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Victory Goddess Contest to End With Vote Auction and Free Street Dance, June 28. Votes Must Be in 6 P. M. June 26. Be There, Put ’Er Over
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VOL. 9,
G resham O utlook
NO. 32
GRESHAM, MULTNOMAH COUNTY,
CHILDREN MAKE
THE DAY MERRY
OREGON
TUESDAY, JUNE 17- 1919
TUESDAYS
AND
FRIDAYS
$1 50 PER YEAR
R. C. AUXILIARY ANNUAL REPORT
(1) Getting ready lor the big job. (2) Temporary home of the men during the May
MAKES REPORT DISTRICT NO. 4
planting season. (3) Fordson tractor drawing the double plow, with disc and harrow at­
LARGE ACREAGE OF POTATOES FOR GRESHAM FACTORY
It was c h ild re n ’s day at G resham
tached; all one operation. (4) Tractor drawing potato planter.
grange on S aturday, and th e occa­
sion was celebrated in happy m an­
ner.
R outine business of the g range
and th e co n ferrin g of th e th ird and
fo u rth degrees on Mrs. C harles
Pow ell, occupied th e m orning ses­
sion.
In trooped th e children a t noon,
all eag er for th e g ran g e d in n er in
th e ir honor. D irected by George F.
Honey and Mrs. W. R. K ern they
form ed a procession in th e grange
hall and m arched gayly in to the
long c e n tra l ta b le spread for them .
The aftern o o n p rogram was en-1
tirely in th e h ands of th ese young '
grangers-to-be.
F ond p are n ts and
g ra n d p a re n ts beam ed th e ir appre- j
ciation of th e ch ild ren ’s efforts. T here !
w ere rec itatio n s by H elen Exlev,
Ilse
Schw edler,
Gwen.
M etzger,
F lorence K ern, F ran ces and L uetta |
W elling th a t quite cap tiv ated every
one. H elen K ern and M argaret St.
C lair sang sw eetly of flowers and
happy children, th e ir young bird-like I
voices quivering a wee bit with s ta g “
frig h t. H earty applause to reassure
them !
W illene
B otkin
co n trib u ted
a
pleasing
piano
n u m b e r; H erbert
E iing tooted bugle calls, and Mrs.
Ja n e t G ran t of F airview gave a fu n ­
ny reading of a lazy schoolboy with
a long strin g of perfectly good re a ­
sons for not se ttin g the world on fire.
Vocal d uets by M esdam es B rugger
and Schw edler closed the program .
Follow ed then som e jolly stunt3
by G eorge Honey. H e's th e man who
can pluck a rab b it from your silk
hat, or squeeze a do llar into a dim e,
o r find a nickel in your ear. He ha.l
everybody squealing w ith joy. Tied
some in tric a te knots and untied them
w ith one flip, and lined up a row of
juveniles for a lam e duck contest.
Business of to rtu o u s lim ping. It
took several heats to deeide the win­
ners.
Of considerable in te rest to the
com m unity is th e action of the
g ran g e rs in endorsing th e p roject of
a com m unity mill for G resham and
th e su rro u n d in g farm ing com m unity.
The m a tte r was presented to th e as
sem bly by Dr. A. W. B otkin, who
w ith F. E. C lark of C herryville, and
others, has had the m a tte r under
consideration for som e tim e. So
favorably im pressed by its possibil
ities were the g ran g e rs th a t they de­
cided to have Mr. C lark explain the
project at Pom ona g ran g e in the
M ultnom ah g range hall a t O rient to ­
m orrow , at which tim e som e definite
action may be expected.
E. E. W elling
m a ste r of th e
grange, presided on S aturday.
He
is still sh ak in g hands w ith his left
the rig h t one being still in a sling as
Using a Fordson tracto r to plow toes a day. Using a single tracto r an unfailing and substantial market
th e resu lt of a painful accident sev­
and seed with, H. O. Proebstel, of the Held of 102 acres was plowed in for a product th at has heretofore at
eral m onths ago when the hand was
days and seeded in eight days. tim es be< n a "drug on the m ark et.”
P ortland, recently planted to pota- ! 14
cau g h t in his w indm ill and badly
The lessee expects to take from 12,000
Mr. Griffith says lie will be ready
toes the second largest single field to 14,000 sacks off the place.
to rn and crushed.
to tak e care of much fru it th is fall
ever given over to the spud in Oregon,
Tlie interesting thing about this as an up-to-date and complete evapor­
V isitors from P o rtla n d w ere Mr.
it is said.
large planting of potatoes in eastern atin g plant is being installed. The
and Mrs. Ed. S leret and children and
The place is in Baker county and Is Oregon to our readers is the fact that . product will be handled cooperatively
Mrs. S leret's m other, Mrs. Mary
an old grain field, never having grown they are for the exclusive use of the o th at If he w ants th e farm er can take
S hattuck.
They w ere e n th u s ia s ti­
Gresham starch factory.
home his own product. It is expected
spuds before. It is irrig ated land.
Gresham grow ers should take ad the work in th is line will be on a
cally greeted by m any old friends
The seed was prepared by machine, vantage of this new institution which | large scale in addition to the making
present.
two men handling 80 sacks of pota­ is bfiiig pstabllshed here, for it ineans of starch for com mercial uses.
Boring Red Cross, Union A uxil­
The an n u al school m eeting of Dis­
iary No. 1, held a m eeting recently, trict No 4 was held at the school­
at w hich tim e th ey had in ten d ed to house yesterday aftern o o n . T he a t­
.disband on account of th e busy sea­ tendance was very sm all and, it would
seem, not in keeping with th e im ­
son now com ing on for housew ives portance of the business tran sacted.
in th e country. W ith u rg en t re- P erh ap s the fact proves the efficiency
, q u ests from h ea d q u arte rs, show ing of the school officers, o r does it point
still th e need of w orkers, th e ladies to the indiftereiice of school p a tro n s 7
At any rate , o u tg o in g officers were
decided to co n tin u e w ith the o rg a n ­ re-elected and a splendid rep o rt of
ization. Mrs. S. D allas was re-elect­ the business for th e y ear was read by
W. C
ed p resid en t an d Mrs. E. B artell, Hie clerk. C. J L undquist.
M etzger succeeds him self as d irec to r
tre a su re r.
for th ree years. A. Dowaett Is now
T he au x iliary has not only done ch airm an of the board and L. 1,
sew ing and k n ittin g , but has also K idder d irecto r for tw o years
School District No. 4 is the largest
ta k en active p art in th e different
and w ealthiest d istric t in the county
relief drives.
o utside th e city of P o rtlan d . It has
Since Its o rg an izatio n in A ugust, a taxable value of *1,319,565. More
1917. th is sm all body of w orkers has th an ten thousand d o llars w ere re ­
tu rn e d o ut h u n d red s of g arm en ts. ceived and disbursed by th e clerk
Among th e big m achine-m ade pieces last year. Of th is am o u n t *2924 86
was paid on notes, bonds and o u t­
a re ; 50 w om en’s sk irts, 40 ch ild ren 's sta n d in g w arran ts. D uring th e y ear
dresses, 160 chem ises, 30 pinafores, the debt was wiped o ut which was
114 pairs p ajam as, 30 pairs u n d e r­ in cu rred In 1914 when D istrict No. 4
w ear, 60 h o sp ital sh irts, 46 robes, purchased the site for the Union
High school building. The only In­
24 coats, 36 sh o u ld e r w raps, 72 ab ­ debtedness rem ain in g on the district
dom inal bands, 60 arm slings, 43 at the present tim e Is *180.55 in o u t­
p airs of bed socks, 24 tape s k irts, 18 sta n d in g w arran ts.
According to th e cle rk ’s report,
su rg eo n 's ap ro n s,
13 pillow cases
tlie an n u al census of this d istric t
an d one sh eet. A to ta l of 1008 V ia J . ? ? N ovem ber 25, showed'
pieces.
S m aller article s were also 31.» children In th e d istric t betw een
m ade in cre d itab le q u an tity .
One the ages of 4 and 20. Of th ese 181
h u n d red and th irty su b stitu te h a n d ­ are m ale and 138 fem ale.
Seven teach ers are em ployed in
k erch iefs, 100 wash cloths, 23 n a p ­ reg u lar grad e work, besides a music
kins. It took many a snip of the su p erv iso r and a dom estic a rts in ­
scissors to fill 23 pillows w ith clip stru cto r.
T he follow ing is th e financial re ­
pings; 1465 gun wipes w ere neatly port
of th e school clerk :
piled and tacked In b u n d les; 78
RECEIPTS.
needle cases were made.
Bal. on hand J u n e 17
1918
|
T he k n ittin g needles were kept
24.26
7071.44
w arm day and evening every spare Received front d istric t tax
Rec'd county school fund
3060.00
m om ent, at least d u rin g th e first Ree d from d istrict school
w in te r of the war, when th e re was
fund ...........................
534.36
such a dem and for woolen g arm en ts lier'il from tuition
80.00
It would be in te restin g to know how
T o lu ) r e c e ip ts
» 1 0 .7 7 0 0 6
m any m iles of y arn were consum ed
ENTS
In k n ittin g 41 sw eaters, 90 pairs of Paid for DISBUR8EM
teacher*’ w ages * 6(130.0(1
socks, 27 long mufflers. 16 pairs of Paid for fuel and supplies
849.78
w ristlets, and th re e helm ets. A to Paid for repairs, im prove­
m ents and ja n ito r work
tai of 177 pieces.
696.75
Paid on principal and In­
A good record surely.
te re st on bonds and
w arra n ts
3146.22
LAWRENCE HARVEY WEDS
Paid for insurance
26.50
MISS BEULAH JENKINS Paid for o th e r purposes
13.50
Bal. on hand Ju n e 16
1919
Oil T uesday evening of last week
13.31
Miss
Beulah
Je n k in s,
youngest
T otal paid out und
d a u g h te r of Mrs. H attie Je n k in s, he
on hand
*10.770.06
cam e the bride of L aw rence Harvey
of P o rtlan d . T he w edding took place ZIMMERMAN GARAGE
nt th e hom e of th e b rid e's b ro th er,
IN NEW HANDS
E lm er Je n k in s of P o rtlan d .
Rev.
<’ M. Zim m erm an ha* sold his g a r ­
Mr. L om gart read th e cerem ony age and rep air shop to John Ide and
Both of the new
T he bride was b eautifully a ttire d in r r e d P ainiqulst
a gow n of w hite beaded G eorgette " 'v n e r s are experienced m achine men.
Mr. Ide was a railro ad muu for 13
crepe, and carried a bouquet of w hite years and Mr. P alm quist for seven
ca rn atio n s and sw eet peas. T he years.
They are p repared to do all kinds
bridal party en tered th e room to tile
of re p a ir work on autom obiles,
stra in s of the L ohengrin wedding
trucks, and sta tio n a ry engines. T h eir
inarch played by th e b rid e's cousin, simp will be open for quick service
Miss Hazel Camp, of P o rtland. Miss front early m orning until late at
E dith Cam p sang, " I Love You night.
T ru ly .” T he a tte n d Hilts were Miss
I re p a ra tio n s for Cunning.
Rachel P eterso n , cousin of th e bride,
W orkm en a re busy at the cannery
who was a ttire d in a gown of pink of the G resham F ru it G row ers’ asso-
voile and ca rrie d a bouquet of pink iation rein stallin g m achinery which
ca rn atio n s, an d
K enneth H arvey, had been rem oved an d th o ro u g hly
b ro th er of th e groom .
overhauled d u rin g th e w inter.
F ollow ing the cerem ony Ice cream
Mrs. F ran k Gibb* la In ch arg e of
punch and cake were served. T he he office work a t th e cannery p end­
house was b eau tifu lly decorated in ing the a rriv a l of Miss Cora G reen,
pink an d white. T he young co u p l“ who is expected from New York the
la tte r p a rt of th is week o r the first of
received a n um ber of costly presents. next.
I hey are spending th e ir honeym oon
P h otograp h s W anted.
In F airview an d P o rtlan d at p resen t,
1 he O utlook is desiro u s of se cu r­
w hile Mr. H arvey is recovering from
C ounty C ouncil to M eet.
a broken arm which he received ing the p h o to g rap h s of th e ca n d i­
T he County Council P arent-T each
MUSICAL PROGRAM
sh o rtly a fte r th e w edding in try in g d ates for Victory Q ueen, for use In
e rs' association will m eet a t G ilbert
BY EPWORTH LEAGUE to m ake his get aw ay from th e crow d. the paper. T hese sh o u ld be sent as
school. D istrict No. 46 on S aturday,
Ju n e 21, a t 11 o’clock a. m. All
T ick ets a re being sold th is week About fifty friends and relativ es a t ­ soon as possible th a t th e cuts may
county P aren t-T ea ch e rs' associations
be made.
for th e e n te rta in m e n t to be given at tended th e w edding.
a re requested to be present. It will
T
he
many
frien
d
s
of
Mr
and
Mrs
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! th e M ethodist Episcopal ch u rch next
be election of officers. T h ere will be
Auction Hale.
an In terestin g program . V isitors are
According to th e rules of th e con- ing, th e B oring rep rese n tativ e has F rid ay n ig h t, Ju n e 20. Besides sev H arvey extend th e ir sincerest w ishes
Friday, Ju n e 27, 1919, 1:30 p m.,
requested to bring sandw iches for te st all ca n d id a tes who did n o t have w ithdraw n, as has also th e Ja p an e se < ral m usical n u m b ers and readings, for a very happy fu tu re . They will at late home of Dimple Jones, de-
one. T ake E stacada o r G resham cars
5,000 votes on Ju n e 17 were co n testan t.
W ith th e exception of the sacred ca n ta ta , " R u th ” , whicu m ake th e ir hom e in P o rtlan d w here ceased, 3 m iles n o rth ea st of Grnah-
F irst and A lder to G ilbert station.
uin, 1 will sell a t auction, for cash,
Iropped off the ballot. Next F riday, Miss Shipley the goddesses a re run- was given at P lea san t Home and la ­ Mr. H arvey is In business.
fu rn itu re of 5-room house, co n sist­
Ju n e 20 all c o n testan ts who have less n ing even a t p resen t. Below is the ter a t Sandy, will be rep eated here.
AUTOMOBILES COLLIDE
ing of books, sew ing m achine, w rit­
F a i r G ro u n d s to B e C le a n e d .
ing desk, tables, ch airs, couch bed*
BROKEN RIBS RESULT th a n 35,000 votes will be o u t of the sum m ary to d ate:
The ca st of c h a ra c te rs includes Miss
On F o u rth of Ju ly , G resham is go
race.
Miss S hipley.......................... 46,540
1 L au ra Shipley of G resham , th e Misses Ing to e n te rta in as everyone knows. m a ttresses, pillows, blankets, com ­
fo rters, bedspread*, com m ode, wash
About 9 o ’clock, Sunday evening
T here are only fo u r can d id ates
Miss T â c h e r o n ..................... 27,300
H ilda B eyer and M arion F o rte of Of coursp, ev ery th in g m ust be In stan d , d resser, cu rta in s, dishes an I
at th e Junction of Powell stre e t and left In th e field now. Iris Guilickson
Miss Brown .......................... 25,760
P o rtlan d . T he o th e r soloists and th e apple-pie o rder.
T he fair g ro u n d s china, kitchen w are and cooking
South R oberts avenue th e re was withdrew last w eek. L aV erne Mauld-
Miss M elnig........ ..............25,320
ch o ru s are from P lea san t Home Miss m ust be cleaned and prepared for utensils, silver and plated ware,
an o th er autom obile mlx-up. Byron
canned fru it, etc., also one sh a re of
M ildred S t.C la ir Is th e accom panist com pany. On W ednesday evening at slock of M ultnom ah A C lackam as
P ullen leaving th e town in his Chev­ KELSO WILL HOLD
MEETING OF TERRY
[T he com plete p ro g ram is as follow s: 7 o'clock men and boys are asked to County M utual T elephone Co., shot
SOLDIERS RECEPTION
ro let collided w ith a Ja p who was
GIRLS SEWING CLUB
Solo, “ K eep Y our Face to th e S un­ come /w it It shovel and hoes to help gun, rifle, garden tools, num erous
Just com ing into tow n in his truck.
get th e fair g ro u n d s ready for th e
sh
in
e ” , (K lick m an )
Miss M yrtle V ictory celeb ratio n , only tw o weeks oilier tools useful to farm ers; stove
Mrs. B. N. H all, lead er for the
A welcome hom e for th e soldiers
T he Ja p had sw ung on to his side of
wood, sm all lot of lum ber, und o th e r
1 R usher.
from Friday.
articles too num erous to m ention
th e stree t, b u t it seem s th a t th e Chev­ and sailo rs will be held a t th e school T erry sew ing club had her six g irls
R
eading.
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e
n
n
ie
M
cNeal's
R
ide”
,
LOUIH P HEW ITT.
ro let drove too close and the acci­ house next S atu rd ay evening, Ju n e m eet with h er th is m orning for the
In 1914 the money received from the
E xecutor of th e E state of
21. R efresh m en ts will be free and purpose of Judging the articles they Mrs. M yrtle Ball, of P leasan t Home. sale of 680 bushels of wheat would
dent occurred.
Dimple Jo n es, Deceased.
R ecitatio n , M axine M aryott.
build a barn 28 by 38 feet
Byron escaped w ithout any In­ plenty of them . A program is being have m ade. Each g irl rated h er own
T
hat
many
bushels
of
wheat
today
Solo,
"A
n
ch
o
red
"
(C
ow
an)
Rev.
work
by
m
eans
of
a
test
card.
From
Mrs. Ja n e t G rant of F airview , Miss
ju rie s, but the o th e r was not quite so p repared and a rou sin g good tim e
will build tbe »ame barn, a thousand
th e best m ade pieces, Miss C alkins, E arl II. C otton, of P leasan t Home.
Everybody welcome.
bushel grain bouse, an im plem ent shed Mabel Michel and Miss E thel C alkins
fo rtu n a te . Dr. Geo. Inglis was called, anticipated .
Solo, "A D ream ", (B a r tle tt) Miss a poultry house, and the farm er can with assistance from o th e rs are w rit­
A lbert Jo n sru d , son of G ilbert in d u stria l club lead er, selected five
and upon exam ination found th a t the
Mary H ansen.
buy a Ford roadster with the balance. ing a ch ild re n ’s p ag ean t fo r th e o p en ­
Jo
n
sru
d
,
Is
hom
e
on
a
tw
enty-six
day
article
s
for
th
e
boys'
and
g
irls'
ex­
ing day at the county fair. It will be
Ja p had tw o ribs broken.
R
eading,
"M
rs.
H
a
rrig
a
n
's
N
eigh­
hibit at O. A. C. to be held w hile
an elab o rate affair, w hich will re ­
T he m achines w ere only slightly furlo u g h from th e navy.
The
C
o-operative
Berry
G
row
ers
At th e an n u a l school election held l *>f‘ ju v en ile su m m er school is In ses- borliness, Mrs. R alph Miller.
a t th e old M etzger sto re are offering q u ire m uch practice w ith h u n d red s
dam aged.
Solo, (S elected ) Miss Kdella Tow le to c o n tra c t fru it at th e follow ing of children from all th e school dis
on M onday, Max Kiigel was elected slon th ere.
trlets.
C a n ta ta , " R u th ” .
prices, net to you, cra tes fu rn is h e d .
d ire c to r for th re e years.
P. C.
T his aftern o o n , Miss C alkins will
B rav e r S tate M otor Co.
R
aspberies,
per
lb
..12c
Cast
of
<
'h
n
ra
rte
rs.
Home P ack in g C om pany W ants
Five hundred sh ares B eaver S tate Spooner was re-elected clerk. A. C. m eet with th e Lynch pig club, ami
S traw b erries, per lb.
12c
Motor Co, now selling *625 for sale B aum back was elected to succeed F. th e ir leader, Wm. H ornecker.
Fruit.
Miss H ilda Heyer lo g a n b e rrie s , per lb.
En Naomi
..
8c
Will keep up o u r custom of pay­
by one of o u r clien ts fo r *550. Re
R uth
Miss L au ra Shipley Royal Ann ch erries, per lb..
W.
C
anning
who
resigned
as
direct-
m
asse
they
will
v
isit
each
o
th
e
rs
pig
..
8c
q u ires *324.50 cash only.
ing m ore th an any o th e r concern for
.Miss Marion F o rte Sour Pie C herries, per lb ....
,8c fru it and berries, sta rtin g the season
o r of th e high school.
pen. It is hoped th e piggies will be O rpab
FIR ST STATE BANK,
These are lib eral prices and If you w ith goo seb erries and ending with
Rev. E arl II. Cotton
G resham . Oregon.
, on th e ir good behavior, for they are Boaz
If you read th e o th e r fellow ’s w ant j going to be criticized , judged and ' !<• :i|». r
H. L. Ball have any of th e above fru its to offer b lack b erries. If you h av e never sold
I cotne In and we will c o n tra c t w ith ua an y th in g , ask y o u r next-door
Heed by e l l — O utlook w en t ads
ad. h e'll read y ours
Inspected by th ese young sto rk men. G leaners, m ale q u a rte t and choruv. I you.
n eig h b o r— he has. P hone 991.
Victory Goddess Contest Nearing End;
Votes Must Be in by June 26, 6 P. M.
Only Five Candidates Now in the Race