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T W IC E W EEK VOL. 5, NO. 48 G resham O utlook SPECIAL CALL FOR MEETING MONDAY EVE A sp ecial m eetin g o f th e board of d irectors o f th e M ultnom ah C ounty F air w ill be held next M onday e v e n in g at h a lf past seven . FRIDAY, I ENGAGEMENT POPULAR GRESHAM YOUNG PEOPLE AUGUST 13, PETITIONS TO BE PRESENTED TO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS H ighlan d F arm , th e hom e of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Jo n es, was th e scene yesterd ay of a m erry p a rty a t w hich th e en g ag em en t of th e ir d au g h ter, Miss Echo, to R ussell A kin was an -I nounced. T he bride-to-be is th e only 1 d a u g h te r of Mr. and Mrs. Jones. She j is an a ttra c tiv e girl, p ro m in en t in I church and social circles. She pos sesses a sw eet so p ran o voice and often sings in G resham an d P o rtlan d . I 1 here is so little that is new in the road paving situation that T he m a rriag e of Miss Jo n es to Mr. it seems superfluous to say anything about it at this time, yet the A kin will be an event of early O cto work of paving the Columbia river highway is going on and its ber. Mr. Akin is a m em ber of th e well- three feeders are still obstructed so that travel over them is almost know n pioneer fam ily of P o rtlan d by impossible. It is the same on the Foster road east of Lents, but th a t nam e and a b ro th e r of Dr. Otis that improvement has small effect on travel to or from Gresham Akin and Mrs. Mabel D rake, of P o rt or any other point in Multnomah county except in the vicinity of land. He is m an ag er of S p rin g crest Sycamore. F arm , th e G resham farm of his \\ ork on the l’owell \ alley road has progressed as far as brother-in -law , Dr. C larence T ru e L im it maun »Junction, the macadam surface having been ploughed W ilson. Miss Jo n es had in v ited h er g u ests up that tar and the roadbed is being prepared for the hard sur to bring th e ir sew ing an d “ d rin k to face hot stuff. It is said to he the intention to complete the a new frie n d ’s h e a lth .” The young surface work that far before coming any farther east. After that ladies g ath ered in th e spacious the remaining two miles will be made a section for the completion porches, w here th e h o u r s were pleasan tly spent. L uncheon was of the e work into Gresham. Paving of the fountain square will served in th e grap e a rb o r, w here a then he done, and if the plan to get Main street hard surfaced long tab le had been set for th e o c c a - 1 succeeds, that will be the next job to receive attention, sion. Red and g ren com prised t h e 1 color schem e of th e luncheon tab le i ... . . . and it was ca rrie d o u t w ith red nas- c o ,n n u tte e ,0 w « lt on tile commissioners has set next Tiles tu rtlu m s and tra ilin g vines. A bas-l'b^ as tbc time. A few more names have been added to the peti- ket of flowers was suspended over tions but the efforts of the canvassing eommitte are not expected the table and tinsel cords extended I to bring immediate results upon presentation of the petitions Mr OTHER INTERESTING MATTERS CONCERNING NOW BEING IMPROVED 1915 $1.50 PER PLAY AT SANDY BY CATHOLIC SOCIETY T he social A ugust 7, fo r j ael s ch u rch , j T he p rin cip al Wa8 given in S h elley ’s hall, th e benefit of St. Mlch- proved a g re a t success, fe a tu re of th e eveniug ? , . YEAR TRESPASS SIGNS ARE SOON DUE p rese n tatio n of a p rogram co n sistin g of a tw o-act com edy, en- title d , "W on by a W ag er," su p p le T he open season fo r deer will be m ented by sev eral well ren d e re d m u gin next M onday and last for six sical num bers. weeks. T resp ass notices will not he T h e follow ing was th e cast of needed to keep h u n te rs from sh o o t c h a ra c te rs: Sim on Sweet, a farm er, ing them as th e deer of today are F ra n k S chm idt; M artha Sweet, his wife, M argaret M ilan; M ary, th e ir only found in th e w ilds of th e m o u n t d au g h te r. B e rth a A lbel; Billy, a ains, fa r aw ay from cu ltiv a ted farm s. son, Leo M ilan; M elintha Sweet, an B ut p retty soon th e open season old m aid, H a ttie B. K elly; H arry fo r p h ea sa n ts will daw n an d then H ow ard, Leo C an n in g ; Sally L unn, th e h u n te r will tram p le down your colored Cook, A ngela C an n in g ; Den crops, th ro w down y o u r fences and nis O’D onovan, hired m an, Jo e V ar- sh o o t y o u r chickens if you d o n 't etti. T he follow ing m usical num bers w atch out. w ere p rese n ted : T he way to keep th e tre sp a sse r "A L ittle Bit of H eav en ,” Miss o u t is p resen ted by Dr. O utlook. A K elly; The Rosary, Mr. Jo h n D unn; tresp a ss notice, p rin ted on clo th o r 'R ose of My H e a rt,” Miss G enevlve card b o ard , in any p rev ailin g style, Clancy. " H e a rt of H e a rts,” Mrs. may be had o ver th e O utlook p re Jo h n D unn; " In th e C andle L ig h t," scrip tio n co u n ter, in q u an tu m sutfi- Misses K elly and Clancy. cit. In o th e r w ords, they a re for T he ab ility w ith w hich each n u m sale in any q u a n tity , fo r sp o t cash ber was ren d ered reflects g re a t cred a t five cen ts per on tougli ca rd b o ard , it upon th e young people who p a r a little m ore on cloth, and at a low er tic ip ated . Each n u m b er m et w ith ra te by th e dozen. h ea rty ap p reciatio n . A good q u a n tity of these, in sev D ancing follow ed th e p ro g ram and era l d iffe ren t form s, will be k ep t on fo r tw o h ours a sp irit of m errim en t hand o r p rin te d to o rd e r on sh o rt p rev ailed as both young an d old notice. Com e early and avoid the trip p e d th e lig h t fan ta stic toe be ru sh and do y o u r tresp a ss notice n ea th a bow er of vine m ap le.an d red shopping before th e h u n tin g season dah lias. begins. T his was th e first a tte m p t of St. M ichael’s young people in an affair PoMottlce W ill E xh ib it at Fair of th is kind and th e p leasan t co T he postofflee will ex h ib it a t the o p era tio n and ap p reciatio n w ith fa ir th is year. T h e exhibit will show w hich they m et has created a stro n g th e public how to use th e parcel post d esire to rep eat so m e ih i'ig of the system , how to w rap an d ad d ress kind in th e n e a r fu tu re. packages, giving th e d ifferen t rate s and show ing th e w onderful p ossibili ties of th e system . FAREWELL RECEPTION GIVEN MISS SHOEMAKER I. McCOLL, Host m aster. T h ere will be am eetin g of th e board of d irec to rs of the M ultnom ah County F a ir association on M onday to m ake f u rth e r arra n g e m e n ts for tile com ing fair. The p rincipal business will be to h ea r rep o rts from th e o u tstan d in g com m ittees and ta k e action thereon. P resid en t Lewis has been in d u s tri ously fu rth e rin g tile In terests of th e fa ir in P o rtlan d w here P hil Hates is w orking h ard as publicity m an ager. The P o rtlan d C ham ber of Com m erce, w ith its 5000 m em bers, has tak en th e m a tte r of assistan ce up in ea rn est and at a m eeting two weeks ago adopted a reso lu tio n appo in tin g a ch airm an of a com m ittee in the person of Hy F ilers, giving him pow e r to select a com m ittee of 50, head ed by him self, to boost th e fa ir in every possible way. Mr. E llers has nam ed th e follow ing as his associates: pn,b,i ........ indicated that tiny would he referred to him for a report, ended i„ in double h eart ann o u n „.........I cem en t 1 W. H. B e h arrel, A. H. Devers, Max cards, tied in red. T he house and which will undoubtedly be the course taken by the commissioners. 8. H irsch, Thos. D. H oueym an, H. J. th e porches w ere profusely d ecorated The plan from there on would be to interest all those of influence K ingsley, M. B. M cFaul, D rake C. w ith flowers. in I ortland w ho favor the hard surfacing of tiff* road to Fairview O’R eilly, Jo seph N. T eal, Oswald to use all the pressure they can bring to hear for a favorable con W est, A lfred T ucker, John F . Car- STORE TO BE SOLD; sideration. roll, W illiam A lbers, G eorge W. PROCEEDS IN CONTEST B ates J r ., F. M. C ase,J. D. F a rre ll, It is believed that nearly every owner of an automobile will M. W. G ill, C. N. M cA rthur, H enry T he latest d evelopm ents in th e l be willing to help in tile matter, it should be made plain that there W. M etzger, H. J. O tten h eim er, O. M. P u lfe r M ercantile com pany bank-1 ,11U8^ b*‘ a connecting link from the Sandy road to Gresham, as the Scott, S. C. R asm ussen, W. H. Mc- Monies, C. 8. Jack so n , H. R. Albee, ruptcy proceedings seem s to be a | three geeat arteries of travel will converge into the Columbia river W. C. B ristol, W ilbur E. Com an, Dr. effort to tu rn th e p ro p erty into h ard I highway if there is a passable road, and auto tourists will naturally I be in favor of a cross-country road that would permit of a detour F. H. D am m asch, A. L. D uPuy, Dr. cash. J. P. T am iesie, F red Spoer;, S. C. A cting on an o rd e r from th e f e d - | a ,,(* ,10t confine all the travel to one thoroughfare. A farew ell reception was given P ier, C. H enri Labbe, Jo h n H S tev y esterd ay in h o n o r of Miss E dna eral court, th e assig n ee -re ceiv er-tru s enson, C. C. C olt, E d g ar B. P iper, 1 here seems now to be some question as to whether the Ban S h o em ak er who leaves next week to A. C. Black, H. L. P itto c k , W. P. tee, R. L. Sabin, has placed a man I S tran d b o rg , T. H. Richey, W i'liam in ch a rg e w ith in stru c tio n s to k e e p | <' 1'0 *' bonding act can be made effective in paying for the improve ta k e up m issionary work in China. U m bdenstock, W illiam Deveney, W. th e sto re open d u rin g th is week I proposed on Main street. The district attorney ’s office will T he g ath e rin g w as held at th e hom e H. D aughtrey, Jo h n E. C ronan, W. from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m., for in sp ec-l b e consulted, as Mayor Stapleton s first expression concerning the of Mrs. A. J. W. Brow n, u n d er the W. C otton, II. A. Moser, F. L. P urse, tion. T he idea is to receive cash I P1'«position seems to he doubted in some minds. The matter will auspices of th e Home M issionary G. B. H eg ard t, T hom as W lthycom ba, bids for th e stock and fixtures and I have to he investigated, and it will he well to do so, for every detail Circle. A bout forty m em bers and O. W. M ielke. Some of these men a re well known sell them o u t to th e h ig h e st bidder. I ■oust he made clear to those who have promised to sign up for the frie n d s of th e society w ere present. Bids will be opened by Mi*. Sabin improvement, provided they cun get a sufficient length of time in An a p p ro p ria te p ro g ram was re n in ea ste rn M ultnom ah and all a re friends of th e fair. T h eir influence at his P o rtlan d office next M onday.! which to pay for the work to be done d ered , co n sistin g of vocal solos by will be fe lt and appreciated . All 'h e z r r c X “ is rs s s s , 1? 7 r h r ° f t r s t r ' e t s o f , h " c i ,y h “ b “ n Mrs. E. W. AylBWorth and Miss G race ciuos of P o rtla n d a re ta k in g th e m at H essel, d u ets by Dr. and Mrs. W. C. te r up th ro u g h th e auove-nam ed over the money on hand an d will con- talked ot but they Will probably wait until it is seen what the county D river, a piano solo by Miss G ladys tln u e until a final se ttle m en t is m ade. I " ld do’ * 8 believed with Main street paved, property ow ners in co m m ittee who a re m em bers of th e M iller an d a re a d in g by Mrs. A. J. W. T he in te re sts of all p arties will be I other parts of town will want to improve their streets and avenues several associations. T hey will in B row n. Rev. A. J. W are gave a te re st th e o th e rs to such an extent protected, e ith e r of whom may bid I and make of Gresham a more modern city, more attractive to a b rief ad d ress an d a t th e close p re th a t th e success of th e fa ir is assured atnionhewm°reSmtB °inbe ‘“’i'1- V® ' ‘J“' I wealthier cla88 of citizens. It is realized that not all of the needed se n ted Miss S h o em ak er w ith a b eau . . , , , unless in te rfe re d w ith by th e w eath- ation will rem ain u n changed as fa r I - . as th e c o n testan ts are concerned. | P nent8 Can be brought about immediately, but the attitude tifu l clock, th e g ift of th e society. but th e re is a good prospect th a t th e ,0* lbe -Outlook is, and shall be, to help to creat a public sentiment R e fresh m en ts w ere served a t th e close of th e afte rn o o n . T h e house sto re will be opened for business i f , favoring better streets, and crowd the matter within all reason CHEMICAL CART was b ea u tifu lly d eco rated w ith flow- GETS NEW WHEELS th e sale is confirm ed next Monday I able limits. E xtensive im provem ents have MAINTAINING CLASS been m ade on th e chem ical c a rt of It is not unlikely that after the highway has been improved and IN HIGH GRADES! th e G resham fire d ep a rtm en t. Two the county decides to pave the Section Line road, which will certainly fro n t w heels have been added and At a m eeting of th e U nion High be done in another year or two, the paving plants will be in this th e chem ical ta n k s m ounted on school board of d irecto rs held on springs. W ith th ese im provem ents W ednesday m orning th e bid of T A , vicinity again and it is hoped that hy that time at any rate more th e a p p a ra tu s is in m uch b e tte r con A im quist fo r 50 cords of dry wood I peop e M1 realize the advantage of hard surfaced streets and bi dition for use in fire fighting. T h e! was accepted a t $3.35 p e r cord. Ten I ready to have the work done. fo rm er condition of th e a p p a ra tu s cords of ald er was also o rd ered from | The outcome will be carefully and eagerly watched hy those m ade it both dan g ero u s and slow to E. A. Stafford a t $2.75. most interested and there is no doubt as to the ultimate result. It h au l th e chem ical behind an au to in Jo h n W u ch ter was given the con-| is sate to predict that practically all of the county roads and many of going to a fire, and it took several tra c t to erect a 50-foot flag pole in men to hold it. Now two m en can fro n t of th e new b u ilding for $15. the streets of Gresham will be hard surfaced within a few years. hold th e chem ical behind an au to T he board au th o rized P rincipal I and easily ste e r it and th e ja rrin g Goodwin to publish a pro sp ectu s be-1 Travel on the »Section Line road is at its highest tide but the is avoided. fore the opening of th e school. He I i v , , . i . i load 18 kept in excellent repair to withstand the unusual heavy T he firem en look forw ard to th e i was also au th o rized to secu re nee-1 ♦ ti . . t -i » , , . . .. . . tim e when a bonus will be paid to essary sta tio n e ry and supplies f o ri " , ’ " **'* . H<' " HK s m o o ,b«‘«l d o w n a n d th e n th o r o u g h ly o ile d a n d a to p d r e s s in g o f c r u s h e d ro c k s c re e n in g s w a s s p r in k le d o v e r it th e a u to th a t gets to th e fire hall his office. It is n o w th e o n ly ro a d le a d in g e a s tw a r d f ro m P o r t first and helps pull th e a p p a ra tu s to A chem ical and physical lab o r-! lu ll w id th . th e fire. W hen th a t tim e com es a ato ry a p p a ra tu s was o rd ered to cost I la n d th a t c a n be u se d a n d is in a b e t t e r c o n d itio n th a n a n y o f th e m hook can be attac h ed to th e auto $450. Sueh an outfit is dem anded I h a v e e v e r b e e n b e fo re . connected w ith th e to ngue of th e to m ake th e school a high class, a c -l nnu c $ „ . . credited In stitu tio n , and it was agreed T " 181,01,1 of braving one artery open for traffic this season chem ical and a quick s ta rt m ade. TU ESD A Y S AND F R ID A Y S More cucu m b ers are picked In the vicinity of G resham th is y ear th an e v e r before. W hen M anager S te r ling of th e F ru it G row ers asso cia tion co n tra cte d last sp rin g to fu rn ish 35 acres of cu cu m b ers a g re a t in te re st was prom ised in th e e n te r prise. T he picking season has com m enced and m ore th an a ton a day a re being d elivered at th e cannery. T hey are being b ro u g h t to th e can n ery in bas k ets, cra te s o r sack s and are so rted and shipped by a u to tru ck daily to P o rtlan d . Some cucum bers a re be ing raised in thW fam ily g ard en s in an d n e a r G resham and on m any la r g er tra c ts n e a r by, and th u s em ploy m ent is given to m any pickers. FAIRVIEW A m arria g e license was issued one day th is week to L e ster R o b in ette and Miss Lizzie lie s of G resham . T he age of th e b rid e was given as 16 years. T he usual services will be held a t th e M ethodist church next Sunday. Dr. B. J. Hoad ley of P o rtlan d will preach both m orning and evening. Sunday school will m eet a t 10 a. m. All are in v ited to th e services. G ettin g S tarted It was B u rk e who said, " If you w an t to go an y w h ere you have to s ta r t from w here you a re .” How m any of us seem to overlook th is little tru ism . We su d d en ly be com e possessed w ith an Idea th a t we o u g h t to g et to a ce rtain place, th a t we o u g h t to accom plish th is or th a t, but we fo rg et th e p re p a ra tio n o r process of g ettin g there. P osi tion seem s to m ean a lot from a c e r tain po in t of view, b u t If we would fill any place acceptably we need to ta k e th e p re p a ra to ry steps, to s ta r t from w here we are. Too m any of us bet th e idea th a t success o r ach iev em en t may be a t tain ed by a sin g le sp u rt. We o v er look th e in te rm ed ia ry space betw een w here we a re and w ehre we w ant to be. We m ake th e a tte m p t an d when we fall o u r d isco u rag em en t o v er w helm s us. On th e o th e r h an d , we should not neglect to move forw ard because we are too tim id to try new ground. S ta rtin g from w here we are. we can save m uch d isa p p o in t m ent and m any stu m b les by m ak in g a carefu l stu d y of all th e co nditions an d m ak in g up o u r m ind th a t we will pay th e price of p ersistence, faith an d patience. An e r r o r was m ade in th e an n o uncem ent of ch u rch services In the to begin th e first term w ith a com- ,S noW aPPar‘',,t. although for a while th ere was wonderment and M ethodist church at F airview as giv BORING HILL ROAD plete sta n d a rd lab o rato ry . I loud complaint that the Section Line was not included in tin* scheme en In th e last O utlook T he an n o u n ce W h in lv er anybody offers to give MAY BE GRADED The bidder on window sh ad es w as! of this year’s improvements. It will doubtless last in fairly good m ent was m ent for A ugust 22 Instead ye so m eth in g P r naw th ln g , o r som e th in g f’r less th a n It’s w orth, d o n ’t of th e 15th. T h ere is a likelihood of th e fa unable to fill th e co n tract an d o th e r condition this year and until the other roads are ready for travel ta k e any ch an ces; yell f’r a polis- w,H b: : X ™ r .roTu n 7 h, m a n ‘|1 b- th “ h ard 1 mous obstacle called th e B oring Hill S tra n g e r— Y our town seem s aw ful m an .— Mr. Dooley. road being graded and put in to good order of county development. dead. H ad a sco u rg e of any kind? condition. A frien d th a t you have to buy will C itiz en — "N o .” THREE TRACTS ADDED I Between now and next Tuesday an effort will he made to add A nu m b er of th e good road en not be w orth w h at you pay fo r him "N o sm allpox o r yellow fever? TO TOWN LIMITS! to the list of names on the petitions for the improvement of th th u sia sts an d au to ists, headed by Dr. "N o .” no m a tte r w hat th a t may be.— Oeo. G resham was en larg ed by about roatl to ^«irview. There are several of these petitions and any who H. V. Adix of E stacada, Ben H olm an D. P rentice. "N o flood o r fa m in e ? ” of E agle C reek and Col. Roots of 80 acres yesterd ay by th e vote of t h e , h a v e not already signed one of them are invited to do so before next “ N o.” F irs t se cu re excellence, th en set Boring, have presen ted to th e co u rt people w ithin th e c o rp o rate lim its | Tuesday morning, “ W ell, w hat ails y o u r tow n this p o u r price; th e w orld will pay for p etitio n s ask in g fo r $1,000 a p p ro p ri and those w ithin th e te rrito ry to be y e a r? ” atio n fo r th is w ork. T hey also have annexed. H ear Me C ackle O b ligin g "N o th in g alls it th is year, b u t a It.— L eslie M. Shaw. called on th e c o u rt personally and T he vote was very lig h t in both | boom stru c k It last y ea r.” Don’t buy ch eap th in g s; th e y 're have received a prom ise of help.— precincts T h ere w ere only 3o voted r iv e y ears of successful poultry Mr. Bowen was h aving d in n e r w Ith too expensive. Some th in g s a re so D ifferent E stacada Progress. in precinct n u m b e r 308 an d one p e r - 1 , , . , k ,u , . , . I raisin g and egg p roduction and no th e K eillys and th e 7-year old son of " R ig h t th is way, s ir ,” said the cheap th a t suspicion sits up and son voted both for and a g a in st a n - 1 th e fam ily was p resen t. head w aiter. *T1I get you a good ta k es notice. nexation. Of th e 29 votes counted I WOrry ab o u t b llg h t o r raln , , 7 ° ATTENTION! "A nd w hat a re you going to be tab le, w here you can w atch th e d an c in th is precinct six w ere cast by res-1 w orth of eggs in Ju ly from 450 two- Special a tte n tio n given P ro b a te Shadow s, y o u r opinion to th e co n when you grow up. /y n n g m a n ?" in g .” F ine b reed ers for m a tte rs and A bstracts. Y our In te r ider. ts of th e tra c ts to be added t o , year-old hens. tra ry , a re perh ap s th e m ost co n sist asked Mr. Bowen of th e little boy. “ B ut I d o n 't w an t to w atch the ests will be g u ard e d carefully. Jo h n th e tow n. I next year. G et som e now a t 75c "W e ll," replied th • boy th o u g h t d an c in g ,” o bjected th e p atro n , I w ant ently ch eerfu l th in g s; th ey n ever In precinct n u m b er 309 only 13 W. Huff. A tt’y at Law, 616 F enton comp o u t b u t In th e su n lig h t. fully, " a f t e r I’ve bee., a m in iste r to to e a t ” B uilding. P o rtlan d . tf votes were cast, ten fo r an d th ree a g a in st th e m easu re I vance next w eek. H. W. Cooley ft please m o th e r, a n ’ a judg-i to pl"asc "In th a t case,” rep lied th e w aiter, Open season on deer, A ugust 15 fa th e r. I'm g o ln ' to b e a policem an. ’ ‘y o u ’d b e tte r try tjie Owl lunch w ag to O ctober 31. All kinds am m u n itio n O 'C edar Mops. 75c a t S terlin g & All th re e tra c ts voted in ..vs situ-1 ^on, W hite K now l P o u ltry F arm K id d er Hdw. Co.— Ad. on on th e co rn er. T hia Is a re s ta u and guna at S terlin g ft K id d er Hdw. ated in precin ct n u m b er 308. ' T ro u td ale. P ho n e 434. tf Read th e W ant Ads. r a n t.” Co.— Ad. I