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GRESHAM Ol'TLOOh.
URGENT REASONS GIVEN
MILKMAID’S CONTEST
KOK ROSS ISLAND BRIDGE
• MILL EEATI RE SHOW
B uilding of th e proposed R oss
Isla n d b rid g e ac ro ss th e W illam ette
riv e r w ould be of d ire c t ad v an ta g e to
G resham
and vicinity, because it
w ould provide a d ire c t ro u te down th e
P ow ell V alley and ac ro ss th e riv e r to
th e w est side b u sin ess d is tric t in
P o rtla n d on w hich th e saving of tim e
w ould be a m ost ap p reciab le item.
P la n s for b rid g e provide for space
for fo u r lines of vehicles, tw o a t rap id
speed a n d -tw o a t a slo w er rate. The
tro u b le s th a t a re m et w ith a t th e e x
istin g bridges in th e w ay of s tre e t c a r
tra c k s and ra ilro a d c ro ssin g s n e a r th e
ap p ro a c h e s would be elim in ated a»
th e R oss Islan d bridge, and it will
have no d raw sp an , so th is w ould be a
big tim e-sav er fo r th e a u to driv er.
T hese f^ cts and th e one o u tsta n d in g
fe a tu re th a t no new b rid g es have
been b u ilt ac ro ss th e W illam ette riv e r
a t P o rtla n d for ten y ears, w hile
v eh icu lar traffic lias in creased to
enorm ous p ro p o rtio n s, w ith every
p ro sp ect of co n tin u o u s In crease a t
even a m o re rap id ra te, a re u rg ed by
one jo in t b rid g e co m m ittee in c h arg e
o f th e R oss Isla n d bridge cam p aig n ,
a s cogent re aso n s why v o ters of th e
G resham te r rito ry should su p p o rt the
brid g e m easu re to be voted upon No
vem ber 7.
T he cost to th e ta x p a y e r of 35 cen ts
p er y ear on th e $1000 of assessed val
n atio n is so lig h t as no t to be com
pared to th e loss of tim e due to tr a f
tic congestion at th e p re se n t bridges
ft is urged. G resh am ’s in te re s ts a re
clo sely tied up w ith th o se of P o rtlan d
ajid th e new bridge, for rap id tr a n s it
is essen tial to o u r g e n e ra l develop
nicnt.
One of th e fe a tu re s of th e Pacific
In te rn a tio n a l L ives Sock E xposition
w hich Is e x citin g m uch in te re st w ill
be th e m ilk m a id 's co n test. More th an
tw o -sco re e n trie s have a lre a d y been
m ade, am o n g th e e n tr a n ts b eing Mrs.
E m m a S o d e rq u ist and Mrs. B. C. A lt
m an , both of th e G resham d istric t.
T he m ilk m aid 's c o n te st w ill be
stag ed in th e a re n a as th e co n clu d in g
event of th e h o rse show m atin e e s on
th re e a ftern o o n s. H o lstein s, G u e rn
sey s an d J e rs e y s w ill be used, one
breed fo r each day, all cow s being of
th e y n n e b reed a t each of th e th re e
c o n te sts. A co m m ittee of e x p e rts w ill
a c t as a board of judges.
C ash p rizes of $50, $40, $30, $20 and
G overnor O lcott ad m in istered to the
s udent body of th e I ’n iv ersity of O re
gon a pledge of alleg ian ce to th e s ta te
a t tin 1 an n u al P ledge Hay cerem ony in
th e W om an's B uilding on th e cam p u s
recen tly .
T his y ear a th o u san d new stu d e n ts
h eard for the first tim e th e pledge and
Joined In sw earin g alleg ian ce to the
state. T he oath is as follow s:
"A s a stu d en t of th is U niversity
th a t Is m ain tain ed by th e people
of O regon 1 h e a rtily ackno w led g e
th e obligation I sh all owe to them .
T he o p p o rtu n ities open to m e h ere
tor secu rin g tra in in g . Ideals and
vision for life I deeply a p p re c ia te
an d reg ard as a sacred tr u s t, and
do hereby pledge th a t it s h a ll be
my m ost deeply ch e rish e d p u r
pose to ren d er us b o u n tifu l a r e
tu rn to th e O regon people an d
th e ir pi-sleritv In faith fu l an d a r
d en t devotiou to th e com m on good
us w ill lie in my pow er. It sh a ll
be the aim of my life to lab o r for
th e h ighest good and g lo ry of an
ever g re a te r co m m o n w ealth .”
Both G overnor O lcott and th e Rev. '
\\ illiam S. G ilb ert of A sto ria, a m em - |
h er of the board o f re g e n ts, ad d ressed
th e facu lty an d stu d e n ts. P resid en t
P. L. C am pbell presid ed .
S cotch T h rift.
In a ta lk on th r ift, a tip n k er told
a sto ry about a S cotch fa rm e r who,
on freq u en t sh o p p in g tris sr
’own,
w ould hitch his h o rse ou Main stre e t,
and having se c u re ly a tta c h e d th e feed
bag w ould lift a hen from th e w agon
and tie her w ith a s to u t co rd to one
of th e sh a fts, in sucli a m a n n e r th a t
sh e w ould be ab le to pick up every
b it of the outs th e h o rse m ig h t d ro p
w h ile w re stlin g w ith th e feed b a g -
Ju d g e.
T h e B ank o f G resh am pay s 5 p er
c e n t in te re s t on tim e d e p o s its .--A d v .
nam es a re en tered a t Pacific In te r
n atio n al h e a d q u a rte rs, 211 N o rth w e st
e rn B ank Bldg., P o rtla n d , O regon.
Him Music Defeated \a p eleu n .
Music h as th e pow er not only to
sooth but to ro u se to m adness. Na
poleon, a fte r his (Jefeat in R u ssia, is
alleged to have d eclared it w as caused
by the R u ssian w rite r and th e R u ssian
arm y m usic, th e w eird and b a rb a ric
tu n e s of "th o se m o n stro u s C ossack
reg im en ts" in citin g th e M uscovites to
those fu rio u s a tta c k s in w hich they
w iped out th e b est reg im en ts of th e
F re n c h arm y .
M usic— T h e joy and need of every
m an.— Dr. F ra n k C rane.
M usician In O th er F ields.
M usicians in g e n e ra l have had th e
re p u ta tio n — possibly d eserv ed —of be
ing sp e c ia lists, s tric tly bound up in
th e in te re s ts of th e r ow n pro fessio n ,
yet th e re have been n o tew o rth y ex cep
tions.
P ad erew sk i w as chosen as first head
of new P o lish republic.
Verdi becam e a su ccessfu l farm er.
W agner, b esides w ritin g on ail so rts
of m u sical to p ics is th e a u th o r of se v
e ra l sh o rt sto rie s, of essay s on v a r i
ous to p ics and la s t but not le a s t of
his ow n lib re tto s.
S idney L an ier, th e poet su p p o rte d
him self as flute p la y e r in th e B a lti
m ore S ym phony o rc h e s tra .
Ja m e s H u necker, w hose b rillia n t
e ssay s and sto rie s g e n e ra lly , but not
alw ay s, tr e a t on m u sical to p ics, w as
fo rm erly a su ccessfu l p iano te a c h e r in
New York.
S ir W illiam H e rsc h e l, th e d is tin
g uished a stro n o m e r, th e d isco v erer of
th e p la n e t U ran u s, w as o rig in a lly a
m u sician.
S ain t S aens, fo r m any y e a rs d evot
ed tim e to th e se rio u s stu d y of a s
tronom y, an d is th e a u th o r of essay s
on v ario u s a stro n o m ic a l topics.
L ieut. J o h n P h ilip S ousa, a p a rt from
being th e m ost w idely played A m eri
can co m p o ser an d o u r m ost renow ned
band m a s te r, h a s a lso w ritte n sev eral
su ccessfu l novels and is one of th e
chanrpion m a rk e sm e n of A m erica.
If th e people, In clu d in g re tu rn e d
so ld iers, w an t econom y in public a f
fa irs and red u ced ta x e s, th ey m ust
not d em and too m uch.
OU ARE ASKED to vote November 7 on a constitutional amendment authorizing the city of
Portland to levy within the city a tax of one million dollars a year for three years to finance
the proposed 1927 Exposition.
1 here is evidence that plans and purposes of the 1927 Exposition are not fully under
stood and this m essage is being published to give a more complete understanding and to g a i n state
wide approval of the Exposition plans.
<J It should first of all be made plain that the proposed three million dollar tax to be levied in Port-
an is contingent upon the raising of a fund of one million dollars by private subscription — the
men who are pioneering the building of the Exposition showing their own faith in a m a t e r i a l way.
The one purpose of the Exposition is the development of Oregon and Oregon resources.
Oregon, twice the size of the state of N ew York and one of the richest sections of the world in
natural resources, has less than a million population instead of the four or five millions which the
state can easily support and which in turn would contribute to the support of the state.
<1 Oregon has few er people than the city of Los Angeles.
<2 Oregon has only eight people to the square mile. California has 22 and Washington 20.
•J Oregon is burdened with taxes and the one sure relief to the individual taxpayer is more people to
develop more wealth to share the tax burden.
A splendid e n te rta in m e n t w as given
last S atu rd ay evening, O ctober 28, in
MAW t . HE H. STI DEM S
TAKE OREGON PLEDGE
NOVEMBER S, 1*22
The Exposition Means
Immediate State Development
Y
POWELL VALLEY
HONORS ('Ll B LEADERS
th e P ow ell V an ey schoolhouse. T he
room w as d eco rated for th e occasion
in ap p ro p ria te H allo w e’en d eco ratio n s.
J. E. C allavan, s ta te field clu b w o rk
er, w as th e m ain sp eak er. H e gave
an in te re stin g ta lk on clu b w ork. An
enjoyable evening w as spent.
T he re sid e n ts of th e P ow ell V alley
a p p re c ia te th e w ork acco m p lish ed by
the lead ers of th e boys’ an d g irls'
clu b s In th a t d istric t. In o rd e r to
show th e ir ap p reciatio n , th ey decided
to hold th is e n te rta in m e n t to ra ise
m oney to give each of th e clu b lead
e rs, who have w orked so h a rd to m ake
the clubs a success, a p re se n t. A sum
of $20 w as ta k e n in.
T he lead e rs to be h onored a re
F ru n k G ustafso n , lead er of th e p otato
clu b ; B. M. H ow ell, lead er of th e g a r
den club an d Mrs. A. O. S tafford, le a d
e r of th e pig club. T he co o k ery club
h a s alre a d y given th e ir lead e r, Mrs.
B ert Olsen, a p a rty and p re se n te d h er
w ith a p re s e n t In ap p re c ia tio n of her
services.
Mrs. Stafford Is lead er of th e V ictory
s ta n d a rd pig clu b b u t tw o boys from
P ow ell V alley a re m em b ers of the
club. T his w as also tr u e of th e
O rient sheep clu b of whom O. N ass-
liahn w as th e lead er. T w o Pow ell
V alley boys a re m em b ers of tills club
an d won ch am p io n sh ip s th is year.
Mrs. Stafford is being esp ecially re c
ognized becau se sh e w as in s tru m e n ta l
In g ettin g th e clu b sta rte d when ev
ery th in g w as a p p a re n tly a g a in s t her.
Mrs. Stafford is now in Hood River.
Mrs. B ert Olsen h a s a cookery club
of ten g irls and w as su ccessfu l th is ,
y e a r in finishing one of th e b est p ro
g ram s of w ork ever accom plished. All 1
of th e g irls com p leted th e ir w ork and
secu red a 100 p er cen t reco rd . The '
g ard en club had only one boy who did
n o t finish. T h e livestock boys a l s o !
com pleted th e ir w ork. In sum m ing
up it w as found th a t out of 33 club
m em bers in th e P ow ell V alley dis
tr lc t, only one of them failed to com
plete the w ork th is yeur.
$10, to g e th e r w ith a n u m b er of m er-
'ch an d ise p rizes a re being offered. T he
c o n te st is o pen to all g irls and w om
en. All e n tr a n ts w ill d re s s in w hite
fro ck s, o r in w h ite s k irts aud blouses,
w ith larg e w h ite ap ro ns. T he cow s
w ill be lined up at one side of the
a re n a , and th e m ilk m aids, each w ith
h er p ail an d sto o l, w ill to e a m a rk on
th e opp o site sid e of th e a re n a about
35 feet d ista n t. At a sig n al the m ilk
m aids w ill ru n to th e ir allo ted cow s
an d s t a r t m ilk in g . T hey w ill m ilk for
five m in u tes an d th e m ilk in th e pailb
w ill be w eighed.
T he definite d a te s w ill pro b ab ly be
T u esd ay , W ednesday and T h u rsd ay ,
o r possibly W ednesday, T h u rsd a y and
F rid ay . No e n tra n c e fee w ill be
ch arg ed , and d efinite ru le s anil re g u
la tio n s w ill be s e n t to a ll th o se w hase
FRIDAY.
Vast areas of Oregon soil, as fertile as the world contains, are untouched by the plow because the
people of the world do not know of their fertility and opportunity.
4J But these are facts we all know.
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<¡1 We are all agreed as to the need of development in Oregon; now let us see what the 1927 Exposi
tion can mean in bringing about that development:
^3 // is proposed that the 1927 Exposition shall be the central feature of a ten-year development plan
for the state.
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jj 1 he first essential of this plan is that the people of the East who can better their own conditions by
coming to Oregon be made to know what Oregon can offer.
<3 It is planned, if the Exposition measure is approved at the polls, to begin, not later than 1924, a
campaign of advertising which shall cover all the rich states to the east of us. This advertising is
to appeal to farmers, stockmen, orchardists, manufacturers and tourists, telling each of these classes
of the opportunities which Oregon offers them and inviting them to come and see for them selves. All
this advertising will lead up to the 1927 Exposition, but it will be intended to attract not alone sight
seers but settlers and investors even before the Exposition.
It is planned also to continue this development programme after the Exposition is ended and until
1934.
4 It is proposed that the Exposition shall strongly feature the products and resources of Oregon, so
that visitors will become interested in the state as a place for them to live and prosper.
4^ Each section of the state will be given an opportunity to benefit both by the preliminary adver
tising and by the Exposition itself.
4J Railways will be asked to sell excursion tickets to the Exposition, which shall give the holders
without extra cost a trip to other sections of the state which they may desire to visit.
4J Each county in the state will be invited to participate in a carefully worked-out plan to direct atten
tion to and create interest in all sections of the state.
4J Those who sponsor the Exposition believe that these plans will! insure a speedy and definite devel
opment of Oregon's vast resources by bringing together the entire energies of the state and by
focusing attention upon the state.
4J The welfare of every man, woman and child in Oregon is directly connected with state develop
ment. Adequate state development means increased prosperity, a better social condition, better
markets, more comforts and conveniences, with reduced taxation.
4J In the present condition of the United States and of the world at large. Oregon's state development
will not come speedily unless well thought-out and aggressive plans are put into execution.
4t The 1927 Exposition — as the concentration point of a ten-year development plan — is a definite,
tangible movement for state-wide progress, and on this basis you can confidently give your approval
to the Exposition measures to be voted on at the polls November 7.
Why the Exposition Has Been Set Forward From 1923 to 1927
The change of date from 1925 to 1927 has been made because it has been foand im
possible to baild an adequate Exposition and to co-ordinate all its features in a general
plan for Oregon development in the little more than two years between now and 1925.
1927
E x p o sitio n Com m ittee
George L. Baker, Vice-Chairman Managing Committee
MANAGING COMMITTEE
F. T. Griffith, Chairman
A. H Lea
George L. Baker, V ice-C hair man
W. W. Harrah
John F. Daly
F. C. Deckabach
Guy H’. Talbot
William Hanley
tra F. Powers
Emery Olmstead
FINANCE COMMITTEE
David M. Dunne
Emery Olmstead, Chairman
J. A. Cranston
Guy W. Talbqt
tra F. Powers
R. E. Smith
John F. Daly
Nathan Strauss
THIS ADVERTISEMENT IS PAID FOR BY FIVE HUNDRED OREGON CITIZENS