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About Gresham outlook. (Gresham, Multnomah County, Or.) 1911-1991 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1921)
PAGE New Law Aid to Producers Gresham Electric Co. Continued from page 1 Electrical Wiring of all kind«. Motors Repaired. Agent for the Western Electric Farm Lighting Plants. Edison Co. Appliances. Heaters. Fixtures. this bill by th e N estles Food Co., w hich seem s d eterm in ed to disrupt m arketin g o rg an izatio n s and insists upon dealing only w ith Individuals. T heir opposition availed them n o th ing. and in fact, served only to ce m ent th e m em bers of th e le g isla tu re to g eth er in favor of th e bill. T he bill passed th e se n ate w ith only fo u r dis senting votes. T he fo u r voting against it being H um e and Moeier of M ultnom ah co u n ty ; E dw ards of T il lam ook county and N ickelsen of Hood River. It passed th e house w ith four voting ag ain st it, nam ely. A llen of I Lane county; Beals of Tillam ook I county; B urdick of D eschutes, and AU w ork g u a ra n te e d to pass Inspection by th e B oard of F ire U nderw riters. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. ESTIM ATES FU R N ISH ED . P hone 81 FRED L. BOURNE, Prop. Powell St. next to B row n’s M arket P A ID C A SH for Fresh Cows, Beef Cows, Hogs, Calves of any kind. E. B A U M A N N , G resham Phone 901 WE HAVE RECEIVED A CARLOAD OF LAN D PLASTER Send Us Your Orders Also Fertilizers of all Kinds A. W. METZGER & CO. Quality and Service Phone 661 Phone 561 H yatt of W allow a county. T h eir a r - ' 1 gu m en t ag ain st th e bill was th a t, if given too m uch en co u rag em en t a n d ' protection, farm ers' o rg an izatio n s I would grow into one g re a t big mon- opoly, d etrim en ta l to society. T h ere is a w orld of difference be tw een a tru s t com posed of producers who com bine fo r the purpose of m ar k etin g th e ir own crops and a I rust com posed of a few sp ecu lato rs who com bine for th e purpose of cornering a com m odity fo r speculative purpose. A p ro d u cers’ monopoly will uever become a tr u s t d etrim en tal to socie-1 ty. I t Is th e ir business to continue | producing. If producers atte m p t to | b o lster up prices to th e point w here consum ption is cu rtailed , th ey in ju re them selves by destroying th e ir fu- j tu re m a rk e t. A tr u s t com posed o f , men who buy an d sell is n o t in te re st ed in fu tu re production, seeking only I to profit by th a t w hich Is u n d er I t s ) control, i t squeezes th e public for th e la st d o llar reg ard less of th e fu- j tu re w elfare of e ith e r p roducer o r consum er. Evidence of th e successful efforts on th e p a rt of railro a d s to red u ce ac cid en ts to th e ir employee is show n in figures com piled b y t h e S o u th ern P a-j cific com pany, indicating th a t Iasi year d eath s of em ployes by accident w ere reduced seven o r 13.2 per cent, as com pared w ith 1919 an d 17, o r'2 7 per cen t com pared w ith 1918. This was n o tw ith stan d in g a larg e increase in locom otive m iles an d th e yardm en m en’s strik e , w hich necessitated ta k ing m any new men into th e service. :: W ith a la rg e increase in locom otive m iles and in th e n um ber of licensed autom obiles in S outhern Pacific te r rito ry g rad e crossing ca su a ltie s w ere also relativ ely reduced, th e num ber of killed in g rad e crossing accidents per m illion locom otive m iles being .95 in 1920 com pared w ith 1.40 in 1919, a decrease of 32 h e r cent. T h ere was a to ta l of 760 g rad e crossing accidents in 1920, of which 393 were caused by ru n n in g on track in fro n t of tra in ; 163 o r m ore th an 21 p er cent of to ta l ran into tra in ; 116 stalled on th e tra c k and w ere h it by tra in ; 19 skidded into tra in or c a r; 53 ran in to an d broke down crossing g ates low ered to p ro tect them from approaching tra in ; th re e ran down and in ju re d cross ing flagm en w arning them of an ap proaching tra in ; 13 resu lted from m iscellaneous causes. D uring th e y ear 1920, 195 m eet ings w ere held of safety com m ittees a t which 4490 safety suggestions were discussed, 182 papers read on accident prevention and rep o rts m ade th a t 70,408 em ployes had been talk ed to Individually by m em bers of safety com m ittees reg a rd in g un safe conditions and practices. Re :: su lts fo r th e y ear show th a t su b sta n tia l progress was m ade in acci d en t prevention by th e S o u th ern P a cific as to serious accidents of all ¡k in d s and ch aracter. DO YOU CONTEMPLATE BUILDING? LET U S FIG U R E Y O U R E S T IM A T E Grade for Grade, We Believe We Can Save You Money Our G rades conform to the “W est C oast C lassifications and G rading R ules’’ In other words, you receive what you ask and pay for. ON LARGE JOBS WE CAN DELIVER DIRECT FROM OUR MILL Q U A L IT Y _ SE R V IC E — R IG H T G R A D E Jones Lumber Co. Established 1859 G R E SH A M LU M BER Y A R D See J. Q. MAST, Branch Manager. Phone 891 T eeth E xtracted W ithout P ain — Hurts D on’t P ay Me This A d Is Worth $1.50 in Trade Dentistry at a Price You Know ij» Reasonable BEST GOLD CROWN $7.00 Bring A d and BEST BRIDGE WORK $1.00 $ 7 .0 0 A T O O T H Have Your Teeth Cleaned BEST RUBBER PLATE $ 20.00 My P ra ctice L im it«« to High < Bv» D eatiatry at « P rice »B ’ an afford. G U A RA NTEED DENTISTRY MAIN « 5 7 « A lisk y B uilding. T hird and M orrison AM NO COM PANY, 1 AM PERSONALLY REM EM BER! ANTEED DEN TISTRY . DR. HARRY SEMLER Second F loor Above S k id m ore D rug Co. R E S P O N S IB L E EOR MY GUAR 00010101010253535348232323485353485323234848535323485301010001010101024823534823485348234848535353532353480130090711020102010148485302232353234889485323 FARMERS—GET TOGETHER NOW! Get together, work together and join in a state and national way. There is only one way to get into the State and National federation of Farm Bureaus, and that way is through the County farm Bureau. Every unit must be organized. Have you ever had an opportunity to belong to a farmer organ ization that had a local county body to work through and a state body and a national body? If so, was that body strong in numbers and strong in finance, so that it was really capable of getting results? Be serious with yourself now. Is there today such an organization for farmers that is so organized and growing so fast as the Farm Bureau.” It Is W inning Farm ers L iterally By T housands Will you be one to join or will you stay out and continue to say that farmers will not organize? While you are knocking they are or ganizing as they never have before; 120,000 in Iowa now; 102,000 in Illinois, who pay $10 and $15 per year; 90,000 in Michigan. M ultnom ah County Is a G ood C ounty—A t Least M ult nom ah County Farm ers Should J o in -D o Farm ers W ant This O rganization? A bsolutely! There are now approximately 1,500,000 farm families represented in the membership of the American farm Bureau I ederat ion. Thirty-five State Farm Bureau Federations have grown strong enough in members and money to take part in the A. F. B. F. Near ly 1,500 County Farm Bureaus are now actively carrying on their work. The Farm Bureau is far beyond the experimental stage, in county, state and national work. You do not need to wait for results. They are already being accomplished. Isn’t it a sensible, business like thing for you to join this big, national farm organization? Eight Farm er Solicitors in M ultnom ah County Every one of whom is a thorough believer in the Farm Bureau, will come to see you on your farm the week of March 7 to 12. They will ask you to join with them in this great effort to put all farm folk on an equality with those in other walks of life. T H U iiK T he M ultnom ah County F arm Bureau and the O regon S tate Farm Bureau have agreed unanimously that the Greater farm Bureau in county, state and nation is worth $5.00 per year for each family, or it isn t worth anything. And, furthermore, no one is taken for a member for just one year. If it is worth anything it is worth supporting for a period of years. t H ere Is the Blank Y ou W ill Be A sked to Sign: M EM B ER SH IP AGREEM ENT M U L T N O M A H C O U N T Y FA RM B U R E A U " te r. I hereby apply fo r m em bership In »he M ultnom ah County F arm B ureau Including m em bership in th e Oregon and A m erican F arm B ureau F consideration of which I prom ise to pay th e sum of »5.00 on th e fifteenth day of th e m onth follow ing the d ate of ( h i. application and on the Aral day of Ja n u a ry of each succeeding year, thia am ount to cover m em bership dues In th e associations nam ed and 50 cents per y ear of th is sum fo r su b scrip tio n s to th e M ultnom ah C ounty F arm B ureau News. I Hereby authorize I’ank of Oregon (or such bank as may be handling my account) to charge orders for the above amount to my account when a receipt, signed by the Secre tary of the Multnomah County Farm Bureau is presented to said bank, during the month following the date payment becomes due. T his pledge sh all become void In case of my d eath o r rem oval from the county, o r a fte r 1921 upon w ritten req u est to th e secretary of th e M ultnom ah County F arm B ureau p rio r to th e d ate paym ent becomes dues. Name Date P. 0. Solicitor Read it carefully. It is all there. It’s right. It’s fair and square. By signing it you join a great host of American farm people, who are earnestly and honestly seeking to solve the farm problems in funda mentally sound ways. W atch for Date» and P lace» o f Public M eeting» and A tten d . A ct N ow ! The Multnomah County Farm Bureau and The Oregon State Farm Bureau
