T W IC E A W EEK VOL. 8, NO. 96 G resham O utlook __________________ GRESHAM. MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1919 $1.60 PER YEAR SALEM LETTER INTERESTING REVIEW OF AN OVERSEAS TRIP SENATE BILL GREAT ARMY GIVES GOSSIP AND EXPERIENCES IN ENGLAND AND FRANCE FORTY-FIVE MOBILIZING OF SESSIO N IS DISCUSSED FOR PROGRESS S erg ean t C. G. S chneider of G resh­ am , who is a t Base H ospital 46, at B azoiles-sur-M euse, F ran ce, has w rit­ ten to his law p a rtn e r W. T. Mc- G uirk, who, in tu rn , has allowed its use for publication in th e O utlook. The le tte r was probably w ritten be­ fore T h an k sg iv in g Day, b u t bears th e postm ark of Decem ber 22. It follow s: us any, how ever. An all night ride hills— w ith crooked, n arro w , w ind­ on an E nglish o r F ren ch tra in is not ing stree ts, and to m ake th e ir places Salem , Oregon, Ja n , 27.— Special q u ite like a trip of the sam e kind on m ore p ictu resq u e ( ? ) the residents About fifty taxpayers of the county to th e O u tlo o k :— T he th ird week of The A m erican farm er proposed to an A m erican tra in an d a f te r th a t ride have a habit of piling all th e accum - I >■»»> from Rockwood, l’owell Vulley, get all th a t is com ing to him. the session s ta rts w ith 191 bills In­ th e only th in g we w anted was sleep ulated fertilize r of th e cou n try sid e in , W ilkes, P leasan t Valley, P ark ro se troduced in th e House, 27 of which and som tehing to eat. We spent most th e fro n t y ard o r b e tte r still in the a’nd Union high school d istric ts met As a resu lt of this idea a sim on- passed, an d 80 bills in th e Senate of th e day doing one o r th e o th e r and stree t ju st in fro n t of th e house— at Rockwood last S aturday evening, pure farm er o rg an izatio n , non-politi­ of w hich a re passed and on th e cal­ th a t night ab o u t 9 o’clock I was o r­ th a t’s not a joke but a reality . A in the public school building to d is­ cal and n atio n al In scope, bids fair e n d a r of the o th e r house. Two bills dered to ta k e a d etail of th irty men F renchm an alw ays trav e ls on th e left cuss S enate Bill No. 45. which re ­ to develop in th e United States before have gone to the governor, one m ak ­ an d move all of o u r baggage on the hat'd side of th e ro ad ; som e of th e lates to th e county unit plan for th e year is ended. ing |2 5 ,0 0 0 availab le for pay for i D ear M e.:— T h ere has been so dock for ship m en t to F ra n ce ; we A m ericans do th e sam e and o th e rs on school governm ent, equal taxation for P roduction, tra n sp o rta tio n , price m em bers and em ployes who a re in much in th e past th a t we could not moved not only all of o u r own b ut I th e rig h t h and side, so if a high school purposes and suggests consoli­ of foodstuff— even to th e b etterm en t need of ready cash, and the $100,- w rite of and for th a t m a tte r th e cen­ th in k a larg e p art of th e fre ig h t th a t speed vehicle comes along w hen one d atio n of g rad e schools for more of farm life, is action which the farm ­ 000 fo r care and assistance of sol­ sorship reg u latio n s a re not en tirely had been shipped for som e m onths is trav elin g i t ’s a good safe plan to efficiency in school work. S u p erin ­ ers have tak en into th e ir own hands, diers and m arines honorably dis­ abolished by any m eans yet but I can previous and left th e re for o u r spec­ get off th e road till said vehicle is te n d en t W. C. A lderson was present in th e o rg an izatio n of county farm charged since N ovem ber 11, 1918. w rite so m eth in g of o u r trip over ial a tte n tio n on th a t p a rtic u la r night. safely past, iu-as-m uch as you d o n ’t and carefully explained the purpose b u reau s in m any sta te s all over the T he com m ission to disburse this at its here, how we cam e, when we cam e My d etail finished th e ir w ork about know ju st w here he will go. T he of th e bill which he said was not o rig ­ nation. own discretio n , w ith W. B. Ayer, the and also of w hat we a re doing and, 2 a. m. the follow ing m orning and we railro ad s are n early all double trac k inal with him since in many sta te s it Action of farm ers In the s ta te of P o rtla n d m illionaire as chairm an if you can pronounce th e nam e at the repaired to th e rest cam p for m ore and th e tra in s run on th e left hand had already been tried and found Iow a is an exam ple. and the m oney will be d istrib u ted to beginning of th is le tte r, can tell you ’re st.’ T he only Item of com fort track also. All th e farm ers live in very satisfacto ry . He sta te d th a t the D elegates from 100 Iow a county needy fighters in form of a loan to w here we a re and have been located about a m odern rest cam p is a te n t em ail villages th a t one finds scattered plan was favored by the N ational farm b u reau s met In M arshalltow n be rep aid upon th e honor of the in­ for som ething like five m onths. The roof over you and a flo o r m ade of over the cou n try sid e every few k ilo ­ dividual receiving th e sam e. nam e of th e town referre d to is pro­ sections of plank b eneath. W here m eters (a k ilo m eter is ab o u t five- B ureau of E ducation and S u p erin te n ­ recently and perfected a sta te o rg an i­ d en t of Public In stru ctio n , J. A. zation which will fed e ra te all the T he big issue of keeping w ithin the nounced as th o u g h it were spelled the sections come to g e th e r th e re is eig h ts of a m ile) an d one rarely ever C hurchill of O regon, and th a t it had county farm b u reau s of the state. six per cent tax lim itatio n enacted by ‘B al-y’; th is is only one illu stratio n most g enerally a rid g e; th e floor as a finds a single farm house by itself. already been indorsed by the M ultno­ Nine d istric ts w ere form ed with a the people has not been settled. The of th e fact th a t nam es h ere are not w hole is q u ite co m fo rtab le to rest on S cattered th ro u g h o u t F ran ce a re fine mah delegation in th e present legis­ deleg ate from each one and these governor Is on record for se ttin g it pronounced th e sam e way they are (especially w ith one b la n k e t u n d er­ larg e ch ateau s, (palaces we would la tu re. d elegates form ed an executive com ­ aside as im practical, o r at least ex­ spelled. T he word sur-M euse m eans n eath you) but th e ridges betw een call som e of th e m ) ; th ese are the A few of th e men present, who were m ittee. pressed him self to th a t effect to on th e riv er M euse.’ T he Meuse by sections a re n ot q u ite as good as a hom es of high F ren ch dig n itaries. Officers elected w ere p resident, J. from d istric ts th a t would be affected those who w anted h alf a m illion for the way is one of th e fam ous rivers fe a th e r bed. Being sm all I g enerally O ur u n it h as seen som e very active financially m ade speeches in opposi­ R. H ow ard of M arshall county; first w ar purposes. O thers declare the of F ran ce alth o u g h a t th is point it is m anaged to land on a rid g e, but then service w hile h ere and th e p atien ts tion to th e bill. O thers opposed it vice p resid en t, Adam M iddleton, sta te can be ru n and keep well w ith­ a very sm all stream . T he city of V er­ th a t is only a m inor m a tte r. T hat handled n um ber several th o u san d on th e g rounds th a t they did not u n ­ W rig h t co u n ty ; th ird , L. S. F ish er, in th e taxes raised u n d er the annual dun is located on th is riv e r some sev aftern o o n we m arched to th e statio n Ju d g in g from th e rep o rts com ing in d ersta n d th e purposes of th e m eas­ Clayton cou n ty ; secretary , C harles six per cent increase. T here is an op- enty-flve m iles n o rth of us and it was with th e reg u latio n full pack and lroni th e fro n t and v arious p a rts of ure, and Insisted on m ore tim e for in ­ Covevdale, Clinton co u n ty ; tre a su re r, p o rtu n ity for a g o v ern o r with nerve 1 here th a t th e F ren ch tro o p s success- ab o u t 6 p. m. g o t u n d er way for o u r F ra n ce th e u n it has earn ed q u ite t v estigation. W F. Dillon acted as J. E. Craven, Ja sp e r county. to veto all sum s tak en by th e legisla- fully held at bay and finally defeated trip across th e E nglish C hannel. Be rep u ta tio n for efficiency in th e hand ch airm an of th e m eeting and Miss T he o bject and purpose of th e sta te tu re above th a t lim it to m ake a rec­ the picked G erm an troops u nder the fore going f u rth e r let m e say th a t th e ling of p atien ts and for th e m edical Mary C athey was chosen secretary. o rg an izatio n is to safeg u ard and ord th a t th e people would sustain personal com m and of th e Crown best description th a t can be given of an d su rg ical tre a tm e n t given them A resolution was proposed by O. J. fu rth e r th e farm in g In terests of the and appreciate. Prince. S o utham pton is to read ag ain th e A good m any Oregon boys have p ass­ The o rg an izatio n will give One of th e unobserved incidents of B ut to give you a little of th e h is­ descriptions of E nglish tow ns in ed th ro u g h h ere on th e ir way to the Brown of D istrict No. 27 in opposi­ state. tion to th e bill which received 26 special atte n tio n to m ark etin g prob­ th e p ast w eek was th e w ithdraw al of tory of o u r u n it for th e past few C harles D ickens’ w orks; his d escrip ­ fro n t and th ro u g h one source or votes. The rest of th e audience did lem s, ed u catio n al work and to the R ep resen tativ e R ichardson of P o rt­ m onths. We left Camp Lewis about tion of q u ain t buildings an d stores an o th e r the Oregon men seem to have n ot express them selves. econom ic and social w elfare of Iowa land from th e H ouse Consolidation 2 p. m. on th e aftern o o n of th e 31st and q u eer stre e ts is a rep e titio n of learned w here we a re located and farm in terests. com m ittee. He is to be assistan t day of May, trav eled so u th th ro u g h th e S o uthham pton of to d a y — at least when in th is neighborhood alw ays T h ere will be a m eeting of th e ta x ­ Only actu al farm ers may act as sta te tre a s u re r u n d er O. P. Hoff who N orth P o rtlan d and th en sk irte d th e th a t p art of it w hich we w ere privil- m ake it a point to h u n t us up and try payers and all o th ers In terested at d elegates o r hold office. T he o rg a n ­ is a t hom e n u rsin g a strain ed ankle C olum bia R iver H ighw ay via th e edged to see. to locate som e friends. Two of o u r th e G resham school to n ig h t fo r the ization is non-political. It is financed w hile his wife is carin g for some Union Pacific route. It is a safe bet T he trip across th e C hannel lasted se rg ean ts have been com m isisoned purpose of discussing S enate Bill 4 5, th ro u g h th e m em bership in th e coun­ broken ribs, all accidents to th e Hoff th a t few tra in s, troop o r otherw ise, th e e n tire n ig h t and we landed in since reach in g here, one of them be­ p ertain in g to consolidation of th e ty farm b u reau s, with dues a t $5 per fam ily since his elevation from L abor ever traveled th ro u g h th e Colum bia F ran ce sh o rtly a fte r day b reak th e ing R ichard J. W erner, form erly as­ co untry school d istricts. Mr. A ider- year. Ten per cent of th e county com m issioner to tre a su re r. One of riv er gorge at a fa ste r ra te of speed follow ing m orning. O ur boast was a sista n t county ag ric u ltu ra l ag en t for son, county su p e rin ten d e n t, will be m em bership is tra n sfe rre d to the th e first th in g s Hoff did was to issue th an th a t m ade by the special train trim little ste am er and a very speedy M ultnom ah county. He is a good here to explain th e m easure. Btate fund to o rganize an d finance th e an o rd e r opening his office S aturday on which we found ourselves. We boat and we w ere escorted by a con­ second lie u te n a n t In th e sa n ita ry s ta te o rg anization. afte rn o o n s and m aking his force put m ade record tim e across th e co n ti­ voy of fast B ritish D estroyers. I corps and a t present is sta tio n e d here At P ark ro se schoolhouse, last Such m a tte rs us th e price of pork, in six full eight h o u r days in th e week n en t (five days and n ig h ts) and one slep t on a pile of b arrac k s bags u n d er as o u r d etach m en t com m ander, a po­ night a m eeting was held In relation beef, w heat, ami o th e r farm products instead of th e 54-hour week th a t had would have th o u g h t th a t th e success­ a piece of canvas on th e top deck and sition by th e way which he is q uite to th e new county school bill— Sen­ will be h andled. T ra n sp o rtatio n of been ad opted by s ta te house official ful term in atio n of th e w ar depended was q u ite co m fo rtab le a t th a t— the com petent to handle. ate Bill 45. T h ere was a larg e at- farm p ro d u cts Is an o th e r question the ism. H is reasons w ere th a t m any on o u r u n it reach in g F ra n ce in the only difficulty en co u n tered was when T ruly w ar places one in a position tendance and a fte r the m easure had o rg an izatio n will look a fte r. T he or- people who cam e to Salem to do bus sh o rte st possible tim e. W e arriv ed I tu rn ed in. I craw led u n d e r th e can ­ to learn classes of work th a t m any of been thoroughly explained a sta n d in g ganization sta n d s for good roads, b et­ ine8s w ere inconvenienced a t finding a t Camp M erritt on th e aftern o o n of vas and in so doing g o t my feet (I us would never have learn ed o th e r­ vote was tak en , resu ltin g un an im o u s­ te r schools, and all th a t will m ake for all offices closed S atu rd ay afternoons Ju n e 5th and spent a few m ighty had on my shoes) ta n g led up w ith wise w h eth er front choice or not. I ly in favor of th e bill. th e b etterm e n t of farm life in th a t Many of th e em ployes did not put in busy days stre tc h in g o u r legs and u n ­ an o th e r fellow ’s face an d was ro u n d ­ fell h eir to th e job of u n d e rta k e r state. eight hours. dergoing inspections fo r overseas ly cussed fo r my aw k ard n ess. A prom inent taxpayer in M ultno­ along w ith o th e r little odd jobs th a t Tile association will co-operate Road leg islation will be on deck duty. We left cam p a t th e u n earth ly A rrived in F ran ce we found th a t m ake th e ir ap p earan ce aro u n d an mah county said : “ It will Increase with all o th e r co n stru ctiv e agencies th is week. The fight for la rg e r ap hour of 3 a. m. on th e m orning of we had been landed a t th e ancient arm y hospital and have certain ly had my taxes forty dollars a year, hut I in terested in farm problem s. p ro p ria tio n s for p erm a n en t highw ays th e 10th of Ju n e , boarded a large city of C herbourgh and I believe that som e experience th a t I n ever expect­ am in favor of having th e best Every county farm b u rea u Is head­ goes stead ily on as th e su re st way to B ritish p assen g er ship nam ed the Base Hospital 46 has the distinction of ed to get. I tried to tra d e th e job off schools possible in M ultnom ah coun­ ed by th e county a g ric u ltu ra l agent develop O regon and bring the con M Issanabie on th e aftern o o n of th e j being th e fir8t d etach m en t of Am eri- ty and am not going to oppose the and offered all kinds of ta k ers. The ag en t and m any of the b u reau s also s ta n t strea m s of to u rist travel sam e daj and early th e next m orning can troops to ever land a t th a t P o rt; He was speaking of S enate one redeem ing fe a tu re ab o u t th a t b ill.” su p p o rt a woman ag en t as well. Each th ro u g h th e sta te th a t all w estern slipped out of th e h arb o r and sta rte d t he B ritish how Bill 4 5, th e purpose of which is to ev er had been using it kind of w ork is th a t no one in te r ­ b u reau has its q u o ta of officers and sta te s a re fishing for. T he to u rist for w hat it seem ed fo r a tim e would ! as a port of d eb a rk atio n an d had a feres w ith th e way you han d le It as consolidate th e public school d is­ executive co m m ittee to han d le the spends from ten to tw enty dollars a be an y th in g b u t F rance. We took a I tricts. very good rest cam p on a hill fo u r or long as you h an d le it h alf way rig h t. farm b u reau business. day per m o to rcar and th e proposi so u th erly course to a point th a t was flvp mllpg from th e clty O ur u n lt We w ere n ear enough to th e fro n t F o rty th o u san d Iowa farm ers be­ tion to in crease m o to rcar and gaso­ as n ear as we could learn , down al- m arched the e n tire d istan ce w ith the A m eeting of th e taxpayers of O r­ to h ea r th e heavy b o m b ard m en t of long to th e farm b u reau s line taxes m eets w ith g re a t favor m ost opposite th e C arolinas or F lor- reg u latio n pack b u t I had ch arg e of ient D istrict, No. 6, jo in t, at M ultno­ th e big field guns and one several oc­ O th er sta te s a re organizing along F arm tra c to rs are to be exem pted as ida then hit a zig-zag course for Ice- tb e baggage w ith a sm all d etail an 1 casions w atched a ir raid s in th e dis mah g ran g e hall on T h u rsd ay ev en ­ these linos and It is predicted th a t a well as m o to r vehicles used for mall and o r som e such point way up m anaged to p ersu ad e th e d riv er to ing next, to discuss th e school dis­ tance. Several a ir raid s w ere m ade n atio n al o rg an izatio n of farm b ureaus deliveries. Schubel of C lackam as has north (at any ra te th e w eath er be- | P( my men and m yself rid e ; needless a t N eufchateau ab o u t th re e and one tric t consolidation bill will be held. will result. a bill th a t If sta te highw ays are built cam e m ighty cold for a few d a y s ); to Bay wp wprp n,uch envied, half m iles from h ere but n o thing P leasan t V alley School D istrict by c o n tra c t th e s ta te shall pay any from th e re we took a so u th erly We reached th e cam p sh o rtly be- aside from a slig h t p ro p erty dam age T he p ast Is yours, of course, and ro yalty on any p aten ted article em ­ course th a t b ro u g h t us past th e coast , forp noon and .rP8te(j. u n fl, ab o u t 3 taxpayers have called a m eeting for occurred. I saw five o r six m achines th e fu tu re is w hat you m ake it, we’re to n ig h t at th e grunge hall to arg u e ployed. T he Inclination of legislat of Irelan d and eventually landed us , a m , bp fo„ ow lng m o rning when we racing like mad one aftern o o n and told, but If you In vestigate you'll find th e m erits of S enate Bill 45. o rs is to cu t o u t cheap and shoddy a t Liverpool. E ngland, a f te r fou rteen hagtily rollprt o u r paPkg and madP la te r learn ed th a t all b ut one were th a t m ost of your past really belongs w ork, w hich probably m eans th a t the days on the w ater. T he m ention of o u r way bapk down thp h l„ to thP allied planes who w ere chasing a A ttention is called to the auction to som ebody else and your fu tu re sta te will buy first-class m a terials and Ireland calls to mind a bit of conver tra1n. Thpn began th e long trip H un. He m ust have had his engine sale of E. I). Van H ootegem which is largely Is w hat o th e rs may m ake it dem and first-class co nstruction which sation I o v erh eard on th e a ft deck acrogB F ran ce to o u r p resen t destina- in high g e a r and set for full speed to ta k e place next F riday n ear for you. is im possible a t th e hands of th e fly- ju st a fte r land was sighted. Two ,jo n — thia consum ed th re e days and ahead because he was su rely w asting A large q u an tity of by-night co n tra cto r. doughboys w ere leaning o v er th e rail nlgbtg Thp Hung had bppn a tta c k | ng no tim e and was headed stra ig h t for •Springdale. Yes, actu ally , th e re is a second­ stock, farm Im plem ents and house­ hand sto re in G resham . Ask Chip- A ttacks on th e u tility corporations w atching a rocky prom ontory th a t troop train s with bom bing m achines the R h in e; it was rep o rted th a t the hold effects are offered The sale will man about It. Adv. w ere m ade in the sen ate and house was ju st com ing into view In the d is­ and m achine gu n s on ae ro p lan es so allied planes overh au led and finally la k e place at 10 o ’clock and th ere alm ost th e opening days of the ses­ tance; it looked like little m ore th an I they routed us in a round about way brought him down but I am n ot su re will be a lunch at noon. Ford and C hevrolet rep airin g . C. sion. S en ato r H ouston’s bill to take pile of rocks and one of th e soldiers ■ th a t took us h alf way aro u n d P aris; th a t th e re p o rt was tru e . So fa r as E. G sburn, G resham . tf th e m aking of u tility ra te s aw ay from tu rn ed to his com panion with the we trav eled a con sid erab le d istan ce in we know th is ce n te r was n ever at any th e P ublic Service com m ission will query. "Is th a t w hat they sing about a so u th erly d irection, th en ea st and tim e In d an g e r of any G erm an a t ­ g et an ad v erse rep o rt in th e senate and call H eav en ?” " S u re ” replied again n o rth un til we were betw een 25 tack s alth o u g h th e re w ere n u m ero u s co m m ittee on Revision of Laws, 4 to , and 40 m iles behind th e lines. T here occasions when th e lig h ts would sud 3. In th e house the sam e com m ittee cent. W ell, if th at s Heaven then arp gPVen large Base H ospitals a t th is denly go o u t for an h o u r o r two dur- will rep o rt adversely by an alm ost d like to know w hat th e o th e r place po| n t and ou rs is th e la rg e st Rase lng th e evening In an ticip atio n of an If n o tldb«kll. » , H Ul' ’ ■pec,a‘ to '»"• readers In last Friday s Outlook? u nanim ous vote. T he Public Service looks like cam e from th e firs’ H ospital ce n te r n ea r w hat was th e St. air raid. von av ? , o P" P, r “ " d r" ad "• lf you have forgotten it. read it again. com m ission law w ith full ratem ak in g pea er. M lhlel fro n t. We are ab o u t th re e and i E lab o rate plans have been m ade If you have lost the paper send for another copy. pow ers in th e hands of the sta te was Liverpool has a w onderful system o ne-half m iles from th e city of Neuf- for a T h an k sg iv in g d in n er and I be- p “ bll"h’ ” hav;’ m“de several changes lately that must please our enacted by th e people a t th e sam e docks (I u n d erstan d th e re at"“ c h a te a u — a city of sev eral th o u san d Ileve I am safe in saying th e re will tlm f V I ? " o e br,K h,,,n,n« UP of our pages by the use ol a few g<«,«| tim e they voted down a bill to give eight miles of th em ) and before land- population and ab o u t 40 m iles from be few if any T han k sg iv in g d in n ers ImHy pictures. How do you like them ? T his Is a service that will inc* as« th e city of P o rtlan d pow er to m ake ing the) had piloted our ship th ro u g h fbe c| ty of x an ey. T his is in th e foot- in th e A. E. F. th a t will excel th a t of in (ffectiveness and you are sure of getting the latest and best rates. In th e house Schubel has a system of locks th a t seem ed to ta k e h ills of the Vosges m o u n tain s and Base H ospital 46. T he menu con- O ther additions are being planned for the benefit of our readers We mav bill to ta x R h e gross ea rn in g s of tele-j us rig h t into th e city. We were u n ­ nr0Wd th " n ,a,” r < l,,H, r but *”«»« to make *you h u n tin g wild b oar is considered q u ite tain s th e follow ing: Rice to m ato r ^ T h e n L ,iyP: phone com panies five per cent to go j able to leave th e ship on th e day we good sport. Good h u n tin g g ro u n d s soup, tu rk ey and d ressing, roast beef, r< ad thp Outlook, e r » r y i-tnut’, a d i a n d all. Into the gen eral funds of th e state. , arrived and in fact did not land until a re w ithin a sh o rt d istan ce of t h e ! stew ed corn, canned green peas, „„ u eXt H "U rt “ tiUP8t,o,‘ *»»<• Answer column. You send us the He claim s It is a gross earn in g s tax ¡th e afternoo n of th e follow ing day— cam p. I have been o u t on several ! m ashed potatoes, sw eet potatoes, " ‘•""ons, any th in g you want to know, and with the help of the Gresham T he Public Service com m ission holds I th is was due to th e tide. W ell, we h u n tin g p arties b u t so fa r h a v e n 't I Bread and b u tte r, apples, pears, O uGook" ' ,)Ip,'rf" ' . We’11 tr y ,o a n sw er y o u r q u estio n s th ro u g h the Outlook, If they are sensible and answ erable questions. Who'll s ta rt the th is tax w ould have to be added to , finally landed and m arched probably m et with any success. W as on a ! grapes, olives, fru it salad, salm on good w ork? W rite or phone your questions r a te , and th e users of telephones j one and one-half m ile, th ro u g h the p arly rpppntly and ,ln ln tP n tlo n ally salad , mince pie, pum pkin pie, n uts, >0Ul