T W IC E
A
W EEK
G resham O utlook
VOL. 8, NO. 92
MARKS OF THE
DIVINE AND
THE ETERNAL
GRESHAM, MULTNOMAH COUNTY,
PADEREWSKI MAY
SAVE POLAND
OREGON
TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1919
TUESDAYS
AND
FRIDAYS
$1.50 PER YEAR
POSSIBLE CHANGES IN METHODS
OF CONDUCTING COUNTY SCHOOL
AFFAIRS IN MULTNOMAH COUNTY
GRESHAM LAD
AT ARGONNE
AND VERDUN
Rev. E arl B. C otton, p asto r of the
A m easu re of far-reach in g im p o rt respect a r e show n in th e sta te m en t i sh all be ex-officio clerk of the local
T he follow ing “ D ad’s ” le tte r was
P lea san t Home circuit of the M ethod
ance to all of M ultnom ah county ex th a t th e d istric t w ould draw about board of drecto rs. T he county school |
su p e rin ten d e n t sh all fill all vM an-1
by D' W W r‘8 bt from hiB
ist Episcopal church, calls th e a tte n
cept th e city of P o rtlan d , will be p re $600 a year in in te re st on funds in
cles
In
school
boards.
A
nnual
school
T
0’1
p
n»nk,
* ho 18 “ m a ster signal
th
e
h
an
d
s
of
th
e
co
u
n
try
school
tion of th e people of his charg e to
sen ted to th e sta te le g isla tu re by
clerks. T h ere would be an average elections will be held as at p resen t en g in eer w ith Co. B. 307 field signal
th e follow ing article from a recent
S en ato r Gus Moser, fo r passage Into of $30,000 lying in th e P o rtlan d d e-j fo r th e election of d irecto rs.
|b a ta llio n :
n u m b er of th e M issionary News. He
a law th a t has fo r Its object a reco n posltorles on w hich 2 p er cent dally
H ighly K ndorsed.
stru c tio n of th e co u n try school sys balances w ould be paid, as th e coun-
em phasizes th e fact th a t th e church
A snyopsis of th e act has been I
F ran ce, N ovem ber 24, 1918.
tem .
ty tre a s u re r would be th e custodian show n to a la rg e n u m b e r of promt-1
D ear Old D ad :— They have m ade
can do n o th in g fo r Itself or th e g reat
T he bill, as in d icated , will seek to o all funds.
I <
nent men over th e county, n early all thig -D a d ’s C h ristm as L e tte r Day.
cen te n ary m ovem ent unless it uses
provide a county school board of five
A n o th er item of ab o u t $1500 ef whom fully endorse Its provisions.
p ray e r:
. „
.v
. . . .
and a re going to let us tell alm ost
persons who will have ju risd ic tio n would be saved in th e sa laries now Among
these a re Ju d g e S tapleton,
“ In th is hour, when th ro u g h the
o ver th e co u n try schools in th e m a t being paid to th e different d istric t all th e m em bers of th e b oard of I ev ery th ln g we w ant t0, 80 h ere goes-
te r of estab lish in g an d m ain tain in g school clerks, as th e ir office would be county com m issioners, C ounty A sses-M wish 1 could be th e re so I could
p ro g ram of the m issionary centenary,
T hose w onderful a rtistic piano
fingers
of
th
e
fam
ous
Ignace
elem
en tary schools, h igh schools and abolished.
A n o th er sum of about so r Reed, County T re a s u re r Lew is tell you all ab o u t th e w ar and e a t
th e M ethodist church, as never be
Paderew ski
seem
destined
to
vocational schools; fix th e days of $300 now being paid for s c h o o l,__________
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. . . . . . . . . . . . as d ... in n e r w . ith
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he .......
plan has
fore, definitely and purposefully fac
wield a presidential pen over one
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, ers. T ----
iu,. e | t C n h n ristm
stm a s d in n e r w ith you once
th e y ear and th e h o u rs of th e day clerks
bonds would also be saved, sanction of S tate S u p erin ten d en t
of the new Europe in republics
es th e responsibility for the evangeli
when such schools sh a ll be in ses T he county su p e rin te n d e n ts would be j C hurchill, th e U nited S tates Commls- lnore' ul 1 expect 11 w o n t be long
which will come out of th e world
zation of th e worlt^, it is im p o rta n t
w ar The great Pole pianist has
sion; to p resen t tex t books and th e only school clerk and all funds so n er of ed ucation and th e head of before * can com e hom e agatu and
th a t we consider th e im plications as
ju st retu rn ed to his revolutionary
co u rses of stu d y , confining th e ir would be disbursed by th e county the d ep a rtm en t of ed u catio n of S t a n - |tb en 1 can tell you a11 ab o u t it.
well as th e applications of enlarged
torn country and has announced
choice to such books as are now p re tre a su re r.
ford university. Ju d g e S tap leto n ap
T his h as been som e w ar.
You
th a t he has a great m essage from
faith and ta k e account of resources
scribed by th e s ta te law.
Should it ever become necessary to p aren tly is in fav o r of th e act fo r the
th e United States to Poland If the
n o t only hum an b u t divine.
ca
n
’t
im
agine
how
th
in
g
s
are
in
real
T he b oard may provide fo r tr a n s m ake a 6-m ill levy, w hich is not I influence it will have on th e Gresh-
people will cense th e strife and
“ God has led M ethodism out into
form a republic Paderew ski now
p o rtatio n of pupils o r to pay fo r tu i probable, such a levy w ould bring in am high school, as It. too, com es un- w arfare unless you have been in it
stra te g ic centers, am ong peoples in
once. I t is hell.
looms th e strongest man -n Po
tion of pupils resid in g w ithin th e for school purposes m ore th an $50,- der its provisions.
Id en tities of
m any lands. We boast a la rg e m em
land as u presidential candidate.
T he last we were in was th e w orst
county school d istric t and a tte n d in g 000 above th e p rese n t levies of th e school d istric ts will not be changed
b ership, holding
vast ag g reg ate
we
experienced. We lost ab o u t one-
school In som e o th e r d istric t. It will different d istric ts. G resham d istric t except w here two o r m ore may be
w ealth.
th ird of o u r own men and the infan-
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
em ploy all teach ers, ja n ito rs and is now ab o u t to pay a 9-mlll levy.
consolidated fo r econom ic reasons, al- try wa8 alm o8t wlped o u t
“ To possess these ad v an tag es is to
WHILE KILLING PIGS o th e r em ployes an d fix th e ir com
O ther F eatu res.
though the various d istric t boards
, w,„ tp „ vou a , , ttlp of my (lm e
owe a g re a t debt to hu m an ity in the
p en satio n ; buy and lease land, build
As above sta te d , th e office of dls- will have few er pow ers.
T he bill ,n F ran ce. We le ft New York on
E rn e st Schw edler, a w ell-know n
nam e of th e kingdom of God.
schoolhouses, fu rn ish th em w ith tx let clerk w ould be abolished. But co n tem plates a consolidated federa- May 19 on an E nglish ship and land-
“ N um bers, w ealth, position, and resident of G resham living first
p ro p er fu rn itu re , lig h t, fuel and ap each d istric t would co n tin u e to elect tlon m ade up of th e se p a ra te u n its, ed , n Liverpool May 31
influence, in th e p resen t world em er house west of th e g rad e schoolhouse,
L eft th e re
p ara tu s. It may also sell any p ro p Its th ree d irecto rs. By th e term s of and all will be on th e sam e footing, th e sam e day for
gency, determ in e th e m easure of ou r
W
inchester,
was
erty
n
ot
req
u
ired
for
school
purposes.
was acciden tally sh o t In th e rig h t
S o m e O iio o s itio n
.
.
o b lig ation and th e m ag n itu d e of our
. th e act
, „ th e m , em bers . of th e . county
„ .■
„
wpiHwmon.
th e re two days,
w ent . from
th e re to
All
T
axed
A
like.
breast today sh o rtly a fte r 1 o'clock.
b o a r d - f i v e In n u m b e r - s h a ll be
It Is expected th a t th e re will be South H am pton, crossed th e channel
task .
T he board will be em pow ered to chosen by th e ch airm an of th e v an - some opposition, but as th e bill only to La H avre, F ran ce lan d in g Ju n e
“ T he church m ust recognize the He and T heodore B ru g g er w ereT till-
fix th e an n u a l tax levy, to be m ade ous school d istric ts, and not m ore affects M ultnom ah county o u tsid e of L
From th e re we w ent to a sm all
fact th a t beyond its n um erical ing hogs, Mr. B ru g g er h o lding a re
upon a budget estim a te of th e coun th an one m em ber sh all come from P o rtlan d It may n ot be serio u sly ob- tow n back of th e 1InPg n e a r T ouI.
stre n g th and m aterial w ealth it has volver. when the weapon was dis
ty d istricts. By th is m ethod th e en T o T ? a
SUuC,
e ‘eCt.
' jeCte<’ t0
T he C° Unty 3‘ larK” haR W as th ere a week and w ent ontd th e
resources possessed by no o th e r in charged.
tire co unty d istric t— w hich sh a ll in sh all be held w ithin th irty days a fte r no rep rese n tativ e in th e le g isla tu re, TouI fro n t J u n e 18 an d th e re 8aw
s titu tio n — the unm easured resources
They were a tte m p tin g to get a hog clude every present school d istric t—
th e act goes Into effect If it becomes and th e eighteen m em bers in th e .tw o o u r flr8t rpal w ar. W e w ere th e re
w hich are in Je su s C hrist. H e is the in position to shoot It In th e head.
will be taxed equally so th a t th e a law. T he m em bers will be elected houses may n ot w rangle o ver it. I
ti <» on#1
♦ Ft a
VVfl
source of every elem ent of asp iratio n , Mr. B rugger was w aving his hands
n ot w ran g le o ver It. I ab o u t l\ one
and a a It h <» a 1 lf f vttztn
m onths.
b u rd en will fall alik e upon all ta x one for one y ea r; one fo r two years, O ther counties have no in te rest in th e were released for a re st of a week. (I
in sp ira tio n , and pow er which will lift to scare th e an im al into tu rn in g to
payers, and th e tax levy sh all n o t ex and so on up to.five years, and until m a tte r and th e act is likely to become gOt tw o d a y s ), and th en we took
th e centenary program and cam paign w ard him when th e weapon was dis
ceed 6 m iles in any one y ea r unless by th e ir successors have been elected a law. It has m any m e rito rio u s fea- o»er a se cto r on th e Nancy fro n t,
above th e dead level of th e m erely charged.
a vote of all th e legal voters. B ut and qualified. Succeeding elections tu res, am ong w hich may be men- We w ere th e re u n til S ep tem b er 22.
h um an and im press upon it and
T he w ounded m an was h u rrie d at th e act sh all in no way lim it th e
sh all be held on th e first M onday in Honed th e consolidation of schools From th e re we w ent to th e A rgonne,
th ro u g h it upon th e world the m arks once to Dr. In g lis' office w here first
am o u n t of any levy necessary to be Ju ly , unless It Is a holiday.
and th e tra n sp o rta tio n of pupils; al- n ear V erdun, th e last a'nd m ost
of th e divine and the etern al.
aid was given. He was th en ta k en to m ade fo r th e paying of any bonded
T h ere will be b u t slig h t coBt of so tlie pow er to place a slig h tly heav- heavy fighting b u t when we got
“ C h rist dem ands of His church all a P o rtlan d ho sp ital by Mr. B ru g g er
d eb t o r w a rra n ts h ereto fo re law fully o p eratio n as only ac tu a l expenses will k r tax on rich d istric ts th an they are I th e re th e fighting was real fo r sure,
th a t it can give, all th a t it can do— and W ill Hessel. T he wound pene
issued ag ain st any school d istrict. be paid th e m em bers of th e board. now paying. It is from such sources
i got to gPe ab o u t th rep w eeks of
yes, and m ore th an it can do, w ithout tra te d th e rig h t lu n g and Is consid
T he act g u a ra n te e s th a t th e re sh all Such expenses fo r m onthly m eetings th a t opposition may be expected. On th a t driv e and was sen t to th e of-
Him. T his program will be different ered seriouB but if no com plications
be no in d eb ted n ess a t any tim e to ex will n o t exceed $200 a year.
the o th e r hand such d istric ts aa I fleers* school at L angres. I was rec-
from all o th e r program s and will su c ensue the In ju red man will probably
ceed in th e ag g re g ate m ore th an
F ew A rbitrary P ow ers.
G resham will m ake a clear saving of O in m en d ed fo r a com m ission th e
ceed beyond the m easure of past suc m ake an early recovery as he Is of
$100,000.
T he county board will be given but several m ills an n u a lly because th e h ir s t of A u g u st— I g o t exam ined an d
cesses to th e extent th a t d arin g faith stro n g build an d o th erw ise in good
Many Good F eatu res.
few a rb itra ry powers.
P rincipal tax will be u niform all o ver th e ev ery th in g was going fine and an or-
will u n d e rta k e in His nam e and for h ealth .
T he m easure, w hile new to O re am ong th ese is th e m anag em en t of county.
d er cam e o u t th a t no n ,ore men
His sak e and by His pow er m ore than
gon, has been In o p eratio n in o th e r th e schools. T he D istrict Boundary
T h ere a re som e o th e r fea tu re s of would be com m issioned w ith o u t ta k -
is hum anly reasonable and hum anly YOUNG FARMER VERY
atta in a b le .
LOW WITH EPIDEMIC states. It has so m any good fe a tu re s Board will only be able to m ake th e m easure th a t will be given o ut | ing a a six-weeks* course at th e of-
looking tow ard efficiency and econo- changes upon req u est of th e county a fte r th e bill has been Introduced.
"C h rist has been w aiting th ro u g h
I fleers' school. I was se n t to th e
C larence S tanley Is lying very low my, th a t it is said to be a success board, w hich may sug g est th e chang-
They are not so m a terial as those I school and then th e arm istice was
the ce n tu ries for a g en e ratio n of
at his hom e n o rth w est of town as a w here given a tria l.
I t ’s principal ing of ex istin g b o u n d aries or suggest spoken of here, but are Im p o rtan t
those who love Him, to p ro jec t a pro
resu lt of an a tta c k of influenza. He claim to public favor is th e saving It the consolidation of two o r m ore dis- in providing for the conduct of th e | signed and d o n 't expect to get my
g ram w hich will leave a wide m argin
com m ission as th ey have no m ore
was taken down last week and his effects to th e tax p ay ers in several | tric ts if such is deem ed best. The
schools in case th e bill becomes
fo r th e revelatio n of His w isdom, for
need for m ore officers. I am still
condition becam e so alarm in g on S un ways. F e a tu re s of th e bill in th is j principal o r te ac h er in each d istric t law.
th e releasing of H is resources, for
m a ste r sig n al en g in eer th o u g h .
day th a t he was given th e m ost heroic
th e exercise of His power. All things
I am in TouI now and d o n ’t know
tre a tm e n t by his physician a fte r he FORMER GRESHAM BOY
MEETING ADJOURNED
JUSTICE BROWN READY
are possible unto Him and th ro u g h becam e unconscious.
when
I will g et w ith my o u tfit again.
DIES IN WASHINGTON
TO MONDAY, FEB. 3
FOR FIRST LAWSUIT As long as I was a t th e fro n t I had
Him. Yet He is dependent-upon His
Y esterday he revived to som e ex
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. A. Belleu of
ch u rch to provide hum an agencies
E x-Justice of th e P eace B F. R ol plenty to do and was satisfied b u t
A bout fifty sto ck h o ld ers in th e
te n t, but it is rep o rted today th a t his
and in stru m e n ta litie s for th e w inning
Rockw ood have received th e news of G resham F ru it G row ers' association lins cam e to G resham yesterday and I now ,h a t Pence ,H alm o st h ere and I
ailm en t has tak en th e form of spinal
of th e w orld, and th e church never
th e d eath a t A lderdale, W ashington m et a t th e g ran g e hall yesterday fo re com pleted th e tra n s fe r of th e ju stic e I haVe n o th ,n « to d° b u t w a“
*°
m eningitis and th a t he is again very
has fully realized th e fullness of H is
on Ja n u a ry 4, 1919, of th e ir g ra n d noon In p u rsu an ce of th e call for th e
back to my outfit, I spend m ost of
low w ith sm all hopes of recovery. Mr.
son, C h arles A. Belieu, of pneum onia an n u a l election of d irecto rs.
divine resources because she never
But office to Jo h n Brow n, who will here- my tim e th in k in g of hom e an d can
S tanley is a young fa rm e r w ith a wife
follow ing influenza. He was th e son for lack of a m a jo rity of sto ck h o ld a fte r be en titled to be called “ Ju d g e ." h ard ly w alt , o r tf)p t , mfi tQ comp
has fully consecrated her own. T here
and two child ren . He is a son of th e
Wp|1>
, havp gone th
h
is a point beyond w hich th e church la te J. C. S tanley and Mrs. AmanilS of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Belieu and lived ers being rep resen ted th e m eeting His first case cam e up th is m orning
never has gone. T here are m ile Stanley.
h ere w ith his p are n ts sev eral y ears was ad jo u rn e d until th e first Mon- on com plaint of C onstable S quire t h ,H w lthollt a gcra, ch a „ d wUhout
who brought in a m an ch arg ed with bpfng 8,ck „ day
, havp gonp
stones, as yet, never passed. Beyond
ago. T he fam ily moved from h ere day in F eb ru ary .
is a vast unknow n fo r fa ith and TWENTY PER CENT DUE
to Shedds, Oregon and la te r to A l- 1 N early enough stock was repre- leaving his au to m o b ile on th e s tre e t th ro u g h thlngH th a t , U8pd to , hlnk
ou a g it.
th a t nobody co u idi b u t H ta k es m ore.
achievem ent. T here lie new discov
sen ted , b u t in checking up it was «
ON LIBERTY BONDS d erd ale, W ashington.
Ju d g e Brown says he Is now ready L g rp at deu , morp
k |„ ft
, han
eries of th e wisdom, the grace and
T he deceased was born in P o rtla n d found th a t no proxy fo r th e 30
Eor onp t h ,
, wpnt
th e pow er of God in Jesus C hrist. He
T w enty per cent will be due and May 18, 1889. Besides his p are n ts j sh a re s ow ned by Mrs. W W. Cotton to m arry people and hopes to have a pPOple th1nk
has resources absolutely untouched, payable on all lib erty bonds unpaid and g ra n d p a re n ts he leaves to m ourn had been p rese n ted , and as she Is in big run of business rig h t away. He for p(ght dayg wlth n,y c,othp), and
av ailab le in th is hour of need, for fo r tom orrow , Ja n u a ry 15. If not his d e p a rtu re th re e b ro th e rs and a th e east it will ta k e tw o o r th ree will leave th e divorces to Ju d g e Sta- bpd 8oaklng wp, and I1PVPr pvpn
| cau < h t a PoId T h a ,
Ju8, onp
those who d are and do.
paid for the ow ners a re liab le to f o r sister. They are H arry of P o rtlan d , weeks to h ea r from her. H er repre- pleton and the o th e rs In his class
“ M arvelous prom ises rem ain u n fe itu re unless arra n g e m e n ts a re m ade l Clyde, A rth u r W. and Miss A rile May I se n tativ e was p resen t b ut was unable
stance.
W ill tell you ab o u t them
If your youth Is so far behind you
fulfilled. No previous g eneration of w ith th e bank s to care for them .
of th e fam ily home. T he fu n eral was J to vote th e stock w ith o u t au th o rity ,
when I get th ere.
th a t you imagine the children of your
th e church has fully m et th e neces
______________
T he final p aym ent on all such held a t M abton, W ashington on Mon-
Tell m o th er to have som ething
day were b etter behaved than those
sary conditions. God is no respector bonds m ust be m ade on Ja n u a ry 31, day, Ja n u a ry 6.
W hat's become of the old-fashioned
good
to ea t when I g et th ere. T he
of the present, your memory has be
of p ersons— o r g enerations. T hat a fte r which th e bonds will be deliv
store-keeper th a t used to have a salt gun to fall.
ea ts o ver h ere a re n ot w hat you peo
S p o tlig h ts and electric horns. C. ■ mackerel sw inging by the tail from a
g en eratio n w hich will pray enough, ered to th e ir ow ners.
ple th in k they are.
E. O sburn & Co.
d are enough, love enough, sacrifice
strin g In fro n t of his place And
Well, dad, have a nice C h ristm as
Most m arried men th in k they did
enough, will w itness the triu m p h of KELSO WOMAN DIES OF
Save for the co untry’s sake.
w hat's become of the salt m ackerel? th e proposing, but th ey d id n ’t.
and I will try to spend th e next with
SPANISH INFLUENZA
His kingdom over th e e a rth .
We
you.
Y our son,
behold th e daw ning of a new age, an
FRANK.
Mrs. M innie O. P la tt, wife of C lif
PHONING AN AIRPLANE IN FLIGHT NEWEST YANK TRICK.
age of victory for men of faith and
ford P la tt of Kelso, died la st week
d arin g in th e realm of th e unprece
| “ FLU” PUTS BAN
of com plications follow ing Spanish
dented.
ON PIE SOCIAL
influenza. She was aged 25 days, 6 ,
“ God g ra n t th a t His church may
m onths and 19 days. She leaves a ,
O wing to nu m ero u s cases of In-
be given th e vision, th e devotion, the
husband and little g irl
Mrs. P la tt
I flu en za In school d istric t No. 28, th e
courage, th a t w ith unw avering faith
was w ith h er husband at a saw m ill i
Lynch P a re n t-T e a c h e rs’ association
it may assay th e im possible, th a t,
cam p n ea r C h erry v ille when she was .
has tem porally postponed th e pie so
th ro u g h H im , thlB age may realize
tak en ill. The fu n eral was held at
cial and m eeting which had been
exceeding ab u n d a n tly above all th a t
P leasan t Home yesterday.
planned for th e n ear fu tu re . The
o th e r ages have asked o r th o u g h t.”
school has been closed fo r th e past
N otice to P led g ers.
C ard of Thank«.
I week.
In o rd er to m eet th e p a sto r's sa l
ary and o th e r c u rre n t expenses of j
th e church d u rin g th e p resen t clos
ing period, occasioned by th e influ- i
enze epidem ic, th e pledgers are
asked to kindly leave th e ir contrlbu-1
tions a t th e O utlook office o r Bank j
of G resham .
An astonishingly large num ber of
C. M HARRISON,
T re a s u re r M E. C hurch.
ad u lts are tolerated because people
feel so rry for th e ir children
Rabies are q u eer in stitu tio n s.
T he w rong kind of friend will They never seem satisfied w ith w hat
pu rsu e you m ost of th e days of your they have and yet they d o n 't w ant
life.
much.
To th e m any frien ds and n eig h
bors who expressed th e ir sym pathy,
don ated flow ers and otherw ise a ssist
ed us in o u r la te bereavem ent, we de
sire to te n d e r o u r w arm est th a n k s
and ap preciation.
C harles C arlsted t and Fam ily.
Farm ers A sked l.alM>r N eeds.
F arm ers, let your lab o r needs be
know n to J. W. B rew er, farm help
[sp ecialist of th e U nited S tate D ep art
m ent of A g ricu ltu re and th e Oregon
A g ricu ltu ral college.
He will help
J you if you rep o rt specifically your In
d iv id u al needs.
T alking to an airp lan e In flight th ro u g h a w ireless telephone Is one of the w onders of th e age,
perfected by Yank Ingenuity, with the necessity of war as m other of the Invention
H ere a re m e m
bers of the S enate M ilitary Affaire Com m ittee tenting out th e new radiophone Col C C C ulver (w ith
hand up to m o u th ) la phoning orders, and Senator F rancis E W arren (w ith receiver to e a r l is listening
In. In the foreground la S enator John W W eeks, w ith Major M aurice B Connelly
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