TWICE A WEEK
VOL. 3.
G resham O utlook
NO 85
GRESHAM,
MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1913
SANTA CLAUS SAN GRAEL
VISITS GRESHAM AT POOR FARM
S a n ta C laus, th e k in g of C h rist-
Sixty m em b ers of th e San O rael
m as, w hen h e cam e dow n fro m th e , C h ris tia n E n d e a v o r so ciety o f th e
n o rth pole on a to u r of In sp ectio n
P re s b y te ria n ch u rc h of P o rt-
m ad e o ne of h is first calls in G resh- , ,
lan d cam e o u t to th e M u ltn o m ah
am . P e rh a p s h e w as p la n n in g
to
co m p are th e h o lid ay d isp lay s w ith poor fa rm on S unday fo r th e p u rp o se
th o se of o th e r places, o r m aybe he of h o ld in g C h ristm a s serv ice in th e
w as giving th e s to re k e e p e rs a few ch ap el an d d is trib u tin g C h ristm a s
su g g e stio n s to keep th e m in th e lead boxes to each o f th e 200 in m ates.
of c o m p e tltin g riv a ls e lse w h e re ; b u t
C h ris tm a s d a in tie s w ere in every
he w as h e re a n d looked in to every
box an d n o n e w ere fo rg o tte n . In a d
w indow , m e a su re d ev ery chim ney
w ith a c ritic a l eye an d w h isp ered to d itio n th e w om en in m a te s w ere each
his re in d e e rs th e ro u te th ey w ould p resen ted w ith a w arm d ressin g
ta k e to m o rro w
n ig h t w hen they sacq u e, a n d a b rig h t, blo o m in g p lan t
s ta rte d o u t to d is trib u te th e load es was placed by each bed in th e sick
pecially p re p a re d fo r th e good c h il w ard.
T h e San G rael so ciety h as m ade
d re n w ho w ere to be rem em b ered .
S a n ta ’s a n n u a l v isit w as n o t h e r it a cu sto m fo r se v eral y e a rs to visit
ald ed b e fo re h a n d , an d th o u g h he th e farm on th e th ird S u n d ay a f te r
w as expected a n d w as s u re to com e noon in D ecem ber. T h e ir com ing is
he slip p ed in u n a w a re s an d m ad e th e eag erly a n tic ip a te d . Dr. J. H. Boyd
to u r of every place w h ere his goods was in th e p arty on S u n d ay and
a re on d isplay. H is b o oking o rd e rs p reach ed a b rie f C h ris tm a s serm o n .
A c h o ru s o f voices sa n g a special
w ere filled long ag o an d it w as w ith
m
u
sical p ro g ram of C h ristm a s hym ns
a g re a t sm ile of sa tisfa c tio n th a t he
n o ted th e te m p tin g a rra y s fro m his an d caro ls.
T h e occasion w as o n e to h elp g la d
fa cto ry befo re he passed on to o th e r
places on th e sam e e rr a n d th a t den an d c h e e r th e p o o r u n fo rtu n a te s
who w ould o th e rw ise be s h u t o u t
b ro u g h t him to G resh am .
In all th e w indow s h e saw th e ev i from any p a rt in th e fe stiv itie s of
dences of his h a n d ic ra ft a n d n o ted th e C h ris tm a s season.
th e a p p ro v in g
looks th a t g reeted
th e m from th e e a g e r, q u estio n in g EMIL G. KARDELL
AS POSTMASTER
eyes of a ll th e boys an d g irls an d
from th e eyes of p ap as, m am as, an d
E. G. K ard ell is m a k in g p re p a ra
o th e r re la tiv e s
as
th ey p o n d ered tio n s to m ove his fam ily a n d h o u se
w h a t to give a loved o n e as a to k en hold goods
to
M an zan ita beach,
of th e g re a t ev e n t a t hand.
w here he h as e sta b lish e d a gro w in g
I t w as in th e w indow s of S h at- m e rc a n tile bu sin ess. He has been
tu ck , of L indsey, o f th e C. C. S to re, I ln g tru m e n ta I ln g e ttin g th e g o v ern .
of A y lsw o rth , of B u rk e, of M etzger
m en t to esta b lish a new postofiice
B ros., of B ragg & D uncan, of th e th e re a n d expects to be th e first
D rug com pany, of th e N ovelty Shop, p o stm a ste r. H is ap p lic a tio n is be
of S te rlin g & K id d e r’s, o f S ch n eid fore th e d e p a rtm e n t w ith 90 sig n a
e r ’s a r t stu d io , of C arlso n s, of th e tu re s an d he has su b m itte d to th e
C ity B ak ery a n d in fa c t in every n ecessary ex am in atio n fo r th e place.
w indow w h ere th e n o rth pole p ro d He will also have a lo cal an d long
u cts n e stled by th e sid e of m o re m a
d ista n c e tele p h o n e in stalled .
te ria l a rtic le s,
th a t
S a n ta C laus
T h e new postofiice an d telep h o n e
p au sed fo r a g lan ce of ap p ro v a l and
line will em b race th re e beach re s o rts
a nod as he h u rrie d by.
and will be a good co n v en ien ce to
T h a t he w as n o t seen by m any w as
th e people living th e re as well as th e
because he d o e sn ’t d ress in h is a rc h u n d re d s o f v isito rs w ho w ill g a th e r
tic fu rs ex cep t on C h ris tm a s eve o r th e re d u rin g th e su m m e r m o n th s.
on sp ecial occasions. W hen h e was
P o s tm a s te r K ard ell so u n d s good.
h e re he w as on b u sin ess, lay in g o u t
His m any frien d s a re h o p in g th a t he
his p lan s fo r th e flight th a t w ill ta k e
will g ain th e position an d th e title.
him all o v er th e w orld, a n d he was
u nknow n to a ll ex cep t th e fav o red
BURGLARS RAID
few w ith w hom he h ad to co n su lt.
BELLROSE STORE
It is g re a tly to th e c re d it of S an ta
an d to th e m e rc h a n ts o f G resh am
A su ccessfu l ra id on th e s to re of
th a t th e ir b u sin ess d eals re s u lte d in B arrick
&
Co.,
at
B ellrose, |
su ch an ase m b lin g
o f th e a rtic le s e arly S a tu rd a y m o rn in g n e tte d a b o u t
each and every p erso n w an ted . It 1200. W hen th e s to re w as opened
b e tra y e d an ex ten siv e k n o w led g e of in th e m o rn in g it w as fo u n d th a t a
th e n eeds of th e d is tric t.
B ut panel had been c u t front th e fro n t
th e n it is know n th a t S a n ta h as a d o o r by UBe of a b race a n d bit w hich
c le a r in s ig h t in to th e m in d s of e v ery w ere fo u n d in th e ro ad . A rew ard
one as w ell as a good b u sin ess head of 950 w as offered fo r th e a r r e s t of
on his s h o u ld e rs an d th e re is ju s t th e th e th iev es.
rig h t a m o u n t of th e rig h t th in g s fo r
T h e goods ta k e n w ere e ig h t p airs
everybody and S a n ta C lau s w ill com e c o rd u ro y p a n ts, e ig h t p a irs je a n
a g a in to m o rro w n ig h t w ith h is re in p a n ts, tw o b lu e flannel s h irts ,
30
d eers an d leav e th e m w h ere th ey all p a irs of gloves, 2 5 p o ck et k n iv es, five
belong a n d w h e re he has d estin ed u m b re lla s, th re e w atch es, o n e gold, ,
th em to be placed.
and a b o u t 925 in m oney. T h e s h e r
S a n ta 's
b u sin ess
is g re a t an d iff's office is lo o k in g fo r th e lo o ters
g row ing, b u t he is b ig a n d b ro ad of an d hopes to tra c e th em th ro u g h th e
m ind an d he is g ro w in g w ith th e b u s sto len m erch an d ise.
iness. H e w ill p re p a re to com e again
an d ag a in a n d th e r e w ill be c o n tin CRESHAM MILK
ROUTE TO QUIT
ued joy am o n g h is w aitin g a d m ire rs
in a n tic ip a tio n of h is com ing.
In flu en ces a re co n sp irin g to p u t
G resham d ry w ith a v en g ean ce on
New Y ear's day. T h e p re s e n t m ilk
su p p ly , o p e ra te d by P e te r N e u ru re r,
T h e J u n io r class play e n title d , will be d isco n tin u ed on th a t d a te ,
" T h e J u n io r ,” as re n d e re d a t th e | an d so fa r no one has been fo u n d to
S cen o g rap h
th e a te r
la s t
F rid ay ta k e th e ro u te.
E rn e st S ch w ed ler b egan th e d eliv
n ig h t, w as o ne o f th e b rig h te st,
cla ssie st a m a te u r play s ev e r w itness- ery o f m ilk h e re tw o y e a rs ago b u t
ed in G resh am
It w as th o ro u g h -1 gave up th e b u sin ess to Mr. N e u ru r-
ly a p p ro p ria te fo r th e occasion, w as | e r w ho has d e te rm in e d to q u it an d is
well a d a p te d to th e y o u n g s tu d e n ts i a d v e rtisin g his dairy' h e rd fo r sa le a t
w ho took p a rt in it an d so fa r as we j p u b lic a u c tio n .
T h e field w ill be open fo r an y o n e
know th e r e h a s n o t been an u n fa v
o ra b le co m m en t. T h e le a d in g p a rts w ho w an ts to su p p ly th e peo p le w ith
w as p re s e n te d by H a rry S tan ley , as m ilk a f te r th e la s t day of th is
" T h e J u n io r ,” o th e r s tro n g p a rts m o n th .
w ere W illy R ockw ell, by G lenw ood
M iller; J u lia H ighfield , by K a th e r HARD TIMES BALL
NEW YEAR S EVE
in e H oney; J a n e t H ale, by L a u ra
A g en u in e h a rd tim es d an ce, w ith
S h ip ley ; an d V iolet, by M abel Ship-
ley. A very la rg e a u d ie n c e g re e te d tw o cash p rizes as an In d u c e m e n t to
th e y o u n g player» a n d Che v a rio u s w ear ’rour w o™‘ c lo th e s, w ill be giv-
C lu b h a ll
classes filled in th e tim e b etw een 'e n a t th e C o m m ercial
G
resh
am
,
on
New
Y
e
a
r’s
eve. T he
a c ts w ith ro u s in g class yells and
g e n tle m a n w ho s u s ta in s th e
b est
songs. A very p le a sin g fe a tu re of
c h a ra c te r of h a rd
lu ck
w ill g et
th e ev en in g w as th e m usic by th e
92.50; th e lady, 91.50. T h e re w ill
high school o rc h e s tra . T h e
p ro
be good m a n a g e m e n t an d a good
ceeds of th e ev e n in g a re s ta te d to
tim e. All a re w elcom e. C om e an d
have been ab o u t 980.
dan ce th e o ld y e a r o u t a n d th e new
y e a r In to th e beat fo u r-p iece u n io n
T a k e a flash lig h t p ic tu re of y o u r
o rc h e s tra e v e r h ere. D an cin g 1 :2 0
C h ristm a s tree. I t 's easy w ith E a st
to 3.
T ick ets,
91.00; g e n tlem en
m an flash sh eets. F o r sa le by W. R
s p e c ta to rs 25
c e n ts ;
lad les free
B u rk e, Je w e le r
S u p p er a t th e C ongdon.
87
JUNIOR CLASS PLAY
WAS SUCCESSFUL
pleasant
valley
b a p t is t
A L a u re l R an g e
Church
hunday School a t 10 a.
m ;
pieach m » a t 11 a m To un g People's h o u s e k e e p e r fo r a
m eeting • 10. preaching a t « 1 0 p m
cut
At S te rlin g A
R«v M i H o y P aator,
w ould s u it th e
C h ris tm a s pres-
K id d er's.
“Ever at Your Service’
Phone 701
$1.50 PER YEAR
SILVER THAW
WITH SNOW
T he w e ste rn p a rt of O regon h ad a
n arro w escape fro m a n o th e r “ silv e r
th a w ” on S u n d ay , w hen th e icy n o rth
wind b ro u g h t dow n a s tin g in g sleet
w hich f r o ie as it fell an d soon fo rm
ed a th in v en eer on every su rfa c e ex
posed to its fu ry .
H ow ever, th e te m p e ra tu re w ent up
and th e sle e t w as tu rn e d to snow .
A bout tw o in ch es fell d u rin g th e
n ig h t an d y este rd a y
m o rn in g th e
g ro u n d w as covered w ith a m a n tle of
“ th e b e a u tifu l,” b u t it b egan to d is
solve as th e a ir grew w a rm e r a n d
m elted slow ly d u rin g th e day w hich
w as on e of g ra y sk ies b u t w ith no
rain .
Y esterd ay w as th e s h o rte s t day of
th e y ear. T h e sp an of d a y lig h t, ac
co rd in g to th e a lm a u a c
w as n in e
h o u rs an d th r e e m in u tes. T oday th e
sun began its
n o rth w u rd jo u rn e y ,
and each su cceed in g day w ill hav e a
little m ore lig h t u n til th e su n reach es
its n o rth e rn lim it and sw ings b ark
ag a in to w ard th e so u th .
T he le n g th e n in g days w ill not be
observed, how ever, u n til th e n ext full
moon w hich w ill m ak e th e day seem
longer. F ro m th e n on th e d a y lig h t
h o u rs will g ra d u a lly le n g th e n u n til
th e full su m m e r is upon us.
NEW CORNER STONE
LAID AT SANDY
T he c o rn e r sto n e of th e new Y unk-
e r b u ild in g a t S andy w as placed ln
position last T h u rsd a y .
W orkm en
and citizen s g a th e re d n e a r th e n o rth
east c o rn e r of th e b u ild in g w here a
few re m a rk s w ere m ade a p p ro p ria te
to th e occasion by th e a rc h ite c t,
b u ild e r an d o w n er, a fte r w hich an
j iro n box w as placed in th e co n crete
in w hich w ere copies of se v eral new s-
' papera, view s of S andy, p h o to g ra p h s
(of th e Y u n k e r fam ily, a copy of th e
new city c h a rte r, a coin of 1913 an d
a horsesh o e.
T h e Y u n k e r b u ild in g is th e first
rein fo rced c o n crete s tr u c tu r e ln San-
1 dy a n d Is rep la c in g th e tw o fra m e
b u ild in g s ow ned by C asp er Y u n k er
w hich w ere d estro y e d by fire early
I in O ctober.
ERROR
appreciative subscribers and patrons
and to all we extend hearty wishes
for the seasons blessings.
CORRECTED
IN EQUITY AD.
T h e p rice lis t of th e E q u ity W a re
ho u se Co., 203 S ta rk s tre e t, P o rt
lan d , w hich gives q u o ta tio n s on both
buying an d se llin g prices, co n ta in s
tw o e rr o rs , on e of w hich m ak es an
' Im p o rta n t c h an g e In th e co st of bran.
T h a t co m m o d ity
w as listed th re e
. d o lla rs a ton too high an d sh o u ld
have re a d 920.50.
T h e o th e r Item re fe rs to W hite
R ose p o tato es, only th e w ord " E a r
ly ” w as used.
T h e E q u ity people a re offering
[goods a t low est possible sa le prices,
and a re p re p a re d to ta k e o rd e rs In
any q u a n tity .
ProgreeH of C ounty D e m o n stratio n
P olley.
T h e policy of se c u rin g co u n ty field
and farm d e m o n s tra tio n a g e n ts Is
m ak in g rap id p ro g ress am ong th e
co u n tie s o f O regon. A lready five
co u n tie s In v a rio u s p a rts of th e s ta te
| hav e com piled w ith all re q u ire m e n ts
and m ade th e n ecessary a p p ro p ria
tio n s fo r m a in ta in in g th e
co u n ty
a g e n ts In c o -o p eratio n s w ith th e O re
gon A g ric u ltu ra l C ollege.
T h ese
live c o u n ties, to g e th e r w ith th e sum
a p p ro p ria te d by each , a re as follow s:
HE KNEW THE
I and th e re fo re a ll th e m ore a p p re XMAS DAY AT
L ane, 92000; C rook, 91600; Coos,
TWO GRAY HORSES ciated.
THE PICTURE SHOW 92000; T illam o o k , 92000; a n d H a r
Such people a r e all too r a r e in
ney, 92000.
A su b s c rib e r from B o rin g w rites
T he m a n a g e m e n t o f th e p ic tu re
T w o co u n tie s. B a k e r an d G ra n t,
a p p re c ia tiv e ly
of
th e
O u tlo o k 's th is lu st-fo r-g o ld ag e an d th a t they
j may h av e yet m any y ears of e n jo y show has a rra n g e d to give a m a tin e e have ta k e n ste p s to e sta b lish a d is
C h ris tm a s n u m b e r an d th in k s it is a
m en t am o n g th e tre e s, s h ru b s and X m as a fte rn o o n a t 2 :3 0 . A dm ission tr ic t fo r d e m o n s tra tio n w ork, ex
sp len d id ed itio n an d sh o w s e n te r- flow ers is th e
e a rn e s t w ish of a 5 cen ts.
penses and benefits to be sh a re d a c
prise. " I
was
m nch in te re s te d ." frie n d ."
As m in in g
T h e ev e n in g p ro g ra m w ill be sp ec co rd in g to a g re e m e n t.
and
lu
m
b
e
rin
g
a
re
Im
p
o
rta
n t In d u s
say s th is w rite r, 'in th e a rtic le en-
iality a d a p te d to th e occasion w ith
P o rtla n d is in th e th ro e s of a w ar an e n tire c h an g e fro m th e a fte rn o o n trie s In th ese c o u n ties, It is fe lt th a t
title d ,
'G resh am
E leven
Y ears
j one fa rm a g e n t can se rv e both coun-
A go,’ as it b as been a little o* er ( o v e r tan g o . T h e d a n c in g d isease Is p ro g ram .
! tie s fo r a tim e, a t least. L e g islativ e
T
h
e
re
w
ill
be
no
show
W
ednesday
try
in
g
to
creep
Into
th
e
public
ten y ears sin ce I first saw G resh am ,
p ro v isio n s hav e been m ade to cover
an d well re m e m b e r co n d itio n s je» ; schools, an d sh o u ld
be k e p t o u t n ig h t on ac c o u n t of th e X m as p ro such cases.
g
ra
m
s
a
t
th
e
c
h
u
rc
h
e
s
as re h e a rse d in th a t a rtic le .
alo n g w ith all o th e r fo rm s of d a n c
It Is expected th a t W allow a an d
B u t w h at to u ch ed m e ev en iit- .re ! ing th e re . It m ay be h a rm le ss else
M arion c o u n tie s w ill be am ong th e
New
A
u
to
Kxpreex
I
in
e
fo
r
G
reeham
p e rh a p s w as
"A
F rie n d ly H o ise w h ere a n d it w ill hav e Its aw ay, b u t
nex t to m ake pro v isio n fo r secu rin g
S a le ," on page 8. T he w rite r is g lad th o se w ho a re e n d e a v o rin g to keep
T h e P o rtla n d -G re s h a m A uto Ex (co u n ty
a g e n ts
M alh eu r,
U nion
to re m e m b e r
t h a t ’old m a n ’ am ong it fro m th e school c h ild re n w hile In p ress h as been s t a r te d by G ra n t A and K la m a th a re se rio u sly c o n sid e r
his frien d s. O ld p e rh a p s in tim e as
school w ill
m eet
w ith opp o sitio n H u tto n . T hey w ill m ak e d ally trip s ing th e q u e stio n . D ouglas co u n ty
we co u n t th e y ears n o w -a-d ay s, b u t from th o se w ho believe th a t d an cin g
to a n d from G resh am an d so licit any officers a re b eing Im p o rtu n e d by In
y o u n g in s p irit, 72 y e a rs young,
is good an y w h ere.
h a u lin g la rg e o r sm all. T h e ir h e a d flu en tial fa rm e rs to e sta b lish th e sy s
T h e w rite r has o fte n en jo y ed th e
q u a rte rs In G resh am w ill be a t S h a t tem , a n d Ja c k s o n c o u n ty h as ta k a n
s ig h t of th o se holly tre e s an d o th e r
T im e E x ten d ed .
tu c k 's s to re w h ere goods an d o rd e rs up th e m a tte r w ith P ro fe sso r F re n c h ,
s h ru b b e ry , h as even used th e ‘old
O nly a few m o re days w ill b e 'c a n be le ft fo r th em
T hia w ill be S ta te L e a d e r of A g ric u ltu re , w ho ex
g ra y ta a m ,' by k in d n e ss of th e o w n er
given on su b s c rip tio n s to th e W eek a g re a t co n v en ien ce to a ll re s id e n ts pects to see th e system ad o p ted th e re
w hen o th e r h o rses w ere h a rd to g et.
a n d n ear-b y fa rm e rs . R a te s 92.00 a t an e arly date.
H e h as en jo y ed th e g e n u in e old- ly O reg o n ian a t b a rg a in ra te s. T he
a to n d eliv ered a n y w h e re In P o r t
fash io n ed
hospitality of that 'old p rice fo r it and th e O u tlo o k in com -
W hen you w ant to know w hat to
lan d o r le ft a t S h a ttu c k ’s sto re . •e le c t fo r
a p p ro p ria te
C h ris tm a s
m a n ' an d his good w ife In th e ir h in a tio n fo r o ne y e a r is 91.75. T h is
M inim um c h a rg e 25«.
p re s e n t ju s t look o v er th e ads. In th e
h om e a t a tim e w hen it wee n eeded
w ill p o sitiv ely close on Ja n . 1.
O utlook. T hey w ill h elp you.
95090 o r 1« is to loan on farm
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