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T W IC E A W EEK VOL. 8, NO. 103 G resham O utlook ___________________GRESHAM. MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON TREES PLANTED IN HONOR OF G. WASHINGTON FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 21. 1919 Woman Would Visit North Pole in Airplane W ith th e w ar en d ed and peace v irtu ally upon us, new and sta rtlin g p e r f o r m - ances by Inventions of the w ar will be in o r der T ran s-co n tin en tal and across ocean flights by a irp lan e— new a ltitu d e records — w ireless com m uni cations developed to an uncannv degree and o th e r scientific stu n ts, will fu rn ish th e news of th e day First Is a woman try ing for a visit to the North Pole bv air plane Miss Ruth Law fam ous American avl- atrix. is equipping C special m achine to ac com pany the Admiral Peary nartv fn a try for a visit to the fo ie bv the air route Here Is th e fam ous woman Aver in her m achine, ready for a tria l flight The anniversary of George W asiing- ton’s birth was fittingly celebrated in the city schools today. The cerem onies this year are es pecially interesting, centering about the p lanting of w alnuts from the grounds of W ashington’s estate at Mt TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS $1.50 PER YEAR NEW ERA PLAN SON OF FORMER IS OUTLINED BY PASTOR PRAISES REV. I. G. SELF FATHER’S PART In common with other great churches the P resbyterian church has inaugu rated a cam paign of intensive activity to be carried out during the recon structlon period. Rev. I. B. Self, pas to r of Sm ith Memorial church, Fair- view, he has given to the readers of the Outlook the following outline of the plan, which is known us the New E ra Movement: The following letter which appeared in the Pacific Baptist, was w ritten to Rev. C. A. Nutley of S eattle on F a th e r’s Day by P riv ate Claude M. Nutley. 23rd U. 8. Inf., U. S. Base Hosp. 54, A. I ■ O. 798 France. He was wounded severely iu action at St. Mlhiel with Vernon. Ten years ago O. M. Plum the 2nd Division. The w riter was m er of the Portlond school board vis well known In Gresham , where his ited Mt. Vernon, securing from an old father was, for a num ber of years, file New E ra Movement of the P res pastor of the B aptist church. darky six nuts from the historic black byterian church is the outgrow th of w alnut trees th a t grow about George the en tire benevolent and m issionary Nov. 24, 1918. Dear Dad: Not many W ashington's tombstone. work of the church during all Its ex- weeks over a year ago, a bunch of Upon his retu rn to P ortland he at Istence. It is not a revolution but an doughboys sat on th e ir "spider ’.og” » volution of the activities of the church. cots in the squad tent, ch attin g and once planted these nuts. Only one ] The movement was born out of the laughing ami w aiting for "first call” grew, but it has attained a height agony of the world war. Its Immedi to blow for the afternoon’s drill. Most of forty feet and th is year bore one ate background is a solemn call to the hundred pounds of nuts.. Mr. Plum church and to the Individual member of the talk was on the events of the SMM thereof to prepare for the new day »lay before, which was V isitor’s Sun m er turned these nuts over to the that has dawnod. The movement day; most of the fellows had had D aughters of the American Révolu prom ises to be to the Presbyterian friends and folks among the thousands tlon, and they In tu rn have under- GRESHAM PIONEER church What Allied strateg y has be who came out from town, bringing taken the task of directing the p lan t DIES IN PORTLAND come to the cause of righteousness cakes and com forts, fried chicken and ____ _ 1 'beer, to make a Joyous cam ouflage for in the world war. The ____ Presbyterian ing of the nuts at the schools through In the passing of Jo h n E. M iller i:i |p k a rc *1 Putting itself behind its whole I ,1|p final good-byes. Tile o u tfit was out the state, in conjunction with P o rtlan d last S atu rd ay , many o il task so as to render Its largest possible leaving th a t week. school principals and teachers. service to the nation and the world — One of the boys w asn't tak in g much resid en ts of G resham will realize I ib is "is th e ’New“¿> 7 movement* The planting a t the High School with a feeling of sadness th a t i The movement proceeds from a u spir- part in the conversation th is noon- here was most impressive. The pres The following is a letter to Miss The prize essay follows: stau n ch friend has been called to his 1,uul center through sacrificial motive, hour. V isitor’s Sunday had held little en t ju n ior class of Union High has al Mirza Macklin, principal of the Fair- but disappointm ent for him, for the The many expressions exiiressions of of re- r e I g 1 |n ,n d n '. l^ r K. hoards S9 ami , agencies, MY LIBERTY BOND AND I. ^ rew w; ard ird T he many ™ g ath er t h be- X expected auto load of au n ts and cousins ways been a George W ashington class. view school, with reference to the In the first liberty loan I bought a | g ret and ove fronl those who knew I minis In one aggregate budget instead h adn’t arriv ed : and though his buddies When they were freshm en nearly state-wide sixth grade prize offered by three years ago they presented the the Oregon S tate Liberty Loan Com fifty-dollar bond. It may have been h,.m ,lerp at,p8t a splendid record of "f in ten separate budgets. The first had generously shared th e ir cakes and I " i ..tb.L8P ,.aKKrp?atp budgets calls for chicken and Jellies with him, he was school with a bust of W ashington as mittee, which was , on by Donald used for p art of a soldier's outfit which [ 1 r ' , n d sb *p- $13,000,000. T h at represents a big very much aw are th at a full stomach Born in C arroll county, M issouri, " •“ ’ "*‘"DUU“ ’ I Increase, but the w a r'a n d consequent was sm all solace for an aching heart. th e ir chosen ideal during th eir days G rant of th a t school. The le tte r is would cost one hundred and fifty dol-1 lars ($150) when complete. I was glad ! on M a r,h 22> !S o6, he crossed th e C o n d itio n s caused th is increase. Had of school life. F ebruary 22nd has had rem arkable and will be kept as a He had borne up pretty well though: th at I could buy a second liberty bond i I d a p rairie schooner witli his I the New Era Movement not been or- his a special significance for them. So precious memento, together with the philosophy was the kind which and I hope it was used in building o n e ' p are n ts and neighbors when a sm all | ganged, th is increase would still have said, "C’eat In guerre,” and looked the cerem onies at the high school were medal won by Donald. had to he met. The budget does re- : lad of nine years. The em ig ran ts under the auspices of th is class. The -------- "over ----- . . . i present two new items. S»>e what liiev around for som ething to grin nt. So The essay which would have doue of the* ships to take our soldiers I like to think th a t my th ird | U n , 0 k ™ un,_y..n th e OrPK° :l | are: $500,000 for disabled hoys re- now lie ant, enjoying the ch a tte r and exercises upon the north lawn a t 2 credit to a much older pupil, is given there renilnlseenee going the rounds, with o'clock Included short addresses by here in full. When the announcem ent liberty bond was helping to build a ir country, w here Mr. M iller grew to a tu rn in g from war, and $500.000 for the ache p retty well hurled, nr camou u p rig h t young m anhood. 8,r,cken P resbyterian churches In Mrs. R. F. W alters and H ow ard-Jones of the prize aw ard was made several ships, for they have been so useful to splendidly flaged, anyw ay when he heard his Moving to G resham , he resided h ere P 'l-IT* ' n ,,|K,unl a »d Italy. president of the juniors. Said sturdy weeks ago, the essay was at the school- our arm y. . . . , T,li8 m ovement em braces the idea name called, and there In the door of young Mr. Jones: This week our governm ent asks for many years, and was pro m in en t of the organization w ithin the church til»' tent, whs his Dad. house, which was closed by the epidem You rem em ber, Dad, how, afte r the every one of us to subscribe to the in local affairs. Jo h n M iller's w ord I of a great company of believers to be hug In behalf of th e ju n io r class of ic. and hand shake, I ran up to the in any m a tte r was a g u a ra n te e of t h ’ | known 118 "The Covenanted Comrades which I have the honor of being fourth liberty loan. Every day the top-sergeant’s te n t to beg an hour honesty of th e p roject. I In,p|’,p88l° n ” «<> help by prayer In p resid en t, we esteem it an honor to My Dear Miss M acklin: papers are filled with the news th a t "off d rill” to v isit you in: and how he . . . . _ _ , , , I tne revival of family religion around D uring the F o u rth Liberty Loan com m em orate the b irth d a y of ou Moving to 1 o rtian d in 1905 he the family altar, a plan of education said. “Y esterday was V isitor’s Day,” hero. G eorge W ashington, by the Campaign a state-w ide Liberty Loan the United States and her allies are and wouldn’t excuse me: and wouldn't p lan tin g of these w alnut seeds, which contest was conducted in* which all gaining, but of course th is means more lived th e re u n til his d eath on F eb ru - In the principles and practlcesof even let me ask the skipper's perm is ary 15, passing aw ay at th e fam ily , ,iri8,ian stew ardship. To have is not we hope will grow to be tran sp lan te d lives lost and more wounded soldiers. sion. But I wonder If you knew how pupils from the T hird to the Twelfth home a t 381 Going stre e t. F u n eral C °,Wi?1 bu‘ 1° ° WEU. Ood ,8 tb e ow"' that la te r on o u r school cam pus. ache bubbled clear into my thront It it likely th a t my fourth liberty bond ... H t of n|| WP have. We are only stew- •> T his class th re e years ago chose Grades participated. A gold medal has and stayed there all day. I don’t re- services w ere held at Z eller’s chapel, | a r,|8; recognition of the Sabbath as will be used for hospital supplies. th e hero of th e R evolutionary w ar as been aw arded to the w inner of each , * h at we 8ald ,o PSch othpr ln Today I found th is item in a magazine: conducted by his pasto r, Rev E dw ard the Lord’s Day, to be spent iu seeking o u r ideal. W e have studied th e life grade. g atlo n al ,IIh not our pleasure. I h,,HP ,a8t fpw m inutes In the tent. C onstant of H ighland C ongregational of th is g rea t man and believe in ihe , . The t.-st of the success of the New 1 K'1" '88 we ho,h knPW ,hpr<! " » " " ’t I have the honor of inform ing you “'What Your Fifty-D ollar Liberty th in g s for w hich he stood. His no church. Mr. M iller Is buried in Lone i .. Bond Will Do: Era Movement will be made in the much th at could be said, “ In Justice ble c h a ra c te r is w orthy of em ulation th a t Donald G rant of Fairview was H r cem etery. I local church, In the heartening of every to the occasion.” But I know my h eart His exam ple as a stu d e n t, his am bi the state-wide w inner for the Sixth "It will protect 1000 soldiers from Surviving him are his widow, Mrs. I m inister and church w orker; the en- was very full, dad, and I guess yours tion as a m an, and his qualifications Grade, and accordingly I am sending smallpox and 166 from typhoid fever. C lara M iller, a son, C. R. M iller Of Ustment of every m em ber In the aetiv was too. as a leader and P re sid en t of th e Well, you remember, we "fell ln ” you under separate cover one of the “It will assure 139 wounded soldiers P o rtlan d , and tw o d au g h ters, M r. iV<? h ° f o ’1® ' ‘¡?e P u reP?r a t,° “ when U nited S tates fu rn ish us an ideal til»' rail sounded, and I m arched . , . . . . of the P resbyterian church through w orthy of im itation. grand prizes for presentation to him protection from lockjaw, the germs of A. J. Rahn of Salem and Mrs. Guy I. out to tlie drill-field with the company and by Its individual m embership for As these seeds from th e horn? of May I request th a t appropriate pub which sw arm in Belgiun soil. F ield h o u se of G resham . [ its full and saeraflcial share In meeting my hand warm from th»» Inst good-bye G eorge W ashington, a t M ount V er lic exercises he conducted in connect “It will render painless 400 oper the needs of a new world in the new grip, where now rested the butt-plate T he O utlook joins with the en tire non grow, soon to become larg e w al ! era which has already dawned, are of the rifle. You followed us out, and ations. Ion with the presentation of th is medal, n u t trees, so may th e m em bers of com m unity In extending sym pathy to the im perishable ideas for which th<* whi-never, as we marched, sw ung and th is class follow ing his exam ple, and that you personally present same ’It will supply two miles of band th e bereaved fam ily In th e ir g rea t movement stands. The movement will m aneuvered, I faced th a t way, I'd see grow to become noble men and wom to Donald G rant on behalf of the ages—enough to bandage 555 wounds. loss. not move unless It moves you indi you stan d in g off at the edge of the en, th e best citizens of th is g rea t grounds, w atching us. T hen, If the S tate Liberty Loan O rganization and “ It will care for 160 wounded by vidual member of (he church. co u n try . sergeant w asn’t looking, I’d wave my myself? supplying first-aid. T elep h on e ('«inees.slon A nnounced. T hree tablets w ith suitable inscript hand, and get bawled out by the cor [INDUSTRIAL CLUB LEADER I wish to extend to you and the loyal " It will furnish adhesive plaster and poral I knew you had to catch the ions were placed, m arking the plant Miss B. O sborne, secretary of the HAS A BUSY WEEK next train , and one tim e I looked over ings. It is planned to have a tran s citizens of our county my sincere con gauze enough to benefit thousands of local telep h o n e com pany, announces there and you were gone, qlanting ceremony next year at this gratulations upon the w inning of th is wounded soldiers.” a ch an g e in th e long d istance service Miss Ethel Galkins, county industrial Well, dad, th at ache has stayed with grand prize by one of your scholars. Our liberty bonds are also used to for local p atrons. The recent ru lin g I club organizer lias spent a busy week me ever since. The only person In th»» tim e before th is class graduates, at Will you kindly say to the parents help pay for the Bmall and large tanks which tim e the young trees will be per was to th e effect th a t no personal about the county. Accompanied by world. I think, against whom I hold m anently placed on the school prem and teachers of Donald G rant th a t which are so protected by thick coats ta ils would be received— u flat ra te ! Miss Helen Cowgill, state industrial i grievance Is Hint top-sergeant (und the essay for which th is medal has of arm or th a t only the largest shells of ten cents being charged f o r a gen-1 club leader, she has visited in many by the way he knows It). ises. Never a m om ent passes but what I Photographs of the cerem onies were been aw arded displays a love of an pass through them. Then, too, eral call to th e telephone n u m b er of I school d istricts in the interests of the have, som ew here in my consciousness, country and an apreciaton of its tra d i they help to pay for the destroyers Ihe party with whom one wished to I sewing, cooking, and other d u b s being a picture of you d» a r people, all of you. taken. At the grade school PrincipalSklr- tions and Ideals, which reflects great which go along with the troopships speak. Now as a concession to those O rganized In the several schools of the over th ere; and dad Is always, it seems, there by th at green drill.field, w atch vin, assisted by local D. A. R. members credit on them. The inspiration for and watch for subm arines, and for all who m ust consider h aste in obtain I county. The schools visited were at ing nn-. I ’ve carried th a t impression conducted a patriotic assembly in the such an essay could only have come the oth er boats In Uncle Sam 's navy. ing th e ir calls, It is announced th at I’arkrose, Maplewood, Powell Valley everywhere. When I was digging In school building. Addresses by Mrs. from a fireside and schollroom where Liberty bonds furnish the wages of the for a ch arg e of 20 cen ts one may I Gresham, H urlburt, P leasant View the mud of the 8. O. 8. , I'd think of R. F. W alters and Mrs. J. Montcalm loyalty and patriotism are param ount, m unitions workers, of the ship build place th e call »eslgnating by nam e T routdale, O rient. Lusted. Gilbert, dad. watching me; when it was the canteen of the Y. th a t clulne-d my Brown and singing of national airs and the thoughts which are given ex ers, of the men in the spruce camps, th e p arty with whom one wishes to Wilkes and Rockwood. iubnrs. there was dad, In tin» Y. at alk. by the pupils proceeded the planting pression are indicative of the home and of the United S tates soldiers, sail At Gresham school, a pdultry club home watching me, and I’d feel happy on the east side of the building Massa and school influence which made Ore ors, m arines and aviators. Liberty was organized on Wednesday, with an to b<- In the aame "firm .” At church, I could aee dad, und we'd kind of grip lam M arston a Benedict. the popular Japanese student from the gon the foremost state in the giving bonds help to buy motor trucks, mules en th u siastic membership. The club handH again; and then. In later months, fourth grade, son of foreign born p a r of her sons and her tre a su re to the and horses which are much needed in name is alw ays left to the young mem In th»- billet and trench and on the Lon M arston has re tu rn e d from hauling supplies for the soldiers. The ents. turned the first spadeful of earth, cause of Democracy. hers. Gresham chicken fans have hike, It would be “ Dad's watching me,” To Donald G rant Will you kindly say bonds furnish the scout planes for G ates, O regon, w ith his bride, the thus em phasizing the new in te rn atio n elected to call theirs, the Champion that bucked up my sp irits and made me T he "carry on," as much or more than any alism A salute by the school, and the th a t this medal should not be treas spying and the powerful b attlep lan es fo rm e r Miss G race Myers. Poultry Club. The officers are: Ray oth er single Influence. w edding cerem ony was perform ed singing of “Am erica” concluded the ured for its in trin sic worth, but for fighting. .Strong, president; Glen W inters, vice- And then, when we'd "Jump off” nt should be valued as a badge of patriotic program. My liberty bonds help the govern a t Mill City on F eb ru ary 6th a t the president ; M arjorie Stillions, secre the zero hour, and wad»- through th a t p arsonage of Rev. J. C lark. F ollow achievem ent. It is an aw ard of honor , ment now, but I’ll get my money back ta ry ; Mrs. H. H. Ellng, club leader. p articu lar section of hell, 1 could al given In appreciation of a loyal service by and by. Then it will help me to go ing a visit with relativ es in th a t vi The other members of tin- club are Ina most laugh with the pleasure of the BROWNS BUTCHER SHOP thought:*T m doing my duty,— and ENTERED LAST NIGHT v*ell perform ed a t a tim e when our to college, or perhaps later on it will cinity and In P o rtlan d , th e new ly Sm ith, M argaret St C lair, H erbert daii’s w atching me.” weds arriv ed in G resham on Monday country was at war. I hope he may help me in business. You’ve been proud of your boys, dad Ellng, Azle Bechill, Arley H ornlsh, A bold robbery of A. J. W. Brow n's keep it always and treasu re it as a re- dy, dear, and I guess we’ve all donn When the soldiers all come back and to m ake th e ir hom e here. Richard Beadle, Philip W right, and b u tch er shop was effected last night. m em brance of the p art he played in tell about the things they did over what w»> could In tills business; but Kay McGinnis. you’ve ts-i'ii no w hit prouder of us An autom obile was driven up to the this great war. Several Jolly slu m b er p arties are I there, we will be» glad to have bought The pork production d u b has two than w e have of you. We know you've planned for S atu rd ay evening, when en tra n ce at some tim e d u rin g the EDWARD COOKINGHAM. ¡bonds to help them win the war. new nn-mbers, Edward Baumann and "been there," w herever you could get n ig h t, th e locks w ere to rn off the o u t of tow n seniors will be th e g u ests In a lick for Uncle Ham Liberty Azle Bechill. Bonds, or Hum»- G uatds, or Y. M. C.A. doors, and a heavy load of pork was LIBRARY EQUIPMENT of th e ir G resham classm ates, rem a in WILD FLOWER CALENDAR secretary ships you've put in your hauled aw ay by th e thieves. A AUTHORIZED BY BOARD FEATURE AT LIBRARY ing in town for th e sen io r reception POWELL VALLEY licks with each,- only we'll never know a t th e E lm er F. Goodwin residence. whole hog, valued at $20, five bu ck I guess, how many. And I'm sure were At the regular meeting of the board w h o WBnU t T b d T w i t b the fun of I Miss I,a u ra Davis, a g ra d u a te of P. T A MEETING we ets of lard , tw o boiled ham s, and a to name each Individual sta r In our of directors of Union High School the wlld cIovcr calpridar at thp publlc home, th»» top of the four would be th e 1915 class of union high school, larg e stock of sau sages were som e of A me» ting of the Powell Valley P a r "D ad.” th e item s m issing this m orning. Mr. D istrict No. 2 last week, the purchase | ibrary? Mi„g Maud Mlchel’a room In who has com pleted special tra in in g ent Teacher circle has been called for Today Is "F a th e r's Day.' All of the B row n’s loss will be over $50. of a filing cabinet for the new school tbP Gr,.8ham 8rhoo, and M|sg M ar<aret In th e Reed College reco n stru ctio n W ednesday evening a t eight o’clock, by boys will w rite today to th eir own clinic In P o rtlan d , has received a Upon receiving word of the b u rg library was sanctioned. T his will be Hurkp»B room at L u it„d bavp a lr„ady th»- acting president, Win. Peterson. p articu lar F ath er, Governor, Old Man N atu rally we’re probably g o v ern m en t call assigning h er to re M atters of im portance to the com m uni or Dad. lary from Mr B row n. Sheriff H url- a nice addition to the equiqment of th is 1 ,.nIlHt(.d wlld now er #W)Ut- th in k in g of you more than of any other co n stru ctio n wort» in Pennsylvania. * b u rt dispatched D eputy Sheriffs L a ty will b< discussed and a full attend- single th in g ; and I'm wondering how m ont and W ilson to G resham to con departm ent, which is already recog This is what you m ust do. Ju st keep 1 ance of m em bers and all persons Inter- many of the fellows find th e ir opinions T he big w hite U for baseball will nized as an im portant factor in the d u ct an investigation. They are of th e ir fath ers summed up. as I do, iu your eyes open for the first wild bp conferrpd upon cap tain Wm. B u t-i “"h 'd the of lh “ dtotrtct 18 the words of Dr.**, , , to th»- • • • • • , w orking on several clues a t present. school work. flower of each variety. And w h en ! ,er> , , avld p P ter, „ n J()p C om itocki desired. “H e’s a prince am ong men." And I The conclusion seem s to be general T ransportation facilities also would add,— "and among dads.” th a t th e people who entered th e I'll be home soon now, so thut ache is Mrs. Ella Larsen was th e p leasan t ders, Clifford H illyard, Lyle W inters '•aslng off quit«» a deal. Ixjve. b u tc h er shop la st n ig h t are th e sam e bers. A full report on the subject first flower of each kind will be ex hostess at a M issionary tea at her Your second son, d arin g th ieves who have entered will be given at the next meeting, with ! hiblted at the lib rary ; and the name and Oren Stanley. home a t Boring y esterday. Six ladies CLAUDE M etzger’s sto re d u rin g th e w inter. a view to improving the tra n sp o rt* and school of the finder, along with A uto accessories fo r all cars. C. were invited In to sew anil ch a t, sev T he stre e t in fro n t of Mr. B row n’s tion service wherever necessary. the date, will be posted on a lovely E. O sburn & Co. eral going o ut from G resham Because we like G resham we have place of business is u n lig h ted — th e Present at the meeting were acting j calender there. secured the first stock of m illinery If you h av en ’t got It yet try a Mrs. A lva Hevel e n te rta in e d m ost we cbuld o btain. Non» is too good. arc lig h t being rem oved a t th e tim e chairm an D. E Towle, H. P, Christen- a wild flow, r show is also in pros inform ally with a sm all but d e lig h t Come and see Miss M illinery Co. of th e change in th e location of the I son, C. H. Johnson, W. C. Lawrence, pect, so do not be discouraged If some « o u t ad. ful aftern o o n p arty early iu the week, fire sta tio n . J I xju I s Yunker, and K. A. Miller, clerk, one else finds the very first bloom. F ord and C hevrolet rep airin g . C. Bargs I n a In th e w ant ads. ask in g a few neighbors and friends. E. O sburn, G resham . tf FAIRVIEW LAD RECEIVES MEDAL FOR PRIZE LIBERTY LOAN ESSAY