a l ly a n d p t im . t n t i n l y ills
a id e d is t i.n e t- d . t i
T h e fm i t h a t h is i n ­
c a p a c ity a ro s e o u t n t a n ti in th e c o u r t e
t»f h is e m p lo y m e n t is a d m it t e d a n ti H it
t a t l t h a t H in t o r te n h u n d r e d d o lla r s is
t it o - f ilm u n d e r th e c o m p e iis a tlo n n e t , a n , '
u n p a id , is u iit iu i t-iio n t-tl V e t th e <> n a m s
s in n e r s l ia v t p u t t h e i r t r u s t in t i n p o s ­
s i b i l i t y t h a t tin * s u f f e r e r w a s to o lu ck less,
p e n n ile s s , fr ie n d le s s , h e lp le ss a n d sense
ie s s to e n fo r c e o r m a in t a in h is r i g h t s a s
a g a in s t t iie s a fe ly t n t i r r i r h t d am i a l l -
IH iw e r fu l H ta tc A c c i.te n t <’ » m m ls s ln n '
On
pages 7 am i 8 of a p p e lla n t -
we find the follow ing r e m a r l -
able language:
b r ie f
l i n t H ie lo w t i c o u r t lia s as is ev a it n t
f r o m t iie record considered Hint th e a p
peal called f o r t e s tim o n y m i a l l ¿virien-
tis r v
fa c ts a n d a g e n e r a l v e r r tu s a n ti
j u d g m e n t f o r d a m a g e s a s w o u ld h i g iv e n
in a n o r d i n a r y p e r s o n a l i n j u r y
a c tio n
T h ia is m a n ife s t ly u n ju s t to t in
C o m m is s io n , a s m a n y n f t in . cast-:, m u s t
la* d e c id e d tin e v lite o e which w o u ld le I
s t r i c t l y l»e a t ln n s s il.it' in a c o u r t t r i a l
h 'iio o iii H ie f 'o m in is s io n p a y th e
J u d g m e n t, e tc h s e rie s o f a c tio n s w o u ld
r t s u l t p r a c t ic a l ly In k i t p in g p l a i n t i f f s
a ttorney on th e la - tis lo ti list of th e C om -
m is s io n .
if a w o r k m a n o r e m ­
p lo y e r p r e fe r s th e gam ble a m i u n c e r t a in ­
t y o f p e r s o n a l i n j u r y l it i g a l i o n lie s tie u ld
nut is-, e p i u iila n o f a c c id e n t in s u r tm <
h i w i d t h t n in p e h s n tln n f o r i n t i i i s t r l a l a , -
t'itlf'iilM is to tie a d ju s te d b y
t . i i . m i ,s
s lo n ."
T h e la rg e st cro w d e v e r assem b led
a t E ag le C reek Is expc ted at Co ■
w ell's h all next S a tu rd a y n ig h t, Feb
To w hich Mr. K ing in h is brief
ru a r y
23.
A y lsw o rth 's
o r c h e s tra
w ill fu rn is h th e m usic, w hich In It­ rep lied :
se lf is sufficient to g u a ra n te e 1 big
‘‘All thlw I f m e a n in * le * « , ir r e le v a n t a n ti
crow d.
r e d u n d a n t. I f n o t p r v n u n ip t h uh a n d r e \
The
W a sh o u g a l
T im e s
e.iv. '» In tlo n u r y , m v n te rio u M a n d v iftin n n r.s It
ay uh w e ll »>♦* a n n w -c re d in » m e a n in g
“ A y ls w o rth ’s o rc h e s tra
took
th e m
I« hh w«i> b y M ix in g t h a t A t t o r n e y B e n j o
d a n c e -lo v e rs o f W a sh o u g a l by sto rm n n n , wfuiet» flrm t n lin e J h J n n e p h . In y o u n g
H igh w o rd s of p ra ise in re g a r d Io a n d b an d H o n n * b u t n o t h « o jo tjr n * i mt«»
th e la n d o f E g y p t . "
th e ir p la y in g a re h e a rd on every
‘T h e S u p re in » ' <’o u r t , b y »»pinion <*f
h a n d . T hey m a k e a sp e c ia lty of th e .fu flth « B e n s o n in th e M i ll e r <j<ne fo re y » •
la te s t am i m ost p o p u la r d a m e m u ­ F e ttle d th e «lueHtfoTiR o f p r« w « e d u i'u ,»m!
I h N o v o t r i a l in a ll a p p e lla te c o u r t * , f o r
sic .”
a ll w o i k n o n o f th e s ta te , u b o M ill
D ancing will c o n tin u e u n til a f te r t a k e o f f t h e ir h a te to th o tte j u r l e t f o r
th e last r e g u la r c a r to P o rtla n d n o t b e in g F b le t ia . k e fl o r H tu r tlp e d 'd I \
th e C o in m iM H lo rie rn a n d th e a e d u e ttv e n p
w hich leav es E ag le C reek at 1 :4 0 .
p e a In o f th e > o u n g b r ie f w r it e r , d e m a n d
A ll-N ight
D an ce P o w tp o n n l.
in g t h a t th e raHea o f th e n ta te n c r ip p le d
w o rk m e n
in u a t be d e c id e d o n e v ld e m »•
t h a t w o u ld n o t H t r lc t ly be a d m iM ih le In
a « o u r t t r i a l . ’ ’’
The all-night dance announced for
speaker will be present and explain
T he court* of th e M ate have aaid
mean hunger to someone, some­ Friday evening at Regner’a hall,
Mill continue to nay. T here ruu*t be
F
o
r
H
ire
H
ervlc«
was postponed on account of slck- and
the Income tax and It la Important
a n ««nil ra th e r th an a continuance of th<
Automobile« anywhere, night or where, sometime. Be saving!
nees.
Look
for
future
date.—
Adv.
sta
rv
a tio n
tac tic s
and
S tar-C h am b er
that all should understand its pro lay. Phone 7*1, Oreebam, M. M
' visions before lin t to report
Ray
Thrift
Stamp
to
the
grocer
Aqulre
Continued on page 3
Bargains In the Want Ads,