PAGE THREE
GRFSHAM OUTLOOK. GRESHAM, OREGON
Petitions Are Circulated to
Change Oregon’s System
Two petitions a re being put in and good governm ent is cen tered in
circu latio n for a rad ical change in I the governor.
form of O regon's sta te governm ent. | 3. T he m e rit system is su b stitu t-
T he plan proposed in th e tw o peti- ed for political pull, g en erally
tio n s seem s to be know n as th e know n as th e “spoils system ,” in
H ector M acpherson plan, is in itiât- selecting the officers and em ployes
ed by th e Oregon Cltizen.s’ League 1 of th e state.
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of w hich R epresentative John C ar-
qj . çOu rge( no once expects per-
k in is president. S enator C harles fection t0 re8Ul( im m ediately from
H all, vice president, and Dr. H ector the adoption of such a co n stitu tio n
M acpherson is se c re ta ry -tre a su re r. al provision. But a long strid e w ill
T he proposed m easures received have been tak en in th e rig h t d irec
th e endorsem ent of th e rec en t sta te tion by th e se ttin g up of such a
g ran g e m eeting.
goal to striv e for.
One of th e m easu res is a sta te
P ra ctically a ll of th e sta te s w hich
g o v ernm ent consolidation bill, the | haye gucceeded in effecting a reo r-
o th e r is a constitu tio n al am end- I ganfzation of th e ir form s of gov-
m ent to provide for th e change.
ernm ent, have found them selves
T he consolidation bill sta te s its confronted by tw o g rea t obstacles.
purp ose in th e title as follow s: *
F irst, th e re w as th e opposition of
“To provide th a t on and afte r officials politically pow erful in the
Ju ly 1, 1929, the executive and ad le g isla tu re ; and, second, th e re
m in istrativ e functions of the sta te w ere th e sta te co n stitu tio n s, m any
governm ent sh all be perform ed by of them clu tte re d up w orse th a n
th e governor w ith th e assista n ce of OUrs w ith elective co n stitu tio n al of-
te n departm ents, th e heads Of flcers. The re s u lt has been th a t,
w hich sh all he appointed by the w ith one or tw o exceptions, the re
governor w ith the approval of the form s effected have been com
se n ate ; to c re a te th e said d e p a rt prom ises m ore o r less im perfect,
m en ts and p resc rib e th e pow ers and often long delayed.
and duties th e re o f; to fix th e term s
In Oregon, th ese sam e obstacles
and sa la rie s of the heads of said have been insu rm o u n tab le b a rrie rs
d ep a rtm en ts; to abolish all ex ist in the m any attem p ts w hich have
ing adm in istrativ e offices, boards been m ade to reo rg an ize our ad
and com m issions, excepting the m in istrativ e system .
boards of conciliation and a rb itra -
At la st we are attem p tin g to tak e
tio n , and cre a te the office of sta te
necegsary t0 su rm o u u t
au d ito r.’
th ese obstacles.
T he purpose of th e proposed
F irs t, we a re p u ttin g th e re o r
am endm ent to th e co nstitution is ganization program d irectly up to
titled as follow s:
th e people. T he opposing tax -co n
"To am end artic le V of th e sta te sum ers w ill probably find th e v ot
co n stitu tio n so as to provide th a t ing tax p ay ers m uch h ard er to con
th e executive and adm inistrative tro l th a n tfle m em bers of th e leg is
functions of th e sta te governm ent lature.
sh a ll be perform ed by the governor
Second, we are clearin g th e way
w ith th e assistan ce of not to ex for reorganizatio n , and attem p tin g
ceed te n d ep a rtm en ts; to abolish som ething w orth w hile besides, by
ex isting sta te adm in istrativ e offices, th e above proposed am endm ent to
bo ards and com m issions, excepting th e constitution.
th e boards of conciliation a rb itra
T he follow ing arg u m en ts are be
tio n ; to declare it to be th e policy
ing used in g ettin g sig n ers on the
of th e sta te th a t app ointive officers
be selected upon a m e rit basis, and petitions:
1. I t w ill give us th e sam e form
th a t responsibility for th e econom i
cal and efficient ad m in istratio n of of ad m in istratio n w hich has been
th e law s be vested in th e governor; so successful in all larg e c o rp o ra
to provide for the cre atio n of the tions.
2. I t w ill estab lish th e cabinet
office of sta te au d ito r.”
T his p lan it is claim ed w ill abol form of g o vern m en t w hich has
ish about 70 boards and com m is been in operatio n in th e federal
sions and place all th e ir pow ers governm ent for over a century.
an d duties in ten departm ents.
3. F ifteen sta te s, including W ash
In a little publication ju s t issued, ington, Idaho and C alifornia, have
called T he Oregon Citizen, edited sim ilar consolidated cab in et form s
by Dr. M acpherson, th e follow ing of governm ent w ith from one to 11
sta te m en ts are m ade reg ard in g the y ears of experience. All rep o rt
su b stan tia l savings of money, and
am endm ent:
By th is am endm ent th re e new w ithout exception a s se rt th a t the
p rin cip les a re clearly announced as b u siness of th e sta te is b etter p e r
p a rt of th e public policy of Oregon. formed.
4. It w ill intro d u ce a m e rit sys
1. A d ep a rtm en tal form of gov
ern m e n t is substituted for the con tem into th e ap p o in tm en t of sta te
fused jum ble of officers, boards and em ployes instead of th e spoils sys
com m issions w hich now stifle prog tem or “political pull.”
5. It w ill give us responsible gov
re ss and th re a te n th e sta te w ith
ernm ent, w hich we do n ot have at
b an k ruptcy.
« 2. R esponsibility for economy present,—officials w ill be responsi-
Buick Serves Uncle Sam
T h is B uick is th e first ashore and th e
Adm iral H enry A. W iley’s flagship, th e
en ter s port.
W ith car, in in sert, is
c h ie f m a c h in ist’s m a te , w h o p raises
w arm ly.
last aboard w hen
U. S. S. “ T exas,”
Frank S. Harvel,
its perform ance
ble to th e governor, and he to the
PLEASANT HOME
people.
Many of those who attended the
6. It w ill enable us to estab lish
C hildren’s Day program at the
policies fo r th e developm ent o f,
p
P lea san t Home B aptist ch u rch ex
Oregon back of w hich all can unite.
1 pressed w ords of com m endation
We have no unity and no harm ony
for th e progressive n a tu re of th e
a t presen t.
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; program , th e main featu re of w hich
7. It w ill stop th e leaks th ro u g h
w as a play let entitled “T he Child
w hich tax es a re dribbled aw ay by
in th e M idst”, and w as portrayed
cu ttin g o u t duplication, w aste and
th ro u g h a church com m ittee which
extravagance.
1 had m et to plan w ays and m eans
8. I t w ill g reatly sh o rten our b al
' w hereby th e church m ight be r e
lot and m ake th e choice of a good
fu rn ish ed and repaired d u rin g the
governor th e big issue in each elec
■ usual tw o m o n th s’ vacation of the
tion. T his w ill enable us to vote
1 m in ister and oth er leaders when
m ore intelligently.
the ch u rch w as closed. T he ap-
G eorge H oney is c irc u latin g the
i p earan ce of a sm all child and an
p etitio n s locally.
angel offering a plea for a daily v a
cation Bible school, to g eth er with
POWELL VALLEY
a band of very sm all children,
T he Sunday school of th e Pow-
blindfolded, convinced th e com
pll V alley Mission ch u rch will m eet
m ittee th e re w ere o th er things
at 9:50, th e ch ild ren ’s service fol-1
m
lowing a t 10:55. The m orning ser- j ore im p o rtan t th an roofs, carp ets
vice at 11:10 w ill be in Swedish^ and vacations. Mrs. Louise Nel
son, who had ch arg e of th e p ro
and the p asto r will p reach from the 1
gram , has been asked to p resen t
them e, “W hat Does I t C ost?” The
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¡th is play at some fu tu re tim e w hen
evening service a t 8 o’clock w ill be ;
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the D istrict Sunday School asso-
in E nglish. T he p asto r of th e
elation m eets.
ch u rch , th e Rev. Don Shogren, ex
T he u su al order of w orship will
ten d s an in vitation to all to be
be
follow ed next Sunday a t th e
present.
C arl M uhr of W arren , Oregon, B aptist church. T he p asto r, th e
w ill conduct the service in E nglish Rev. Gordon Johnson, will preach
Sunday m orning a t th e S aron L u th a t th e re g u la r hours of 11 and 8
eran church. Bible school w ill co n o’clock. T he Bible school w ill
vene a t 9:45. T h ere w ill be no m eet at 10 o’clock. T he ju n io rs
and sen io rs will hold the B. Y. P. U.
evening service.
sessions sim ultaneously a t 7:30.
Bad News for Opticians.
Mr. and Mrs. W llford N asshahn
H orn-rim m ed sp ectacles have arriv ed home from
Monmouth
been throw n out of office w indows T uesday afternoon and are visiting
onto pavem ents, ru n over
by
tru ck s, and otherw ise m istreated , th e ir p are n ts for a few days. Mr.
and escaped w ith o u t break in g . On ' N asshahn w ill en ter th e norm al
top of all th is F ra n cis C. Chadw ick, f or ^j,e BUmm er session when he
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shell rim g lasses w hich blew off
w hen he leaned from the cockpit of
an a irp lan e to view th e landscape
at an altitu d e of 1,000 feet. A rth u r
Van B runt, of A shbury P ark , d is
covered th e spectacles lying in a
field. D espite th e fac t th a t th e
g lasses had dropped a thousand
feet they w ere not in any way dam
aged, ow ing to th e p ro tectio n a f
forded by th e fram e.
T ell it to One-Five-Six-One.
Contest Winners and Their Victory Six Slogans
The jour major winners of the $20,000 Dodge Brothers contest have been selected
from 140,000 answers received from all over the world. C. C. Mtcheal ( upper left)
of Colorado Springs was awarded the $1000 grand prize; F. R. Shoemaker (upper
right) of Erie, Pa., was second; Mrs. H . R Price (lower left) of Carson, H dsh-
ington was tied for third place with Miss Florence List (lower right) of Bay City,
M u h igan^
Carlson who purchased a Victory Six through Brockway & Nelson,
local dealers, was awarded a $25 cash prize for'the following slogan: "A feel of
unlimited power held under an unwilling leash."
sided at th e punch bowl w hile B ar
b ara W alters, Anna L ennartz. Inez
Bell and 'S w ea Lundbom cu t the
ices. T h ere w ere about 100 people
present.
C hairm an G. H. Bickford of the
com m ittee arran g in g for th e stra w
b erry social and program w hich is
to be given a t th e M ethodist ch u rch
Saturoa) evening beginning a t 8
o'clock, assu re s th a t arran g em en ts
a re iin p lete d and th a t a delight
ful ho-nt ta le n t program w ill be an
c n tsta i ding featu re of the evening.
T he n ro g tam w ill consist of vocal
and in si'u m e n ta l solos by various
local people; readings and sk its all
of w hich he d eclares will be a d i
light tc b< a r and see. L arge q u an
tities of sh o rtcak e, cream and c o f
fee will be furnished follow ing lb?
program . A sm all adm ission will
be charged io r th e en tire evening's
progi ’ A.
T he usual services w ill be held at
the M ethodist c h u rc lt Sunday. Ju n e
17. The Sunday school w ill m eet at
10 o'clock, th e ch u rch service at
11:15, the E pw orth League at 7 and
th e evening service a t 8.
H. A. R ichardson has recently
com e froth K ansas City, Mo., to
join his wife whp has been here
for th e p ast six m onths w ith her
sister, Miss Em m a J. Bell. Mr. and
Mrs. R ichardson are m uch pleased
w ith th is p a rt of th e w est and are
th in k in g of locating h ere p erm a
nently.
j course. Mrs. N asshahn has al-
ready com pleted her tw o-year
course and is now ready to begin
w ork as an in stru cto r.
Mrs. B. C. A ltm an was a beach
visitor last week, having sp en t the
week-end a t Seaview, W ash. Mrs.
A ltm an has th is week been e n te r
tain in g Mrs. D ora Koppock of Mil
w aukie and Mr. and Mrs. Myers of
Covington, Ohio, as her guests. The
tw o ladies a re cousins of Mrs. A lt
m an's m other, th e late Mrs. J. A.
Stephens.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. D ickerson and
tw o sons have ren ted the B aptist
! parsonage and will m ake it th eir
j home for the present. Mr. D icker-
son was a resident of th e C ottrell
com m unity a num ber of y ea rs ago.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. N elson spent
W ednesday in Oregon City w here
they w ere en tertain ed by Dr. and
Mrs. George R. G ardner.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. W rig h t and
the fo rm er’s fath er of Chicago
w ere recen t guests a t th e home of
Mr. and Mrs. H ans Nelson. Mr.
and Mrs W right have ju st retu rn ed
from an extended v isit to Illinois
i and Verm ont, and th e elder Mr.
W right, who Is In very poor health,
accom panied them home.
Mrs. Louise Nelson retu rn ed la st
S atu rd ay from R ainier, w here she
attended th e 55th an n u al session of
th e Oregon S tate grange. She re
ports a very in te restin g session and
1 gives R ainier m uch p raise for the
very able m an n er in w hich a sm all
tow n could e n te rta in so m any dele
gates w ith everything so well oiled
! th e re was no friction. T he big day
of th e week was W ednesday, when
| th e city of Longview, W ash., e n te r
tained th e sta te g ran g es of Oregon
and W ashington in one vast body.
Mr. and M tb . Joe Drew w ere of-
i ficially and form ally welcomed
home and co n g ratu lated upon th eir
recen t wedding a t a public recep-
! tion accorded them by th e ir many
i friends a t the M ethodist church
' Tuesday evening. A receiving Hue
< on sistln g of th e Rev. and Mrs.
Oliver O lli, Mr. and Mrs. Jam es
Manary, Mrs. W. E. M arked, Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Drew, Mr. and Mrs.
G rant Sloop and John C arlson was
joined w ith Mrs. John Egglman
I as u th e r a t the door. Piano num
bers w ere played by Miss Rose
W eatherell and B arb ara W alters.
W illiam E lliot sang several vocal
selections and Mrs. H. A. R ich ard
son gave several hum orous re a d
ings during the evening. E lizabeth
I W eatherell and Zelm a Collins pre-
ROCKWOOD
Mrs. K ate F re d ric k s of P o rtlan d
visited her sister, Mrs. G. B. C utler
at her hom e in Rockwood over the
week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Johnson, fo r
m erly of Rockwood, arriv ed from
th e ir hom e in S an ta Monica, Calif.,
Monday evening and a re visiting
Mrs. Jo h n so n ’s p aren ts, Mr. and
Mrs. E R. Couey.
T he Rev. and Mrs. J. F. Dunlop
have retu rn ed from th eir ran c h at
E stacad a w here they have been
stay in g for a few days.
A fire of unknow n origin de
stroyed th e b arn of A. J. Stone of
Rockwood.
F rien d s of Mrs. W. G. Seym our
w ill be pleased to learn th a t she is
recovering from an attack of rh e u
m atism .
A. J. Quigley, b ro th er of Mrs. G.
B. C utler, has been a recen t guest
at her home in Rockwood.
E. D. Dewey of P o rtlan d spent
th e w eek-end at his sum m er home
in Rockwood.
A. W. K reofsky has finished his
new garage and is now ready to do
business.
Mr. Cowan Is m aking m any fine
Im provem ents a t th e Tw in Um
b rella A uto.cam p
w hich he owns.
Mrs. G. E. Thom pson Is ill a t her
home in Rockwood.
T he Base Line Im provem ent club
held its m onthly m eeting Monday
evening, Ju n e 11. w ith d in n er se rv
ed by th e Rockwood grange.
PLEASANT VALLEY
At TOMOBILE SALES
SAID TO BE BRISK
Mrs. P. P. Jen n e of th is place,
Local autom obile dealers re p o rt
accom panied by Miss Vida H am
mond of P o rtlan d and Miss Ruth a b risk move in ca rs th is sp rin g ,
Baird of Caldw ell, Idaho, left F ri and indications a re for a still
day for Caldwell, w here Mrs. Je n n e , g rea ter dem and in th is direction as
and Miss Hamm ond w ill visit at the th e season advances. The W. W.
hom e of Miss B aird for a sh o rt j M etzger Buick agency has sold 116
new Buicks since th e first of th e
time.
Mrs. J. Z. Olson Is spending sev- | year. Lloyd B aker is leading th e
era l w eeks at A storia visiting w ith sta te in the new Buick salesm en
contests. He sold 16 new Buicks
her sister, Mrs. Swan Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. H enry Davis of since May 1. T here have been 1190
P o rtlan d visited at th e home of a ca rs disposed of d uring th e p ast
b rb th er, F. M Davis, over the tw o years a t the Metzger agency.
R ecent deliveries of autom obiles
week-end.
Miss M ariam Savo is home afte r from th e H essel Im plem ent com
spending a year at M onmouth n o r pany include th a t of a W illys-
K uight sedan to T heodore H irsh
mal.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. E k stran d en living east of G resham ; a W hippet
te rtain e d at dinner Sunday th e ir four sedan to I. B. S h u tts of P o rt
cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Sandeen and land; a W hippet six to H. E. B a rr;
dai 1 liter of Los A ngeles, who are and W hippet cabriolet coupes each
on th e ir way to spend five m onths to Dean B tyson of P o rtlan d and
Mr.
in E urope, also Mrs. E k stran d 's F ra n k W elty of G resham .
fath er Mr. Edholm and b ro th er, T. H essel rep o rts a good booking of
Edholm of Albany, Oregon, and r e l o rd ers for C hryslers.
atives from P o rtlaud.
A b eautiful new green Dodge
Miss Alice Richey will be home j B rothers Victory six is on display
F riday from M onmouth norm al a t th e Brockw ay & Nelson sa le s
w here she w as grad u ated W ednes room.
T his splendid c a r would
day evening.
seem to be th e la st w ord In auto-
F ra n k ie W isecup is spending th is t mobile co n stru ction. A Victory six
week w ith his b ro th er W illiam a t was recen tly delivered to Felix
Kelso, W ashington.
C arlson of Boring. Otto G rlessel,
Mr .and Mrs. F. M. Davis and Mr. G resham m anager of the M ountain
and Mrs. H enry Davis took dinner | View F lo ral com pany, retu rn ed S a t
w ith Mr. and Mrs. H a rry D avis in urday from a drive to C alifornia in
r tir .ls n d Sunday.
his new Dodge B ro th ers sta n d ard
Mias B ernice P au lso n and Miss six, purchased from Brockway M
Leona D ahlquist a re atten d in g Nelson.
su r-m er school a t Corvallis.
For real estate loans see or call
Bone Dry Fuel Ties
B W. T horne.—Adv.
T hese are th e ch eap est fuel to
be had. Cut into eight blocks they
give 200 to th e cord of solid wood—
Just the rig h t kind of fuel for berry
yards. O rder now before the h a r
vest rush.
BERRY GROWERS PACKING CO.
Adv.
Phone 1871, G resham .
for your m eat
For the Ladles
l o a f ..............
Snappy styles in new footw ear
for spring. Come in and see them.
at Newberg Parking Co„
P o p u lar prices, $3.95, >4.96, >5.95.
Gresham
A ylsw orth & M artin, G resham .—
Adv.
B
HAMBURGER
and SAUSAGE
22c
SERVICE
EAIR PRICES
«OOP MERCHANDISE
T h e se th re e ite m s e n te r in to ev ery job
w hich we u n d e rta k e . T o th ese, w ith o u r
q u a lity , g u a ra n te e d w ork w e a ttr ib u te o u r
ste a d ily in c re a s in g grow th.
.
Vulcanizing
Tires
Battery Repair
Gresham Battery & Tire Shop
Phone 1701
Ivy F illin g S tation
71
Lyndhurst Club Holds Meeting.
An Interestin g m eeting of L ynd
h u rst Ladies Sewing club was held
on T uesday of la st week a t the
home of Mrs. Jo sie Young. An ex
cellen t luncheon w as served at
1:30, afte r w hich ro u tin e business
was attended to. C ards w ere the
diversion of th e afternoon. H onors
w ent <0 Mrs. H elen S haver and
Mrs. A nnie Lynch. B irthday gifts
w ere -presented to tw o m em bers,
Mrs. Bee May A dam s and Mrs.
H elen Shaver.
Smoothtop Sale
on ly $5 down
PORTLAND GAS A CORK CO.
Sixth and Salm on
Lawn Mowers.
We re p a ir and sh arp en lawn
m ow ers. We call for and deliver.
J. E. Metzger, G resham , phone
1901.—Adv.
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