G resham O utlook
T W IC E
W EEK
GRESHAM.
VOL. 5, NO. 63
MULTNOMAH COUNTY,
OREGON,
TUESDAY.
OCTOBER
5,
1915
TU ESD A Y S
AND
F R ID A Y S
$1.50
PER
YEAR
OBJECT LESSONS OF
RURAL CREDITS HYPOTHETICAL
BIG FILL AND ATTENDANCE
THE FAIR CORN SHOW COMMITTEE IS INQUIRIES ARE
SIGNIFICANT
CEMENT BRIDGE
OF INCREASE
IN ROAD WORK
. DRAFTING BILL GIVEN ANSWER
T h e c o rn e x h ib it a t th e re c e n t M u lt-
n o in ah c o u n ty fa ir, in c h a rg e o f E. C.
T h e v ery c o n s id e ra b le in c re a se r e S m ith , w as m a d e by th e O.- W. R. &
p o rte d in
th e
a tte n d a n c e o f th e N. c o m p a n y fo r th e p u rp o s e o f sh o w
u n io n h ig h sch o o l o f G re sh a m is as in g th e p o s s ib ilitie s of c o rn g ro w in g
s ig n ific a n t as it is g ra tify in g .
It in th is p a r t o f O reg o n a n d esp e c ia lly
It h a d been
sh o w s t h a t by f a r th e m a jo r p o rtio u in M u ltn o m a h c o u n ty .
of th e b oys a n d g irls h o ld in g e ig h th a g re e d a m o n g th e r a ilro a d s n o t to
g ra d e c e rtific a te s in e a s te rn M u ltn o m a k e e x h ib its th is y e a r, b u t w h a t ap-
w as fo u n d to be on u p p e r th ird o r a
n u b b in on th e to p o f th e sto ck .
A re c o rd w as k e p t o f th e tim e of
O ne of th e la r g e s t ro a d Im p ro v e
A m o v em en t tre m e n d o u s ly w o rth
H y p o th e tic a l q u e stio n s a r e so m e
p la n tin g o f sp e cim en s.
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m e n t jo b s u n d e rta k e n d ire c tly by
fo u n d b e st re s u lts w e re o b ta in e d
and
fro m flejds p la n te d b e fo re th e lr tth of th e N a tio n a l F a rm e rs ' U nion
th e c o u n ty th is y e a r, a n d to be p aid
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th e w o rk ju s t b eg u n o n S o u th R o b
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day fo r th e p u rp o s e of d r a f tin g a r u ta k e n a jo b of h a rd s u r fa c in g 8.8
th e sp rin g .
to w n lim its o f G re sh a m .
Mr. S m ith , w ho h a s h a d la rg e ex ral c re d its bill to be p re s e n te d to m iles on th e m o st p ro m in e n t ro a d
O ne of th e la r g e s t c o n c re te b rid g m ah a r e g e ttin g th e e d u c a tio n a l a d p eale d to th e c o m p a n y w as th e fact p e rien ce in g ro w in g co rn in v a rio u s th e next co n g re ss.
in e a s te rn M u ltn o m a h , a n d h a d at
T h e re a re se v e ra l p la n s w hich la st fin ish ed Its c o n tr a c t?
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im p ro v e m e n t. It w ill sp a n th e deep
officials fe lt ju s tifie d in ta k in g p a r t j say s th a t w hile as good co rn can be h av e been p re s e n te d , a ll of th e m
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hom e. T h e g u lch Is now c ro sse d by
d e p riv e d o f th e s e a d v a n ta g e s a re a t fa r m e rs a lm o s t a t th e la s t m in u te b u t n o t ad v ise g ro w in g co rn h e re fo r a th e re c o g n itio n o f th e g ra n g e Is th e
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S u p p o sin g th a t th e m en e n g a g e d
d itio n s , b u t fo r fe e d in g p u rp o ses, o ne in tro d u c e d by W . II 11. D u fu r
th e h o p e o f b ein g e n ro lle d , so o n e r o r
c e n te r.
w ho v iew ed th e d is p la y , a n d th o s e b ecau se in th is way th e c ro p can a n d e n d o rse d by th e c o u n ty P o m o n a to m e a s u re off th e 29-foot le n g th s
la t e r in th e c la sse s o f th e u n io n
g ra n g e at its m e e tin g tw o w eeks ago w ere u n d e r th e im p ressio n th a t th ey
T h e g u lch is d ry ex cep t w hen
h a v in g it in c h a rg e w ere w ell p leased . be m ad e m o re p ro fita b le .
h ig h .
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a r e not o b ta in a b le y et b u t it is r e
u n m in d fu l o f th e a c t?
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sch o o l a tte n d a n c e , w ill com e p ro p o r
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th e p o p u la tio n of th e G re sh a m sch o o l co u n ty ,
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th e g am e a t $1.19 fo r e v e ry s q u a r e
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**r - S m ith fo u n d m an y fa rm e rs be c u ltiv a te d both w ays.
to o b v ia te , if p o ssib le, tlx* m ista k e s th e s e h y p o th e tic a l q u e s tio n s so m e
fro m th e Hell pit.
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w h ereb y fo r m e r r u r a l c re d it« le g is th in g lik e th is :
A n o th e r big jo b in th e sau te itn n e c e ssity .
a n x io u s to le a rn b e tt e r m e th o d s so a field w h e re th e g ro u n d h ad been
la tio n h as w o rk ed a lto g e th e r to th e
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th e g u lch now sp a n n e d by a wood less th a n
a d o zen ;
n e x t y e a r th e - ,n o re p ro fita b le .
Io all su ch In stru c - th e corn w as c u ltiv a te d e a rly th r e e
s q u a r e y a rd s , w hich w ould be an
e n b rid g e ju s t so u th o f Dr. T h o m p fr e s h m a n cla ss w ill be fo u r o r five j , *on WUM Kiven In th e m o st n ec e ssa ry tim e s a n d hoed once.
T h e y ield b o rro w e r.
T h ese th r e e g re a t f a r m e r s ’ o r g a n e q u iv a le n t of $2.38 in c ash .
s o n ’s re sid e n c e ,
it is n o t q u ite so tim e s th a t n u m b e r, th e r e fo re it is point», su ch as se e d se le c tio n , p rep - w as a p p ro x im a te ly i n to 12 to n s p e r
O ne foot g u llied in every 30 fe e t
lo n g as th e o th e r b rid g e b u t th e p lain th a t th e tim e fo r e n la r g in g th e ! » ra tio n o f th e so il, h a rv e s tin g cro p , a c re of g re e n feed.
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ably be u b le to rem ed y t he d e fe c ts to w ould be 176 fe e t in u m ile, o r 352
g u lc h is d e e p e r.
H o les h av e been b u ild in g
h a s a r r i v e d - e v e n b efo re Ftiprlnj?. s to rin g a n d te s tin g th e seed p la n te d u n d e r very s im ila r c o n d i
c u t in th e p la n k in g th r o u g h w hich sch o o l h a s been ru n n in g a m o u th in ! a g a *u ’n tb e s p rin g . G re a t e m p h a tio n s, at a b o u t th e sa m e tim e , but th e ir ow n s a tis f a c tio n , so fa r us a s q u a r e y a rd s.
d r a f t of a bill is c o n c e rn e d .
T hey
T h a t m an y y a rd s a t $1. 19 p e r
th e fill w ill be m ad e.
sis is p lace d on th is la s t Item , tlie not c u ltiv a te d fo r six w eeks a fte r
its new hom e.
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in g m a rk e d by g ra d e s ta k e s w hich
feed.
been ex p en siv ely d e m o n s tra te d m an y tlo n of seed of d iffe re n t v a rie tie s.
sh o w th a t it w ill be lo w ered fro m
Mr. S m ith ex p ressed h im se lf as fo rc e s fo r th is sin g le o ccasio n iu a w ould g ive a to ta l su m o f $36 8 6 .1 5 .
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w ell satisfie d w ith th e tr e a tm e n t he com m on cau se.
of k e e p in g a b re a s t of e d u c a tio n a l r e n ec e ssa ry to p la n t an a c re is p o o r
It is im p o r ta n t th a t th e fa rm e rs sh o u ld be fig u red o u t, h y p o th e tic a lly
b rid g es.
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In fields in te re st sh o w n in th e co rn ex h ib it. He
p re s e n t h a s been im p re slv e ly p ro v ed , c en t in th e re s u lts .
a p p re c ia te d th e c o -o p e ra tio n o f th e ! a g re e d as to th e so rt of r u r a l c re d its fe e t o f " h o t s tu ff” o v e r 30 fe e t of
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d e fe c ts
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th e d ir t ta k e n fro m th e fo u r s tre e ts
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to h e lp m a k e th e fill. If th e r e is not been th e c a u se o f d e fe a t.
E x p e rt- P ° o r seed .
slb le fo r th e s c a n t fa v o r w ith w hich th e su m o f $ 3 6 8 6 .1 5 go to w a rd s
e n o u g h d ir t th e r e fo r th e p u rp o se en ce lias a lre a d y sh o w n co n clu siv ely
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T h e co rn in d u s try in th is p a rt of
am o n g th em .
I tilted u p o n a y e a rs ?
All h y p o th e tic a lly .
be h a u le d from th e g ra v e l pit.
tlo n s, b ased on th e p re s e n t a tte n d - se le c tio n , an il h e n c e w ere fa r from
sin g le c o u rse , th ey w ill be Iu u post
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a v e n u e w ill be w iden ed five feet on n ex t y e a r. T h e sa m e c o n d itio n s p re - | e ig h t-ro w e d
v a rie ty
fre q u e n tly W hile so m e ex cellen t Helds m ay be
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a n a g re e m e n t to th a t e ff e c t,a n d th e
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th e people« w h ile th o s e w ho h av e
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lo st c o n c re te p a v e m e n ts w ill be tim e liv ed on r u r a l r o u te tw o , b u t j
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m en a n d te a m s in a n effo rt to get five m ile s e a st of G re sh a m d u rin g th e T h p C o rv aU ta p rp88 B u lle tin sa y s final se le c tio n s
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OFF FOR ALASKA
few w e e k s b e fo re th e T im es b u ild in g
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H en ry K u h l, w ife a n d d a u g h te r but tw o d ay s. On F rid a y , he su ffered
w ill h a v e to be re p la c e d w ith new to h a v e ex p lo siv es a n d o th e r th in g s th e su m o f $21 an a c re th r o u g h o u t q u a litie s th e fo llo w in g s p r in g In a ll | X)U w l|| 8 a t| fro n i S e a ttle n ex t F rl- a s tr o k e of p a ra ly s is a n d on S a tu r
All th e w a te r p ip es w ill h a v e to be used In th e w ork o f d e s tru c tio n . H e , b(, COUn ty , o th e r th in g s b ein g e q u a l. e v e n ts It sh o u ld b e h u n g fo r d ry in g ,|Uy fo r g e w a rd , A lask a.
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also very s a tis fa c to ry .
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S o u th R o b e rts a v e n u e is g o in g to be tr ie d la te r.
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be a h a rd ro a d to tr a v e l fo r th e next to be th e la s t tw o ot th * c o n s p ira so th a t th e $21 X vould h a v e r e p r e re g a rd to th e b est p lace to s to r e se e d
C h a rle s M e rrill, w4io w ill live on th e b e rs of h is fam ily a re It. W. G ra n t
to rs.
se n te d a n e t p ro fit, m in u s o n ly th e c o rn .
tw o m o n th s.
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a d d itio n a l c o st o f s e le c tio n .
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s a fe to say t h a t a t le a s t $ 2 0 an a c re been fo u n d to be th e best places.
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b u ry by th e m e m b e rs a n d frie n d s of b o a rd s o f th e u n io n h ig h sch o o l • . $ A d d ltio n a , h a rv e s t CO8, w o u , d h a v e a , r u n t„
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m o n th on a c c o u n t of slid e s. Now is th e fu n e r a l w ill be h e ld on n ex t
th e M e th o d ist c h u rc h to be h e ld at
th e G re sh a m g ra d e d sch o o l w ill b. been s o m e th in g , b u t th a t is an ite m po,d doeg
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h eld a t th e lib ra ry , F rid a y e v e n in g , th a t g ro w e rs d e lig h t to pay.
of th e b u ria l o f th e w ife of th e d e
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v|,a l ity o f th e c o rn . T h e old m e th - ; Heeds,
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p la n ts, th e fu n e r a l of Mr. G r a n t’s w ife, w ill
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h a v e c h a rg e o f h is fu n e ra l.
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m e e tin g w ill be h e ld to n ig h t a t th e
h o p ed th a t a ll I Qne ¡M w illin g a n d a b le to pay th e
d e v o te d C h ris tia n . S c rip tu re
p a s
c h u rc h to a p p o in t c o m m itte e s an d p a re n ts o f sch o o l c h ild re n am i p a t- p r jce> b u t Beed a c c lim a te d to O regon been a b a n d o n e d by u p -to -d a te farm
T h e a v e ra g e to p ic o f c o n v e rs a tio n s a g e s an d h y m n s w ere h is so lace
g ro w e rs
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p e rfe c t a rr a n g e m e n ts . A ll m en of ro n s o f th e sch o o l will ta k e th is o p - r o „ d |tio n s , esp e c ia lly th e W illa m e tte e rs a n d seed
o f th e a v e ra g e in d iv id u a l when a n a l d u rin g h is la s t h o u rs.
th e c h u rc h a re u rg e d to be p re s e n t p o rtu n lty to m eet th e te a c h e rs a n d VaMey> caB n o t be p u rc h a s e d a t any w h ere an y m o is tu re is lik e ly to rise ,
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|i r ,rp M r e p , a„ ,, w a„ < ro w „
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B w lu re ri F a n s on T w o It » ) » .
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p ru n e d ry e rs th e a d v a n c e m e n t o f th e h u m a n race.
re c e p tio n a n d com e.
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m ay be
, n a la tte d c r a l » .
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M o n th 's re c o rd of m ilk p ro d u c 'la n a h a n , M rs. H. L. W o stell a n d
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tio n fo r a b o u t 16 cow s. J u s t w h at „
w ill g ive ro u n d tr ip fa re s on Mo t-
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you n eed to k eep tr a c k o f y o u r h e rd a n d th e fo llo w in g m e m b e rs: M rs. L
c a y s a n d F rid a y s fo r 25 cA nts, If
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Is offered as a tryout.
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T o P iilf o r s to re < r n lit o r s .
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You a re h e re b y n o tified to m a k e !
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A fire m e n 's b en efit d an c e Is b eing
M rs G eo W S ta p le to n . M rs II L p a ssin g th r o u g h th e field o n e o r tw o Uipn a „ ow jt , Q
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The Pleasant Valley Aid society ; that are hanging at a proper angle to of storing
th e m a tte r a d ju s te d .
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n o t i c e . For men and women—cleaning,
m a n a g e m e n t a n d good o r d e r a s
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In most every line of work on the w ill be g iven w hen th a t tim e a rr iv e s . : pressfng and repairing done to your
(Signed) GEORGE W KENNEY. I satisfaction.
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