Gresham outlook., May 18, 1920, Page 3, Image 3

(.RKSHAM
STEADY, AMERICA!
OVTLOOK TVESDAY,
MAY
1«,
I Olio
PAOB T H R U
LOCAL MAN WARNS
COST OF BAD ROADS
AGAINST JOSEPH
HARD TO DETERM INE
ELECTION, MAY 21
STATE ROADS
G resham , Ore., May 17, >920.—
The only th in g in Oregon from
G resham O u tlo o k :— As th e prim ary which the tax payers derive any ben­
! election is now close a t hand, and th e
republican club has not been func­ efit w ithout any cost to them selves is
tio n in g very reg u larly and so we have good roads, according to C harles
not been able to discuss local can d i­ Hall, of M arshfield, p resid en t of th e
dates, and as th a t is a very im p o rtan t Oregon C ham ber of Com merce, re­
p a rt of th e d uty of each elector. It ferring to th e proposed co n stitu tio n al
may not be out of place to say a few am endm ent raising th e s ta te bonding
w ords th ro u g h th e O utlook, if not to i lim it from two to four p er cent, to be
advise voters who to vote for, at voted upon May 21 a t th e prim ary
least to advise of one whom i t is best I election.
"T he people of O regon should )
not to vote for. Some tim e ago Geo.
BALLOT TITLE IS AS FOLLOWS:
W. Joseph announced him self as a m ake th is m easure ca rry unanl-1
can d id ate for s ta te se n a to r and rnously,” said Mr. Hall. "Good roads 302 X Yes
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hr u .
coupled w ith th is an n ouncem ent he ! build up th e sta te and th e tim e has
No
sta te d th a t his reason fo r en terin g come fo r us to get o u t of th e mud. 303
Article XI of the OuiaUtutton of the Ktatoof Oremci ( o n t o nermit th*
th e race was to ru n In opposition to W hen the good-road m ovem ent was
rrmtKHinf d e b u se d liahilitiM including previ ,u- debt» »m /dn bill liée
I. N. Day. T his is clearly a s u b te r­ sta rted th e re were only 39,000 a u to ­
fc.r th .p u r p .w W buildii e .i i d meieuTeVeg p .“ u X n t n . d ï U &
fuge to s ta rt w ith, because Mr. I mobiles in th e state, and now th e re
in the u lata o f Oregon, inatoad of two per cwi t aa now pro Tided by law.
Joseph, being an a s tu te law yer, are 86,000 reg istered to date.
know s th a t of th e 15 can d id ates ru n - ' "Gbod road« in one com m unity in­
ning, w ith only five places to fill, th e spire o th e r com m unities to build them
NO PROPERTY TAX NO DIRECT TAX
five receiving the h ig h est n u m b er of and g re a te r efforts along th e lines of
votes will be th e nom inees. There-1 advancem ent should be p u t in action
NO INCREASE IN AUTO LICENSE FEES
fore, no two men can ru n , one ag ain st at once. The autom obile license fees
th e o th er, but each fo r him self and gasoline tax a re sufficient to pay
NO INCREASE OF GASOLINE TAX
in te rest on and re tire any bonds
ag ain st th e field.
I have never had th e o p p o rtu n ity which may be issued u n d e r th e pro­
thpe®
niind. The present auto license fees and
of form ing th e acq u ain tan ce of Mr. posed am endm ent, an d th e money f S i
will
nay
both
the
principal and interest on all the bonds
Day but from an in tim a te ac q u ain t­ from these bonds will m atch federal
nder this amendment, and will yield an annual surplus besides for other
ance w ith Mr. Joseph, ru n n in g back aid. of which *2,629.555 rem ains u n ­
m ore th an 25 years. I would give it claim ed, as all av ailab le funds are state highway work. No additional taxation of atty kind.
as my opinion th a t if Mr. Day w ere exhausted by being sp e n t o r con­
FEDERAL FUNDS MUST BE MATCHED
as un reliab le, as su scep tib le to co r­ tracted. In ad dition, w h ate v er would
ru p tin g Influences, as unsafe to be be apportioned u n d er th e proposed
m u athave sufficient Highway Funds to match Federal apportion-
placed in a position of public tru s t as | bill before congress, w hich is su re to
.“ t0 b‘'nefit of F‘‘‘1‘‘ral nloney
Oregon P r , ,ads
this sam e Joseph th e n I w ould say, resu lt in Oregon having th e op p o r­
P n* thls .co n it,tu ‘,1° naI hm it is a neceaaity. Unless limit is inrreaeed
in stead of being sent to th e sen ate to tu n ity to claim m ore th a n *5,000,-
her sta te roads cannot be completed for many, many A>ars, or must be finished
m ake laws for o th ers to obej and fo r 000, would be lost.
by direct property taxation. This measure averts d i J c t p r o b ity U , for .UU
"T he cost of good ro ad s to a farm - highways
him self to violate he would b e tte r be
and makes early completion jiossible. L et’s get the roasts built n o w ^
defeated so overw helm ingly on next j e r is easy to figure out, b u t th e cost
’
of
bad
roads
to
th
e
sam
e
individual
F rid ay th a t he will n ev er have th e
Income from Present Source* Sufficient to Pny Principal aat litcrnt
nerve to ru n fo r public office again. is hard to determ ine. A fa rm e r liv­
ing
at
Meadow
Lake
sta
te
d
th
a
t
bad
Lack of space forbids me to w rite th e
facts which have forced m e to th is roads cost him 50 cents a bushel to
conclusion b ut th e facts are a p art of haul out his potato crop, w hich, of
my own experience and can be pro­ course, is u ltim ately paid by th e con­
For Interest Tables, Pamphlets or further Information, write to
su m er at his table. N ever have the
duced a t any tim e.
■££ *1 ° ?
A P
5 N P D E V E L O P M E N T A S S O C IA T IO N
I have w ritte n th e above not from m ark ets paid h ig h er prices, and th e
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Pr«dc< 245 Kisg a., r«tlss4
(. (. CIMIM (karmaa fiaWtw >— - - I I a—.
m alice b u t th a t th e public may be farm ers w ant to g et th e ir products
Campaign Headquarters, 111 Worcester Building,’ Portland, Dr—
w arned not to vote fo r such a man as to m arket to sell them .
VOTE 302 X YES Far 4% S tats Road Band Lim it
Joseph.
“Oregon had a g re a t influx of peo­
ple com ing to invest and se ttle down
D. S. JOHNSON.
follow ing th e Lewis an d C lark expo­
*
C herry P ool F orm in g.
F A IR V IE W
sition. which they had previously
P ersons passing through
We are form ing a cherry pool. If visited.
V O TE
X
145
The singing school in charge of
you wish to join w ith us please Oregon will Inquire ab o u t th e roads,
phone, w rite o r call on D. E. Towle and if they le arn th a t th e road b u ild ­ P rofessor M ebdedlah Sharp is doing
a t once. Phone 146, G resham . We ing program has stopped, th e ir in te r­ som e w onderful work. They will give
will ask for bids soon.
e s t in th e s ta te will be g rea tly d im in ­ a concert before th e end of this
m onth and It will surply be a fine
The C o-operative B erry Growers. ished if not lo st.”
perform ance w ith all th is high-toned
on th e b a llo t
music from sin g ers and fiddlers.
«TE
CLUB BOYS BRING PURE
FOR
BRED STOCK INTO COUNTY
Vote 3 0 2 X Yes
Let Us Work This Out Together
Republicans, It Is Up to Us to Elect a Real
President This Fall.
He Must Be the Biggest and" the Soundest and
the Most Effective American We Can Find.
Before Committing Yourself
Consider These Facts:
Out of thirteen states, where the contest was
between Wood and Johnson for the instruc­
tion of delegates to the Republican National
Convention, the elections have been decided
for Wood in nine.
.
Total Number of Delegates Pledged to Vote for
Wood at Republican National Convention, 321
Since the narrowing down of the field, the situa­
tion is generally diagnosed as follows:
.4 vote for Hoover, for Lowden, or
Poindexter is a vote for Johnson.
for
For 4% State Road Bond Limit
G ood R oads may 21
KEEP THE PARTY TOGETHER
A . A . M UCK
M * 302 X Ye* h r 4% State Road Bond Limit Club Hoys In tro d u c e Big T y p e P oland
C hinns In to County.
K eep in style. T ry one of those
“classy-fied" ads.
W hen R. I. A nderson of O rient was | COUNTY COMMISSIONER
FOK RE-ELECTION
elected lead er of th e boys’ pig club
he decided to really accom plish la st­
R
epublican
P rim aries, May 21.
ing resu lts so he in te reste d tw o of the
boys In P oland C hinas an d they
A. A. Muck recently announced
agreed to g et th e best. Mr. A nder­ his candidacy fo r ren om ination as
son m ade a trip to H erb ert. Oregon county com m issioner on th e rep u b li­
and selected tw o of th e best, young can ticket. He has served one term
pigs th a t M urphy & Sons had, paying as a m em ber of th e board of county
*35 for each. He considers them a com m issioners, having been elected
good bargain at th a t price since one in 1916. B asing his candidacy for
Is a d au g h ter of Big Bob W onder, ren o m in atio n on th e claim th a t he
g rand cham pion of th e s ta te and In ­ has given all his tim e and atten tio n
te rn atio n al Stock show, and th e to his official duties, Mr. Muck points
o th e r a d au g h te r of a *1700 boar to th e fact th a t he has atten d ed ev­
shipped from th e east. Next year ery m eeting of th e county board b ut
I th ese boys, Nick A nderson and W es- one d u rin g his term of office.
i ley Hawes will have pigs to sell to
P rio r to assum ing his present
farm ers of th e county who ap p reciate d u ties, Mr. Muck, who has resided In
i good stock.
P o rtlan d w ith his fam ily for 17
A th ird pig of the sam e type Is years, served a term as p resid en t of
now owned by Donald G ran t wh’o th e St. Jo h n s city council and two
1 bought of Lowe Bros., S ilverton, O re­ term s as m ayor of 8t. Jo h n s, being
gon. D onald becam e In terested in th e incum bent of th a t office when St
th e P oland Chinas d u rin g th e Pacific Jo h n s was m erged w ith P o rtlan d .
In tern atio n al Livestock show and de­
Com m issioner M uck's activities
cided then to buy one th is spring. He d u rin g th e w ar gained him consid­
is also raisin g a brood sow fo r fu tu re erab le prom inence.
He organized
profits.
th e te rrito ry n o rth of F rem o n t stre e t
Seventy per cent of th e pigs raised for th e w ar savings stam p driv e and
by club m em bers th is y ear a re regis­ had full ch arg e of th a t drive in
tered, and 12 boys have pigs th a t M ultnom ah county o utside of P o rt­
would be p u re bred had th e papers land. He p articip ated as a d istric t
been kept up. T he fav o rite breed is leader in all of th e Red Cross drives
C hester W hite b ut one boy has a Du- and in th ree of th e lib erty loan cam ­
roc sow and litte r, and fo u r are paigns. In two of th e lib erty loan
raising
Hamiuthires.
REPUBLICAN, OF C O U R S 'E -
drives he had charge of all te rrito ry
in M ultnom ah county o u tsid e of Republican
A
r O R TH E
As
Deputy
S
ecretary
of
S
tate
for
P o rtlan d .
«OVRfr-V.* B u m u m
P aul AUv.
Mr. M uck’s declaratio n of can d i­
I m ore th an eig h t years past, Sam A.
Kozer, republican can d id ate for Sec­ dacy is as follow s:
“ If I am nom inated and elected I
re ta ry of S tate, has gained an in ti­ will, d u rin g my term of office, favor
for
m ate know ledge of sta te affairs. He and enforce one hundred p er cent
prom ises, If elected, to in sist on the A m ericanism In all d ep artm en ts of
j stric te st economy In all sta te activ i­ county go v ern m en t: favor th e de­
ties. “ My sole aim ,” says Mr. Kozer velopm ent of Ute budget system so
In his sta te m e n t in th e v o te rs' pam ­ th a t th e people will be fully inform ed
phlet, “sh all be to in su re fo r th e peo­ in reg ard to ex p en d itu res; devote
ple of th e sta te th e g rea test dpgree of my e n tire tim e to the office, as In the
efficiency at th e sm allest possible cost p ast; continue to discharge my du-1
— guided s o le ly by sound business ties w ith efficiency, courtesy a n d ,
principles and common sen se.” ft is econom y; keep my office door open,
such men as Mr. K ozer th e people are as I have since I becam e county com- ’
dem anding fo r public office. Mr. m issloner, so th a t people having I
Kozer is deserving of y o u r vote In business with me may co n su lt m e ,
w ith o u t delay; favor reduction of
th e prim ary election. May 1.
•
(P a id A d v.) cost of govern m en t by consolidation I
of conflicting activ ities; favor home j
“Stop My A d i"
lab o r and borne p ro d u cts; favor en-1
Those words usually throw a scare forcem ent of law .”
into the publisher who begins to won­
His slogan Is:
"P re se n t county j
der what th e — " I ’m all sold o u t” — com m issioner; alw ays on th e Job;
ah, th a t explains it and th e editor continued good service.”
' sm iles again.
(P a id Adv.)
N O M IN A T E
WIN WITH W O O D
L
(Paid Adv. by Leonard Wood Campaign Headquarter»)
/ will handle yeur business in a business-like manner.
W ALTER D. W H IT C O M B
Candidate for
STA TE S E N A T O R
FROM MULTNOMAH COUNTY
Republican Primary
May 21,1920
M em ber o f
WHITFIELD, WHITCOMB & CO.
C e r tifie d P u b lic A c c o u n ta n t.
P aid Adv.
JOS-WBEVERIDGE
^C O U N TY
C O M M IS S IO N E R
C andidate
County Clerk
V O TE FOR
Mark W. Petersen
(Paid Adv.)
Judge J. W. Bell
REPUBLICAN
FOR
S H E R IF F
He Shoots Straight; He Stands Right;
He Is Square
(if all the candidates for public
office none lias a finer, cleaner
record Ilian
THOS. A. SWEENEY
(Republican)
FO R
SLOGAN:
My Record as Constable, Your Guar­
antee for Sheriff
CONGRESS
la pledged to th c com nion
people, not to the intereata.
Favora higheat type of public
aehoola amt increased wage« for
teachera, with old age insur­
ance.
Endoraed by ntimeroua pr-
ganizationa and all Right
Thinking, Fair-Minded citizens
Vote 53 X
Paid Adv.
Now ¡’residing Judge
District Court No. 1.
Republican C and idate
For Re-election
H is
R u lin g s a n d
D e c is ­
io n s S e l d o m R e v e r s e d
Fair Deal for Poor and Rich
Alike
Advises Settlement of Difficul­
ties out of Court
V O T E “ Y E S ,” N O . 127
P r im a r y ,
M a y 21
(Paid Adv.)