Gresham outlook., December 17, 1918, Christmas Number, Image 3

CHRISTMAS NUMBER, 1918
GRESHAM
OUTLOOK
| BUSINESS ENTERPRISE HAS KEPT THE HOME FIRES BURNING DURING YEAR
GRESHAM CANNERY
YEAR OF PROGRESS
HOME PACKING COM-
WINS YEAR BANNER
BRINGS RESULTS TO
PANY HAS BECOME A
FOR PRODUCTIVITY
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Largest Output Iu Its History HE MAY BE HOME
BY THE NEW YEAR
Shows Great Variety of
Canned Goods and A Big A n u m b e r of le tte r s h a v e com e in
d u rin g th e p a st few d ay s fro m L eslie
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St. C la ir to h is w ife a n d p a re n ts.
F o llo w in g a re som e e x c e rp ts te llin g
O ver th ir ty th o u s a n d ea se s o f f r u it so m e o f th e e x p e rie n c e s th ro u g h
a n d v e g e ta b le s w ere p a c k e d a t th e w hich he h a s been p a ss in g :
G re sh a m c a n n e ry th e p re s e n t seaso u
On th e F ro n t,
a n d th e w o rk is s till g o in g on. W hen
N o v em b er 8.
th e k r a u t a n d b eets now b ein g p u t
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in to c a n s a re all read y fo r sh ip m e n t tice b ein g sig n e d w ith G e rm a n y , an d
th e fig u res w ill p ro b a b ly ex ceed th e th e r e w as m u ch c e le b ra tio n a ll alo n g
th e F ro n t.
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m ig h t) good to L. T. a lth o u g h I e n ­
A d e ta ile d s ta te m e n t of th e v a rio u s jo y ed m y self h e re a n d h ad good
p ro d u c tio n s is m a d e in th e fo llo w in g tim es. I w a n t to g et h o m e now th a t
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re p o rt a s to th e n u m b e r of cases p u t it is o v e r
up, th e g r e a t e r p o rtio n o f w hich h as a rm is tic e re c eiv ed by th e p eo p le in
th e s ta te s ? B et th e r e w as m u ch c e l­
been sold.
e b ra tio n .
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660 o v e r th e fr o n t by d a rk , a n d as it g o ’
A sm a ll fo rc e is now a t w o rk on d a rk th e to w n s b eg an to lig h t up an d
b eets, o f w h ich ab o u t e ig h t to n s will fello w s s e t off firew o rk s, sig n a l lig h ts
be pack ed . T h ey w ill fill so m e th in g a n d big c o lo re d (lashes h e re an d
th e re . Say it w as g ra n d . T h e first
lik e 400 cases.
lig h ts at n ig h t on fh e e n tir e fro n t
S o m e th in g new w as d o n e th is y e a r, sin ce th e b e g in n in g o f th e w ar.
T h e re s u r e w as so m e stiff fig h tin g
th e re p o r t sh o w in g th a t 1000 cases of
c ra n b e r ry p re s e rv e s w ere p u t up. up h e re in th e A rg o n n e a n d a f te r
th e b a rra g e we set dow n N o v em b er
T h e b e rrie s c a m e fro m th e m a rsh e s 1— th e b oche h a s been on th e ru n
on th e W a s h in g to n c o a st n e a r L o n g sin ce. T h ey even r e tr e a te d in ra il
B each.
T h e ir p re s e rv a tio n as p re ­ w ay c a rs a n d o u r m a rin e s a f t e r th em
in tr u c k s .
O u r g u n s w ere o n ly a
se rv e s w as a success.
m ile fro m th e G erm an fro n t lin es.
T h a t th e G re sh a m c a n n e ry is an
W e’re m oved in to re s t b ille ts now ,
im p o rta n t f a c to r in th e p ro s p e rity of a f t e r 70 d ay s on th e lin e
T h a t Is
G re sh a m a n d its c o n tig u o u s t e r r i ­ lo n g e r th e n m o st o f th e m do up th e r e
to ry is sh o w n in th e s ta te m e n t c o n ­ b u t it s u re is a g re a t life. Now th a t
it is o v e r I'm g la d we a r e o n q u a r ­
c e rn in g th e su m s p aid fo r la b o r an d te r s a g a in .
p ro d u c e th is y e a r. T h e to ta l In s a l­
Say, m ay b e you th in k w e d o n ’t
a rie s g n d w ag es w ill re a c h $ 1 8 ,0 0 0 h av e “ so m e ” r a ts h e re in o u r q u a r ­
F o r p ro d u c e p aid o u t lo cally th e sum te rs. T h ey co m e o u t a f t e r th e lig h ts
a re o u t a n d fro lic o v e r o u r beds.
re a c h e d $ 3 5 ,0 0 0 .
In a d d itio n m o re T h e se ra ts s u r e know how to com e
th a n as m u ch m o re w as p aid fo r p ro ­ o u t in sq u a d s a n d p ass in rev iew .
I'll bet you w ould be s u r p ris e d to
d u ce sh ip p e d h e re fro m o th e r places.
T h is g o es to illu s tr a te w h a t m ig h t be see th e w ay I am d re s se d fo r w o rk .
W ell, I h a v e a tig h t fittin g o v e rse a
th e re s u lt if m o re su ch p ro d u c e w as cap , new s h ir t, s w e a te r, a b lo u se an o
g ro w n h e re — th e o u tp u t o f th e c a n ­ o v e r th a t a sle e v e le ss le a th e r je r k in
n e ry w ould be la rg e ly in c re a se d an d o r le a th e r c o a t, a p a ir o f O. D. p a n ts ,
tw o p a irs of sox an d a p a ir of h ip
th e p a y ro ll d o u b led .
b o o ts, ro lle d dow n below th e k n e e
T h e c a n n e ry is u n d e r th e m a n a g e ­ a n d up once so it lo o k lik e b o o ts
m e n t o f A. R u p e rt & Co., w ho h a v e a w o rn by an o ld sea p ir a te
T h a t is
fo r th r e e
lease f o r th r e e m o re y e a rs .
T h e th e w ay I'v e d re s se d
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p ro p e rty b elo n g s to th e s to c k h o ld ­
e rs of th e G re sh a m F r u i t G ro w e rs'
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H ere I am fo r a s h o r t e d itio n to ­
y e a r an d all in s u ra n c e , ta x e s , etc. n ig h t a n d if y o u w an t to k n o w it,
R u p e rt & Co. ow n s all th e m a c h in ­ I ’m n o t g o in g to w rite m an y m o re
le tte r s in F ra n c e . W e h e a rd to n ig h t
e ry a s w ell as th e sto c k on h a n d an d th a t th e re g im e n t is to be am o n g th e
th e c an s, boxes a n d p a c k e d goo d s. first c o n tin g e n t of tro o p s to la n d at
It Is th e p re s e n t in te n tio n to in c re a se h o m e an d w e a r e to e m b a rk in a co m ­
p a ra tiv e ly s h o r t tim e fo r th e good old
th e c a p a c ity of th e p la n t n ex t y e a r
I'. S. A.
We a re b ille te d now in a
fo r a la r g e r pack.
sm a ll to w n n e a r first a rm y a r tille r y
h e a d q u a rte rs a n d ex p ect to le a v e h e re
T h e G o b elin ta p e s try w h ich F ra n c e so o n . F o u r o r five d ay s w ill be n e e d ­
is g o in g to p re s e n t to th e c ity of ed h e re to clea n up e q u ip m e n t
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le a v in g th e c ity , an d w ill b e a r th e a b lack s h o u ld e r d e c o ra tio n a n d u n ­
P r e s id e n t’s w o rd s: “ R ig h t is m o re d e r th a t we h a v e a red a n d w h ite b ai
It
p re c io u s th a n p e a c e .” “ W e h av e no o r rib b o n fo r first a rm y co lo rs.
s o rt of d is tin g u is h e s us fro m th o se
c o n q u e st a n d no d o m in a tio n .” "W e seco n d a n d th ir d a rm y b ird s.
s h a ll fight fo r d e m o c ra c y ."
T h e re w o n ’t be m u ch u se fo r you to
sen d an y m o re m ail to m e fo r I ex ­
W h a t you th in k of a m an m a k e s pect to be h o m e b efo re you a n sw e r
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d iffe re n c e
in th e m an .
Y o u r th is le tte r .
T h e old 6 5 th 2d B a t’n w as in th e
th o u g h ts a b o u t him a r e no m o re la s t d r h e in th e A rg o n n e w hich p u t
v a lu a b le th a n
an A n g o ra g o a t’) th e fin ish in g to u c h e s o n th e boche.
th o u g h ts a b o u t
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b in o m ia l th e ­ W e h a v e re c eiv ed c ita tio n s fro m G en ­
e ra l P e rs h in g an d h av e been on five
o rem .
fro n ts a n d h a v e d o n e g re a t w o rk on
a ll of th e m .
A ta lk a tiv e b a rb e r is b o u n d to
m a k e c u ttin g re m a rk s
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THAT HOME IS IN SIGHT
a p ro g re ssiv e firm of G re sh a m , O re ­ o v e rta k e n th e sa les.
T h e in c re a se d size o f th e p la u t is
g o n , w hich h as been d o in g 100 p e r
T h e fo llo w in g fro m a le t te r from
n e a rly d o u b le th a t of a y e a r ago.
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d ra g -sa w , a n d tu r n in g o u t th is p ro d ­ in g used as a w a re h o u se . T h e fo u n ­ liam T h o m of G re sh a m :
d ry a t first w as 40x100 b u t it h as
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been in c re a se d to ju s t d o u b le its fo r­
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Y e ste rd a y m o rn in g a t 5
m e r c a p a c ity .
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c e n tly h a s been a d d ed to th e e q u ip ­ w ill c o n ta in th e new m o u ld in g m a ­ o ’clock th e boche, sig n ed th e a r m is ­
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c h in e , tu r r e t la th e , w h ile th e r e is iu te r e s tin g .
in c re a se d a b o u t 300 p e r c e n t d u rin g I on th e ro a d w hen we got th e new s
an d a lso an o rd e r th a t a ll tro o p
p ro cess of in s ta lla tio n in th e f o u n ­
th e p a st y e a r. T h e new m a c h in e s m o v e m e n ts w ould ceaae. So we im ­
d ry an A m e ric a n m o tlld iu g m a ch in e sp o k e n of ab o v e c o n s titu te o n ly a m e d ia te ly w ent in to cutup an d w hat
of th e la te s t d e sig n , w h ich sh o u ld p a r t of th e in c re a se in m a c h in e ry w ill ta k e p lace now I cun n o t say.
d o u b le th e cap a c ity in th e fo u n d ry .
d u rin g 1918.
O nly a v isit to th e T h e m en w eYen't very p le a s e d by th e
new s. W e ull th in k th e boche h a d n ’t
R e cen tly th e r e h as b een in s ta lle d p la n t w ill uonvey an id e a of w h a t it su ffe re d e n o u g h but o n e th in g th a t
new co re o v en s of sp ecial d esig n , th e re a lly lo o k s lik e fro m th e inside.
m ad e us a ll g la d w as (In* g re a t hap
co re ro o m b e in g m oved in to m o re
The B e a v e r fa c to ry is g ro w in g to p ln e ss it w ould b rin g th e w om en of
s p a c io u s q u a rte rs .
be an e n o rm o u s p la n t, m o d ern In A m erica o u r loved o n es a t hom e
am i a f te r all th ey a re th e re a l s u f ­
D u rin g th e p a s t y e a r th is firm h as ev ery re s p e c t, w ith its w o n d e rfu lly fe r e rs in th is h< llish w ar. As f a r as
g o n e fo rw a rd a n d th e p ro s p e c ts a re e q u ip p e d m a c h in e sh o p a n d fa c ili­ we art* c o n c e rn e d w e co u ld light on
th a t its g ro w th w ill be ru p id .
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T h e p ro d u c t o f th is co n c e rn c o n ­ All c a s tin g s a re m ad e fro m B eav er
d re n c h e d F ra n c e .
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s is tin g o f g as en g in e s, c e n tr if u g a l fo rm u la s , a n d ull o u t of No. 1 m etal. w hy n o t? llow sh e h a s su ffe re d , an d
p u m p s, a n d th e B e a v e r S ta te d ra g - No s c ra p m e ta l Is u sed , a n d c o n se ­ in sile n c e , n o t o ne w ord of r e g r e t o r
1 h av e seen w hat was
saw , h a s m et th e p le a s a n t re g a r d of q u e n tly all B e a v e r c a s tin g s h a v e i c o m p la in in g
th e p u b lic, an d w ith o u t d o u b t, w ill u n ifo rm ly h ig h q u a lity a n d lo n g life. o n ce b e a u tifu l to w n s now a m ass ot
ru in s . O nly th e day b e fo re y e s te r­
c o n tin u e to, an d it is th e h ope o f th e T h e p la n t in c lu d e s an a ir-p o w e r day I w as In a tow n w hich w as once
d ire c to rs o f th e firm t h a t th e y m ay p a in tin g e q u ip m e n t.
a b e a u tifu l city of a b o u t 10,000 p o p ­
It w as s itu a te d on a hill,
be en a b le d to a g a in d o u b le th e c a ­
I’. A. C om bs, p re s id e n t of th e u la tio n .
p a c ity of th e p la n t d u rin g th e c o m ­ B e a v e r co m p a n y , is th e g u id in g sp irit h ad a b e a u tifu l c h u rc h , an d tin 1
h o u se s w ere all b u ilt of sto n e w ith
in g y ear.
in e v e ry th in g . H e h a s s e v e ra l in v e n ­ red tile ro o fs a n d p re tty g a rd e n s .
A v isit to th e B e a v e r p la n t is tio n s to h is c re d it an d is s u s p e c te d of Now th e r e Is n o th in g , n o t a ro o f in
w o rth w h ile ju s t to see th e w o rk th a t b e in g th e in v e n to r of a new g u so lin e th e w hole p lace , ju s t a pile of rock
is b e in g d o n e. T h e fo rce at th is tim e e n g in e . A nyw ay th e p a tte r n is b eing a n d a few ru in e d w alls s ta n d in g A lt
th a t is le ft of th e c a th e d ra l a re tw o
is o n ly a b o u t o n e -h a lf o f w h a t it w as m a d e fo r o n e w hich’ em b o d ie s som e s to n e co lu m n s, an d t h a t ’s only on«« of
d u rin g th e w a r p erio d w h en all w ork new p rin c ip le . If th e e n g in e w orks h u n d re d s . I a n t very h a p p y th o u g h
w as fo r th e g o v e rn m e n t, b u t it w ill as well as th e p a tte r n is g o in g to fo r I know you a re , anti now I w on­
d e r how lo n g It w ill be b efo re I see
be in c re a se d a g a in as new c o n tr a c ts look it o u g h t to be a success.
you.
E v ery day w ill seem a y ear.
a re m ad e. T h e d ra g -sa w m a n u f a c t­
W h en a sk e d if it w as on e of his E v e ry o n e is w o n d e rin g how long It
u re is th e m o st im p o rta n t. T h e c a ­ o rig in a l c o n c e p tio n s Mr. C om bs said w ill be. Of c o u rs e th e peace te rm s
p a c ity of th e p la n t is o n e an h o u r in it w ould be ra te d a s h is if it w as a a r e n ’t sig n e d yet anti we w o n 't b e
m oved till th e n . T h e n , of c o u rse th e
a d d itio n to th e o th e r w o rk th a t is fa ilu re , b u t if it w as a su ccess e v e ry ­ o n es th a t hav e been h e re th e longest
b e in g d o n e rig h t alo n g a n d w h ich is body in th e fa c to ry w ould h av e a w ill r ig h tfu lly re tu r n first, but w -
a lm o s t a s im p o rta n t. T h ese m a ­ s h a r e in it. S uch is u su a lly th e r e ­ know i t ’s but a m a tte r of tim e.
c h in e s a re s h ip p e d all o v e r th e w o rld w a rd o f g e n iu s .
GEORGE RESBECK DEAD
VICTIM OF INFLUENZA
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By J . W.
D ear m o th e r, w hen I re a d each te n d e r p h ra s e ,
E ach th r o b b in g lin e o f love you w rite to m e,
My h e a rt g ro w s sa d . an d o ft 1 co u n t th e d ay s
U n til at la s t I s h a ll sa il o 'e r th e sea
B ack , back to y o u an d h o m e a n d ull 1 love
A nd once 1 c u rs e d th e fa te th a t placed m e h ere.
B u t, lo! I c a u g h t a v isio n from ab ove
T h a t ste e le d my h e a rt w ith p a tie n c e , m o th e r d e a r,
B efo re my th o u g h ts w ere d a rk w ith fan c ie d w rongs.
Of p la n s m is c a rrie d a n d o f w ork u n d o n e ,
I h e a rd fa in t ech o e s of th e old h om e so n g s
A nd g lim p se d y o u r lo v in g faces, o n e by one.
I knew y o u r tr o u b le s — t h a t I c o u ld n o t e a se —
1 su ffe re d a t th e w o rry in y o u r h e a rt.
I lo n g ed to re s t my h e a d upon y o u r k n ees
A nd feel my b it te r lo n e lin e s s d e p a rt.
To m e th e w a r h ad b ro u g h t o u t b itte r n e s s ;
B ro u g h t d iscip lin e-— th a t c u t m e to th e ra w —
A nd a c ts u n ju s t th a t p ro m ise d no re d re s s
B e n e a th th e c h a n g e le s s m ilita ry luw.
All th r o u g h th e d ay s 1 h e a rd th e h o m tn g -c a ll;
I saw y o u r p le a d in g eyes a n d h e a rd y o u r voice.
I p ra y e d to co m e, I p ra y e d to c h e e r you all
A nd in re u n io n le t o u r h e a r ts re jo ic e .
A ll u seless seem ed th e c h a n g e le s s g am e we play ed
Of e n d le ss la b o r, u n re m ittin g d rill.
It seem ed ’tw o u ld be f a r b e tte r h ad I sta y e d
At h e m e w ith you, w ho love a n d need m e still
A nd th e n I c a u g h t a v isio n fro m th e sk ie s
Of w hy we fight a n d su ffe r an d a re sad !
I saw th e re a s o n fo r o u r sacrifice.
A nd, se e in g , lo! my h e a rt g rew s tro n g an d glad
T h a t I w as in th e r a n k s to fight a n d d ie.
If need be, fo r th e m illio n s y et u n b o rn !
I saw th e B elg ian w om en as th ey lie,
T h e Hpoiis of Ilu n n is h lu s t, u n d o n e a n d to rn !
T h e ir c h ild re n liftin g m u tila te d a rm s
A nd b ab ies c a u g h t upon th e b a y o n e t;
T h e ir ag ed m o th e rs s la v in g on th e fa rm s
T o feed th e G e rm a n h o rd e s u n c o n q u e re d yet!
I saw th e h e lp le ss s in k in g in th e w aves,
W h ile G erm an s a ilo rs la u g h e d to see th e m tile;
I saw a row o f n e w -m a d e baby g ra v e s
A nd d is ta n t a ir c r a f t s lin k in g in th e sk y ;
I saw th e to w n s o f d e so la te d F ra n c e ,
T h e f r u itin g tre e s d e stro y e d in se n s e le ss h a te !
O h, m o th e r, th e s e I saw as in a tra n c e ,
A nd o th e r s th a t my lip s d a re n o t re la te !
O h, th in k if we h ad liv ed in B elg iu m th e n !
If F ra n c e h ad been o u r h o m e! O h, God on H ig h ,
To p ic tu re You th e to y o f b ru tis h m en,
O u r h o m e d e stro y e d , m y loved o n es le ft to d ie ’
I se e —-I see a t la s t— th e re a so n why
W e m u st fo rg e t th e little th in g s of life
A nd d ry o u r te a r s an d stifle e v ery c r y ,
W h a te v e r p ain m ay issu e fro m th e s trif e !
W hy we m u st b a ttle on w ith n e ’e r a th o u g h t
B u t V icto ry , n o r sto p to c o u n t th e co st,
U n til a s w e e te r L ib e rty is w ro u g h t
F ro m o u t th e o ld , w hich w as so n e a rly lo st!
My m o th e r, c h e e r y o u r h e a rt a n d d ry y o u r te a rs ,
F o r a fte rw h ile , God w illin g , I ’ll r e tu r n .
W e sacrifice to d a y th a t , th ro u g h th e y e a rs ,
W e m ay e n jo y th e p eace fo r w hich we y earn .
F o rg e t all c a re s , fo rg e t all m in o r th in g s ,
T o d ay we la b o r a n d to m o rro w re s t!
W e fight fo r e v e ry m o th e r as sh e sin g s
H e r babe to sleep u p on h e r th r o b b in g b re a s t!
W e b a ttle fo r th e W o m an h o o d o f E a rth ,
F o r L ib e rty , fo r H o n o r an d fo r R ig h t!
Be p ro u d , o h , moth« r d e a r, th a t you g a v e b irth
To o n e w ho lived to e n te r su c h a fight!
- F ro m P a ris E d itio n New Y ork H e ra ld .
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G eo rg e R esbeck, w ho h a s been liv ­
ing on th e T om W a rd place«-north
e a s t o f G re sh a m , (lieti on S a tu rd a y at
u P o rtla n d h o sp ita l, when« he h a i
been ta k e n a few d ay s p re v io u s, s e r ­
io u sly ill w ith p n e u m o n ia . T h e a f ­
flic te d m an w as ta k e n dow n w ith in
tlu e n z a on D ecem b er 4. On D ecem ­
b e r 8 th ht> w as ta k e n to th e h o sp ital.
W h ile th e r e h e w as s tric k e n w ith
sp in a l m e n e g ttls a n d th e end cum«'
q u ick ly .
T h e d e c eased w as ag ed 3 2 y e a rs,
e ig h t m o n th s a n d ten d ay s. He
leav e s a w ife an d five sm a ll c h ild re n ,
th e e ld e s t b e in g 13 y e a rs of ag e. T h e
m o th e r h e rs e lf Is iu d e lic a te h e a lth
a n d w as ta k e n to th e h o sp ita l fo r re s ’
a n d tr e a tm e n t. T h e c h ild re n h av e all
been sick w ith Influenza.
T h e fu n e ra l wus h eld y e ste rd a y
fro m th e G erm an L u th e ra n c h u rc h in
P o rtla n d a n d th e in te r m e n t w as in
th e R ose C ity c e m e te ry . T h e fam ily
b ein g in need of fin an cial a id , th e
c h u rc h d o n a te d a b o u t a h u n d re d d o l­
la rs . «Neighbors, u n d e r th e le a d e r ­
sh ip of N. S c h n e ll, I. D avidson an d
C has. G reen w o o d , co lle c te d
from
G re sh a m b u sin e ss h o u se s and fa rm e rs
in th e vicin ity th e su m of $150 m ore.
T h is w ill be used to re lie v e th e im ­
m e d ia te w a n ts of th e fam ily .
M rs
R esbeck a n d th e c o m m itte e iu c h a rg e
a re very g ra te fu l to a ll w ho huve
h e lp ed by th e ir g e n e ro u s g ifts.
A few m o n th s ag o th e people of
G re sh a m a n d v icin ity b egan h e a rin g
a new fa c to ry w h istle a n d m any
a sk e d . W h a t new e n te r p ris e is th a t?
T h e su p p o sed new e n te r p ris e w as
n o t very new b u t th e fa r-so u n d in g
w h istle a n d th e 2 5 -h o rse p o w er b o il­
e r w hich fu rn is h e d s te a m fo r th e
p la n t hud been ju s t In s ta lle d iu th e
p lu n t of th e H om e P a c k in g com pany
c o n d u c te d fo r th e p ast five y e a rs by-
Mr. a n d Mrs. H. J. S to c k e r, a t th e
c o rn e r of H ood a v e n u e a n d F ifth
s tr e e t, G re sh a m .
T h is Is o n e of th e se v e ra l I n s titu ­
tio n s th a t h a s h elp ed to fu rn is h a
m a r k e t fo r th e p ro d u c ts of th e local
fa rm s a n d o rc h a rd « , g iv e e m p lo y m e n t
to m an y In d iv id u a ls, a n d in c id e n ta lly
h a s h elp ed to a g re a t e x te n t to a d ­
v e rtis e G re sh a m by p u ttin g G reah am
la b e ls on th e g r e a te r p o rtio n of Its
p ro d u c ts w hich a re s e n t o u t to all
p a rts o f th e c o u n try .
T h a t tin« b u sin e ss is a su ccess an d
its p ro d u c ts art« m a k in g a place fo r
th e m se lv e s on th e m a r k e ts is In d ic a t­
ed by th e y e a rly In c re a se In v a rie ty
a n d a m o u n t of o u tp u t an d th e c o n ­
tin u e d e n la rg e m e n t of th e fa c to ry .
“ We now huve a c a p a c ity of a p ­
p ro x im a te ly a c a rlo a d of f r u it p ro ­
d u c ts a m o n th ," said Mr. S to c k e r in a
re c e n t in te rv ie w , a n d he ad d e d th a t
th e p re s e n t se a s o n ’s p a rk w ould be
a b o u t n in e c a rlo a d s. In c lu d e d In th is
a re a g re a t v a rie ty of Jellies, ja m s a n d
co n se rv e s, fr u it Juices untl cold
p ack s. D ue of th e m o re re c e n t a d d i­
tio n s to tlie list of ta b le d elic a c ie s Is
a f r u it p u d d in g w h ich h a s a ll th e
te m p tin g q u a litie s of th e re p u te d
E n g lish v a rie ty w ith o u t th e u su al ln-
d lg e s tlb lllty of th e la tte r .
In fact.
M rs. S to c k e r, w ho Is an e x p e rt In
th e co n co ctio n of ull k in d s of ta b le
d e lic a c ie s, th in k s th e f r u it p u d d in g
w ill becom e o n e of th e i r lea d in g
p ro d u c ts , an d sh e h a s had y eu rs of
e x p e rie n c e iu c a te rin g to th e A m e ri­
ca n " s w e e t to o th ."
D u rin g th e pust se a so n ull local
b e rrie s an d «ither f r u its a v a ila b le
h av e been b o u g h t up ut to p p rices,
a n d th is ln e lu d v s q u a n titie s of e v e r­
g re e n s a n d w ild b la c k b e rrie s . In a d ­
d itio n a g r e a t a m o u n t of f r u it bus
been s h ip p e d In from o th e r O regon
lo c a litie s . S e v e ra l cu rlo u d s of ap p le s
h uve Ju s t been u n lo a d e d .
R ecen tly la rg e o rd e r s h av e been
s h ip p e d to San F m n c lsc o , Los A n­
g eles a n d to o th e r p o in ts In C a li­
fo rn ia , Id a h o , W a sh in g to n . M o ntuua,
U tah a n d even d ow n In to T exas. T h e
d e m a n d se e m s to be u n lim ite d a n d
o rd e r s h ad to be tu r n e d dow n fo r
w a n t of fr u it. T h e g o v e rn m e n t e m ­
b a rg o on s u g a r b u s also c u rtu lle ii
tills y e a r 's o u tp u t o f fr u it Ju ices fo r
b e v e ra g e p u rp o ses.
A dded to th is
h a s bego th e difficulty of s e c u rin g
s u ita b le c o n ta in e rs In tin an d g lass
fo r th e v a rie ty o f p ro d u c ts.
W ith th e rem o v al of th e w ur r e ­
s tr ic tio n s an d th e s h o r ta g e of h elp
on th e fa rm s, a n d in view of th e in ­
c re a s in g d e m a n d fo r all k in d s of
ta b le d e lic a c ie s, th e H om e P a c k in g
c o m p an y looks fo rw a rd to a fu ll 'c a ­
p a c ity o u tp u t d u rin g th e y e a r 1919.
T h e n o m in a l h e a d of tin- h o u s -
A g irl w ho is a lily b efo re m a r ­
h o ld , th e m an , Is not h a lf so o fte n
ria g e so m e tim e s c o n tin u e s to be o ne
th e d ic ta to r as so m e ch ild of o ne to
a f te r w a r d s a tig e r Illy.
ten y e a rs. T h e m an u su a lly h a s tht«
T h e w a r h as failed to d eo ren se th e niim e un itin g th e n e ig h b o rs, w ith o u t
su p p ly of alley kit te n s an d t i l e m a r 1 liny o f th e p o w ers, u good d eal Ilk >
k e t re m a in s firm a t zero.
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th e y m a k e to c h a n g e him .
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