Gresham outlook., January 07, 1919, Image 1

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G resham O utlook
VOL. 8, NO. 90
FEEDING WORLD
T R IS Y EA R IS
NATIONAL DUTY
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GRESHAM, MULTNOMAH COUNTY,
JOHN BURBA WELCOMED
TO PLEASANT VIEW
OREGON
TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1919
EX-PRESIDENT PASSES AWAY
TUESDAYS
AND
FRIDAYS
$1.50 PER YEAR
CORPORAL SCHOLES
MAKES CORRECTION
OFFICERS ARE
CHOSEN AGAIN
BY FAIR BOARD
P lea san t View welcomed back the
Several issues ago th e O utlook
first of h er so ld ier boys from over
p rin ted a p ara g ra p h from T ro u td ale
th e sea on Dec. 30, w hen Mr. B urba,
sta tin g th a t “ Jack H oover of th e 63d
i ou r first v o lu n teer, re tu rn e d to
In fan try , Bays they a re dem obilizing
o u r m idst. He is looking and feeling
th
e 63d as fast as possible.” He had
fine and his u n ifo rm is q u ite becom-
b ut recen tly re tu rn e d from Cam p
: ing. He seem s glad to be back and
Meade, M aryland. T his week th e
th e len g th of tim e It took him to get
By D. F. HOUSTON.
O utlook was in receipt of a com m uni­
here
a
fte
r
g
ettin
g
his
d
ischarge,
is
Y esterday aftern o o n th e
1919
U nited S tates S ecretary of the
cation from C orporal C. E. Sholes, county fair board m et a t th e Bank of
J proof of his d esire to be here. Jo h n
A griculture.
sta tio n e d th e re in w hich he says:
alw ays liked Oregon, b ut not so well
G resham and organized fo r th e com ­
We, th e m em bers of th e 63d In ­ ing y ear by th e election of officers
(W ritte n Specially for the O utlook.) but th a t he was ready, even though
fan try , which Is com posed m ostly of
D uring th e period since we en tered above d ra ft age and in no im m ediate
Oregon boys, a re unable to see w hat and th e ap p o in tm en t of th e two most
p erm itted P riv ate H oover to m ake im p o rta n t com m ittees.
th e w ar, the farm ers of th e natio n d an g er of being called to th e colors,
such a sta te m en t which to his very
H. A. Lewis was eleefed p resident;
have responded m agnificently to th e to v o lu n te er ab o u t fo u rteen m onths
know ledge was false. O ur regim ent
ago. He was first se n t to K elly Field
R
ufus
C. H olm an, vice p resid e n t; A.
Is not in th e stag e of dem obilization.
appeals for increased production and w here he was sta tio n e d w ith the
F u rth e rm o re , we a re u n d er o rd ers to F. M iller, secretary and T heodore
all th e people have com plied w ith the 356th Aero S q uaaron. A bout C h rist­
proceed for d uty elsew here. None of B rugger, tre a su re r. Mr. Lewis and
ub at th e p resen t tim e know s as to Mr. B ru g g er w ere re-elected.
u rg e n t req u ests fo r fu lle r conserva­ m as 1917, he was p u t on as cook and
Mr.
when we will be retu rn ed to civil
tion.
has been feeding Sam m ies ever since
H
olm
an
is
one
of
th
e
new
m
em
bers
life. All Indications, how ever, point
In M arch he was sen t to G arden
D uring th is p ast fall season, o u r
th a t o u r reg im en t will go W est before of th e board, w hile Mr. M iller was
farm ers plan ted an increased w heat City, New Y ork, and sailed from New-
It will be dem obilized
It Is very chosen to succeed him self as acting
likely th a t th is will not ta k e place u n ­ secretary .
York
for L iverpool May 19. His
acreage and a la rg e acreage in rye.
til late next sp rin g o r sum m er.
It is too early now to m ake detailed ship ca rrie d one of th e rich est cargoes
The board has five new m em bers in
We are anxious to m ake th is cor­
suggestions fo r th e sp rin g p lan tin g ever se n t across th e A tlantic and was
rection so th a t th e good folks at hom e th e persons of th e th re e co unty com ­
season. W e do not know how th e fall u n d er special convoy. They had all
would not a n tclp a te o u r early re tu rn m issioners. R u fu s C. H olm on, A. A.
to Oregon.
g rain s Will com e th ro u g h th e w inter of th e u su al p leasu res of seasickness
Muck and R alph H oyt; also C. D.
Let us m ake It clear: T he 6 3d Is
and we a re not now- able to forecast and a severe sto rm , besides a h air
not being dem obilized. T he only men M inton of P o rtla n d an d Gus H.
th e dem ands and th e conditions which raising experience w ith a U-boat
discharged are those whose physical Richey, of P lea san t Valley. T he old
condition does n o t w a rra n t to keep m em bers of th e board a re H. A.
will prevail a f te r th e first of the which th e ir convoy p u t o u t of bust-
them In th e arm y, an d those whose Lewis, A. F. M iller. Mrs. E. T.
year.
j ness. I t took eleven days to m ake
fam ilies are In such d ire need th at
T his d ep a rtm en t, th e a g ric u ltu ra l th e trip and early on th e m orning of
th e so ld iers' presence is absolutely W eathered, F red H. C rane, John
colleges, and o th e r org an izatio n s will May 31st they steam ed into Liver-
necessary.
Tow nsend, T heodore B rugger, H. G.
---- — ----------------------------------------- , pool.
M ullenhoff, David M cKeown, E. L.
TROUTDALE CITIZEN DIES
F o r th re e m onths he was statio n ed
T horpe and Jo h n M. Mann, one of the
cerm /tser
c u t// auctr
AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS city com m issioners of P o rtlan d .
- at W itney, a little place n ea r th e
TH EO D O RE HOOSEV ELT.
i fam ous old college tow n of Oxford
T hus six of th e fa ir board are dis­
N ewton S ilvester P arsons, a prom
and only 60 m iles from London. Two
Many th in g s are being said today , fru itio n of years of p rep aratio n for ln en t citizen of T ro u td ale, died at his tin ctly P o rtlan d people, w hile Mr.
' m onths w ere sp en t at S tam ford and concern in g a g re a t A m erican who but il m an ’s g re a te st w ork in th e world
Lewis and Mr, M iller a re m ore In
hom e on Ja n u a ry 4 a f te r five days
o th e r tim es at Ram sey an d K notty y esterd ay passed aw ay. T hose w ords Ani1 now , w ith terrify in g sudden-
touch w ith th e co untry w hile also
illness from pneum onia, follow ing in
Ash.
being resid en ts of th e m etropolis.
,,, .
! ness it is ended.
fluenza. His sudden d eath was
but th e re
,
. , , ,
T he 3 5 6 th was a bom bing squad- will be m ostly in his praise,
An executive co m m ittee of five
•
He is n ot dead, he is ju s t aw ay ." g re a t shock to th e people of T ro u t
I ron an d they had ju s t finished tra in - will be mixed w ith them a few criti-
It wa8 th e H oosier poet, Jam es
m em bers was appointed, consisting of
dale, w here Mr. P arso n s has lived for
i ing and received o rd ers to go to cism s of his ca reer iu respect to his W hitcom b Riley, who coined these
Jo h n M Mann, C. D. M inton, Mrs. E.
th e past six years and w here he was
I F ra n ce on N ovem ber 14, when the
action six years ago in d isru p tin g a words, by w hich those who a re be­ em ployed by th e O. W. R. & N. rail T. W eath erred , R ufus C. H olm an
arm istic e w as signed an d on th e ev­
and H. A. Lewis.
reaved can speak of th e ir losses. way as tra in d isp atch er.
g re a t political party.
ening of th e 13th th e ir m arch in g or
A com m ittee charged w ith revising
B ut politics is a d jo u rn e d again, as r 'lese are
lines th a t Riley w ro te:
Mr. P arso n s was born on Novem
ders w ere cancelled an d since th a t
th e prem ium list was nam ed, co nsist­
ber
21,
1887.
He
is
survived
by
his
we
pass
into
th
e
valley
of
th
e
shadow
.
I
cannot say, and I w ill not say
tim e he has been m oving tow ard
ing of six m em bers. T h e ir work,
T he w hole n atio n m o u rn s th e d eath j That he is dead. He Is ju st aw ayl
widow and two ch ild ren , F aye and
home. All troops w ere to be o u t of
w hile p erta in in g to every division,
of
one
of
its
stro
n
g
,
fo
rw
ard
lo
o
k
in
g
w ith a cheery sm ile and a w ave of the Dale, ten an d seven y ears of age re
E nglan d by D ecem ber 21.
was divided so as to em b race th e six
hand,
spectlvely, also by his p aren ts, Mr
m en— T heodore R oosevelt, a fo rm er
He re p o rts th a t th e finest th in g he
He has wandered into an unknown land, and Mrs. H enry P arso n s, th re e sis m ost Im portant. Mr. M inton was
p
resid
en
t
of
th
e
U
nited
S
tates.
saw in his e n tire trip w as o u r beau
nam ed to revise th e p o u ltry list; Mrs.
ters, Mrs. Z. G. Schanck, Mrs. D ora
T h ere is th a t In th e passing of th is And left u s dream ing how very fair
tiful “ L ib e rty ” as they steam ed into
W eath erred to look a fte r th e wom­
m
an
th
a
t
touches
us
all
deeply.
He
It needs m ust be, since he lin gers there. S hute and Miss Isabel P arsons and by
New Y ork h a rb o r early in Decem ber
en ’s d ep a rtm en ts; Mr. Rlehey the
Then m ost prophetic were th ese one b ro th er, C larence, all of T ro u t h o rtic u ltu ra l ex h ib its; Mr. B rugger,
She was g ree ted by m any of th e boys goes w ith vision undlm m ed, with
dale. His wife and ch ild ren w ere all
w ith sm iles an d cheers, s tra ig h t from hope still stro n g , w ith ideals all u n ­ w ords:
th e sto ck ; Mr. Tow nsend, ag ric u l­
sick
w ith Influenza at th e tim e of his
realized
in
his
la
test
years,
b
u
t
pos­
And
loyal
still,
a
s
he
gave
the
blow
s
th e ir joyous h ea rts. Down som e of
tu re and Mr. M iller th e g ran g e and
sickness
and
d
eath.
sible
of
a
tta
in
m
e
n
t,
w
ith
much
of
o f his w arrior-strength to his coun­
th e ir faces th e re ran a strea m of
o th e r d ep artm en ts.
try’s
foes—
B rief fu n eral services were held at
tears, te a rs of w hich they, even th e life’s w ork seem ingly a h e a d — for he
P re sid en t Lewis was elected to a t ­
th e house th is aftern o o n and th e body
Mild and gentle, as he w as brave—
train ed soldiers, w ere unasham ed was n o t an old man.
tend th e session of th e N orth Pacific
Y et it is n o t like d eath in th e d rab When the sw ee test love o f his life he was laid to rest In Rose City ceme
T hey w ent back in to cam p a t G ar
F a ir association, th e M ultnom ah
gave
tery , P o rtlan d .
days
of d isillu sio n m en t, or even
den C ity and w hile th e o th e r boys
county fa ir becom ing a m em ber of It,
w ere h av in g a co m p arativ ely free those In w hich th e len g th en in g sh ad ­ To sim ple th ln g s-
a t y esterd ay 's m eeting by u n a n i­
MOTOR CAR SERVICE
and easy tim e of it, Jo h n was kept ows have fallen upon p artly realized
m ous vote. T he session th is y ear will
PORTLAND -GRESHAM be held a t Tacom a on F e b ru a ry 1st.
busily on th e job fo r two weeks cook am bitions. F o r his fine, clean sp irit Think of him still as the same, I say:
th
e
re
seem
ed
to
be
ahead
th
e
g
rad
u
al
He
is
not
dead,
he
Is
ju
st
away!
A utom obile service has been re ­
ing fo r a dozen officers. J u s t before
S e o (e tu ry .
H orse racing was discussed, th e
new ed betw een G resham and P o rt­ se n tim e n t being to tu rn th e sport
C h ristm as he finally g o t his dis
co n tin u e to give definite th o u g h t to
land a fte r m ore th an a year of hub o ver to th e racing circu it of w hich th e
charge, pay in full and his tick et to
all th e problem s, and, a t the p roper
pension. This tim e it is being p u t on fa ir is also a m em ber. F a ir d ates for
Oregon w here he knew th a t many
tim e, will lay th e situ atio n before
by th e United M otor Bus Com pany th is y ea r were discussed b u t no ac­
frien d s w ere w aitin g to welcome him
you.
a co rp o ratio n o p era tin g ab o u t 125 tion was taken. T he d ates will p rob­
T h e T w o B ig Job s o f th e Hour.
ears of th e P ack ard and Cole type ably n ot be fixed u n til a fte r Mr.
SANDY BLUFF
Two th in g s seem to be clea r:
from P o rtlan d to o th e r tow ns, in c lu d ­ Lew is’ re tu rn from th e session of the
H
aro
ld
K
ern,
th
e
"ric
h
,
ra
re
and
spreading.
N
othing
doing
a
t
all.
The
One is th a t, fo r a considerable
W a lte r and Jay R ad fo rd have both
ing V ancouver, L in n to n , N ew berg and association a t Tacom a, as all fairs in
racy ” w riter of th e G resham co n tin ­ Y anks m ade a g rab for th e shovels
period, th e w orld w ill have need been sick w ith th e “ flu .”
now G resham .
th e fed eratio n will have th e ir dates
p a rtic u la rly of a la rg e r supply th an
Mr. and Mrs. C h an d ler sp en t Sun g en t now w ith th e A. E. F ., in and an arg u m e n t sta rte d , which was
T he trip s will be ab o u t an h o u r fixed a t th a t tim e so as to avoid any
norm al of live stock, and especially day w ith th e la tte r ’s p are n ts, Mr. and F ran ce, has w ritte n a ch aracteristic how ever r a th e r one-sided.
The a p a rt u n til th e com pany is b e tte r conflict.
of fats. We should not fail, th e re ­ Mrs. Brook.
le tte r to th e m em bers of th e G resh ­ F ren ch m en retire d to a stra te g e tic a l know n o u t here and people g e t the
A m o rning session of th e old
fore, to ad o p t every feasible m eans of
Mr. and Mrs. Mose W idne-, Mr am V o lu n teer F ire D ep artm en t, des­ position across th e s tre e t and laid h ab it of rid in g In au to s again. A fter board was held a t w hich re p o rts w ere
econom ically
in creasing
o u r live and Mrs. K retz sp e n t Sunday v isit­
crib in g fire fighting m ethods in a down a b a rra g e of rapid fire conver­ aw hile th e service will be increased read concerning th e past y ear. It
stock products.
ing a t th e hom es of Mrs. L au ra
satio n and g estic u latin g th a t was in ­ At p resen t but two cars are being then ad jo u rn e d w ithout day.
F ren ch village. It follow s:
As a p a rt of o u r program , we B arnes and
Mr. an d Mrs. A. C.
vincible. By th is tim e all th e bugles o p era ted — a P ack a rd and a Cole,
should give due th o u g h t to th e se­ B row ning.
PLEASANT VALLEY
F ran ce, Sept. 23, 1918.
In F ran ce were blowing. Some of room y, w arm and com fortable. The
cu rin g of an ad e q u ate supply of feed-
th e buglers knew th e fire call b ut th e fare each way is 30 cen ts and calls
Mr. an d Mrs. Ten Eyck, Mr. and G. V. F. D., G resham , Oregon.
AU who are looking for an en joy­
stufTs and to th e erad icatio n and con­
D ear frie n d s :— W ell, fellows, I o th e rs ju st blew th e “ Come and Get will be m ade for p assengers a t a r e a ­ able and profitable tim e a re Invited to
Mrs. Crose and Misses M arian and
tro l of all form s of anim al disease.
Ire n e L each sp en t S unday a t the have been a long tim e g ettin g an I t ” o r a n y th in g th a t was handy. sonable d istan ce in G resham , also on a tte n d th e P lea san t V alley church
T he o th e r is th e need of p erfec t­
envelope w ith so m eth in g in It ad ­ F o rm atio n s of soldiers appeared the Base Line an d Powell Valley next Sunday m orning a t 11 o'clock.
hom e of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Ault.
ing the. organ izatio n of o u r ag ric u l­
dressed to you, but d o n ’t fo r a m in­ from everyw here, and a bunch of roads.
T he serm on topic will be "B etra y ed
tu ra l agencies fo r th e purpose of in­
ute th in k th a t it Is because I have Jack ies cam e ru n n in g up from th e
T h ro u g h Selfishness.”
T
he
reaso
n
s
you
a
re
n
o
t
contented
te llig e n tly executing such a program
Money to lemu.
Mr. and Mrs. P. J. B erke have re ­
w ith y o u r lot is because nobody evei ever fo r a m om ent fo rg o tten the docks. W h at was lacking In efficien­
as may seem wise.
best V o lu n teer F ire d e p a rtm e n t In cy was p rese n t In confusion.
Six hu n d red d o llars to loan on ini ceived a teleg ram from th e ir son,
was
u
n
til
he
becam
e
useless.
We should not only have th e best
tf
th e w orld. N ot me. I ju s t seem to
W ell, to go on w ith th e fire; it proved p roperty. P hone 79x3.
'o rp o ral Leslie J. Berke, an n o u n cing
possible organ izatio n and co-opera­
be alw ays busy o r else lazy. How­ blew up rig h t now. Some of th a t
his a rriv a l in New York from F rance
tion of th e D epartm ent of A gricul­
HER LIFE STORY
ever, I have found tim e to w rite
stuff sta rte d exploding and th e exits
ANOTHER JOLT FOR on Sunday night. He Is on his way
tu re, th e ag ric u ltu ra l colleges, the
few lines a t least an d sh all do the w ere busy for a m in u te o r two. Two
j SS MOVIE PLOT
hom e and will reach h ere th e la tte r
MAX’S VANITY.
s ta te d ep a rtm en ts of ag ric u ltu re, and
best I can.
Q. M. w arehouses adjoined th e one
p a rt of th is week. He Is a m em ber of
fa rm e rs' associations, but we should
Am going to try an d tell you of a alread y bu rn in g an d rem n a n ts of th e
th e U. 8. M arines and took p a rt in
especially stre n g th e n th e local farm
re w hich I w itnessed som e tim e ago A. E. F. g ot busy h ere em ptying
som e of th e stlffest fighting of th e w ar
b ureau s and o th e r o rganizations
at P---------- . I am only so rry th a t I them . Much was saved before these
and was w ounded.
w hich su p p o rt so effectively the ex­
111 be unable to tell you all I saw two buildings c a u g h t fire fo r they
A lask an Society.
tension forces and assist them in
n u su al th in g s happened so rast th a t w ere too close to be saved. A bunch
th e ir activities.
A m eeting of all fo rm er A laskans
no one could rem em b er them all of sacked stuff, presum ably m aterial
T he perfecting of th is o rg an iz a­
now In P o rtlan d will be held a t the
b ut I will endeav o r to give you the fo r
pow der
m a n u fa ctu re ,
stood
tion is highly desirable not only d u r­
Im perial hotel to n ig h t fo r o rg an iz a­
m ain im pressions.
ag a in st th e b u rn in g w arehouse. T his
ing the co ntinuance of th e p resent
tion of th e A laskan Society of O re­
T his fire broke o ut in a sm all stuff tu rn ed into a m olten liquid and
ab n o rm al, conditions but also for
gon. All who ev er lived In A laska,
w arehouse w here acid, oil, saltp e ter, ran down th e g u tte r. It was terrific­
th e fu tu re .
men o r women, a re Invited to atten d .
and chem icals fo r pow der m anufac ally hot, so m uch so th a t it m elted
R uilil Now for F u tu re Stren gth .
tu re w ere sto red .
W hen first dis­ th e rails on th e s tr e e t car track as it
Greabani T im e Table.
T he local as well as th e s ta te and
covered by tw o Y anks th e fire was crossed them . Two sm all shacks
Effective January t>, 2 a. m.
federal agencies are of suprem e im ­
being w orked on by tw o F renchm en. sta n d in g n ea r th e b u rn in g building
T r a in s fo r P o rtla n d .
12:2N AM Dly, to G olf June, except Sun.
p ortan ce to the nation in all its ac­
They w ere w ielding shovels and were seem ed to be in fine position to b u rn ,
“ 40 AM Dly. except Sunday
tivities designed to m ake ru ra l life
4:10 AM Dly.
try in g to beat o ut th e b u rn in g oil *nd w ere they to catch fire, a big
7 ¡34 AM Dly
m ore profitable, h e a lth fu l and a t ­
flam es.
In stead of accom plishing coke pile n ea r them was su re to go
N 22 AM Dly, from Mt. Hood Depot.
9:34 AM Dly
trac tiv e , and, th e re fo re , to secure
some good, they w ere sp lash in g this too.
It was decided to move th e
10 40 AM Dly
ad e q u ate econom ic production, e f­
11:30 AM Dly, from Mt. Hood D epot
b u rn in g oil all o v er th e place.
I shacks. T he fact th a t they w ere oc
12:40
PM Dly.
ficient d istrib u tio n , and necessary
have since w ondered If It w ere not cupied as residences was quickly d is­
1 34 I'M Dly.
2
:40
PM Dly
conservation.
from seeing Ju st such an Incident as covered. T he boys sim ply w alked up
3:30 PM Dly. from Mt. Hood D epot
H er life story as lived in the
T he m ain purpose of th is appeal is
4
40
PM
Dly.
E thel Peyser of th e n ational Y
th is th a t H enry F ord w orked o u t his and tu rn ed th e first on e over. A wild
5 34 PM Dly.
last five years was so d ram atic
to d irect atte n tio n to th e necessity of
W C. A was evidently destined to
cry
cam
e
from
th
e
In
terio
r.
Borne
system
of
lu
b
ricatio
n
.
I
will
say
4 .30 PM Sun. only, from Mt.Hood Depot
th a t scenario w riters found no
check th e vanities of all men big
4 40 PM Dly
co n tin u in g o u r sta te of preparedness
th a t th ese two F ren ch m en w ere su re F ren ch m an bad been asleep In bis
place to add th rills A urara Mar
4 53 PM Dly, except Sunday
puhllahera.
8he
has
proved
that
and of stre n g th e n in g th e foundations
7 40 PM Dly.
dlganlan. eighteen-year-old A rm e­ In “ h ig h ” and w ere doing fa r more bed in th ere. T he boys clam bered
woman can become an expert In
3 40 I M Dly.
of o u r ag ric u ltu re.
nian girl Is to be featu red In a w ork and even less ta lk in g th an anv In a window and pried the household
papeta, w elghta. q u alities, p rin t­ 10 40 PM Dly.
moving p ictu re which will show
T r a in s fo r C a ssd sr o .
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tw o of th e ir kind th a t I have ever fu rn ish in g s off of him . His e n tra n ce
4 00 AM Sundays only.
atro c itie s of th e T urks, and which
ing etc. She had to learq all th is
A loyal wife is one who know s h er
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seen.
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to know how to ''sa v e p ap e r” for 11 45 AM Dly
husband is poor because he is too
T he tw o Y anks d ash ed up and en ­ was g reeted w ith e n th u sia stic sh o u ts
•II C h ilstia n s for foreign m ission­
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th e Y W. C. A. in Its extensive
5 45 PM To E stacada only.
b rig h t to m ake money in th e low
ary sup p o rt
H er experiences In deavored to Induce th ese two “ Mon- by bis frien d s. M onsieur had been
work
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for B u ll B un.
loss of home, m other and family s le u rs” to confine th e ir efforts to th e saved from a h o rrib le d eath . T he
kind of business his neighbor got
4 SAM Sundays only.
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