Gresham outlook., June 13, 1911, Image 1

VOL I.
NO. 30
G resham O utlook
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GRESHAM. M ULTNOM AH COUNTY
OREGON. TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1911
SUGGESTIONS TO FARMERS ARE ON STILL
THE FENCE WIN GAME Birr c" ™
SCHOOL OFFICERS
LOSE CLOTHES
C o u n ty S upt. R obinson U rges
School D istricts to M ake
Im provem ents
C ounty Supt. R. F. Robinson is
certainly going after im provem ents
in the sch ools of M ultnomah county
in a m anner worthy o f the highest
com m endation. In a letter recent­
ly sen t out to school officers
he
su g g ests that the annual m eeting to
be held June 19 should be made an
im portant m ileston e in educational
On account of the Rose F estival
th e attendance at
the
Farm er's
m eeting Saturday n igh t wag not as
large as form erly. Quite a number
how ever turned out and m anifested
considerable in terest in the situ a ­
tion. There seem s to be a desire
on the part of som e of the leaders
in th is m ovem ent to fon ts an organi-
zation to be connected
with
the
American Society of Equity. W heth-
er this m ove w ill carry or not
rem ains to be determ ined.
More inform ation w ill he at hand
at the ,lext m eeting, th e date of
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r
r- it
i t
L»resham G iants hall U pon
H a rd Lines at E stacada
L ast S unday.
The Gresham G iants w hile they
by a
won their gam e at Estacada
8cor® of eight to three, met with
8ome rather hard luck. \\ hile the
teal“ 8 were warm ing up a fire broke
out *» th® business section of the
tow n and wiped out tw o stores, a
restaurant and a lodging house.
“Ever at Your Service
P h o n e 701
$1.50 PER YEAR
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FIRST EXCURSION ANDERSON-STAFENSON
VE BANQllET TO BULL RUN NUPW LAST SUNDAY
A banquet is in store for the
m em bers or
of the Com m ercial club.
club
mentners
co u n cilm an of G resh am , a n d o fficials
of the Mt. Hood R ailw ay 41 Power
com pany. It is tendered
to
the
latter by the club, which is made up
of the business men of Gresham and
many o f the farm ers in th is vicinl-
ty. for th e purpose o f prom oting ae-
qualntance and furthering plans for
the future upbuilding of the town
locality.
The banquet w ill be given In the
Com m ercial club room s next Thurs
4ay n igh t at 8 o c lo c k . Interesting
, A, , .
O fficials of Mt. H ood Line, Of-
fice f orce a n d G resh am
M en, w ent S unday.
A very pretty church
w edding
,
o * p la ,e a t th ® S w edish L u th e ra n
church last Sunday, June 11 at 3
P m when Miss Esther Stafanson.
d aughter of Mr.
and Mrs
Sv. >
Stafanson of P ow ell
V alley,
was
Th® Mt. Hood R ailw ay a Power
united in m arriage to Mr. A lgol An­
company gave an ezcurslon to its
Portland em p lo y e, and the business „
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K“V il. E. Sandstedt of
Portland. The church w as
hand­
° f Greahaiu la8t Sunday.
It
som ely decorated
The colors being
W!is ra,h ®r an im prom ptu affair and
w hite and green. A large crowd of
when th e invitation cam e Saturday
relatives and friends of th e bride
eveu ln g- to the business men m any and
certain
there
th e call does not sta te everything th in g is
doing service on th e construction
A f,er the cerem ony the Invited
need right here of such co-opera- burning building through an upper seem ed to be th
most
favorable
to he done. The d ate being fixed
work was hurried forward to draw i,arty of relatives and friends pro-
tion with a national order than w indow, fought their way through tim e for a get-togeth er banquet,
by law all are supposed to take
the three excursion care.
ceeded to the hom e of the bride
there is w here a cniom unity o f pro- ^b® smoke and rescued a few rem -
The officia ls o f the com pany are
notice and attend.
L eaving M ontavllla at 9 a. in. and where
u d eliciou s
dinner
w as
from
nan,B
o
f
lh
elr
Sunday
duds.
Hauer
very
approachable
men
and
have
He calls especial atten tion to the ducers are located far away
picking up those from Gresham at 8®rv®d.
and Lance lost everything except a show n that they are Interested In
follow in g resolu tion s passed by the their market.
about 10, the excursion party, nuin-
Many pretty and u seful presents
shoe and a necktie. This was cer- every m ove that is for th e develop
recent convention of school hoards
bering
about
150
men.
w
as
taken
out
were
received. Among them to he
tain ly hard luck, but rather com ical n t e it t o f t h e l o c a l i t i e s t h r o u g h w h i c h
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held in Gresham and m akes some
when the outfit arrived in Gresham their line runs
° Ver th ® “ ne tO the poWer plant
“ ha,l,l,,on,e 8“ »«r '«a 8«'1
very im portant and tim ely su g g es­
■
Bull
Run.
an<
l
a
set
of
silv er knives and forks.
Sunday night decked out in their
The preparations of the banquet
tion s, w hich w e print in full.
Among the Portland m em bers of Presented to the bride by the mem-
baseball suits.
jg jn , be hands of the en tertain m en t
F irst, T hat w e favor the im m edi­
the party were C. B. Sm lith, head b®r8 o f the church as a. slight token
I he gam e was called at 4 :30 p. com m ittee, con sistin g of Jas. Sterl-
ate in stallation o f proper heating
member of the en gin eerin g firm of °* lh elr appreciation of her faith fu l
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Reed cele- m. and was a walkaw ay for the lngt w H Congdon and L. L. Sm ith, Kerry & Chase; Mr. Maybur>;| work as teacher in the Sunday
and ven tilatin g system s in the one
Giants.
Patterson
and
Bronson
were
Kidder
brated last Sunday evening th elr
room buildings of the county.
bumped hard w hile Scott for the
This prom ises to be a very elab- treasurer of the Mt. Hood com pany; school.
Second, That window ven tilatin g f‘r8t w edding anniversary at their
Mr. and Mrs. A nderson left on
(■iants was invincible, holding
his orate affair. In vitation s have been Mr. B ow ness, m anager of the power
boards be placed at once in every Dome in Gresham. A com pany of
the
7 :4 5 the sam e even in g for Port­
departm
ent;
E.
R.
Ernsherger,
m
an­
opponents to four tin g le s and strik - 8ent out to , he member« of the
school not ventilated
by
forced neighbors and friends w ere present,
ager of the railway
departm ent; land. where they w ill m ake their
ing
out
eight.
Scott
pitched
in
club.
Any
persons
d
esirin
g
to
join
draft
They enjoyed the m usic and talk by
of fu tu re home. They have the best
place of Tow nsend, who broke his the chlb before tlll„ event better T. A. Lawson, superintendent
Third. That we m ake daily use of k- Q- Kardell on his trip through
construction; and C. J Cook, of the w ish es of the Outlook
und
their
arm last Sunday.
hand th eir nam es to the memher-
som e
sw eep in g
com pound
when Mexico.
many friends.
Mt.
Hood
construction
company.
Next Sunday Estacada plays a re- g,lip conim ittee at once.
clean in g the floors so as to prevent
Among th ose present were, Mr
There were also many of th e Port­
turn gam e at Gresham.
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dust from raisin g, and
th at the and Mrs K ardell, John F ieldhouse,
land o ffice force. From Gresham |
floors o f all school
buildings
be *sed M. Reed o f Estacada, Mrs. C. Run hotel and the place w here the
many of the business men and sev­
thoroughly scrubbed at least tw ice
Merrill, Miss E thel and
Olive
eral mem bers of the council went.
Mt. Hood Railroad Power plant is
each year
Merrill, Mr. and Mrs.
G ullickson,
At B ull Run the party
viewed
being constructed at th e junction of
F ourth, T hat plastered w alls be Mr- and Mrs .C ecil M etzger, Iris
the power plant In course o f con-
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the Bull Run and Sandy rivers, are
renovated by the use of kalsom ine and Glare G ullickson.
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structlon,
the
big
reservoir,
and
the
Worry
over
law su its which Bite
w ithin a few m iles of Sandy. The
The third annual L ogging Con tu n n els leading down through the had filed again st a lecture bureau
and th at ceilin g w alls be kept p a in t-;
road runs past Firw ood and Cherry­
gress to be held
at
Vancouver, rocks
They were
show n
many for alleged failure to pay for serv-
ed with paint and oil.
v ille,
and
sk irts
w ell-developed
ash., next wtn
Ju n e 22, 23, 2 1, courtesys by Mr. Cook of the con- ices on the platform is said to huve
F ifth , T hat each school room be
field s, until B rightw ood, the
first
w ill be one of the Important con structlon com pany and Mr. F uller, caused the Illness which resulted
supplied w ith sin g le desks, a cer­
m ountain resort on th e Mt. Hood
ventions of the season
It w ill In w ith Twolty Brothers, contractors
In the death of Mrs. Carrie Nation
tain per cent of which should
be
road, is reached.
B rightw ood
is r
elude th ose engaged in all branches
Many am using th in gs happened to last
Friday
night
Mrs N ation
ad ju stab le; a work table and chairs
near the fam ous M cIntyre's H ill,
In
the enliven the trlp T he day was Ideal, for eleven y e a ., has bee,, the terror
China has dem anded an indem ­ where many of the 40-horsepow er of the loggin g Industry
for prim ary pupils; roller
maps,
C olum bia river basin There the , c e nery beautiful. T he progress of every
saloonkeeper
in every
Mexico of 12.000.0U0 autom obiles have been pulled up the . w hole
susp en sion globes, and a liberal sup­ nity from
.
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is prom ise of a large attendance,
pesos
for
the
k
illin
g
of
C
hinese
sub­
of
th
e
work
was
a
surprise
to
all
tow
n
she
hug
visited.
She
hag
ply o f supplem ental sets and ref­
hill w ith Mr. M cIntyre's tw o-horse
l»r. W. C. Belt, who has given except tliOBe who had seen and di- sm ashed saloon s in ,tinny tow ns and
jects and destruction of their prop- team . But th e hill Is now easily
erence books.
special study to th e con d ition s of rected | t fron, day to day.
cities of the United S lates and even
Sixth, That sch ools having access Perty during th e recent revolution neg Otiated.
tl,e cam ps and lias aided in Improv-
The citizen s of Gresham expressed w hile in England m ade a raid on a
to w ater system s be supplied with th addition to the paym ent of an
Speaking of the con d ition s at and
bubbling fou n tain s and all
oth er Indem nity an apology for Insult to near Governm ent Camp, Mr. W ells Ing th ose con d ition s In many m ater- th em selves as well pleased with the saloon at N ew castle on Tyne for
to take trip and with the attitu d e of th e which she was arrested and fined.
sch ools furnished with
individual th® C hinese flag w ill be demanded says th at the Mt. Hood hotel is to ial ways, has been asked
aguin
th is railway officials.
the has been In jail more tim es
also that aid he extended to d esti­ he enlarged. It is now ln charge part on the program
drin k in g cups.
year. He will read an article en ­
The Mt. Hood com pany believes than hardened crim inals. The fear
J. E. Tanch, H. A. Lew is, B. F. tute fam ilies of the victim s, that of E lijah Coalman. Mr. Coalma
and
the has com pleted a saw m ill and is now titled , "The Man and th e Machine.'' | n Interesting Its em ployes In Its of Jail never stopped her in her
P reston , C om m ittee on R esolutions the gu ilty be punished
All m atters of Interest to tim ber- railroad and power
developm ents course
co n stitu tio n a l gu aran tee of protec­ cu ttin g out the lum ber for the hotel.
W hile sh e gained much
O th er S u g g e s tio n s.
F irst, Is your school yard fenced? tion to C hinese lives and property Messrs. Coalman and Miles w ill be men w ill be taken up and the con- and ln keeping them Informed con­ notoriety wltl^ her hatchet sh e has
is the official gu id es for South Mount d ition s that obtain In th e Industry cerntng the progress of th e great In o tiie f ways show n h erself a kind
W hat can you do to beautify the be m ade effectiv e. The claim
w ill be thoroughly discussed.
work which has been undertaken. and con sid erate woman, and ott the
yard? A few loads of good sand made based upon in vestigation that Hood th is year, as they have been
It also bellevs in giving the public, platform and in
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C
hinese
have
been
killed
and
private life has
and
scattered near the
building
for years past.
esp
ecially
in terested
citizen s,
a done much to create Bentlment and
rolled into the ground
w ill k eep 61 places of business sacked.
There are side trips at G overn­
foretaste of what they may expect ed u cate people against the
liquor
grounds from
becom ing
muddy.
m ent Camp o f as much Interest as
in the near future. W hile it is with traffic. Her lectu res last sum m er
Have you provided ntud scrapers?
the clim b to the sum m it, including
them a business profession, the a tti­ were
pronounced
first
class by
Second, How about your black­
trips to W hite River G lacier, Para­
tude they have show ,, is certainly many Chautauqua au d ien ces and her
boards?
Have you arranged for all
dise Park and the cravasses on the
The Shattuck & Lindsey
team one which com m ends Itself to the work w hile ln Its m ethods perhaps
th e blackboard space
that
your
west side of Mt. Hood, where the
Sandy and Z igzag river have their won th ® name Sunday
with
the public w hose servan ts they are soon d oes not m eet with th e approval of
w alls w ill accom m odate?
See that
L. H. W ells, in th e O regonian, gourceg
q q Yocum, who has con P ortland P h easan ts by a score
of to becom e.
-
the law in every respect still It has
blackboards and erasers
are
in
w rites very en tertain in gly
of the ducted the Mountain hotel at Gov- 1® to 5. John Ham lin m ade a two-
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ex cited an Influence and the shock
first cla ss condition.
A Itewl B a rg a in .
give: to many m inds by her alm ost
T hird, Are the desks dirty and m ountain resorts and sp eak s o f their ernnlent Camp for the past tw enty bagger and tw o double plays were
For S ale— T eam , wagon.
heavy
r.lelb od g of b a li n g w „ „
dingy In appearance?
If so, have popularity am ong Portland
people. years, named the town Pom peii, and n,ad® by the Shattuck *
Lindsey
Frank Crenshaw
was the harness, top buggy, light harness fenders was needed to aw aken th ese
them cleaned and new ly varnished They are not less popular am ong d| v| ded t be tract in lots, many of boys.
C ongdon,
G resham .
phone p„ople , o a rfca„ zatlon
th elr own
Gresham peop le and othreg living which have been sold. A dozen or 8t“ r In th e game. Butteries- Shat- W,n.
T'
w ill pay well.
,9 '
tl
ob ligation s. Her
nam e
w ill
go
o
u
tb
u
iid
in
gs
8W1
near
to
the
m
ountainous
w
ilds
more
sum
m
er
hom
es
have
been
^u®k
A
,
Lindsey;
Coons,
catcher;
F ou rth , Are
the
Many conie to Govern- M iddleton, pitcher. Portland Pheas-
down Into history lik e that o f John
large enough? Are they well ligh t- There is certainly a p leasure, an ex- built here
M usic Ix-ssons,
Brown, also of K ansas fam e, a m ar­
cnt Camp
Camp fron,
from alI
all partg
parta o f the »ntg — H annock, catcher; F ontana,
ed? Are they supplied with good hileration and rest to be found m m ent
Mrs
C
harlotte
Martens will com- tyr to a Just cause
am
ong
the
h
ills,
near
old
Mt.
Hood,
during
world to cflnih Mt. Hood and visit Pitcher. Other attraction s
to ilet paper at all tim es?
pencil and along the cool m ountain tor- j be surrounding wonders. Up near the week and the Mt. Hood excur- m ence a class in m usic, June 12th
F ifth , H ave you a good
sharpener?
rents, which cannot be found else- the tim ber is am ple space for cantp- slot, to Bull Run made a light at- A lim ited num ber of violin pupils
F or Sale:
Burbank seed potatoes
Sixth, Many buildings
need re- * b ere. There is continued Improve- erg and plenty of pure w ater
tendance. The boys look for better w l" *** ar,’®Pl®d
Phon« 297.
painting
Is yours on e of them ? m ent In the roads leading to th ese
There aee lndlcBtions that more atten d an ce
in
the future.
The
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H o tte r ad
30
E R. Cochrane
Seventh, The district
should
by resorts which w ill m ake them still | people will go to the m ountains th is ttanie next Sunday
w ill he with the
Gresham._2 8.3«
resolu tion
authorize
the
school m°re popular esp ecially to the auto-1 year than ever j^fore. More auto- P leasant Home team ,
T he Outlook w ants your news,
Why not get the new s w hile It is your ads, your subscription, your
board to borrow money
with which *8t- Mr. W ells, speaking on th is, mobueg wm m ake the trip than ln
new s?
i-iiutlnic
to pay teach ers when
funds are 8a>8 that au tom ob iles can run front fonnep years. C onstruction o f a
Hotel < liaiigcs IlniKls,
R hododendron telep h on e Into G overnm ent Camp,
low
Teachers should be paid
in W illam ette river to
T he Mt. Hood H otel and R estau ­
cash and
not by w arrants. The tavern or W elch's hotel in front w b|cb jg now being com pleted by rant at Sandy is now in charge of
credit of the d istrict is alw ays good three to four hours. One can leave the F orest Service o f the govern- Mrs A J. Gould, recently from San
Portland at 5 o'clock in the morn-
w||, a | go bo a great advantage F rancisco. She will also conduct a
ing and take breakfast at eith er of The line extends from Sandy along m illinery store in the D ouglas hulld-
FOUND— Horse In grain field on
J . ' T U R o b e r u ' r e ^ . ’ t ^ o u r t L ; ‘ »ese reso rt, by 9 o'clock, with an the .u t.ln o b lle road
It w ill
put Ing.
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m ile west of Gresham. D escription. »PP®“ '® «harpened by the exh llarat- the fore(|t re^ rve rangers Into im
ing air from snow-bound Mt. Hood m ediate com m unication
with
the
Ten or Kt A c re s fo r Hale.
star in forehead, m ouse color, very
th at one h u n d re d cents m akes
In another hour, one arrives at the p orGBnd headquarters, and, ln case
For S a le — A 40-acre farm
near
poor, shod all around
Owner may
Mountain
hotel
at
Governm ent
pjre>
w m en ab |e them to sum - P leasan t Home. T wenty acres
In
have the sam e by paying
F
C.
Cantp, four m iles from th e snow lin e mon help. H ow ever, the experience cu ltivation , rest slashed and in pas-
H odge all expenses of keeping and
and eigh t m iles from th e top. Aside
|agl year | a not lik ely to b-a re- lu re; 2 acres In bearing orchard;
dam ages.
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from the resorts, th e Mt Hood au- peated th is year In
western
Mt good 6-room house and barn, 34x46
tom oblle road Is one o f th e most at Hood district.
feet, 24 feet high, 12 head dairy
h u t w ho know s th e m an w ho is using this space?
W ANTED TO LET— Near Gresh- tractive and 'picturesque
In the
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cowa, hogs, 3 horses, w agon, har­
am, on e acre of old meadow land world.
ness, buggy and farm Im plem ents of
H e will be here som etim e in June, so w atch for full
to plant ln potatoes for
one-third to Sandy, a
d istan ce o f 26 m iles,
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best sm all
share o f crop to owner. Good clean the road pusses through a rich and Decide, the Percheron sta llio n , w ell dairy farm s In the country. One
an n o u n c em e n t in the near future.
86,
R oute 2. fertile d istrict
dotted with
th e known in Gresham and vicin ity, will nd a italf m iles to railroad In
so il
Ad d r e ss Hox
1V
hom es of prosperous people, apple m ake th e season a t follow s:
G resham , Oregon
elth er
direction.
Oood
gow ing
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and cherry orchards and field s of
Monday, at livery barr. at Sandy cop
All for >9,000, h alf down or
FOR SA LE— Forty little
plR8; grain, corn and vegetab les spreading
T uesday, at E
F. D onahue’s w ill sell 10 acres unim proved at
also som e brood sow s with pigs
C. | n all directions. Sandy is situated barn. Boring.
1125 an acre
A ddress M, box 38,
N. Sm ith, Webb Stock Farm , phone on th e high bluff overlook in g Sandy
W ednesday, till Thursday noon. R oute 1, Boring, Oregon.
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258.
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river and Ita valley. B ull Run re- at
Straus Lumber Co 's yard,
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serve, w here th e water supply of Gresham.
Wm H Bachm eyer ns en joyin g
TYPEW RITING and Stenographic Portland Is obtained, lies tow ards
Friday and Saturday, W A ’roc- Jury service th is week in Portland
work w a n te d — Marie D inger, phone the eaat, an unbroken
forest al- tor a at Cottrell
and Mrs. B. is behind the counter
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most to the base of Mt. Hood. Bull
Htrau« L um lter Co-, O w n ers.
again.
CELEBRATE FIRST
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
LOGGING CONGRESS
WILL MEET SOON
MRS. NATION, OF
HATCHET FAME, DIES
CHINA DEMANDS
BIG INDEMNITY
MOUNTAIN TRIPS
NOW IN FAVOR
SHATTUCK & LINDSEY’S
PLAY GOOD BALL
EVERYBODY KNOWS
A DOLLAR
R em em ber the Date
July 17, 'll
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