Gresham outlook., August 03, 1915, Image 1

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T W IC E
W EEK
VOL.
5,
NO.
45
G resham O utlook
FIREWORKS
A FEATURE
OF THE FAIR
GRESHAM,
NEW LIBRARIAN
SEPTEMBER FIRST
Miss C larisse H. H aile left for her
vacation yesterday. A fter a m onth's
vacation she will go to M ontavilla
w here sh e will ta k e ch arg e of the
branch lib rary . Miss P earl D urst of
N orth P o rtla n d has been tra n sfe rre d
to this branch and will be h ere on
S eptem ber first. D uring A ugust Miss
Bessie O sborne will be in charge of
th e library.
T hro u g h Miss H aile's efforts the
j library has m ade g rea t gains
It
Wlta m o'e<l in to Us p resen t commo-
d ‘° US ,1 0 ' 000 building, a gift from
Andrew C arnegie, on M arch 1, 1913.
P r,o r
th a t thnp {hp „
had
bee„ hou, ed
(hp M eUger bu„ d ,n g .
MULTNOMAH,
COUNTY,
OREGON
TUESDAY,
AUGUST 3,
HARD CAMPAIGN GOING ON
FOR HARD SURFACED ROADS
1915
POULTRY RAISER
GIVES
TU ESD A Y S
AND
F R ID A Y S
$150
ADVICE
PER
YEAR
DESCRIBES
THE ROADS
ON JOURNEY
G reshatu, O regon, Ju ly 2#,— E d ­
ito r O utlook. Is poultry work a
gam e o r a business?
P oultry pays and pays b e tte r th an
any o th e r leg itim ate business, con­
sid erin g th e am o u n t invested. Why
P re sid e n t Lew is announced y ester­
th en so m any failu res?
G reenhorn, O regon, Ju ly 3 0,— Ed-
day a t a m eeting of the county fair
T he failu res a re not th e fa u lt of ito r O utlook.— As "good rouds” is
th e hen. She will alw ays do her
board th a t th e sum of $4000 had
j th e topic of th e day, I will give a
d u ty ; she will alw ays respond to the
been secured from th e County for
tre a tm e n t she receives. T he failu res brief o u tlin e of o u r trip , describing
prem ium aw ard s at the com ing fair.
are on the p art of those who care for i the roads betw een G resham and
One th o u sa n d of th a t am ount is from
When tin* Outlook begun its campaign two weeks ago for hard th e hens. The ow ners are th e fail­ G reenhorn.
th e s ta te fund, th e la rg e r sum being
surface improvements in Greahatn ami on the county road to Fair- ures and not th e fowls.
We sta rte d from G resham on the
The essen tials to egg production
th e am o u n t a p p ro p riated last Decern-
view it was practically alone. There were two or three who gave
11th of July a t 7 :3 0 in the m orning
are :
her by th e county budget com m ittee.
first aid encouragement hut there were others who made sarcastic
and arriv ed at M itchell P oint .at
F irst, S train.
“u
PO r,ed .’.“ “ ‘J * .! Ml88
to o k c h a rg e of th e lib ra ry remarks after tile first issue and who treated the whole affair as a
11:30 a. nt., finding two cars stalled.
Second, Com fort.
had engaged th e services of Phil here on M arch 1, 1912. She rep o rts
T hird, Exercise.
We w aited for them to get o ut of o u r
B ates fo r th e next seven weeks to an increase in circu latio n since No­ huge joke or a visionary scheme to get into the spotlight. But the
F o u rth , P ro p er Food.
Outlook had pledged its support to the campaign, or rather voluu-
way, and by th a t tim e a m an had
booBt th e fa ir in P o rtlan d instead of vem ber 1, 1914, of 1593.
We should not rush
into
the com e from Hood R iver w ith gasoline
sp en ding money fo r ad v e rtisin g in
tee
led
it,
for
it
seemed
at
first
to
have
very
little
eucouragenieut.
The lib rary association here owns
th e new spapers.
M r/ Bates began a 8t; reo'pt‘i“an which" has* been used
By the time the second broadside was out there was a distinct poultry business on a scale beyond so th a t a a to s could have th e ir ta n k s
his d u tie s y esterday m orning by at- | when in u stra te d lectu res have been glow of enthusiasm and plenty of help. The idea had permeated o u r m eans w ithout first ob tain in g a filled before sta rtin g on o ver the
w orking know ledge of the same.
hill. In th is way we tiad lost two
te n d in g a m eeting of th e C ham ber of given at thp ltb rary
Spvpral prQm.
every brain, the public had become imbued with the enthusiasm
R em em ber,,
w ith good stock, hours. A fter leaving Hood R iver we
C om m erce, and had a com m ittee of lnent men have lectured h ere d u rin g
50 appointed to f u rth e r th e in te rests , he pa8t yp ar, am ong thpm Gpo „ and the leading men of the community were all in line to further the l>ro|M*r env iro n m en t and a w orking I took th e w rong road, going down
of th e fair. W ith a m em bership of HlmPS 8ecretary of th e Oregon H is- project ami bring about the ends aimed at. The knockers began know ledge of th e business th e re is i into Hood R iver Valley, but tliis was
o v er 5000 the C ham ber of Com- torlcaI a88oelatloll an d cu sto d ian of to vanish and the scoffers became converted. The result of the little or no d an g er of a failu re, pro­ well w orth th e loss of tim e for the
vided one is w illing to do th e work roads were as good as th e best of
m erce has prom ised its support and the mu8eum ln P o rtlan d , who gave campaign so far was reflected in the report of the meeting on last
necessary on a poultry ranch.
M ultnom ah county and we learn ed
will be of g reat help. The boosting |llg illu stra te d lectu re on E arly Ore-
Thursday
evening
where
practically
the
whole
population
endorsed
It
offers
th
e
most
independent
q
u ite u bit ab o u t th e o rch a rd s of
business wil^ be ca rrie d on in all the gon and P o rtla n d ; Ju d g e Colvlg of
living for th e sm all am o u n t of cap­ Hood River and th e way they are
c*u ^8'
•! M edford, who lectu red on C ra te r the plans as outlined, amended them somewhat and went to work
ital of any business 1 know of.
irrig ated .
O th er special efforts a re being [ja he, and ex-G overnor T. T. Geer, with coats off to get results.
T he req u isites for success are,
We m ade T he Dalles by 7 p. in.
m ade to a ttr a c t th e P ortlan d crow ds These sp eak ers were secured th ro u g h
The victory thus fur belongs to the Outlook. From now on, know
ledge; the ability to select the w here we visited with my b ro th er,
and it is expected th a t th e re will be the efforts o f.th e T uesday Study club, if attained, it will belong to the citizens of Gresham and surround­
hen you need for any p a rtic u la r p u r­ K enneth, and som e friends until 3
scan t room to house th e exhibits this which has carried th ro u g h the year
ing territory who are almost a unit in their efforts to secure the pose, w hether It is for eggs o r for p. tn on th e 12th. The roads be­
y e a r‘
I a course of study on early Oregon.
improvements that the Outlook foresaw and had the courage to meat or fancy; w hether th e hen will tw een these last two points, alth o u g h
T he S tate A g ricu ltu ra l College
T he lib ra ry has encouruged th e
be a paving proposition o r not, and ra th e r hilly in places, w ere re m a rk ­
will send its first in d u stria l exhibit use of its le ctu re room and ren d ered light for in the face of apathy, indecision and objections.
w h eth er she will be able to tra n s ­ ably fine, in fact, in places they were
to G resham and about a dozen of th e every assistan ce possible to th e liter-
mit her p redom inating c h a ra c te ris­ as sm ooth as though paved.
We
noted an im als from th e ex perim ental ary and ed ucatio n al u p lift of th e corn-
Nearly it dozen petitions are being circulated by members of tics to her offspring. Also, we must drove across M iller's B ridge at the
sta tio n .
P lans are being m ade to m unlty. T he Tuesday Study club was
the committees appointed by Mayo.' Stapleton on Thursday even­ be able to ju d g e accu rately the value m outh of th e D eschutes river,
use all th e stock b arn s for c a ttle and organized and received much aid
of o u r male bird, as to w hat we w ant th ro u g h Wasco and on to Jo h n Day
horses and provide a m am m outh tent thro u g h th e lib rary and th e benefit ing. There are few who refuse to sign the prayer to the cminty
commissioners for the hard surfacing of the county road front the of him and as to his ability to stam p F erry w here we ram p ed for th e
for the poultry exhibits. More room of it8 WOrk was far reaching,
his offspring with th e desired q u al­ night.
will probably have to be provided for
The In d u strio u s G irls club was an- Powell fountain to the Sandy road at Fairview. Even as far away
ities.
On th e m orning of th e 13th we
th e sw ine and sheep displays.
The o th e r organ izatio n u n d er th e auspices as .Montavilla anti Pleasant Home, from Troutdale and Lents, there
Please rem em ber th a t th e re are left fo r P endleton, which
is l l o
< ollege display will be given space of the lib ra ry w hich has been a m eans
is no trouble in securing names, asking that the work be done now only four c h a ra c te ristic s th a t are m iles from Jo h n Day river, passing
in th e pavilion annex a t the en tra n ce of in sp ira tio n and help to m any
abso lu tely necessary for a hen to th ro u g h Olex, L exington, Ione. Hep-
to th e a rt d ep a rtm en t.
young girls. U uder th e direction of while three paving plants are located here and the improvement possess for th e econom ical produc­
n er and Echo, and arriv ed at P en­
The c o n tra ct w ith the racing u s s o -, mi 88 H aile they have stu d ied ab o u t can be made at the lowest cost.
tion of eggs or m eat. They are, 1st,
ab o u t ti p. m.. rem ain in g here
elation th is year provides for races on the n atio n al parks. A sto ry -h o u r was
There is a phut to meet the objections of the county commis­ C apacity; 2d, C ondition; 3d, Type; dleton
u
n
til
Ju
ly 15th, visiting Em ory anil
th e th re e last days of th e fair for held on W ednesday aftern o o n s when sioners that no funds arc available at this time. Funds in plenty will
4tli,' C o n stitu tio n al Vigor.
friends. About ten m iles of th e road
which th e fa ir association will put up stories o r in te rest to children of
be had when the taxes are paid next Npring, and the paving com­
We should also know how to o p er­ betw een Olex and Ione w ere ra th e r
th e p rem ium s and collect all en tra n ce age8 from 8ix to tw elve were told by
a
te
in cu b ato rs in o rd er to be able to rough, but from lone on to Echo
panies
will
wait
for
their
pay.
They
are
till
anxious
to
do
the
m oney as well as e n try fees. Adniis- Ibe lib ra ria n .
bring off a ''w e ll-h a tc h "; a house In th e roads were fine, especially going
work
and
all
that
is
necessary
is
for
the
county
officials
to
give
the
sions at th e m ain en tra n c e will be 25
On ia8t Tuesday n ig h t the nietn-
which to brood and feed th e little th ro u g h the d esert w here they were
ce n ts and only tho se who see th e bers of th e Tuesday Study club, with plan their approval. If they are willing to please the people of
chicks in o rd er to keep them "w e ll"; exceptionally good.
races will be expected to pay at th e th e ir escorts, gave a law n party, at • astern .Multnomah from .Montavilla and Lents to the Sandy river,
and how hen houses should he built
Mr. P eters and wife of P en d leto n ,
In n er g ate w here a n o th e r 25 cents th e hom e of Mrs. A lva Hevel, in
they
will
approve
the
plans
which
.Mayor
Stapleton
and
others
will
to su it o u r clim ate; how o u r grow ing according to previous arran g e m en t,
will be collected. T he schedule of honor of Miss Haile. T he In d u strio u s
p u llets should be housed and fed; w ere aw aitin g to accom pany us to
races has been m ade out and will be o ir ls club gave a su rp rise party on present for their consideration, and the work will he done. The
and
also th e best way to feed to get G reenhorn. We stu rte d from Pen­
p u b lished in the daily program s.
J Miss H aile a t th e hom e of Mrs. B. W. same plan has worked before, why not now?
th e m ost eggs at th e sm allest cost; dleton at 8 a. nt., clim bed th e Five-
Two evening a ttra c tio n s have been Em ery on S atu rd ay n ig h t last. Miss
and again how to feed and m ate to Mile Hill, passed th ro u g h L aG runde
engaged th a t are especially intend- H aile leaves a larg e circle of frien d s
Work
on
the
Sandy
road,
Base
Line
and
Powell
Valley
is
pro­
get fe rtile eggs and vigorous chicks. and front here we went by way of
ed for th e benefit of th e people in the who a re so rry to see h er leave th is
In selecting breeding stock we th e Oregon T rail. W e reached North
gressing
rapidly.
The
plants
at
Fairview,
Ruby
and
Jeune
are
all
co u n try. M. H. S quires was given field but wish her co n tin u ed success
should select for longevity. Use late Pow der at 7 p. nt., w here we stopped
running
to
full
capacity
and
the
actual
paving
of
the
three
roadH
th e c o n tra c t to p u t on an ela b o ra te jn her new place.
inoulters, select early producing pul­ for th e night. Mr. and Mrs. P eters
d isplay of firew orks, a duplicate of
______________
is well under way.
lets, use fall and w inter layers, sel­ were In the lead all th e way, tukiug
th e exhib itio n recently show n at th e NEW SECRETARY FOR
About four miles of the Sandy road have been hard surfaced ect heavy eaters, select early risers
over roads th a t aity county could
O aks, w hich w ere w itnessed by fully
FRUIT CANNERY eastward from the city limits at Rose City Park, and progress is and late retlre rs, select none hut well us
be
proud
of.
12,000 people.
K A. M iller resigned th e se cre­ being made rapidly toward the Sandy river. There are two plants m atu red and well developed birds.
On Ju ly 16 we d ep arted from
Bids fo r band m usic were read
taryship of th e G resham F ru it G row ­ on that section, the one at Fairview being intended to finish the
J. R. HARLAN.
N orth Pow der and th e road front
from h alf a dozen bands, th e low est
ers association on S atu rd ay and was
th e re to B aker City was th e most
being fo r th e sum of $300 and to in ­
work while the one at Rose City Park will be taken to the Colum­ ROELOFSEN FAMILY S
succeeded by Jam es E lkington.
level th a t we had en co u n tered in o u r
clude an o rc h e stra fo r the dance p a­
Mr. M iller’s action becam e necessary bia river highway. These ure Warren Construction company's
ANNUAL REUNION Journey. From th e re to S u m p ter the
vilion. As no bids w ere received for
because of his o th e r affairs.
His plants.
T he nin th an n u al reunion of the roads were real good, hut in a few
th e d ance hall, it was decided to run
duties at th e Bank of G resham re ­
At Ruby the plant of the Clarke-Henry Co. is turning out a Roelofsen fam ily was held at Sea­ places ra th e r ntuddy. From Sum p­
it for th e association and th e m a tte r
quire his co n stan t a tte n tio n and he big grist of "hot stuff’' which is being laid at tiie Elwood crossing side, Ju ly 18th, w ith only a sm all te r to W hitney we g rad u ally clim bed
of m usic was referre d to P resid en t
found it im possible to sp a re th e tim e
Lew is to close th e co n tract.
and coming eastward. About one-half mile of pavement has been atten d a n ce b ut th e g ath erin g was Into th e m ountains and It was at the
to do any work at th e cannery.
m arked by th e usual en th u siasm or la tte r place th a t we stayed all n ig h t,
T he association will also ru n the
Mr. E lking to n , his successor, is a laid.
on account of th e rain , whli It was
th
e Roelofsens
ca fete ria again th is y ear and F red
On the Powell Valley road there is about one mile of hard sur­
w ell-know n acco u n tan t and can spend
T he fam ily num bers over 250 th e first bad w eath er we had ex p er­
H. C ran e was ap po inted m anager.
a portion of his tim e a t th e p la n t; face west of Buckley avenue. The improvement will continue in m em bers and reu n io n s have been ienced.
A c o n tra ct was m ade w ith th e C rys­
besides, th e by-laws have been that direction to 82d street, then it will come westward to held in various p a rts of th e Btate,
On Ju ly 17 a t 3 :3 0 p. in. w e m ade
ta l Ice and S torage com pany fo r the
changed, c u rta ilin g th e s e c re ta ry ’s
o
u
r d estin atio n , having picked o ut
usually in th is vcilnlty, and som e­
sa le of W e ath erly ’s ice cream on a
Gresham.
duties to clerical work, and giving the
th e w orst road in th e S tate of O re­
tim
es
nearly
th
e
e
n
tire
m
em
bership
p erc en ta g e basis but it was not ex­
Probably the biggest job oil hand just now is the building of
m anager full a u th o rity in th e m a tte r
lias been present. Owing to sickness gon. Any o th e r road th at w e m ight
clusive. O thers will be allow ed to
of conducting th e business end, sub- the piece of new road along the east bank of the Sandy from the and th e d istance th a t many w ere re ­ have chosen from W hitney would
sell by paying ground re n t and It is
crew bus q uired to travel th is year, th e re were have been perfect in com parison
expected th a t th e re will be a su rplus Ject to the orders of the board of Troutdale bridge to the bridge at the Auto Club. A large
directors
been
put
to
work
with
a
camp
on
the
bank
of
the
river.
It is in- but a few present. T he oldest of the H ow ever, ta k in g all o u r trip Into
of ice cream for sale.
nsideration, we were ag reeably s u r ­
Hood R iver apple cid er will be on nN F n iP R iF R RPstTfllVi'M
tended to have tilt* road ready tor hard surface within a few weeks, fam ily is 94 years and th e youngest co
prised to find not m ore th an ,'io miles
is
seven
weeks.
sale as usual in th e p a v ilio n ’ also a
ANOTHER ON VACATION as it is a part of the Columbia highway.
T he follow ing persons from th is of had road a lto g e th e r, and I m ight
popcorn v ag o n will be or. the F u r ­
vicinity
were p resen t th is y ear: Mr. s ta te th a t the roads over th e Blue
L. P. M anning severed his connec­
row.
A very difficult portion of the work was encountered at Fair- and Mrs. 8lg K nighton, Mrs. Ella M ountains are th e best m ountain
P re sid e n t Lewis was given a u th o r­ tion w ith the ru ra l delivery service
roads I have seen,
His ro u te is being view. It wan found necessary to lower the grade of the Sandy Schneider and d au g h te r A lberta, und
ity to ta k e a display to th e S tate on S aturday.
I believe we can claim th e d istin c­
T he fam ily includes
F a ir at his own expense, and P o st­ carried tem po rarilly by Jo h n P. F re e ­ road about four feet, which left a steeper grade on the road lead­ D. I). Jack.
tion.
w ithout fear or co n trad ictio n ,
D unnlway fam ily
m istress McColl was g ran te d space m an, pending th e selection of a new I ing down from the railroad track. It has been found necessary to th e w ell-know n
and th a t of th e late H arvey Scott. of being the first au to th a t has tra v ­
It Is rep o rted th a t t h e r e ,
fo r a jta r c e l post d em o n stratio n as an carrie r.
T he next reunion will be held at eled o ver th e Colum bia riv e r high
are about 15 eliglbles ln th e county lower the latter road, and it is proposed to cut it down with a
e d u c a to r of th e public.
way from M ultnom ah county as far
tunnel
under
tin*
railroad.
It
is
now
closed
to
all
kinds
of
traffic,
W
oodburn,
Oregon.
for
ca
rrie
rs
in
th
e
ru
ra
l
service,
but
At least seven gran g es are expect­
east as B aker county. If we do not
ed to m ake exhibits th is year and the th e d ep a rtm en t has so fa r m ade no as well as tin* Sandy road at that point, and a great problem eon-!
ch an g e o u r p resen t plans we Intend
P o rtlan d school display, which failed selection.
fronts the county. To build the tunnel it will be necessary to go FAIRVIEW BOY
JOINS THE NAVY to re tu rn by way of P ra irie City,
E. E. C hipm an began his an n u al through a solid ledge of boulders, as large as a shock of hay. They
to com e la st year, has applied for
Canyon City, P rineville, Bend, Ma-
space. Several individual farm ex­ vacation y esterd ay an d will not go
G eorge C rane, son of F. II. C rane d rass, Redm ond, Siianleo, Maupin
are now being blasted out hut the tunnel under the track and tin-
h ib its a re looked for, and all the o th ­ bark to w ork UBtil T h u rsd ay , th e
of th e Colum bia Slough, has Joined and over the old Barlow road b y M t .
full cut of two blocks will cost at least $10,(MM).
e r d e p a rtm e n ts are expected to be 19th.
th e United S tate s navy as a m echan­
A big job has been done at the Baker hill on the Base Line. ical d rau g h tsm an . He will go to Hood, W elches, Sandy and hom e to
overflow ing.
G resham .
L u m b er for enclosing the m ach­ THIS HAY HARVESTER
Tin* top of the hill has been cut down and the grade made uniform, B rem erton In a few days w here he
I have been read in g ab o u t your
APPRECIATED
RAIN
in ery h all Is on hand and th e w ork
while the old culvert built several years ago on Cedar creek has will receive six months* in stru ctio n hot w eath er since we left. Will say
will be done in a few days. Conces­
H ere Is a new h arv est story told been blown out and is being replaced by a different structure of j and will then be tak en on a cru ise th a t th e w arm est day we have ex­
sions a re being sold and alto g e th e r by Ben M athew s: L ast week a lot
His en listm en t Is for fo u r years.
perienced so fa r was 85 degrees, with
th e fa ir now gives prom ise of being jf men w ere w orking in a big hay greater width and solidity.
Young C rane Is ab o u t 24 years of a very nice breeze at th at.
a big success.
———
I age and a g ra d u ate of th e P o rtlan d
field when It began to rain. They
Hoping th at th e stre e ts of G resham
The public is invited to attend the adjourned meeting which T rad es School He Is a m em ber of will all be paved by the tim e we re­
all dropped th e ir work and ran to
F rie n d s of Miss R uth Child, d a u g h ­
som e sheds h alf a m ile aw ay. One is set for next Thursday evening at the city hall to hear the re- J th e O. N. G. and has tak en a deep tu rn , I rem ain,
te r of Mr and Mrs. A. G. Child, fo r­
m an m ade a te rrib le sp rin t for It, ports of the solicitors and take part in any discussion that may i ,“l*r’**
m <1 naval affairs
ALICE ROBERTS.
m erly of P leasan t Home, will be
reached th e sheds first and when th e come up. So many persons are interested in the movement that He will probably com e hom e occa­
pleased to learn th a t she is now in
sionally on a visit before g ettin g too
Evergreen Blackberries W anted
o th ers cam e up they found him ex ­
P o rtlan d spending a m o n th 's vacation
the meeting is sure to be interesting and of benefit to the cause fa r away.
hausted and unconscious
T h e boss
T hose who have K vergre *n black­
w ith h e r p are n ts, a f te r having g ra d ­
b erries In any q u an tity w hen ripe
and the o th e rs restored him an d the th at is beiug waged for better roads.
u ated from C heney N orm al, w here
W. 0. T. V.
will receive a good price for them
farm er s a ’d to him, "W h a t in th e
W O M E N ’S
C H K IH T IA N
TEM PER
sh e has stu d ied fo r th e past two
Kill the mole with Com e: Gas A N C E V N i o N . — M e e ts a t th e L ib r a ry a t th e O resham C annery. Cal. up for
T his week, K ing o r Queen Fly
io fast."" ' I was
world
m
ade
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