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T W IC E A W EEK VOL. 8, NO. 80 G resham O utlook GRESHAM. MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1915 $1.50 PER YEAR ENTIRE WEEK IS SET ASIDE FOR JOE ROSS WRITES FROM FRANCE OUR SPUG SOCIETY PRESIDENT CONSIDERATION OF AMERICA’S JUST BEFORE THE ARMISTICE GIVES ADVICE FOR CHOOSING O PPORTUNITY FOR SERVICE DECLARED THE WAR WAS ENDED P R ESEN T S FOR CHRISTMAS By H E R B E R T H O O V E R . ■ A rm en ia rely upon A m erica for im rned- A n u m b e r of le tte r s h a v e been re- T h a t s tu n t o f G ra h a m 's c a p tu r in g 75 I he local Society fo r th e P re v e n | lig h t an d se le c t th e fre s h e s t lo o k in g "A gain in full confidence, I call upon la te aid. W m u st also p a rtic ip a te in ' celv ed fro m C o rp o ra l Jo e R oss w ith H u n s is n o t so w o n d e rfu l. H e w as tion of U seless G iving m et in th e cle rk . D on’t h av e th e egg laid aw ay the A m erican people to sot asid e th e th e p re se rv a tio n of th e new ly libera- m th e p ast few d ay s, th e d a te s ra n g ju s t lucky in h a p p e n in g to be th e re . r e a r o f a b a rb e r sh o p la s t S a tu rd a y if you can pay fo r it th e sa m e day. first week in D ecem ber for th e con- te d n a tio n s in A u s tr ia ; n o r can we ig-1 in g fro m S e p te m b e r 27 to N o v em b er All th ey need is a g u id e to ta k e th em n ig h t an d re n ew ed its fo rm e r r e s o lu See th a t t,he egg is fre s h a n d th a t 't back w hen th ey m a k e up th e ir m in d s is th e eg g you se le c te d a u d t h a t it is sid e ra tio n of A m ericca’s o p p o rtu n ity n o re th e fu tu re w orld d ev elo p m en ts of 8. H e h a s seen so m e h a r d fightin to s u r re n d e r. Y ou know as w ell a s I tio n s, u rg in g th e people to do th e ir w rap p ed anil h a n d e d you. T h a t m ay fo r re n e w e d se rv ic e a n d sacrifice. a fam in e co n d itio n am ong th ese o th e r a n d sp e a k s o f th e d ifficulty of get do th a t it c o u ld n ’t be d o n e If th ey sh o p p in g ea rly . T h e m e e tin g w as very e n th u s ia s tic . sav e you a n d th e m th e e x tr a w o rk ol L ast su m m er w hen th e m ilita ry sit- people w hom we have recen tly released tin g w ritin g m a te ria l. F o llo w in g w a n te d to fight. T h a t s tu n t h a s been T h e re w as o n ly o ne fly in th e h o lid ay ex ch a n g in g . d one tim e an d tim e a g a in in th is la st u atio n w as acute, we a ssu re d th e in- from o u r enem ies. All of th ese con- a re e x tr a c ts tro m h is le tte r s : "F rid ay , D ecem ber 1 3 th , is hoodoo d riv e. 1 w ish you co u ld see how easy o in tm e n t, a n d th a t w as th e fa c t th a t day. R em ain a t h o m e, av o id th e flu ter-allied food co n feren ce in L ondon B iderations m ean th a t u p w ard of tw o S e p te m b e r th e 1 3 th of D ecem ber com es on E rl W ell 1 su p p o se by th is tim e yon th o s e G e rm a n s re a lly a re w hen you th a t w h atev er th e w ar food p ro g ra m h u n d red m illio n people in a d d itio n to day th is y e a r, w hich w ill h av e a d e an d g a th e r e x tr a s tr e n g th fo r s h o p w o n d er w hy I h a v e n o t b een w ritin g g et a t th e m , so you w ould sto p w o r of th e a llie s req u ired , we w ere p rep ared thoBe iire a lre a d y p led g ed to serv e, te r r e n t effect on C h ris tm a s sh o p p e rs ping. ry in g . W h at m ak es g o in g o v e r th e “ Now com es S a tu r d a y , D ecem ber to m eet; th a t th e co n feren ce need not a re now looking to us in th e ir m isery W ell, th e fact is I h uve n o t been ab le to p h a rd w ork is th e lo n g tim e be o f th e s u p e r s titio u s v a rie ty . A reso | 1 4 th . lu tio n w as a d o p te d a s k in g a ll t h e | ” ‘" W e'll call it ta lc u m d ay. A rise co n sid er w h e th e r o r no t we had th e an d fam ine. O ur ap p eal today is there- to g e t p a p e r a n d en v elo p e s. I h av tw een m eals. You d o n ’t s to p u n ti' m e rc h a n ts to close th e ir s to re s th a t ,>a,'ly 11,1,1 K° ““ -aig h tw ay to e ith e r of su p p lies, we w ere p re p a re d to find fore la rg e r th a n th e fo rm e r ap p eal to no en v elo p e s now . 1 g u ess I ’ll h av you g e t th e re . th e m ; we pledged o u rselv es by th e vol- ,b e “ w ar co n scien ce” of o u r people, to w a it till I g et back to th e re a day so as to w ard off an y c a la m ity th e d ru g s to re s a n d m a k e y o u r wan* N o v em b er 2. k n o w n . D on't be im p a tie n t if o th e r s u n ta ry econom y o f o u r people to have T *le new appeal Is to th e "w o rld con- w h ere I can b u y som e. I'll p u t th e W ell, I th in k 1 h av e a c h a n c e a t th a t m ig h t b e fa ll th e ir c u sto m e rs . a re a h e a d of you. th e rese rv e s in food to supply all ne- scien ce” w hich m u st be th e g u id in g d a te o n so y o u can te ll how long T h e p re s id e n t of th e so ciety m ade last to m all som e le tte r s so I'll try " Y o u ’ll h a v e p e rh a p s 6 good h o u rs cessities. T he en d in g of th e w ar does In sp ira tio n of o u r fu tu re program .-T he h ad to w ait. a g a in . I sav ed th e o n es a lre a d y w rit a to u c h in g a p p e a l to th e m em b ers in to m a k e a se le c tio n , p a r t of w hich I su p p o se you kuow w h a t h a s been •not release us from th e pledge. T h e B re sid m t of th e U n ited S ta te s h as th e fo llo w in g la n g u a g e — a classic P ro b te n , so you see I'v e been try in g . W s asked me to ta k e c h arg e for th is gov g o in g on o v e r h e re la te ly . th a t w ill live fo r s e v e ra l y e a rs a u d tim e m ay be p ro fitab ly em p lo y ed by e rn m en t of th is w o rk ; to p erfect and ab ly know m o re a b o u t it th a n 1 do have been h a v in g a h a rd tim e of it Is s u b je c t to b ein g used o v e r ag u lu stu d y in g th e d re s s a n d c h a r a c te r of | en la rg e th e a rra n g e m e n ts for food m y self. I can te ll y o u o n e th in g fo r tin* lu st tw o m o n th s, on th e go th o se a b o u t you. B esides, th e p ro n e x t C h ris tm a s m o n th . S he su id : c o n s ta n tly an d so m e p re tty h a rd stu ffs to tin- p o p u latio n s of Belgium th o u g h th a t is n o t in th e p a p e rs : p rie to rs w ill e n jo y y o u r co m p an y a n d "F ello w S p u g s, now th a t G erm an y and F ra n c e now b eing released an d to w en t o v e r th e to p in th is d riv e In th» fig h tin g , p a r t of th e tim e . la te r re fe r to you in th e ir a d v e rtis e is no lo n g e r a m en ac e a n d we d o n 't T h e re is s u r e a lo t of p e a c e ta lk i o rg an ize an d d e te rm in e th e need of seco n d w ave. T h e la s t tim e I w at m en ts. be know w h e th e r o u r boys o v e r th e se a p ro v isio n s to th e lib e ra te d p eo p les c f in th e first w ave, if you re m e m b e r g o in g a ro u n d now . M aybe I 'll “ D ecem b er 15th is S u n d ay . M edi w ill pass th e ir p re s e n ts on th e way 1 S o u th ern E u ro p e to p re v e n t su ch de I lik e th e first w ave b est. T h e sec h om e b efo re long. C a n 't te ll a speck ta te on tin- p le a s u re y o u ’ll g ive o th I w ish I co u ld te ll you h om e, le t us giv e o u r th o u g h ts to bacle as h as ta k e n place in R ussia. o n d g e ts th e a r tille r y fire. B u t even a b o u t it. C h ris tm a s w ho we s h a ll re m e m b e r ' rs Go ,o be<l e a rly 80 a8 to co n serv e I e n jo y e d m y se lf going w h ere I am now , w h a t p a r t o f th e a n d w h a t we s h a ll g iv e th e m . F irst llg h t 11,1,1 lu ,h e T h e d e te rm in in g facto r for th e suc- a t th a t >ou * • " be cess of such an en la rg e d ap p eal will acro ss. W e h ad n e a rly a tu lle to go fig h tin g o u r o u tfit is d o in g . A nyhow of a ll, let us s h o p e a rly a n d th o u g h t- tr e s l‘ fo r th e h a r d e s t ta s k of th e I be vivid co n scio u sn ess in ev ery In to th e G erm an fr o n t lin e a f t e r we we a re d o in g a ll we can to p u t th e fully a n d g ra c e fu lly a n d g ra d u a lly . n l,lll,b ' d iv id u al in each co m m u n ity of obli le ft o u r tre n c h e s . T h e w o rst c u t-u p fin ish in g to u c h e s to th e k a is e r. L e t's c u t o u t th e 13th a n d n o t g e t ex ' T h “ " 11 W,U be M onday a g a in , Am s till a ll rig h t an d fe e lin g good cite d a n d fu ssy a n d m a k e a ta s k ou. Mo,1,lay’ " " c e m b e r 16. S tu r t in fresh g atio n an d o p p o rtu n ity . I t is th a t pieces of g ro u n d a n d ta n g le d b a rb e d a t th is d a te . T oday is S u n d a y , I com m on reco g n itio n of o b lig atio n w ire I e v e r saw In my life. J u s t lik o f so m e th in g th a t sh o u ld he a jo y o u s 1,11,1 n ,u k e 11 h a n d k e rc h ie f fo r T om m y th a t we w ish -to c reate. Such an In a C h in ese p uzzle g o in g th r o u g h th e th in k , N o v em b er 2d o r 3d; p riv ileg e. L e t's n o t w ait u n til th e 1,6 11 a ‘>Pr«c la ‘e “ “ “ o u t of N o v em b er 8. te llig e n t "w orld co n scien ce” in th e b a rb e d w ire. T h e lin e s h av e no* e le v e n th h o u r a n d jo s tle a n d s n a rl. I ,h e , t o r e ' “ ,,u" be cam o u flag ed Well, a t la s t I have been able to buy A m erican people m u st be th e m ain de m oved very m uch in th is s e c to r since L e t's co u n t th e days an d m e th o d ic a l | frO’“ a,ly 01,1 ,h h l« lf you ‘,u t *°‘8 of p en d en ce of th e s tric k e n c o u n trie s of th e b eg in n in g of th e w ar, so you can som e envelopes so w ill add a little ly lay o u r p lan s. Let us say th e r e ’s y o u rs e lf in to It as It Is to be a g ift to th e W orld u n til n o rm al co n d itio n s a re Im ag in e w h a t “ n o m a n 's la n d ” p o stscrip t. Up a t th e fro n t we could H E Æ B E R T C- JÍO O VE7Z, e ig h te e n good sh o p p in g d ay s till o ne you d e a rly love. A m ild , delicat-* opce m ore resto red . lo o k ed lik e a f t e r fo u r y e a rs of fig h t w rite as m uch as we w anted to b u t C h ris tm a s, n o t c o u n tin g th e 13th KeeDt WOuld h e lp ,o n ,e ' “ 8 y o u r b a ," ’s ould not g et a n y th in g to w rite on. sa m e p o p u la tio n m u s t be fed an d tin A m erica by h e r p a rtic ip a tio n in th e ing. N o th in g g ro w in g b u t b lack b er Now le t us m a k e o u r p la n s . L e t Ua , ,lllKllt be sw e a ty . til a n o th e r season h a s passed th ey can w ar h as acom plished h e r o b jectiv es of ry v in es a n d a few o ld stu m p s of Now I have th e p ap er and envelopes, re s t a w eek a n d decid e on g ifts. H ere " l f you a re g o l,lg to ’ e “ d al,y of d o n 't know when I will get to m all not feed them selves. se lf-d e fe n se , o f v in d ic a tin g th e efflcl- tr e e s le ft e ta n d ln g . All th e w ay is a ro u g h s k e tc h 1 h av e ju s t m apped ' ° Ur ‘>rie8 en U by w ra p in T he chan g e in th e fo reig n situ a tio n ency of a g o v ern m en t in w hich th e th e ac ro ss w ere o ld a b a n d o n e d tre n c h e s It, as we a re going rig h t buck in to the o u t th a t w ill suffice as a n illu s tra tio n j ' 81 c” ni' h an d 1 ~ paper, D on’t tie w ith a lin es ag ain . n eccessarily a lte rs th e d e ta ils of o u r people an d th e people only a re sover- ru n n in g in afl d ire c tio n s. ite ! th a d , D on’t w rlte a n d hold up th e tr a d itio n s of o u - w " h ,“ ,h r e ,‘al1' b a 8 te ’ I suppose th e p ap ers th e re a re full food p ro g ra m because th e freein g of th e eign. She has e stab lish ed th e founda- T h e G e rm a n s w ere v ery a c c o m on th e pai kage. D on’t a d d re s s w ith n oble so c ie ty : se a s fro m s u b m a rin e m en ac e ren d er.- tto n s of g o v ern m en t by th e people m o d a tin g th o u g h w h en we g o t o v e r of the G erm an 's a sk in g for peace. M ay I pencil. D on’t p u t w ritin g in package, S ldecom bs accessible th e w heat su p p lies of In d ia, th ro u g h o u t th e en em y c o u n trie s a n d I to th e ir tre n c h . T h ey h ad all th e ir be we w ill be hom e before long. Be F o r m o th e r and lie a b o u t it. M all fre sh eggs in a F it hi t T obacco A u stra lia and the A rg en tin e. T h e to- is th u s th e real b u lw ark of w orld ' p e rs o n a l b e lo n g in g s tied up in a n e a t lieve me, w ith all th e h a m m e rin g they sealed c o n ta in e r, fo r o b v io u s re a so n s. ................ M u ltie r tai food dem and upon th e U nited S ta te s peace. We have y et to build on th ese little b u n d le a ll re a d y to go to o u r a re g e ttin g , I believe 1 w ould sq u a w k U ncle D on’t ask th e p o s tm a s te r if y o u r G ra n d m a D a rn in g E gg is not d im in ish ed , how ever. On th e fo u n d atio n s. No g o v ern m en t o r ua- p riso n cam p . So we d id n o t h a v e to too. p a c k a g e ’ll g et th e r e . D on’t c a rry T a lc u m P o w d er A bout F red T. M errill Jr., 1 w as in S usie ............... th e c o n tra ry , it is in creased . In addi- tion can sta n d If its people a re starv - lose any tim e fo o lin g a ro u n d . T h e y o u r m oney tied up in a h a n d k e r T u m m y .......... H a n d k e rc h ie f th a t d riv e a t th a t d ate and place. 1 tio n to th e su p p ly in g of those to w hom ing. We m u st do o u r p a r t if th e w orld sa m e th in g in th e i r seco n d lin e "N ow , th e n , w e'll s t a r t on M onday c h ie f If you h a v e sto c k in g s on. D on't we a re a lre a d y pledged we now h av e be n o t consum ed in a flame of an arch y , tre n c h . T h en 1 did not see an y m o re suppose you have reud about the won- tiave a n y th in g laid aw ay you a r e l i k e erfu l w ork th e A m ericans did a t th e m o rn in g , D ecem b er 9. W e'll call It th e sp jen d id o p p o rtu n ity a n d obliga- T h e A m erican p eo p le in th is m ost G e rm a n s fo r tw o d ay s, a lth o u g h I ly to fo rg e t. D on't be so rry a f t e r sld eco m b day. W e'll go to Mrs. sector. I'll a d m it th a t w as th e w orst tion of m e etin g th e needs of th o se m il- c ritic a l period of th e ir h isto ry have did h e a r a m a c h in e g u n o n ce o r tw ice C h ris tm a s Is o v er, fo r it w ill com e place 1 w as ever in before o r since. I B o u g h u e r's Bidecom b s to re w hile th e lions of th o se people in th e h ith e ro the o p p o rtu n ity to d e m o n stra te n o t b u t th e y w ere n o t « h o o fin g a t us. did n o t know th a t young M errill was cro w d is slim an d ask to see som e a g a in to a ll, w h e th e r u S. P. U. G. o r occupied te r rito rie s w ho a re facin g ac- only th e ir ab ility to a s s is t in estab- It w as o u r b a ra g e th a t to o k a ll th e n o t.” there'. I th o u g h t he wus s till In th e sld eco m b s. D on’t give wuy to in d e tu a l sta rv a tio n . T h e people of Belgi- lish in g peace on e a rth , b u t also th e ir fight o u t o f, th e G e rm a n s. T h e ir 162d. CORP. JO E ROSS, cision. D on’t tie up traffic by a sk in g uni, N o rth e rn F ran ce, S erb ia, H oum a- co n secratio n by self-denial to th e cause tre n c h e s w ere p re tty b a d ly s h o t up. o. H. 104th U. 8. Inf. A. E. F. F ran ce. to h av e th e m d e liv e re d . C a rry y o u r FIVE NEW NAMES SEEN nla, .M ontenegro, P oland, R usia, an d of su fferin g h u m a n ity .” T h e o n ly th in g s t h a t sa v e d th e ir IN COUNTY FAIR BOARD p u rc h a s e h om e y o u rse lf. lives w ere th e ir b o m b -p ro o f d u g o u ts WANTS TO HAVE HIS WAR WORK CAMPAIGN (O rg a n iz a tio n , an d o f m y self p erso n "Now I t’s T u e sd a y , D ecem ber 10 F iv e c h a n g e s w ere m a d e in th e fro m 50 to 75 feet deep. W hen o u r FIRST REST AT HOME W e’ll call it to b acc o day o r f a th e r 's RECEIVES ENCOMIUMS!ally .. , p e rs o n n e l or th e c o u n ty rn lr b o ard W ith k in d e s t p e rs o n a l re g a r d s , I b a ra g e p assed o v e r th e y co u ld not V ery tr u ly y o u rs, L eslie T. St. C la ir of th e 6 6 th A r d ay. Any g e n tle m a n frie n d w ill tell y e ste rd a y a t th e a n n u a l e le c tio n of T h e fo llo w in g le tte r s in co m m en r e tr e a t so th e y ju s t n a tu r a lly s u r you th a t to b acco Is sold a t th e Belt H. C. F IX O T T , re n d e re d . It su ite d us fine an d th ey tille ry , C. A. C „ w rite s h o m e u n d e r d a tio n o f th e W a r W o rk c a m p a ig n in F iv e new m en, n e v e r M u ltn o m a h C o u n ty C h a irm a n . C o n fe c tio n e ry o r a t th e W lthrow '-i d ire c to rs . seem ed to be p re tty well p leased too, d a te o f O c to b e r 31 th a t th e w o rk h as ’ M u ltn o m a h c o u n ty o n ts id e o f P o r t cafe. Ask fo r a p o p u la r, ch e a p b ra n d Id en tified w ith th e c o u n ty fa ir in an y E d ito r O u tlo o k :— T h e u n d e rs ig n e d so it tu r n e d o u t fine fo r ev ery b o d y . been h u rd a t ¿vork anil o p p o rtu n itie s la n d a re se lf-e x p la n a to ry , a n d sp eak c o m m itte e to w hom w ere a ss ig n e d o f c ig a rs o r c h e w in g to b acco D on't official c a p a c ity , w ere ch o sen to th» W e c a p tu r e d lo ts of big g u n s an d fo r le t te r w ritin g h av e been few . H e tw elv e sch o o l d is tric ts in th is p a rt of be a fra id if so m e m en a re ill th e p lace s o f five o th e r s o f th is y e a r ’s v o lu m es fo r th e p a tr io tis m of th e M u ltn o m ah co u n ty , fo r th e U n ited a m m u n itio n a n d s u p p lie s of all k in d s. sa y s: s to re und d o n ’t w aste p a p e r by hav b o ard . peo p le w ho w ere no t slow to re sp o n d W ar W o rk c a m p a ig n , h a v in g re We m ad e th e d riv e in tw o d ay s w h at I “ d o n ’t w a n t you to th in k th a t I ing y o u r p u rc h a s e w rap p ed . T h e new m e m b e rs w ho will ta k e to th e c a ll o f a s s is ta n c e , e v e n th o u g h re iv e d th e a b o v e g ra tify in g , co in p ll th e y fig u red w ould ta k e five o r m o re am p u rp o s e ly n e g le c tin g you fo r I "Now it's W e d n esd ay , D ecem ber tlie tr s e a ts In J a n u a r y a re C o u n ty mi’n ta r y le tte r s , w ish to p ass th e 1 h av e n o t befcn a b le to g et w ritin g th in k o f you a g re a t deal b u t I h a r d th e w a r h a s e n d e d : 11. It m ay be d ev o te d to U ncle Joe. C o m m iss io n e rs R u fu s C. H o lm an und g lo ry a lo n g to o u r d is tric t c a p ta in s p a p e r fo r a h a lf dozen le tte r s In ly h av e tim e to e a t anil sleep so th a t a n d th e ir lo y al w ork m ad e Go to A y ls w o rth 's m u ffle r sh o p N o v em b er 29, 1918. A. A. M u ck ; a lso C o m m issio n e rs a n d th e ir a s s is ta n ts w ho th ro u g h th r e e m o n th s. 1 c a n ’t c a rry a s u p m a k e s le t t e r w ritin g alm o st a n im M r. Geo. F. H oney, D on't be too p a r tic u la r a s it ir r ita te s elect R alp h H oyt. C, D M inton, se c th e ir lo y al w o rk m ad e o u r sp le n d id ply w ith m e as th e e n v e lo p e s alw ay s p o ss ib ility . G re sh a m , O reg o n . th e c le rk s. D o n 't a sk th e c le rk re ta ry of th e la n d p ro d u c ts show und sh o w in g p o ssib le. g e t s tu c k u p an d u seless, so you see We a r e up in a m ig h ty lively s e c to r w hich co lo r s h e ’d ch o o se an d My d e a r Mr. H o n e y :— D r. 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