GRESHAM
OUTLOOK.
FHIHYY, OCTOBER 37,
1922
CORBETT SCHOOL IS
BEING CONSTRUCTED
W ork is now under way on the new
Union High No. 1 which is to
replace the one th a t burned during
the sum m er months. Seven acres
have been purchased on the south side
of the Columbia river highway a short
distance west of Corbett for a new
building site. C. H. Rice of P ortland
was aw arded the contract for the
work. The building was supposed to
be com pleted by F ebruary 15 of next
year but the scarcity of cem ent is
causing so much delay th a t it will be
impossible to com plete it w ithin th at
time. The cost is estim ated at $30,-
000.
The plans were draw n by Freem an
& Strubble of Portland. The school is
to be patterned after the modern one-
story types th at are so popular at the
present time. The demand for the
one-story buildings is increasing.
T here is less danger of the pupils be
ing trapped in the building in case of
Are and it is also more convenient
when all of the rooms are on one
floor. The one argum ent against the
erection of this style of building is that
it covers too much acreage but there
is an unlim ited am ount of land in the
west.
T here will be tw elve rooms on the
main floor counting the eight class
rooms, a large assem bly hall which
will be 24x70, a domestic science room,
a chem ical laboratory and a splendid
gymnasium. The gymnasium will be
82 x 46 and will have a 19-foot ceiling.
The building is to be built in the
form of an H w ith two wings. The
plans call for 14,000 feet of floor
space. The front of the building will
m easure 170 feet. The outer w alls are
to be made of hollow tile with stucco
work finish.
The basem ent will be under one half
of the building. It will be partitioned
off into play rooms, individual shower
baths tor girls and also for boys, and
boiler rooms. L. E. Inm an of Silver-
ton has been given the c o n tra ct for
installing the furnace. The building
will be heated by steam .
An efficient w ater system is to be
Installed. A large w ater tan k will be
erected near the building with a ca
pacity for holding 30,000 gallons.
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D E T R O IT
Hundreds of Thousands
of users in practically
every line of business are
cutting haulage and de
livery costs with Ford
One-ton Trucks. Let us
show you why and how.
No obligation. Terms if
desired.
RAKER & SON
GRESHAM
OREGON
Bargain Rates on the Portland Dailies
Taxes
and the
Governor
109, and he has given his public approval on
numberless occasions of measures passed since
he was returned from the legislature causing
taxes am ounting to $1,020,804. making a total
of state taxes approved by Pierce of $8,564,038,
or 92 per cent of the total 1922. There is no
telling how much of the rem ainder he might
have approved if he had had a chance, and it
may be significant th at the state taxes have
decreased over 11 per cent since Mr. Pierce was
retired from the State Senate.
M r Pierce has always been a consistent tax
booster H e voted against only three per cent
of all the appropriations of the 1919 session of
the legislature and voted for all the appropria
tions of the 1920 special session.
In 1917 Mr. Pierce introduced a bill to exempt
money, notes, m ortgages and accounts from
taxation. Yet he poses as being anxious to
take the burden off real estate!
H e voted for submission of $400,000 bond
issue to build a new penitentiary.
Mr. Olcott, at no TA X expense and with
prison labor, has fixed up the old penitentiary
in excellent shape for another 25 years.
Mr. Pierce voted against accepting road m a
chinery from the government. T hat machinery
now am ounts in value to $1,800,000.
G O V E R N O R O L C O T T ’S R E C O R D
T he above are but a few of the extravagances
of Pierce. Mr. Olcott, on the other hand, has
conducted the business of the state in an eco
nomical, sane and business-like manner. H e
has saved the state thousands of dollars because
of his level-headedness and his intim ate knowl
edge of state affairs. H e built a new Boys'
Industrial School Building by diversion of a
millage fund, and therefore, without a single
cent additional tax. H e has insisted upon devel
opment of the various state farms connected
with the state institutions until the present year
«hows the unprecedented income from this
source of $491,511. He is no talker, no politi
cian, no idle prom iser and is not seeking re-elec
tion under false pretenses nor catering to preju
dice. but is going to the people on his own
splendid record, confident that if he can but get
that record and Mr Pierce's record before the
voters of Oregon that he will be vindicated on
election day, Tuesday, Nov. 7th.
Vote for Olcott
for GOVERNOR
REPUBLICAN STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
C. E. INGALLS, Secretary.
W A L T E R L T O O Z E , Chairman
Paid Adv
UR forefathers fought for their rights.
Many of them gave their lives that we
O
might enjoy freedom.
In the Declaration of Independence they
recorded those truths that have so safely
guided our democracy.
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They have written that men are endowed
by their Creator with certain “unalienable*
rights, and “to secure these rights govern
ments are instituted among men.”
And now these rights are attacked. The School Mo
nopoly Bill (called on the ballot Compulsory Education
B ill) proposes that we surrender a God-given right- the
right of parental control—the right of a parent to say in
what school his or her own child shall be educated.
Maintain your right to control your child through the
education you feel it is right to give it Do not be led astray
by fine phrases. Look into this dangerous bill. You will
find the vital principle of "unalienable” rights is at stake.
Vote 315X NO on the
School Monopoly Bill
Called on the ballot Compulsory Education Bill
Thi» advertisement U paid tor bv the Non-Sectarian and Protestant School» Committee.
known as cem ent and w hite enamel.
One of the attractiv e features about
the planning of the rooms on the first
floor is the placing of the break fast
room or second dining room so th a t
it is accessible from the back porch.
Evans Home Nearing Completion.
The Ward Evan's new home south Men coming in from the field can en
west of-Corbett is nearing completion. te r the dining room w ithout having to
It was designed for a model farm go through any other p art of the
home and comes as near to being house. All of the usual built-in fea
one as any other house in the Corbett t u r e s have been added. The upper
district. It is a one and one-half llart of the house is given over to
story building and is 36 feet wide and sleeping rooms. T here is one sleep
42 feet long. It contains nine rooms ing porch and there is also a sewing
and a bath. The floors in the living room. The basem ent is full size and
room, dining room and den are of equipped w ith a furnace.
C. H. Cham berlain is building an
ash. The kitchen, break fast room and
bath room are finished in w hat is addition onto the east side of his store
which is to be used as a feed room.
Mr. Cham berlain is doing the work
him self during his spare time.
When a candidate for the high office of governor bases his candidacy on certain
claims and promises as to what he will do if elected, the public is entitled to have his
claims analyzed and examined.
In this campaign, W alter Pierce has gone
about the country melo-dramatically tearing tax
bills in two by way of illustrating w hat he will
do to taxes if elected.
T he voter, then, should analyze the tax mat
ter to the extent of becoming informed as to
just w hat p a rt.th e governor plays in imposing
o r reducing taxes.
In the first place, th e voter should know that
the total levy in O regon for 1922 is $40,473,906.
This is a reduction of over $1,500,000 from
last year, so that it will be seen the high cost of
governm ent following the w ar is already reced
ing.
Of this 1922 levy of 40 million, over 31 mil
lion was for county, city and school district
purposes, over which the governor could have
no possible control whatever.
Of the remaining 9 million for state purposes,
only 354 million are taxes over which the legis
lature has any discretion, and of this amount,
only 2*4 million are for the actual expenses of
state governm ent and might, therefore, in even
the rem otest degree, be charged to the methods
employed by the governor in adm inistering the
state’s affairs.
In passing, it should be noted that this state
levy is an increase of 41 per cent, since 1916,
and not several hundred per cent, as stated on
various occasions by the democratic candidate.
It should also be noted that less than half o f
this 41 per cent occurred during Mr. O lcott's
adm inistration. T his ability to keep down the
cost of the state governm ent to so small an
increase, when living expenses in the ordinary
home in the same period increased over 100 per
cent, is a m ost creditable showing.
MR. P IE R C E 'S TA X REC O R D
I t is proper at this point to examine Mr.
Pierce’s own record on taxes and see if past
actions as a legislator square w ith his words.
Of the $9,376,289 of state taxes for 1922,
which include the millage taxes. MR. P IE R C E
S P E C IF IC A L L Y HAS A P P R O V E D O F
$8.564.039, or 92 per cent. H e had no chance
at m ost of the other 8 per cen:.
O f the 1922 state taxes. Pierce introduced
bills accounting for $1,429,128, or 15 per cent.
In addition to this, he voted for tax bills
introduced by others to the amount of $6,114,-
Don’t Surrender Your Rights!
Honest and economical adminis
tration of all estates in the inter
est of the beneficiaries.
VOTE
37 X G. F. ALEXANDER
FOR
CIRCUIT JUDGE
Bept. No. 7
PROBATE DEPARTMENT
17 YearB Successful Law P ractice
Square Deal fo r A ll
IMPROVEMENTS OX
ltO ( K W O O O ItO A I»
A. J. Stone is building an addition
to his house on the hack part. It is
12 x 36 and will be partitioned off into
a kitchen and two bed rooms. When
th is p a rt has been com pleted, the
house will contain seven rooms, a din
ing room, living room, a kitchen and
large pan try and th ree bed rooms.
The home of P. Burgess, Sr., on
M artin avenue, was repainted a short
tim e age.
The new tw o-story barn is now in
the process of construction on the
W. H. H eustls place on M artin avenue.
Mr. H eustis is doing the work himself.
BAI It USUALE RESIDENTS
HAVE BEAUTIFUL HOMES
the richest th a t can be purchased with
money. The rugs In the reception hall
are all imported and are of exquisite
design. The furniture, through the
house, is of dark mahogany.
Mrs. Johnson returned home last fall
after having spent the past four years
first living in New York and later in
California.
The former home was on the same
grounds a sh o rt distance from the
place where the present one now
stands. I t was torn down when the
new one was built. Mrs” Johnson says
she has come home to stay and she was
determ ined to have her home a work
of a r t and she has succeeded if one’s
eye can be a judge.
The en tire house is completely equip
ped with electricity and a drilled well
gives a w ater Bupply equal to th a t In
homes In the large cities.
Mrs. Johnson has 38 acres of land,
17 of which are in apples. It is her
dream to sell off a part of her land In
sm all tracts to persons who will erect
beautiful homes.
Anyone desiring to see two beautiful
homes can do so by driving about two
and one-half miles north of Gresham
to Bairdsdale station. The first fine is
ju st a sh o rt distance beyond the sta
tion. It was built last fall. Many
changes have been made since then
but it is now complete. T his home is
owned by Mrs. Marie D. Johnson who
has owned the grounds there for sev
Railroad Man Builds Fine Home.
eral years A p rettier home Inside and
H. J. Stirling, retired a u d ito ro f the
out can hardly be imagined. As one Union Pacific railroad has recently
drives up the broad brick driveway, moved here with his family from
one is impressed with the large stately Omaha, Nebraska, and Is building a
appearance of the house with Its green beautiful home Just north of Bairds-
shutters. It is patterned after a south dale Place. Mr. S tirlin g was auditor
ern mansion and has been so cleverly for the O. R & N. railroad in Portland
built th a t the deception is complete.
during the years of 1905 and 1906.
It is impossible to properly describe When he returned to the coaat this
the in terio r of the house. The large tim e M r.-Stirling was accompanied by
draw ing room is 20 feet wide and 34 his wife and his two daughters, the
feet long. The hardwood floor, the fire Misses M argaret and Isabel S tirling
place and the beautiful walls combined
The new home Is Just In the process
the rich furnishings makes th is room of construction. It is 38 feet long and
a work of art.
34 feet wide and two and one-half
French doors open from the recep stories high. Three dorm er windows
tion hall into the Colonial hall with fiave been built out from the roof.
Its wide stairw ay and mahogany ban There will be 10 rooms In all. The
isters leading to the upper rooms. The draw ing room is 17 feet wide and 26
walls and woodwork are In old ivory feet long. The two sun rooms, one up
enamel. A nother set of French doors sta irs and one on the first floor are to
lead Into the diningroom which also be enclosed In glass The one down
j has the old ivory wails and ceiling. The stairs will be covered with a m ansard
breakfast room opens off from If with roof.
The full basement Is to be equipped
! French doors and is finished in the
, same exquisite way. There are five with a fru it and vegetable room and a
, sleeping rooms on the upper floor work shop.' The ceiling Is unusually
j They are ail 15 feet wide and from 15 ! high causing the house to l>* raised up
i to 16 feet long. There are five windows > for a num ber of feet from the grounds
| in each room and they are all finished i The ten windows will flood the base
In old Ivory. The kitchen has all the J ment with light.
bui't-in features and Is finished in light J One of the beautiful features about
gray enamel.
this home is the many windows, some
A model home is thia Colonial man of which are of enorm ous size. The
sion on what is known as the Balr'ls- large library windows wll be beautiful
dale place. The furnishings are all of plate glass transparencies of western
scenery. There wll h I bo be oak floors
throughout the house. All of the
rooms will be finished In old ivory
enamel. Doors will he of the French
design. The house will be painted a
cream color. The large chimney for
the fireplace will have a letter 8 es-
cutchloned Into a cream diamtind.
The new home has been named
“ E asterling’’ which is the original fam
ily name. It is the plan of Mr. S tirl
ing to have Just a beautiful country
home. He has severed his connections
with the railroad and will devote his
tlm c to the beautifying of the grounds
which will all be laid out by a land
scape gardener. Much care is to be
taken In th eir arrangem ent. Two large
urns will act as sentinels at the gate
way as one enters the drivew ay and
passes on through the porte-cochere.
FAIRVIEW
HAS
M 11
HOMES
A four-room house Is being built on
the corner of Cedar and Sixth by Jas.
Burlingame.
The outside of the
house has been completed and the In
side will soon be ready for plaster.
When com plete there will he a living
room, a kitchen and two bedrooms.
The Wilcox home on Cellar street
has had the roof re-shingled recently.
Other Fairview Buildings.
"Muck" H unter is building a new
four-room bungalow on his property
on Second and Main streets which will
be connected with the sm all house a l
ready on the lot, the new p art bejng
to the front.
R. E. Brooks moved his house to a
new location, thoroughly remodeled
It and has added two new rooms, m ak
ing a com fortable five-room dwelling.
The Brooks family Is already occupy
ing It.
The house on the Hiram Stone place
has been remodeled and Improved and
is being occupied by Cedric Stone and
family.
NEW SERVICE STATION
BEING CONSTRUCTED
A new service station is being built
on the corner of Base Line and F air-
view rouds by the Arm of McCrate &
O verroedder of Portland. The land
was rented from Andrew Brugger.
Work of constructing the building Is
progressing rapidly and is expected to
he ready for occupancy by November
1st. The main w alls are already in
place. The work is being rushed as
much as possfble.