Gresham outlook., May 14, 1926, Image 5

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VOL. 1«, NO. 23
G resham O u t l o o k
Section T w o
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CLAY S. MORSE FOR
COUNTY COMMISSION
SHEPHERD ON BALLOT
FOR SUPREME COURT
Oregon Delegation Confers
CANDIDATE OFNER
WOULD CODIFY LAWS
Shepherd. George S. T h at's th e way
it appears on the rep ublican nom lnat-
j mg ballot under th e heading “ Ju stice
R unning for th e republican nom ina­ I of the Suprem e C ourt—T hree to elect."
tion for th e office of county com m is­
I he nam es of th e th ree p resen t in­
The Outlook has been very favor­
sioner a re seven nam es on the ballot. cum bents a re th e re also. They a»e up
ably im pressed with J. B. Ofner, can­
There a re tw o to nom inate. Among for re-nom ination on May 21. Shep­
didate for th e sta te legislature. He is
these candidates w ill be found the herd is running ag ain st th e field.
I an ou tstan d in g law yer of P o rtlan d
name of Clay S. Morse.
Mr. Shepherd spoke to th e b erry
and has had much experience in his
Mr. Morse has been a resident and Prow ers at th eir m eeting W ednesday
profession. H is slogan sim ply says,
business m an of this county and of | afternoon and stated some of the re a ­
"Less laws, less ta x es; m ore Coolidge
Portland for 37 years, m ost of the sons why he w as a candidate.
economy," b u t those few w ords mean
tim e in the tra n s fe r business of which
M ultnomah county, from w hich come
a g reat deal if the ideas can be made
he is th e founder and principal ow n­ about 50 per cent of the cases, has no
effective. T he m ore m en of O fner's
er. It is one of th e m ost extensive of representatio n in the court, w hile
type in the leg islatu re th e n ea rer the
its kind in P o rtlan d .
Douglas county has two.
sta te will be to a realization of th a t
Mr. Morse is w ell recom m ended and
Mr. Shepherd thinks the w ork of the
ideal.
qualified for th e office he seeks be­ co u rt should be speeded up. He cited
Aside from desiring to actualize
cause of his b usiness and civic connec­ the ease of a Corbett man who m ore
these ideals in general. Mr. Ofner hae
tions and long experience in p ractical th an four years ago had a fire. The
a p ractical and econom ical plan for the
and extensive affairs. He has been in su ran ce com pany on a technicality
repeal of obsolete, conflicting and
tre a su re r of th e P o rtlan d Cham ber of refused to pay th e in su ran ce claim of
contusing law s and the developm ent of
Commerce for several y ea rs and is about a thousand dollars. S uit was
a model code of laws by utilizing the
now tre a s u re r of th e P o rtlan d stadium . brought again st th e com pany and a
wisdom and experience of th e court«
He has alw ays been prom inent in pub­ ju ry in a M ultnomah county co u rt
S A T O R S AND REPRESENTATIVES of Oregon in Congress are shown gathered in
and
ad m in istrativ e officers of the
lic affairs and is w ell know n and w ell rendered a v erdict in favor of
state.
n te ie s ‘s of ?hitreflC
te t
n whlC* emerg! plane f° r furth« W legislation in the best
liked.
the insured. The in su ran ce com
It will be necessary to include some
R e n r « in f « i thir t *«**®’ Grouped around the conference board are, left to right,
Mr. Morse Is g re a tly in terested in pany appealed th e case to thu suprem e
' of Salem1 RVe
JDSi.nnOtt The Dalle8, 8econd district! Senator Charles L. McNary,
law yers in th e list of th irte e n to be
the M ultnom ah county fa ir and is a co u rt and the judgm ent of th e low er
fir s t
?enat° r Robert H. Stanfield, of Portland, Representative Willis 0. Hawley,
selected from the 46 candidates on the
stockholder and booster. H e stands co u rt w as sustained. The decision has
first district; and Representative M. E. Orumpacker, Portland, third district.
'
ballot. C onsider O fner's nam e am ong
for a la rg e r and b etter fair th a t w ill be ju st been handed down. The case w as
them.
a credit to th e county.
before the suprem e co u rt about th ree
C andidate Ofner m akes the follow ­
As a county com m issioner, handling years. The u n fo rtu n a te m an who su f­
OLSON, .IAS D.
ing statem en t reg ard in g the law s of
m illions of d o llars of th e people's fered th e loss by fire has been four
FOR LEGISLATURE Oregon:
money every year, and p lanning and y ea rs g etting his claim settled.
“The law s of Oregon, num bering
building for a g re a te r fu tu re , he fa
Mr. Shepherd says th a t since Jan u
about 15,000 a re contained in five
vors a co n stru ctiv e and econom ical a ry 1, 1925, the Oregon suprem e co u rt
books w eighing about 25 pounds. They
program . He sta n d s for the im prove­ has decided less th an 350 cases, w hile
have never been carefu lly edited w ith
If the voters of th is sta te w ant a re On account of my p erso n al relatio n s
m ent of connecting links to ou r a r ­ th e W ashington suprem e co u rt in the
a purpose of expunging obsolete, am ­
publican
for
governor,
and
they
terial road system to help in th e de sam e period has decided 814 cases,
with th e n ational ad m in istratio n , I
biguous or confusing m atter. The last
velopm ent of our r u ra l com m unities. n ea rly tw ice as m any, Oregon has should; if they w ant a thorough O re­ believe, I. b etter th a n any o th er g u ­
leg islatu re added over 800 pages.
He favors m ore safeg u ard s fo r the seven suprem e ju stices and W ashing­ gonian and a m an of p ractical ex p er­ b ern a to rial candidate can ren d er a s­
"F ew er law s" is a platitude. M ulti­
ience;
if
they
w
ant
a
m
an
w
ith
a
ton
nine.
prevention of accidents on ou r public
sistan ce to our congressional delega- j
plicity of law s is the fashion. Chief
highw ays.
Mr. Shepherd th in k s th e co u rt broad, safe, constructive, tax -red u c­ tion at W ashington, in secu rin g relief
Ju stice McBride stated th a t our best
ing
ad
m
in
istrativ
e
program
—then
Mr. M orse is a su b sta n tia l m an of should have some younger men and
in th is m a tte r, and also, in securing
Intended law was th e w orst d rafted
business ability and a heavy taxpayer. should not be two to th ree y ears be­ they w ant and will nom inate and elect n ecessary and beneficial reclam ation,
law In our sta tu te s. T his condition is
I.
L.
P
atterso
n
for
governor.
It would seem th e re could be no m is­ hind in its decisions.
harbor, p o rt, re-fo restatlo n and h igh­
disgraceful and leads to d isrespect for
take in m aking him one of th e nom i­
PLATFORM IN BRIEF.
way legislation.
law and u n ce rtain ty in litigation.
Stands
for
Modification.
nees on May 21.
H ere Is a synopsis of P atterso n s
“The p resen t autom obile license is
These law s have been my w orking
A ttention is called by the S andblast
for S enator Club, 420 Railw ay E x ­ p la tfo rm :
inequitable and u n ju st to the ow ners
tools for the past 15 years. I have
change building, P o rtlan d , Oregon to
"R educe taxes by reducing cost of of used cars. This tax should be
sought relief th ro u g h b ar associations
his platform and biography, w hich are Governm ent.
equitably adjusted, I am opposed to
and p ast leg islatu res, w ithout success.
published on page 8 of th e V oter's
“E very d o llar in tax es paid to r e ­ any in crease w hatever in th e a u to ­
I find and resp ectfu lly subm it th a t the
P am phlet by the S ecretary of State.
Chief plank is MODIFICATION OF tu rn th e tax p ay er a dollar in service. mobile license fees or gasoline tax.
only way to com pletely co rrec t the
VOLSTEAD ACT— REFERENDUM OF
“ Make G overnor budget-m aking of­ A b soon as possible th e re should be
m a tte r is to provide a point w here all
PRO HIBITION LAWS. H is slogan is ficial.
reduction in both.
law yers, judges, ad m in istrativ e of­
'W ine and Beer u nder G overnm ent
R eceipts from governm ent land
ficers, b ureaus, com m issions and o th ­
C ontrol; N o-Saloons.”—Paid Adv.
"I am opposed to th e so-called ped- I
less expenses belong to the people o f 'd l e r 's license law as it is applied to
ers ad m in isterin g our sta tu te s, can
Oregon.
, trav elin g salesm en.’’
officially rep o rt erro rs and subm it co r­
"P lace p en iten tiary under board of
P en iten tiary Reform,
rectio n s in our laws. T his work can
control. Make board of control th e 1 . .
,
be done Inexpensively und efficiently
parole board. F ew er pardons
,
" t0
con,luct of th e 8ta,e Pen ‘-
by one of the luw lib ra ria n s, who
"E nforcem ent of prohibition by of-
, “ 7 Patter8on is equally explicit
Jam es D. Olson
would th u s become the clearin g house
flcials who believe in enforcing th e aml refo rm ato ry- He says:
One of the younger men seeking the of all e rro rs In whom would be cen­
law.
j “ T he sta te p en iten tiary has for
nom ination to the leg islatu re on th e tered the united wisdom and ex p eri­
“H asten co nstruction of Roosevelt ' m anv -v ear* bpp» used as a political republican tick et is Jam es D. Olson. ence of the bench, bar and all adm in­
highw ay.
1 football for fu rth e rin g th e in te rests Mr. Olson is not a law yer but is an istra tiv e officials and bodies."
R epublican C a n d id a te fo r
"C onservative road co n stru c tio n ;
Politicians and p olitical p arties at alert, level headed young m an of ex­
ad ju st autom obile licenses; oppose j the exPe n ,e of the tax p ay ers. Any perience In lines th a t would fit him
Gresham Beauty Mlioppe
p eddlers’ license applying to trav e l- ' b‘I,ar,m ellt of the state, the employes well for a legislative position. In everything in th e line of cosm etic
C ourteous and efficient
ing salesm en.
I of w hich hold positions by reason of fact he Is as fam iliar w ith th e therapy.
"A dequate provision for retirin g political activ ity and co n trib u tio n s to m achinery of legislation as some who treatm en t. Mrs. Lois St. C lair, F irst
S tate Bank building, phone 1841
F our re g u la r and tw o special se s­
cam paign funds, and lose them by have served In th a t capacity because G
bonds. Issu e no tax free bonds.
resham .—Adv.
sions in the H ouse of R epresentatives,
"Fish and gam e com m ission func­ failu re to qualify in th is respect, is as a rep rese n tativ e of th e daily press
chairm an of th e im p o rta n t W ays and
tion for people and not as political necessarily ex tra v ag a n t and Inefficient. he covered several legislative sessions.
Means Com m ittee, and a m em ber of
The net re su lt is th a t th e tax p ay er is He is a tax p ay er and resid en t of P o rt­
this com m ittee for th ree sessions, hav­
m achines.
ing been a m em ber of the o th e r most
actu ally paying the cam paign expens­ land.
"P lay fair with ex-service men.
im portant com m ittees and filling the
‘M aintain high stan d ard of public es of can d id ates and p arty o rg an iza­
position of the S peaker of th e House
His slogan rea d s: "No unn ecessary
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR
schools and in stitu tio n s of higher I tions, and th e In stitu tio n is dem or­ tax burd en s and few er freak law s."
ot R epresentatives during th e session
alized.
learning."
o f 1923 qualifies and equips him with
Mr. Olson is one of the 16 legisla­
the n ecessary Inform ation, know ledge
"W e have th e exam ple of the ap- tive can d id ates who received the en ­
L eirislalh o Experience.
and experience to successfully re p re ­
LV. PORTLAND
LV. GRKSIIAM
P a tte rso n is an O regonian by birth, i polntm ent of 8,x w ardens a t the peni dorsem ent of the A nti-Saloon League
sent the people of C lackam as. M ultno­
I'nrk
nml
Vurnhlll
P
o w ell ft Robert«
has engaged
engaged in
In m
r c a n tile
t il e a and
n , I ,f a,iflrY 1,1 a period of six years.
mah and Colum bia C ounties in the
w hich m eans he is safe on the question
He e has
m e ercan
S tate Senate.
“No
p
riv
ate
businews
could
prosper
P
h
o
n
e
MAIn
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of m odification of the Oregon dry law.
farm ing business.
Under P resident
P h o n e 1823
Having been born in Oregon and
McKinley and P resid en t Roosevelt he with a n n u a l changes of m anagem ent, He m erits your confidence and su p ­
having lived here all his life, having
Department No. I
port.
■H :30
m., P.
was co llector of custom s for P ortland no m aty-r how able th e m anagers
com pleted courses
in the
public
■7 00 a m..
9 30
m . II.
"No one can hope for any perm a
8 30 a. m..
schools, high school. U niversity of
d istric t and ad m inistered the office
10 30
m . p.
• :30 a m .
11 30
Oregon and H arvard Law School su c ­
m , B.
10 ;30 a m.,
econom ically. He has served in the nent, efficient and econom ical adm in
C.
LEWIS
SEEKS
12:30
m , P.
cessfully engaged in m erchandising
11 3o a m .
istra tio n of the p en iten tiary under
1 30
m , B.
12 :30 p. m ,
LEGISLATIVE SEAT
and tim ber business, a taxpayer, his Over 6 years experience as a judge sta te le g isla tu re four reg u lar and two th is system
2 3(1
m., p.
1 :30 p m ,
special sessions.
3 :3u
m . B.
interest, n atu ra lly , is for the w elfare,
2 30 p. m.,
4
30
"I
favor
placing
the
p
en
iten
tiary
u
n
­
p.
m.,
P.
D.
C.
Lewis
is
an
experienced
legis­
3
: 30 p m ,
advancem ent and developm ent of his
5 :30 p. m.. B.
Position on T axation.
4 30 p. m ,
der th e board of control, as it is the lator, having been in the sta te legis­
district and the g reat sta te of Oregon.
6 - - 30 p. m., p.
5 30 p m .
:30 p. in . B
“ If I become G overnor." says P at- ( only sta te Institution not now under la tu re several term s. Two y ears ago
Paid Adv.
x 6 30 p m ,
38 X Hawkins, M artin W. terso
*11 :30 p. m.. B.
n , "th ere will be no discount on the board, to the end th a t the ten u re he was elected to the sta te sen ate but
I ’ i I
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the tax p ay er's dollars. I will see to j of office at th e p en iten tiary may de- an accid en t rendered him helpless
.S u n d a y s and H o lid a y s on ly
it th a t every d o llar paid in taxes will pend solely on m erit, as it does at and he was not p resen t at the last
*S a tu rd a y s. B u n d a y s and H olid ays.
■ L a lly ex cep t B u n d ays and H o lid ays.
a #
retu rn to th e tax p ay er a d o lla r's other sta te in stitu tio n s. This Is the session He is well on his feet again
P. V.— P o w ell V a lley .
w orth of service.
only w ay to remove It from politics. and m entally capable.
B. L.— B a se Lins.
You ask how? By proper control We can then reduce th e cost and hope
Mr. i.ewfs au th o rizes the Outlook to
O wned and op erated by
of the budget and a very carefu l su- I In tim e to m ake it self-su stain in g
says th a t if he is nom inated and elect­
pervision of th e ex penditure of ap ­
GEO. LEW IS & SON
The per cap ita cost of m aintaining ed he will loyally g uard the Interests
propriations.
p riso n ers a t the p en iten tiary , as of G resham and of o th er cities and
“In our national governm ent, the show n by rep o rts for the period Octo­ sections of e a ste rn M ultnom ah in the
presid en t is the budget m aking officer her 1, 1922. to Septem ber 30, 1924. Is event of legislation providing for the
Likewise, in m any sta te s of the Union, j about tw ice the per ca p ita cost at the en larg em en t of the city of P ortland
the governor is the budget m aking of- I sta te h o sp itals (u n d er the board of or any com bination of city and coun­
STAGE CO.
M \ i l t l CB BOT K IN
T O M CO O PER
co n tro l), or m ore th an the p er cap ita ty governm ents.
«•»/■■>«< n*er M t,debater Six | . , r |„r
“I favor In th is sta te m aking the cost of living of the average fam ily of
d» In«». Chair Car Typ»
governor the budget m aking officer.
Oregon.
Som ething New in Screen Doors.
SECTION
LINE ROUTE
“U nder our law. th e governor has
"I also favor abolishing the parole
Special prices w hile they last,
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S
C H R D I I.B
trongly
m
ade
from
1%-in
clea
r
cedar,
th e pow er to veto any ap p ro p riatio n hoard and placing the p aroling of
Lv. flrraham
L ». P ortlan d
screen. Several different
made by th e leg islatu re, or any single p riso n ers u nder the board of control, galvanized
FOR PO R TLA N D
FO R ORK BH AM
styles and sizes to select from. Come
item In any ap p ro p riatio n bill.
thus reducing, by one. th e already too and look them over.
«■ IS a . m ,
•aa „ m
Republican for
6 :6 6
"If given th e pow er to m ake th e bud- ! num erous sta te hoards.
GRESHAM WOODWORKING SHOP
••T h ru to San d y
11:66
on Cleveland Avenue.
18:66
get, the governor would be solely re-
When pardons and paroles are is-
1:66 p. ni.
18:66
8:6(1
sponsible for sta te expenaes and could sued th e In terests of p riso n ers should E ast G resham near Mt. Hood R R
8:66 p. m.
6
:66
—Adv.
Phone 50x1.
4:66
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not evade the responsibility. The only not be th e only m otive—th e p ro tec­
••8:6«
■Saturday , . S u n d a y ,
••T h ru to Sandy
way he could be relieved of any p art lion of the 800,000 law abiding citizens
and
II«
in
lld
a
y
s
ernor.
He is a fa rm er's m an and
•I6 t6 .
•S a tu rd a y . S un day,
Less Laws, More Coolidge I of It would be by th e leg islatu re over- of th e sta te should be given full con- prom ises to look ca refu lly to th e pro­
R ep u b lican C a n d id a te fo r
riding his veto .which req u ires a two- sideration.
and Ffolldaya.
I.». Saatfy
tection and fu rth e ran ce of the best
Economy. Reduce Burden on th ird s vote of both houses.
FOR PORTLAND
“T h ere will be g rea ter resp ect for
in
te
rests
of
ag
ric
u
ltu
re
th
ro
u
g
h
o
u
t
County Com m issioner Auto Owners.
Lv. Oreaham
6:86 a. si.
“More th an half of O regon’s a re a is our law s and they will be easier and th e state.
for Sandy
•7:86 p. m.
v
ia
P ow ell V alley
untaxed governm ent land, which is b etter enforced when the too freq u en t
MULTNOMAH COUNTY
His position in referen ce to good
•T o O reaham o n ly
J. B. Ofner has a p ractical and
an d O rient
tx
c
e
p
t
Bat
.
Sun
.
being
m
ade
m
ore
valuable
at
the
ex-
pardoning
of
crim
in
als
ceases,
econom ical plan to repeal obsolet?. J
roads Is co n stru ctiv e yet conservative. and Ito lld a y a thru 7 146 a. aa.
"The abuse of th e pardoning power,
conflicting and confusing laws and to pense of Oregon tax p ay ers. I believe
6:46 p. m.
P atte rso n in his slogan says, "Will to P ortlan d .
E conom y
S ervice
develop a model code of law s by using 1 th a t all receip ts and revenues now, or in thia state, has been one of the great-
devote
all
my
tim
e
to
th
e
sta
te
's
b
u
si­
P
ro
g
re
ssiv
e
n
e
ss
•quality
D EP O TS
the wisdom and the experience of the at any tim e derived from these lands est o b stacles to th e p ro p er enforce-
ness; not to politics."
F O K fl-A W I» — Sew M o n lr lp a l Term l-
courts and adm in istrativ e officers of
rkJ’ S r r t i T 1” *
•» » ••« •
in
excess
of
th
e
actu
al
ad
m
in
istrativ
e
m
ent
of
o
u
r
laws.
Records
show
th
at
Retired Successful Contractor
the state.
Studying th e question on all sides
III» < oarthoa««.
expense should be retu rn ed to the the 'life te rm e r' in Oregon serves an '
U
R
K
S
H
A
M
—
M
a
la
and
P
ow
all
Streata
th e Outlook feels safe In recom m end­
’ Tem porary).
W P L aR oche. C h arles H. C arey. C. | people of Oregon. T his would m at- average term of eight years."
Vote KMX Yes
ing
th
e
nom
ination
of
I.
L.
P
atterso
n
■ A S l»V —J a a k a P a C o a feetln a ary .
M Idlrm an. W arren E. T hom as. O. A
erlally reduce county and sta te taxes | The farm ers need P atterso n for gov- ,
N eal.
— P aid Adv.
( P a l i A dv by R. H S truck)
• • rep ublican candidate for governor.
"O reaham 'a O w n L in a ”
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_________ _______ _ _
I. L. PATTERSON HAS
SPLENDID PLATFORM
K. K. RUBLI
State Senator
Martin W. Hawkins
Portland-Gresham
Stage
Circuit Judge
Portland - Gresham - Sandy
J. B. OFNER
PAUL E. STRUCK
State Representative