Gresham outlook., January 31, 1919, Image 1

G resham O utlook
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VOL. 8. NO. 97
__________________GRESHAM. MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON
FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1919
JAPANESE PLAY SENATE BILL 45, AS AMENDED, WHICH PASSED
HONORS PEACE
SENATE ENDORSED BY COUNTY DELEGATION
WITH TRAGEDY
TUESDAYS
AND
FRIDAYS
$1.50 PER YEAR
POULTRY RESTRICTIONS
ALL DECLARED OFF
BENEFIT TO
HEVLTHAND
EFFICIENCY
In response to nu m ero u s in q u ir­
ies concerning th e op eratio n of the
rule, w hich pro h ib ited th e sale of
laying hens o r pullets d u rin g the
A bout seventy-five people a tte n d ­ h g a l voters o f the various second and and the name of the county in which
sp rin g of 1918, th e food a d m in istra ­
ed th e m eeting held a t th e G resham third class districts in such C o u n ty , >1 '« situated, and the date on which tion announces th a t this ru le will not
F o r tw o afte rn o o n s and evening.! schoolhouse on T uesday evening to School D istrict, one from each of the
election teas held. Such sealed bo o p erativ e d u rin g the egg laying
of th is w eek— W ednesday and T h u rs­ h e a r th e ex p lan atio n s m ade by five zones or voting districts hereafter packa° e- A e th e r w ith a statement of season of 1919.
L astin g benefit to th e h e a lth and
day— th e city of G resham was given
results
of
such
election
signed
by
T
his
ru
le
was
designed
to
prevent
physical
and m ental efficiency of the
County School S u p erin te n d en t W. C. established by the County Boundary ¡hf
a ta ste of trag edy behind th e foot­
Chairman and D istrict Clerk, shall th e excessive sla u g h te r of p o ultry at people of Oregon will be prom oted
A lderson concerning S enate Bill 45. Board. W ithin 10 days a fter th is act
lights. B ut it was Ja p an e se tragedy
.
be forw arded by the D istrict Clerk a tim e when flocks were being d a n ­ by th e passage of th e physical-educa­
About fifty of th ese p resen t were goes in to , effect, the
C ounty Boundary
fit
instead of th e E nglish, w ritten to fit
days after said election, to gerously reduced on account of the tion bill now pending In th e sta te
voters of G resham d istric t, m any of I Hour/1 shall die
th
-
territory
w
ithin
th e O rien tal scenes of M ikado land
the
D
istrict
Boundary Board, directed high cost of feed an d tabor and a t u le g islatu re, says Miss Mabie Louise
th e o th e rs being visitors from o th e r the boundaries o f such County School
five h u n d red years ago. T h a t it was places.
to the County School Superintendent tim e when th e co untry needed all C um m ings, d irec to r of physical edu­
D istrict into five zones, or voting dis­
good from th e Ja p an e se sta n d p o in t
us a member thereof.
tlie eggs th a t could possibly be p ro ­ cation for women at th e O regou Uni­
Mr. A lderson m ade a lengthy tricts. num bered I. 2. 3, J, i, Each
is probably th e only criticism th a t
“The D istrict Boundary Board shall, duced. It ad d itio n th e m easu re was versity.
sta te m en t, ex p lain in g and defending shall contain, as nearly as practicable.
can be given th e plays, fo r no one
w ithin ten days after the receipt o f the a p rotection for th e poultry in d u stry
T he bill provides for an av erag e of
th e plan to co n so lid ate th e school I an equal num ber of children o f school
else could u n d ersta n d them . Ju d g ­
d istric ts of th e county. Ju d g e S ta­ age as shown by the last school cen­ sealed returns from such election, open w hich was seriously th re a te n e d by at least tw enty m in u tes each day of
ing from the a tte n d a n c e and th e rap t pleton also spoke in favor of the
the same and proceed to canvass rotes. th e great red u ctio n of breeding properly supervised physical train in g ,
sus. but no second or third class dis­
a tte n tio n accorded the ac to rs th e au ­ m easure explaining its points and
A fter canvassing the votes the D is­ stock.
exclusive of th e re g u la r recess p er­
trict shall be partly in one zone and
dience was perfectly satisfied. Many m erits and u rg in g its in dorsem ent.
trict Boundary Board shall declare the
T he situ atio n was p articu la rly iods. Several of the la rg e r tow ns In
partly in another. The boundaries of
candidate receiving the highest num h ard on th e specialized p o u ltry farm - the sta te alre ad y provide th is in­
citizens of th e tow n and the s u r­ N um erous q u estio n s w ere asked and
said zones may be changed from tim e
rounding co u n try were sp e c ta to rs—• answ ered and at th e close of the
ber of votes in each of the several I ers, many of whom, If they w ere not stru ctio n , and th e re is a grow’ing dis­
to tim e as the County Boundary Board
yes, th a t’s th e w ord, for they co u ld n 't m eeting a reso lu tio n was offered ap ­
zones,
elected a member o / Ole County alto g e th e r forced o u t, cut th e ir position to in sta ll it in o th e r places
may direct. W ith in 30 days a fter this
u n d ersta n d a sylable-—and expressed proving the g en e ral o u tlin e an d p u r­
Board of Education. The m em ber elect- I’locks in half.
T hese
specialized even w ithout th is law, according to
act goes into effect, the County School
su rp rise and g ratificatio n a t th e evi­ pose of th e bill. T he reso lu tio n was
eil from the zone containing the high farm s, how ever, produced only about Miss Cum m ings.
Superintendent shall n o tify the Clerk
d ent a tte m p t to p o rtra y a p art of the adopted, th irty -six being in favor of
T h e w onderful change m ade in the
of the various second and th ird class st num ber o f children of school age. five per cent of th e eggs of th e coun-
histo ric trag e d ies of Old Ja p a n be­ it and fo u r opposing.
shall be declared elected for a term of try. On th e g en eral u tility farm s, physiques of th e men in th e A m eri­
districts to publish notices o f a m eet­
fore th e daw n of civilization was even
years; the nu mber elected from the which produce 95 per cen t of th e can and allied arm ies by th e sy stem ­
ing to be held at the schoolhouse in
th o u g h t of in th e land of c h ry sa n th e ­
The o rig in al bill, a len g th y syn o p ­ each of said districts, on a day fired by zoic containing the second highest eggs and w here the cost of poultry atic physical tra in in g given them has
m um s and cherry blossoms.
sis of w hich was given in th e O u t­ the County School Superintendent, of num ber o f children o f school age, shall! te o i and labor a re co m paratively been easily noticeable, Miss Cum ­
T his first effort of th e Ja p an ese look tw o w eeks ago, was am ended
the legal voters in each zone, for the be declared elected for a term o f i em ail Item s, th e p roduction was m ings asserts. "T h e point is,” she
"le g itim a te ” was the production of a fte r th e first rea d in g in th e se n ate
purpose o f voting for one m em ber of years; the member elected from the g reatly increased, th e n et re su lt be said, " th a t they should not huve
local people, m em bers of th e T ro u t­ Some of th ese am en d m en ts w ere re ­
the County Board of Education. The zone containing the third highest num- ing th a t the to ta l egg production of needed so much of th is as was neces­
dale and G resham F a rm e rs' associa­ ferred to last week. Thrf am ended bill
C ounty School S u p erin ten d en t shall bee of children of school age, shall be th e co untry was increased ab o u t 15 sary to p ut them in condition to
tion. T he ac to rs— tw elve m en and was referre d to th e M ultnom ah d e le ­ publish in one or more of the daily d> lured elected for a term o f three (p er cent over th e y ear before.
stan d th e em ergency stra in s th ro u g h
fo u r w om en, one of them a m iss in g atio n and was u n an im o u sly en ­ newspapers of general circulation in i years; the member elected from the
T hus th e p ro h ib itio n accom plished w hich they had to puss. If th is phys­
h e r teen s— w ere all horne people. 1 dorsed by it in a conference held yes- the eounty. the date of the election, the I zone containing the fourth higheifl all th e purposes It was designed to ical tra in in g becom es universal in the
T h ere w ere no renow ned trag e d ian s terday.
A rep o rt from Salem th is , names o f the various candidates for num ber of children of school age shall m eet, and alth o u g h th e re was con­ schools we sh all be much m ore fit In
no trag ed ien es, b u t th e ir ability
m orning gives th e in fo rm atio n th a t the office of m em ber o f the County be declared elected for a term of two sid erab le p ro test in some q u a rte rs case of a n o th e r em ergency.
E m er­
ta k e such heavy p a rts as they did re th e bill was passed by th e se n ate th is Board of , Education in the several years; and the m em ber elected from j upon its first enforcem ent, th e bene­ gencies th a t req u ire physical fitness
veals a high o rd e r of intelligence a:? forenoon. In o rd e r th a t every re a d ­ zones, at least five days before such the zone containing the fifth highestl fits have become so a p p a re n t th a t are by no m eans lim ited to w ar tim es,
well as a know ledge of history
e r of th e O utlook may have a clear m eeting is held. A n y legal voter m ay num ber of eh ild n n of school age. shall th e re have been many req u ests re ­ e ith e r.”
th e ir own country.
u n d ersta n d in g of th e m easu re it is become a candidate for such office in be declared elected for a term of one I cently th a t it be p u t Into effect again
Ten sta te s have alread y passed
T he even ts w ere intended as a cel given here in full as it cam e from
I year, and u n til th eir respective sue- next spring.
laws req u irin g physical tra in in g in
eb ratio n of th e daw n of w orld peace the se n ate th is m o rn in g a f te r p as­ a declaration to that effect w ith the , ,ssors h" ve b" n rU’,te d and
T he situ atio n is so different, how- th e schools, and seven of th ese have
T he end of th e g re a t w ar was the! sage:
C ounty School Superintendent not less
“A fte r said D istrict B oundary Board I ever, th at th e co n tin u an ce of the acted in th e la st two years.
incentive fo r a trib u te to th e peace
T he p a rts in ita lic are changes in than five, nor more than th irty, days sftaR h are canvassed the votes. the | ru le has been deem ed unnecessary
It is a com m on fallacy. Miss C um ­
dove and a g ra te fu l co n trib u tio n to th e bill m ade in conference.
T he before the date of election. The vote County School S uperintendent shall T h ere a re m ore hens in th e country m ings points o u t, th a t th e co u n try-
th e ir adopted country.
O riginally com m ittee in ch a rg e of th e bill was for m em bers of the County Board o f preserve in his office for a period o f th an ever before, th e re is a consid­ bred boy, who gets exercise doing
th e idea was to give an e n te rta in th e e n tire M ultnom ah county d eleg a­ Education shall be by billot, the bal­ er!' year, the tally sheets and poll lists, erab le am o u n t of poultry in sto rag e, chores aro u n d th e farm does not
m ent fo r th e benefit of the Red tion of both se n a te and house. It lots to be fu rn ish ed by the County in their original envelope. The neees- and egg prices a re such as to lead to need th e physical education in th e
Cross, but the in fluenza epidem ic was adop ted un an im o u sly on motion School Superintendent. There shall be sary. actual expenses incurred for elect- ih e m ain ten an ce of the flocks. Feed schools. "T h e work of th e av erag e
changed th e ir plans an d th e e n te r of R ep resen tativ e R ichardson. F o l­ printed a separate ballot for each zone, ing members o f the County Board o f 1» low er th an It was last sp rin g und co u n try boy," sh e said, “ does not
ta in m e n ts have been given free, no low ing is th e am ended bill:
containing the names o f all candidates Education, shall be allowed by the eggs are sellin g fo r m ore, so th a t th e m ake for physical quickness and m en­
ch a rg e being m ade a t th e door and
who hat e filed a declaration from such County A uditor and shall be paid out specialized p o ultry farm ers a re muk tal alertn ess, q u alities which fit one
lieconinieiKloil fo r P assag e,
all w ere welcome.
zone as heretofore prescribed.
The of the County Treasury upon the order ing a profit.
to m eet the em ergency, w h eth er It be
Salem . Ore., J a n u a ry 30, 1919.
T he cost to th e m em bers of th e as
T he an n o u n cem en t is m ade a t this in w ar o r peace.
Chairman of thi m eeting in each dis­ o f the County Com m issioners."
sociation was aro u n d $1300. This MR. PR E SID E N T :
2d. S trik e o ut all of Section 2 of , *IIle *'lat th e ru le will not be in
trict shall appoint two tellers who shall
" T h e n 1 is no h ab it of m odern life
Y our com m ittee, th e M ultnom ah receive and count the ballots. The D is­ th e p rin ted bill, and su b stitu te in *orce th is
am o u n t was collected or pledged but
y ear in o rd er to fo restall in such d an g er of being crow ded out
som e of it was donated by w ealthy delegatio n , to whom was re fe rre d trict Ch rk. or some person appointed to lieu th e re o f th e follow ing:
te m p tatio n
to flood the m a rk e t by as th e liubit of exercise. O u r race has
Ja p an e se of
P o rtlan d .
N um erous S enate Bill 4 5, h aving had th e sam e act as such, shall keep a poll list and
“Section 2. The term of office of th o se who m ig h t wish to avoid such been developed on a m u scu lar-ex er­
h and-m ade posters adorn th e w alls u n d er co n sid eratio n , resp ectfu lly re ­ record the name of each person voting each member of the County Board o f\ restf>ctions
cise basis, and If exercise is crow ded
of th e hall an n o u n cin g donations, one port It back w ith th e reco m m en d a­ be/ori such vot< is received t y tht Education eh
■ . > ‘
' t " 1" . ,
out, we ure th e w orse for It."
of w hich is fo r $40. In th is way tion th a t it do pass w ith th e follow- telb i s A fti i all tic b a a llii qualifi: d .h a ll I, am from the dab of e b t i o n ®®RS. ,, i'„ F IT T E R DIES
One-fifth of th e $100,000,000 a
ab o u t $500 has been received w hich am en d m en ts:
electors present have voted, if they so If the end of the term of office of any
year provided by th e H oke S m ith bill
1st. S trik e o u t all Section 1 of desire, the Chairman shall declare the member o f the County Board of Edu I Mrs. A. B. W itter, a pio n eer resi now pending in th e U nited S tates
will offset th a t m uch of th e cost to
th e prom oters.
th e p rin ted bill an d in se rt in lieu vote i losed and the tellers shall proceed cation, his successor shall be chosen «lent of G resham died about 4 o’clock se n ate , creatin g a federal d ep a rtm en t
T he e n te rta in m e n ts have been suc­ th e re o f th e follow ing:
to count the rotes in the presence of 1 trom among the legal voters o f the zone follow ing a second stro k e of p ara ly ­ of ed u catio n , will be devoted to phys­
Section 1. In all counties of this s e Chairman. The D istrict Clerk shall from which he was elected, at the an I sis. She had a sim ila r stro k e about a ical ed u cation, and O regon’s sh a re of
cessful and may be rep eated next
year. T he Ja p an e se have ce rtain ly state having now. or hereafter, a pop­ keep a tally sheet of the votes as count­ nual school m eeting o f the second and] week ago from which she had not re ­ th is sum , if th e m easu re is passed
enjoyed them to th e lim it and o th e r ulation of tw enty-five thousand, or ed by the tellers, and each tally sheet fined class districts composing such covered when th e second came.
and th e Btate a p p ro p riates a like
people have been given an in sig h t in more, children of school age, all School shall be certified to as correct by the zones, in th' same manner as hereto-
F u n eral arra n g e m e n ts have not am o u n t, will be approxim ately 14(5,-
to the m ysteries of Old Ja p a n .
D istricts, other than districts of the (clerk, and shall be signed by the Chair- fore prescribed, for a term o f five years, \lw vn m ade yet, so no an n o u n cem en t 000.
first class, shall co n stitu te a C ounty man ■,v i Dr tell
The tally sheet, and u n til his successor is elected and < an be m ade in th is issue of th e O ut-
T he m easure now pending in O re­
School D istrict under the supervision poll list and balin'» .»/■< 11 be placed in
LIMITED FACILITIES
qualified. The result of the election o f look, but in te rm e n t will probably be gon was intro d u ced in th e le g isla tu re
ON GARDEN SEEDS ml control o f the C ounty Board of a sealed package by th- D istrict Clerk, the m embers o f the County Board o /|in a d e next Monduy at M ount Scott by S en ato r W. W. B anks, of M ultno­
Education composed o f five members. who shall endorse th, ri on the num ber
Education shall be certified to Ihe cem etery with services at th e chapel mah county. It c a rrie s th e e n d o rse­
R ep resen tativ e
M cA fthur w rites These m embers shall be elected by the
of the district, the num ber of the zone
th ere.
m ent of J. A. C h u rch ill, sta te su p e r­
C o ntinued on page 3
th e O utlook th a t he is in receip t of
T he rem ain s will be in s ta te at in te n d en t of schools; of th e physical
several th o u san d w ritten req u e sts for
C arlson s chapel from
tom orrow tra in in g section of the Oregon S tate
vegetable and flow er seeds, but ow­
m o rn in g until th e funeral so th a t all T ea ch e rs’ association, and of th e O r­
ing to th e lim ited facilities which
frien d s of th e deceased and fam ily egon branch of th e N ational Physical
th e g o v ern m e n t allow s m em bers of
may have an o p p o rtu n ity to see her E ducation Society. A co m m ittee of
congress for th e ir office w ork, he will
before burial. An o b itu ary will be th e la tte r o rg an izatio n d ra fte d the
n ot atte m p t to m ake personal ac­
m easu re Introduced by S en ato r Banks
published T uesday.
k n o w ledgm ent of each request, but
a fte r a conference w ith th e s ta te su ­
will ask th e D epartm ent of A gricul­
p erin ten d en t of public in stru ctio n .
I Mil F u rn itu re B argains.
tu re to forw ard th e seeds at an early
date. Mr. M cA rthur sta te s th a t he
F or sale Second-hand fu rn itu re
l/ciuii .Millinery.
can not fill req u ests for special va­
at bargains.
Tallies, ranges, steel
F
ine
o
p
p o rtu n ity open for young
| springs, beds. m attresses, dining lady w ishing
rieties of seeds, as he can only send
to learn m illinery. For
tables, d ining ch airs, coal oil h ea te rs term s call Mlsz M illinery, G resham ,
such varieties as th e D epartm ent has
|
and
num
erous
o
th
e
r
articles
phone 54x2.
allo tte d th is year.
J. E. METZGER,
Y
our
Home
F
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ish
er.
R ead th e W ant ads.
ItaiM-hall Rat a C a rio sity .
King George Matches Smiles V/jth ^Voodrow
A baseball bat in E ngland was a l­
ways a curiosity, b u t now has be­
com e m ore of a fa m ilia r object
th ro u g h its use by A m erican soldiers
In the B ritish cam ps. A th irte e n year
old Y ankee boy living here som ehow
acquired a ball and glove, but no­
w here could he find a bat.
Then he th o u g h t of the Y M. C. A.
h u t and ap p ro ach in g F. W. Dixon,
in charge of th e a th le tic d ep a rtm en t,
he asked, "C an you give me a base­
ball b a t? ”
Dixon says he never saw a q uicker
“ hom e ru n ” th a n he aid th e m om ent
th e bat was in th e boy’s bands.
You are only " w o rth ” as m uch as
you are w orth in th e w orld. A m il­
lio n aire is o ften a p auper, an d gosh
how I ’d like to be one.
In spite of w hat th e m ovies would
have you believe, all men who w ear
evening clothes do not have evil de­
signs upon women.
If you are unab le to th in k clearly
early in th e m orning it m eans th a t
you have never been able to th in k
clearly any tim e.
Save for the country's take.
Some le tter » W ritten.
Some idea of th e n u m b er of le tte rs
A m erican so ld iers w rite hom e may
be gained from th e fact th a t a single
Item passed by th e Y. M. C. A. p u r­
chasing d ep a rtm en t in one m onth was
P re sid en t W ilson found com ­
fo r 100,000,000 le tte rh e a d s and 100,-
petitio n when he reached London
000,000 envelopes w hich are expected In his triu m p h a l E uro p ean to u r
to last th e so ld iers th re e m onths. It None o th e r th a t» K in g G eorge of
is th o u g h t th a t th is may n ot be E n gland proved to be his oppo­
T he te st was tn th e sm iles
enough now th a t peace gives the nent
E u ro p e quickly
doughboy m ore tim e fo r w ritin g le t­ o? th e tw o
learned to know W oodrow by his
ter«.
broad sm ile ’’ But King G eorge
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