Gresham outlook., January 24, 1919, Image 1

T W IC E
A
W EEK
G resham O utlook
VOL. 8. NO. 95
NO MAN’S LAND
AWAITING CALL
OF THE SEASON
GRESHAM, MULTNOMAH COUNTY,
LIFTING OF THE BAN
TO REOPEN SCHOOLS
OREGON
FRIDAY,
JANUARY
24,
COUNTY COUNCIL MERGES INTO
FARM BUREAU WITH NEWSPAPER
1919
TUESDAYS
AND
FRIDAYS
$1.50 PER YEAR
TAXPAYERS MEETING
CALLED IN PROTEST
FIGHT IS WON
THAT STRANDS
GREAT ORDER
The G resham g rad e school will r e ­
S u p erin te n d en t A lderson's bill to I
convene on M onday, Ja n u a ry 27. T his
consolidate all country school d is­
tric ts, a synopsis of which was given
is th e fo u rth s ta r t we have m ade
in th e O utlook last week, has been
since th e ban was first p u t on all the
County A gent S. B H all has a n ­ carried on by th e sta te to d eterm in e presented to th e le g isla tu re by S tate
schools of the county on October 12.
We hope th a t we may be able to nounced th a t the publication of the th e q uality so th a t those th a t have S en ato r Moser, and is know n as Sen­
m ake a go of it th is tim e and th a t Exchange List, to g e th er w ith the Ag­ potato es tru e to v ariety and fairly a te Bill 4 5. It has been p rin ted and
T hough we arra n g e d an arm istice
free from disease can get a certifi­ may be had by w riting to any mem- ' The re m n a n t of th e once noted o r­
w ork will co n tin u e w ithout an o th er
for men, th e w arfa re betw een forces break u n til th e close of th e school ric u ltu ra l Council of m em bers of th e cate of q u ality issued by th e S tate ber. It m ay be seen at th e O utlook der of Uood T em plars m ight ju s t us
g ran g e have both been superseded D epartm ent. T he past two years the office, but does not vary much from
an d peoples goes on. Many of the year.
well go o u t of busiuess, now th a t its
and th e ir places ta k en by an o th e r potatoes which w ere certified in th is th e published story, except th a t it is
The
school
has
been
alm
ost
a
com
­
wood folks dug them selves in, long
g re a t light is won. It w orked h ard
m
ore
com
plete
and
in
deail.
s ta te sold readily at a good advance
befo re C hristm as, and these rainy plete fa ilu re as fa r as progress is con­ publication and a new o rganization,
As predicted, th e re is co nsiderable to r titty y ea rs w ith o u t th iu k in g th a t
cerned as th e eig h t w eeks' w ork we j T he p ap er will be know n as The over th e m a rk e t price and were all
m ornings are being well en d u re d by
opposition
expressed and som e pro­ victory m ean t its d eath w arran t.
have done has been co n tin u ed off and ' F arm B u reau News, a n d will be the bought for seed.
tests will be m ade to th e leg islatu re. S everal o th e r tem p eran ce societies,
a th o usand form s of life th a t dwell, on, (m ostly off! d u rin g a period of | m outhpiece of the M ultnom ah C oun­
Lim e am i F ertilizer.
not so well know n in o th e r years and
T he lim e w ork will ta k e up th e One such p ro test will come from a
w ith less discom fort then in th is far tw enty weeks. T he only consolation ty F arm B ureau. T h e first issue of
m ass m eeting to be held at th e R ock­ not very p ro m in en t even now, are in
work
of
te
stin
g
soils
fo
r
acidity
to
we
have
in
th
e
m
a
tte
r
is
th
e
fact
th
a
t
w estern sta te of ours.
th e News has already been sen t out.
d eterm in e w h eth er they need lim e, wood schoolhouse tom orrow night, the sam e co n d itio n — th e re is n o th ­
P assing th ro u g h the woods, w here th e sam e conditions have prevailed It co n tain s th is an n o u n cem en t:
and assistin g in th e pooling of c a r­ Ja n u a ry 25, at 8 :3 0 . T h ere will be ing left for them to do except to d is­
in alm ost all th e schools of th e sta te .
stra y beam s of su n sh in e gleam
deleg atio n s of tax p ay ers from several band o r chuuge th e ir co n stitu tio n s,
T his, I th in k , is one tim e when th e
At th e re g u la r a n n u a l m eeting oi load o rd ers of limo w hich can now
th ro u g h th e clouds and m akes the pupils a re alm ost ju stifiab le in say ­ the Council in D ecem ber th e reorgan be secured from th e s ta te lim e plant of th e su rro u n d in g d istric ts and a by-laws uud ritu a ls and e n te r some
o th e r liue of fra te rn a lism or become
scene fair, one sees th e silen t tirs and ing. "I have done as well as th e o th e r Ization took place. T he F arm B ureau at » ver>' reaso n ab le figure. Then len g th y discussion is an ticip ated .
All persons in te reste d in th e m a t­ in su ran ce orders.
will
perform
th
e
sam
e
functions
as
checking
th
e
re
tu
rn
s
of
th
e
crops
fellow
.”
cedars th a t have b rea th ed into th e ir
The Good T em p lars was once a
I wish to sta te th a t every effort will th e Council did but w ill differ som e <° d eterm in e th e increase by th e use te r are invited to be a t th e Rockwood
beards, hold a w onder show of jew els
m eeting an d express them selves on stro n g o rd e r in Oregon. I t's lodges
be m ade on th e p a rt of th e teach ers in its org an izatio n . It will be m ade P f I*16 Hnie.
forty years ago were m ore n um er
— g listen in g raindrop s. On th e low­ to safeg u ard th e h e a lth of th e pupils up of com m ittees from each com rnu-
F e rtiliz e r d em o n stratio n s on such th e su b ject. O th er m eetings may be
er g ro u n d th e young m aple shoots and to pro tect them from th e “ f lu ” nity in th e county w hich will act as crops as corn, g rain , potatoes, etc., held In th e county, as It is deem ed to ous th a n th e g ran g e is today. Every
h am let had its lodge, an d th e re w ere
th a t will be rods of fire w hen spring m alady.
C hildren who have colds lead ers for th e d ifferen t lines of have been conducted th e past th ree be a m easu re of g re a t im portance.
many lodges in every larg e city.
should
be
kept
at
home.
T
eachers
p
ro
ject
w
ork
tak
en
up.
T
he
coniple-
.
years
w
ith
good
resu
lts.
In
most
ap p ears, grow thickly, and the m arsh
S enate Bill, No. 45, fo r th e con­ G resham hud its Good T em plur lodge
com m unities these d em o n stratio n s
woods, dead, yet w ith m o istu re in will be asked to w atch closely and tion of th e o rg an izatio n will be tak en
so lidation of the co untry school d is­ long before it hud a g ran g e, in fact,
will be continued.
them , have been co n tra cte d by the children show ing any sym ptom s of up as soon as th e “ flu ” situ atio n
tric ts, has been am ended in some it was probubly th e first lodge estab ­
Livestock Im provem ent.
cold till th e w ate r has come forth sickness will be se n t hom e im m e­ clears up so it will be safe to hold
respects and has been unanim ously lished here. But it fell by th e way-
T he chief ways will be by th e re ­ endorsed by th e M ultnom ah d eleg a­
m eetings again.
an d , on th e alm o st zero days, has diately.
side along w ith nearly all the oth ers,
T here has, I th in k , been.som e com ­
placem ent of th e scru b bulls by good tion in th e leg islatu re. T he principal
Officers.
changed to fro st upon th e ir skeleton
and if th ere is a Good T em plars
plaint reg a rd in g th e division m ade in
T he officers elected for th e en su in g pu reb red s which are from producing am en d m en ts a re as follow s:
lim bs.
It is h ere th a t th e trench
lodge
in O regon today it is so obscure
the grad es d u rin g th e first m onth of year w ere: H. A. Lew is, P re sid en t; strain s, te stin g cows for production
system exists, w herein, as on a line
T he co u n try d istric ts a re to be d i­ th a t very few know w here to find it.
school. A little th o u g h t on this m at J. E. S tan sb u ry , V ice-I’r e s d e n t; an d , by m eans of a Cow T estin g Associa-
in F lan d e rs, th e lesser c re a tu re s bid
vided into five zoneB o r voting d is­
It seem s stran g e , th a t with a
te r will convince any one of th e a d ­ C. M. W alker, S ecre tary -T rea su rer. Hon and th e assistin g In th e selec-
defiance to w inter.
tric ts of n early equal stre n g th , as grow ing se n tim e n t for p rohibition,
v antages of th is plan. T he object is T he executive co m m ittee has not ton of p u rebred fo u n d atio n stock of
You may h e a r th e chickadee, as he
show n by th e last school census. One d atin g for m ore th a n th irty years
to have two prom otions in stead of been nam ed as yet b ut will be se- i cattle, sheep, hogs, and horses.
is ch eerfully inspecting his wooden
m em ber of th e county board of ed u ­ back, th a t th e Good T em p lars should
one d u rin g th e y ear. T his will en ­ ‘ lected as soon as the com m unity coin-
D rainage.
cupboards, but otherw ise th e re
is
cation is to be elected from each have declined. T h ere are several
able us to advance an exceptionally ; inittees a re organized to han d le th e
The laying o u t of d rain a g e sys­ zone. T h ere can be no ch an g e in any
little ap p a ren t life In th e stillness.
reusons, one of w hich— an d th e most
stro n g pupil a h alf y ear who could projects w hich were d eterm in ed upon tem s on p riv ate farm s has been a
But if you scrape aw ay the moss
school d istric t, nor can any consoli­ im p o rta n t— is th a t u m ajo rity of the
not be advanced a w hole year. L ik e ­ as th e m ost im p o rta n t fo r w ork d u r­ very beneficial line of w ork and has
above th e m arshy ground you will
d atio n of d istric ts occur except on m em bers of each lodge failed to keep
wise a pupil who fails to m ake his ing 1919.
,
m aterially
increased
production. p etition of a m ajo rity of th e legal
find, u n d er
dead
g rass, green
th e ir o bligations. Auybody could Join,
g rad e will be re ta in e d only a h alf
P ro je cts.
T his phase will be co n tin u ed and th e voters of such d istrict.
g ro w ths. U nder these a re th e dug-
us
it was an u p lift o rd er, und th o u s­
y ear w here he would be reta in ed a
T he p ro jects selected a re as fo l­ assistin g in the o rg an izatio n of drain
o u ts of th e little peoples. P hiloso­
T h e zone show ing th e larg est vote an d s joined ju s t to g et in to th e so­
w hole year u n d er th e fo rm er g ro u p ­ lows:
age
d
istricts,
such
as
th
e
M
ultnom
ah
phic frogs have bu tto n ed green coats
will elect m em ber of board for five
ing of classes.
1. Crop Im provem ent, including D rainage D istrict No. 1, will increase y ears; th e second for fo u r years, and ciety fo r a good tim e or to gain som e
u n d e r w hite chins and w ith gas
prom inence. A fo rm er county clerk
In m ak in g th is division a few of b e tte r seeds, potato certification and the a g ric u ltu ra l are a of tho county.
m asks of decaying vegetation are de­
so on. C ounty School S u p erin te n ­ of M ultnom ah county was a m em ber
the stro n g e r pupils in each g rad e alfa lfa grow ing.
F arm R ecords.
fying th e b o m bardm ents of th e winds
d en t A lderson will a tte n d th e m eet­ to r aw hile yet he n ever k ep t his
were selected for th e advanced class.
2. Lim e an d F ertilizers.
The assistin g in th e keeping of ing a t Rockwood tom orrow night and
and th e rain.
vows and was finally killed in a
T he plan was for th is class to m ake
3. L ivestock Im provem ent.
F arm Records will be one of the im explain all fea tu re s of th e bill.
Toads, fat old g en erals of m any a
d ru n k en braw l.
two y e a r's work in a y ear and a h alf
4.
D
rainage
and
Soil
Im
provem
ent.
p o rta n t lines.
A sim ple but co m ­
w in ter cam paign, array ed according
A nother fac to r th a t w ent a long
by ta k in g longer lessons th an th e
5. F a rm Records.
plete record book has been published REASONS GIVEN FOR
to custom in a m uddy k h ak i, w ait the
way tow ard destro y in g th e Good
average pupil is able to m aster. How­
6.
P
o
u
ltry
Flock
Im
provem
ent.
by th e S tate D epartm ent and will be
v ictorious m arch of th e ir alies,
DELAYS IN SERVICE T em p lars was found in th e p rese n t
ever the “ flu ” has defeated o u r
7. O rganization.
sold for th e cost of p rin tn g which 1 b
S pring and S unshine. U ntil the
in su ran ce o rd ers. All of them teach
plans. I t is im possible for the a v e r­
T
hese
being
th
e
special
p
ro
jects
to
25
cents.
A
ssistance
will
be
given
Much com plaint has com e to the
sp rin g floods shall ro a r th e ir salu tes
age pupil to com plete th e work of th e w ork upon aside from th e reg u la r each person in th e ta k in g of th e in ­ O utlook concerning th e delays in the tem p eran ce an d m orality even b etter
they will w att in p erfect peace— the
grade th is a fte r having lost so m iscellaneous work w hich com es up ventory to s ta r t w ith an d at any tim e ru ra l delivery ^ r v ic e since th e train th a n th e Good T em plars did. As they
triu m p h of lig h t over dark n ess
m uch tim e, fo r th e re has never yet from day to day.
d u rin g the y ear when help is needed. sch ed h u le was changed. At th e be­ grew In m em bership and refused to
B rahnlm s fo r m onths, they have a t­
been w orked o u t a plan by which a
T
he
g
en
eral
plan
of
th
e
develop­
Several of th e local banks will co­ g in n in g th e two ru ra l ca rrie rs were ta k e in th e h ab itu al liq u o r users
tain ed N irvana.
th e ir m oral tone a ttra c te d those who
lost day can be regained. U nder m ent w ork u n d er each of th e differ­ o p era te in th is work.
ill and th e su b stitu te s were unable to
W hat o th e r form s may be th e re
refused to associate w ith h ard d rin k ­
these conditions th e advanced class en t p ro jects are as follow s:
P ou ltry F lock Im provem ent.
work th e m ail on tim e. U nder the
one can n o t tell. T he llzzards we met
ers in th e lodge room s, and th e la t­
of each grade, th a t is th e B class, will
Crop
Im
provem
ent.
The
m
an
ag
em
en
t
of
sev
eral
farm
ru
les
of
th
e
d
ep
a
rtm
en
t
they
were
a fte r last su m m e r’s rain s, th e p atient
a tte m p t to m ake th is grad e and
In th e locating and d istrib u tio n of flocks of p oultry u n d er th e su p e r­ req u ired to rep o rt such delays, but te r w ere ab andoned to th e ir social
sn ails, snak es green and strip e d , red
an o th e r in two y ears on schedule b e tte r stra in s of seeds of th e various vision of the poultry specialist at the th e ir excuses w ere accepted as u n ­ fate, if, indeed, they rem ained long
legged tu rtle s in th e sloughs, and
tim e, w hile th e A class will do only a crops, w henever a good stra in of a College who will p ersonally assist avoidable in cid en ts ow ing to th e p re­ enough to be abuudone<j which few
th e ir cousins w ith yellow dots and
of them seldom did.
half y e a r's w ork th is year.
p a rtic u la r kind, such as ilan n eh en in th e culling, m aking and selection v ailing conditions.
sp lash es of red th a t indicate th e ir
A long sto ry of Good T em plarisiu
This seem s to be th e m ost feasible barley is located, som e of th e seed is of feeds, is th e g eneral plan of th is
W hen th e re g u la r c a rrie rs retu rn ed
divisions and hono rab le records th e ir
plan to pursu e according to the way secured an d placed in different parts project. About five o r six flocks will to w ork a week ago they found th a t could be w ritten . It was a p ro sp er­
race has won by h ard fighting, are
things ap p e ar at present.
of th e co unty w here it can be tested be w anted to conduct th is work. they m ust leave th e office on th e old ous o rd er h alf a cen tu ry ago and
som ew here com fortably w aiting out
T. J. SK IRV IN , P rincipal.
horoughly with th e alre ad y grow n ; C ulling d em o n stratio n s will be held schedules in effect for sev eral years flo arish e d fo. tw enty years. T hen it
th e b a rra g e of those boom ing g u n s of
varieties,
and w here It proves to be d u rn g th e fall and b e tte r stock d is­ paBt, as no change has been a u th o r ­ began to decline. Some very p ro m i­
th e a ir and th e m ist. T onight the
A m onum ent to Jefferson Davis b etter it is d istrib u ted to replace the
trib u ted .
ized by th e d ep artm en t. They are n en t men an d women w ere m em bers
te m p e ra tu re may drop to any place 371 feet high is being erected in
poorer
yieldng
kinds.
O rganization.
obliged to leave before It Is possible an d it was considered a g re a t honor
it can, b u t th ere, u n d er coverings of K entucky. It is well th a t we should
to work the mall which has but Jus. ‘° be ch° Ben aB ° 1“ ’ o l th ,‘ « ra n d °<-
A
n
u
m
b
e
r
of
alfa
lfa
tria
ls
which
This
will
consist
of
th
e
com
pletion
sw am p grass, m ud and w ater, wait have it as a p erm a n en t rem in d er of
. r" * A ( obl>™> a sis te r of
th e b a tta lio n s th a t will .move fo rth th e way in which d em ocratic le a d ­ have been conducted along th e of th e o rg an izatio n of th e F a rb Bu­ arriv ed , and th e resu lt is th a t nearly
II. W. Scott and Mrs. A. 8. Duniwuy
n
o
rth
ern
slope
of
th
e
county
have
reau
as
adopted
by
th
e
old
Council
all
of
it
is
left
over
un
til
th
e
next
day.
by m illions when "p ro u d , pied A pril” ership sta n d s by a n atio n al ad m in ­
An effort has been m ade to g et o u t . was g ran d secreta ry for a term . A
has "p u t a sp irit of youth in every­ istra tio n contro lled by th e opposi­ proven a lfa lfa to be a very profitable m em bers.
the
le tte r and the dally papers, but 1’r<,m," e " t l'* ls la to r nam ed D unbar,
crop
fo
r
th
a
t
section,
and
especially
T
he
"
flu
”
situ
atio
n
will
m
aterially
th in g .”
tion, in w ar tim e.
w here som e of th e h a rd ie r varieties h andicap th e work at p resen t and es­ they are not alw ays able to do this. ” f M ar' O,‘ COUnty' waB fo r « ” era l
As th e m an o u t w ith th e steam ing
g r a '" 1 chlef T em p lar. But
A good deal of good luck is a m a t­ have been planted. T his year the pecially In beng able to m eet with A change in the c a rrie rs ' leaving yearB
team fo r a load of wood, w orks in
" " « re a tn e “ fl"<> « q u a rte r of a
th e d rizzling rain , th e chipm unk te r of h ab it, sam e as bad luck. E ith e r A gent will cooperate w ith farm ers the farm ers in g roups to ta lk over schedule Is expected, and when It
aw ak en s and dozes again, dream ing one may be increased by th e p ro p er in th a t section who wish to prepare th e p roject work. To overcom e this, com es all mall will be delivered th e ce n tu ry ago an d now “ "* K“«P‘»K " s
last b reu th — v ictorious In deuth.
th e ir gro u n d and p lan t sm all a c r e ­ if you are in te reste d in any of th e sam e day, as usual.
of red apples. T he m an strik e s a r o t­ kind of publicity.
ages
of
alfa
lfa.
S
everal
varieties
pro
jects
m
entioned
we
would
be
glad
T he p o stm aster has no au th o rity to
T he man who falls upon an icy
ten stick w ith his axe and a wood
worm , w hite and fat, has its com ing- rubbish and dodge back to safety. will be used to fully d eterm in e th e to h ea r from you at an early d ate an 1 change schedules w ith o u t a u th o rity sidew alk and n e ith e r o rally nor m en-
will try and call upon you and m ake from the d ep a rtm en t even in such tally uses th e stro n g e st w ords he ever
o u t p arty . W ith a p air of jaw s, a Across th e n ig h t will move th e sw ift best kinds to p lan t in th is section.
T he certification of po tato es Is a plans for sta rtin g th e d em o n stra­ cases as th is one, so the public will h eard to express his feelings, need
d ig estiv e tra c t and n o th in g else, this shadow of the noiseless owl. The No-
citizen of a decaying republic has M an's L and of n a tu re ’s w arfare will new w ork which Is sta rtin g In th is tions. If in te reste d w rite o r phone have to w ait for b etter service u n til ' n ot w orry ab o u t his chances of a
states. It is a system of inspection now.
such a u th o rity Is received.
b rig h t h ere after.
lived, H ooverizing upon saw dust. be a t peace.
S cien tists can find in it no brain, no
hope of im provem ent. B ut had the
axe not brou g h t it into light o u t of
due season, it would have come fo rth
a f te r aw hile in to su m m er sunshine,
w ith eyes, feelers, w ings, eggs to lay
an d fea th ers to astonish m ankind,
T he Outlook began its career us a twice a week newspaper alm ost eight
years ago.
an d lived a happy season on the
w ings of th e w ind.
Since th a t tim e and the present many Im portant changes have taken place
P erh aps the te a m ste r who th u s in ­
both local and national.
tru d e d is him self, is in th e stag e of
life, as we all may be, w aiting in the
Among them Is th at of greatly advanced cost of production In all lines.
cold hall of an enclosed life u n til fac­
P aper costs Just double w hat It did eight years ago and labor has about
u lties and pow ers, and an existence
doubled.
we can n o t com prehend, come to us
a fte r a ch rysilis s ta te th a t we m ust
All th is tim e the Outlook has kept Its yearly subscription price at $1.50.
leave, as th e wood worm leaves his,
Many of our subscribers have expected a rise In price. We have tried to avoid
before th e g reat adventure.
advancing the subscription price. But the advancing costs may make It neces
T he w oodm an gets his load of
sary In the near future.
wood and goes hom e, w atched from
hidden places u n d er little ced ars or
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scription list. We should have two hundred more subscribers on our list w ith­
am ong th e b ria rs by rab b its, th a t
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flop th e ir long ea rs th a t h ea r so j
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