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TW IC E A WEEK VOL G resham O utlook GRESHAM, MULTNOMAH COUNTY, 9, NO. 60 ION HIGH HAS BRIGHT FUTURE ThP enrollment a t U nion H igh L week of school la as follow s: “rSbm en class, 33 boys, 36 g irls. 9 Sophomore class, 32 boys. « : J u n io r e i „ . 22 ’ g ,, girls, total 56; S enior class, 16 girls, to ta l 23; P ost , s ite s 1 boy, 3 g irls, to ta l 4. number of boys 95, g irls 108, 'S 'X m n i by d istric ts in M ultno-1 ‘in io n H iih school, D lst. No 2, 137 | • Fairview , No. 16 10, ¿a n t'V alley , No. 15 J t. 7; Lust-1 No 15 7; T ro u td ale , No. 20, 6; ¿wood.’ No. 27, 4; V ictory, No. “ j ; Cedar, No. 10, 1; P o rtla n d , e. 1,1- Total 17B’ In Hackamas county: mttrell. No. 107, 10 s tu d e n ts ; »ring, No. 44, 6; u n io n , No. 26, Kelso, No. 19. 3; B a rto n , No. 1 North Logan, 1. T o ta l 27. From Grant county th e re Is one udent. From these records it w ill be seen at there are rep rese n ted 21 dis- Icts including six in U nion h ig h ; ree counties, 137 s tu d e n ts from lion district; and 66 stu d e n ts from itside districts. One-third of th e stu d e n ts in alon high school a re fro m o u tsid e Btricts. It la evident from th e above facts nt the school buildings a re taxed their capacity. T he e n ro llm e n t 1 probably exceed 225 th is year, ¡sent facilities w ill n o t be su f- ent to accom m odate all stu d e n ts ither year. Large classes are ta k in g th e com - rclal work; 11 ty p e w rite rs a re jt busy during th e day and som e them are being used by stu d e n ts ¡ore and after school. T h e H om e anomies class Is also very large, ¡sent facilities a re scarcely ade- ate to accom m odate th e cooking 89. if any one has any d o u b t as to ion High having o u tg ro w n its mer self, all th a t is needed to set ¡m right on th e m a tte r is to be one of the assem bly m eetings. No abt more pupils could be squeezed there, but ju st w here, seem s q u ite juizle. Heretofore an a tte m p t h as been de to limit classes to 25, b u t ne of the teachers a re now try in g teach 35 boys and g irls. And w h at to be done with class room s b u ilt hold only 20 pupils? T hey w ere ge enough once upon a tim e, b u t it time is of th e past. The Farm M echanics d e p a rtm e n t Interesting a la rg e class of boys, thteen new stu d e n ts have en ro lled the agricultural course, m ak in g it a crowded d ep a rtm en t. The lack of room is being fe lt in ing to meet the re q u ire m e n ts of i new law as to physical tra in in g , me difficulty will be experienced on int of the large n u m b e r of stu - » and small dressin g room s. And l, in the lib rary w ith everybody ested in referen ce w ork th a t i has grown too sm all, also, te high school facu lty of tw elve lers contains th re e new m em - Mlss Minnie S chrepel, H om e oinics; Miss May H. M orrison, ¡rn languages; L eslie W ebb, his- all popular w ith th e stu d e n ts, unately th e p re se n t corps of iers are big enough to h an d le th e tution most efficiently in sp ite of teles; hut even th e facu lty m ay, re the year is over, find itself mall. Paine R u m o r re p o rts one *o weddings w ill ta k e place in ’acuity before com m encem ent, nsic Is going to be em phasized year The U nion H igh school ?stra begins p rac ticin g n ext Mon- 4nder the direction of Mr. T ay lo r will have ch a rg e of all vocal Instrumental m u sical organiza- such as th e T re b le Clef and 1 Glee clubs and o th e r vocal •’ all grow ing in p o p u larity . ■ than enough pian o stu d e n ts :cupy the In stru c to rs’ tim e fo r a e day have enro lled . A n o th er may be given to th is w ork. * who had th e p le a su re of h e a r- 'a«t year s o p e re tta , “ W indm ills olland" will be glad to h e a r th a t Taylor has in m ind a n o th e r m u- treat for th is com ing w inter. student body is fa irly se eth in g business C lass o rg an iz atio n s *°eleties will be p erfec ted w ithin * days. T he A u stra lia n ballot '® *111 be used In both nom lna- *nd election of officers. T h is dag Lewis S klrw ln was elected dn of the foo tb all team . O th er ■m »'ill be elected next w eek, are good fo r a w inning '• thia year. ^ a» t have been a d elig h t to en- Contlnued on page 2 TO VISIT U. S. OREGON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1919 GENERAL FOCH TO PARENTS AND TEACHERS PRESENT BANNER TO FORM ORGANIZTION A cam paign for new m em bers is The Gresham P aren t-T ea ch e rs’ a s being carried on Dy th e A m erican sociation will hold its first re g u la r Legion all over th e U nited S tates, and m eeting of the year in th e Assembly room of the grade school next W ed th e sta te m aking the la rg e st gain, in nesday. October 1 at 2:30 p. in. proportion will be presented w ith a On account of th e stress of w ar b anner by G eneral Foch, a t the tim es and the Influenza epidem ic no national convention in M inneapolis, m eetings of th e association were It is up to G resham P o st to do its held last year. The d iscontinuance share, tow ards bringing th e b an n er of the m eetings, how ever, m erely to th is state. served to enhance th e ir value and to All who became m em bers of th e show the real need of a closer union American Legion before Novem ber of home and school. 11, 1919, are accepted as c h a rte r Several very Im p o rtan t m a tte rs are members, and pay no m em bership to come before th e m eeting, am ong fee, as will those who join a fte r th a t them the need of a covered play date. The yearly dues in G resham ground for th e w in ter m onths and T o st will be two dollars. th e change of tim e of dism issal from All men who are not yet m em bers 3 :30 to 4 o’clock. T here is some d if of the American Legion are req u e st ference of opinion about th is, some ed to fill out the application form at p aren ts contending th a t th e children Lady Curzon, form erly Mrs. th e bottom of this colum n and m all, a re confined in the school room long A ltred D urgan. known as one oj accom panied by two dollars for th e ' ^ „ ' .itam lV sarIs' a T s Y s T th e beautiful women of Irelan is to visit her old home In AnteN first y ear’s dues, to Glenwood Miller. 0 (h p rs CQntend , h a, (hp ex tra half Ica soon. * * Gresham . Oregon, tre a s u re r of G resh-i hour wl„ g, ye thpm m ore o p p o rtu n l. am Post. Don’t delay, do it now! ty for study at schoot and avoid th e DR. NEW ELL L. SMITH Tomorrow may be too late! necessity of b rin g in g w ork home. BOOSTS POULTRY SHOWS Additional application cards may T here is an h o u r’s difference In Dr. N. L. S m ith is largely respon be secured from th e secretary , Chase closing tim e of th e octiools th ro u g h - sible fo r th e excellent display of poul E St. Clair, Gresham , Oregon. It is o ut , he county P o rtlan d 8choo,8 clo8. try and ra b b its at th e M ultnom ah the duty of every m em ber to get at ,ng a( 3 o.c,ock „nd many of , he r u r a , county fair. He is well versed in the least one new m em ber d u rin g th is | 8choo,8 hol(„ ng tlll 4 T his is really chicken business from u tility stock campaign. If a man gives no for an ' ypry lm p o rtan t m a tte r and re q u ire , to th e gam e o r show bird. He is answ er just show him th is— th e ob- , he careful th o u g h t of every p are n t serv in g In an official capacity in five Jects for which this association is as ln(llvldual ch n d re n differ in reg ard p o u ltry org an izatio n s besides w riting formed there should be no hesitan - tQ the way they 8tand co nfinem ent. for tw o p o u ltry publications. He is cy about joining an org an izatio n with To gome th e ,a te r clo8lng h o u r would in Salem looking a fte r the poultry in such a plattorm . , undoui,tedly be of som e benefit, and te re sts at the sta te fair, th is week. “To uphold and defend th e c o n s tl- lto otherg a d e trlm e n t. In D ecem ber, th e W estern W inter show , of w hich Dr. Sm ith is president, tution of the U nited S tates of A m er will p u t on a fine exhibit of both lea; to m aintain law and o rd e r; to Pi|M* Organ Concerts. p o u ltry and rab b its with many new foster and p erp etu ate a one h u n d red Music lovers will be glad to h ea r fe a tu re s in a u g u ra ted th a t will m ake j per cent A m ericanism ; to p reserve | th a t every Sunday aftern o o n d u rin g it a show no one can afford to miss. the m em ories and incidents of o u r as- th e m onths of O ctober and N ovem A fine silver cup will be given on 8oclation the g reat w ar; to lncul. b er pipe o rg an concerts will be giv th e best pen of Rhode Island Reds. . . . . . . „ K1, It is a classy token by a Red en th u - CBt® a 8enBe °< ‘“ <” ™ u » l obligation en In th e public au d ito riu m in P o rt sia st and will be highly prized by the »° ,h(> com m unity, sta te and n atio n , land. A sm all adm ission fee of 10 w inner. F o r th e first tim e in any t° combat the autocracy of both the cents will be charged. w estern show th e fancier has recog- classes and m asses; to m ake rig h t nized th e com m ercial poultrym en to the m aster of m ight; to prom ote A m erican Legion, an d to all o th e r th e e x te n t of asking th e board to al- peace and good will on e a rth ; to discharged Boldiers, sailo rs o r m a low a 12-pen egg laying contest dur- safeguard and tran sm it to posterity rines a blank to be filled o u t and Ing th e week of the W estern W inter thp p r|nciples of justice, freedom and m ailed to th e sta te lib ra ria n a t Sa show D ecem ber 15-20 In P ortland. dem ocracy; to consecrate and sane- lem giving as com plete a record as T he en try ^ e w ill be »1 p er bird o r com radeship by o u r devotion possible of p erso n al m ilita ry se rv $6 per p fn , w hich is tw o -th ird s of the J „ ice. T he sam e b lan k may be o b ta in re g u la r e n try fee. T he coops for the to m utual helpfulness ed from Miss M ontague in th e G resh contest a r e fu rn ish ed by S prats &-Co. G resham Post No. 30, of th e Amer- L im ited, who w ill also feed the birds. I ican Legion has m ade a nice sta rt, but am p u b lic lib ra ry . Some of th e ex- T his c o n test w ill be In charge of i th e re are still a large num ber of th e service men have alre ad y filled out Prof. C. S. B rew ster of the O. A. C., ex-service men in th is vicinity who th ese b lan k s, th ey w ere d istrib u te d and in connection w ith th is contest are not members, b ut should be. th ro u g h th e public schools ab o u t the th e re will be an exhibit of high rec- j The Post meet8 ^ e first T uesday In first of th is year, b u t any who have ord tra p -n e st hens and also m a le ! each m onth and a sociai m eeting is n o t filled one o u t will find it to th e ir b ird s who a re sons of high-record p,anned for betw een t he tim e of the ad v an tag e to do so. If you have al hens. D em onstration s and lectures ready se n t in a b lan k , b u t can at reg u lar m eetings. will be given each day to the com th is tim e give m ore of th e in fo rm a At the reg u la r m eeting Tuesday, m ercial poultry men on study and col tion ask ed , you are requested to do lection of th e prolific layefis to enable October 7, th e rep o rt of the delegate so. In a few m o n th s m edals will be to the sta te cpnvention, will be made. th en to elim in ate th e non-productive b irds from th e ir flocks. These lec It will contain m a tte rs of vital in given to all th e Oregon men who tu re s and d em onstratio n s will be free terest to all m em bers of th e Amer w ere in th e service, and it is for th a t purpose th a t th e sta te lib rarian to everyone a tten d in g th e exhibition. ican Legion. T h ere will be an exhibition of eggs The secretary has on hand for dis asks th a t th is in fo rm atio n be fu r w hich will be aw arded handsom e rib trib u tio n to th e m em bers of th e nished. bons based upon uniform ity of size, color and shell texture. In fo rm a tio n about this can be ob tain ed by corresponding with C. S. B rew ster of Corvallis. Special en try b lan k s will be furnished. P ro fesso r B rew ster is the most , po p u lar In stru cto r th a t has ever w orked am ong the poultrym en. He is giving his services a t th e w inter show as ju d g e and In stru cto r for th e! benefit of th e cause. Ben K eeney was ju d g e of the p o u ltry at the M ultnom ah County- fa ir and T. P. Keeney handled the rab b its. Ben Keeney is a licensed ju d g e of th e Am erican P oultry asso ciation and his b ro th er T. P. Keeney is a licensed judge of th e National R abbit B reeders' and F an ciers’ asso ciation. On th is account it is be lieved th e ir decisions will be of a high class and all breeders anil , poultrym en of the no rth w est tak in g g rea t in te re st In th e show. “ H elpful H ints for T each ers,” is th e m odest title given 20 very con cise. pointed rules suggested for the g u idance of teachers, prepared by P rin cip al E lm er F. Goodwin of the Union high school. Mr. Goodwin has received many com m endations from edu cato rs on th e ap p ro p riaten e ss and condenced form of these suggestions. One recently received was from th e San F rancisco office of Ginn and Com pany in which they ask for a few h u n d red , even a thousand of th ese slips. “ We should be very- glad to have th a t n u m b er,” they say. "to send to every high school p rin cipal in th is w estern te rrito ry . . ■ ■ If you have th a t m any to sp are it m ight not be a bad ad v ertisem en t for th e G resham Oregon, high school." , . T he high school will surely bene fit by th is kind of publicity. __ ____ _______ J Diarrhoea In CTiildren. F o r d ia rrh o ea in children one year s; “ ¿ s ," / ï . j k m n X draarîoosV nnesas8 T * t h e ' ¿ w . l s j ap p ears.— Adv. $1 50 PER YEAR GRESHAM HOMES ARE BURGLARIZED P o rtla n d Is being visited by a wave of crim e, busy b u rg la rs co n tin u e aAA/Ng <*** w ork in city hom es, says one of th e dailies. Q uite a little rip p le has reached G resham w ithin th e p ast tw o weeks. A lady resid in g on th e Base L ine road had th e L ad ies’ Aid ex ch eq u er stolen from h e r home. A hom e In I G resham was recen tly v isited by ' som e one who did n o t sign his nam e Did wood alcohol or sim ilar I and relieved th e household of five chemical poiBon in a bottle of ripe d o llars in loose cash. At still a n o th olives kill the m ajority of a dinner e r place, a som ebody g ot in to th e party at a country club at Canton, house and helped th em selv es to a Ohio? Or were germs in cold sto r age turkey responsible? Doctors b rand new sw ea te r and som e money. disagree and the verdict of chem Last S atu rd ay afte rn o o n w hile Mr. ists will have to supply the an and Mrs. L. P. M anning w ere a tte n d sw er Col C. C. W eybrecht, ing th e . fair, th e ir hom e was e n te re d world war veteran, form erly ad ju tan t general of Ohio, was one of and th o ro u g h ly ran sack ed . six who died w ithin a few hours T he screen doors had been hooked afte r diniug. and th e Inside doors locked, as peo ple u su ally do when th ey expect to be gone fo r som e little tim e. REGISTER OF VISITORS On th e ir re tu rn hom e a t 6 o ’clock, CONTAINS COMMENTS they soon becam e aw a re th a t som e So m any co m p lim en tary s ta te one had been h av in g a re g u la r cele m ents have been m ade concerning b ratio n in th e ir house, ex ten d in g th e county fa ir held in G resham , so from th e glove box on th e chiffonier m uch praise given th e officers, d i d o w n stairs to th e linen folded aw ay recto rs an d su p e rin te n d e n ts fo r th e ir in th e b u rea u d raw ers u p sta irs. A sid e door on th e e a st en d of th e efficient m an ag em en t of th e show , th a t a few criticism s can n o t in any house is hidden from view by an o v ersp rea d in g c h e rry tre e grow ing way offend. T he O utlook booth, d u rin g th e n ea r by. T he in tru d e r, it was d is fa ir was arra n g e d fo r a re st room. covered, had cu t th e screen and u n T he f u rn itu re consisted of a table, locked th e in n e r d o o r w ith a sk eleto n a couch an d a few ch airs. A sign key. A se creta ry sta n d in g n e a r th e invited v isito rs to com e ii) and rest door h ad been given a p ain sta k in g T he and also to re g iste r in th e book on se arch ju d g in g by evidences. th e tab le and fu rth e r, to w rite som e bedroom d re sse r an d chiffonier had every ieast a rtic le o u t of place— no com m ent on th e fair. T he re g iste r co n tain s ab o u t 500 box, case o r d raw er b u t th e co n ten ts nam es, show ing th a t, at le ast th a t had been h an d led . T he w ritin g desk in th e living room , co n tain in g b u si m any people found th e little com ness p ap ers, had also been d ilig en tly fo rt booth. T he m ajo rity of them w ere w ell-pleased w ith th e fair, as exam ined. T he sam e s o rt of tr e a t ev id en t from such re m a rk s as, “ The m ent had been given th e room s up fa ir is g r a n d ” , “ P ro u d of th e f a ir ” , sta irs. T h e p ic tu res on th e w alls w ere " I am glad I cam e” , “ As good as h a n g in g m ost w oefully askew show th e s ta te fa ir only on a sm a lle r scale” , “ T he dried ch e rrie s and ing th a t th e y too had been dis apples are b e a u tifu l” , "E d u c atio n al tu rb ed . W h a t is re m a rk a b le a b o u t th e along p ractical lin e s” , “ T he best w hole in cid en t is th a t n o t one single e v e r” , “ Very good, E d d ie” , “ S plen tiling was ta k e n , a lth o u g h pieces of d id ” , "C h ild re n 's w ork su re g o o d ” , je w elry an d o th e r v alu ab le a rticle s etc. H ere a re som e su g g estio n s for easily c a rrie d off w ere th e re In plain m ak in g it b e tte r: “ Not enough sig h t. How In te re stin g to h av e been a benches on th e g ro u n d s” w rites one. “ little m ouse” w atc h in g th e w hole "T w o m uch em pty booth space— not p erfo rm an ce. The m ad search en ough e x h ib ito rs,” says an o th er. th ro u g h th e d raw ers an d boxes m ust “ Not as good as la st y e a r,” com have looked very m uch like a dog m en ts a P o rtlan d lady. “ Good as a d igging a f te r a m ole— c h u n k s and w hole, b u t n ot enough ex h ib ito rs in h u n k s flying— an d n o th in g fo r tho any line of a g ric u ltu re .” "T oo much tro u b le. And how very m uch lik e a baby doll stu ff." “ Insufficient ac cat w ith fits m ust have been th e crazy co m m o d atio n s.” "A nice fa ir If you scram b le up th e w alls to d islodge a a re in th e money g am e.” "M ore fo rtu n e from behind fam ily p h o to se ats on th e g ro u n d s a re n eeded.” g rap h s an d »lews of Mt. Hood. “ T h ere should be m ore ‘come in and T he sam e "m o u se ” w ere It In tho re s t’ placeB." "S eason tic k ets a lit h ab it of ca rry in g m oney In its sto c k tle too h ig h .” “ A little m ore pep in ing would p robably be b e tte r off In th e m usic.” “ Too m uch g ra ft.” A th e n ea rest hole, because th e re Is no n u m b er of o th e rs u rge th a t m ore te llin g w hat som e fo lk s w on’t do. restin g places and tab les for lunches be placed on th e grounds. C. E. OSBURN & CO ADDS | T he fa ir c irc u la r sta te s th a t v isit W ILLIARD BATTERY LINE o rs m ay be assu red of finding on th e g ro u n d s am ple re s ta u ra n ts anil lunch C. E. O sburn & Co., h av e added room s • » * m eals and re fre sh W llllard B attery Service to th e ir m en ts at reaso n ab le prices. T his, line, and are p rep a re d to do ex p ert how ever, was not th e case. One caf b a tte ry rec h arg in g , re p a irin g , re e te ria and tw o “ hot d o g ” sta n d s b u ild in g an d o th e r lin es of sto rag e could h ard ly be expected to feed 10,- b a tte ry work. A W estin g h o u se re 000 people in one week, an d th a t is ch a rg in g outfit will be In stalled , f l y th e crow d th a t clam ored to be fed in ing th em one of th e m ost u p -to -d ate one h o u r on opening day. The res b attery eq u ip m en t in th e co u n try . ta u ra n t in tow n was snow ed u n d er T he com pany will have on h an d W ll w ith hun g ry folks. T he food q u es llard Service b a tte rie s, w hich will tion Is next door to th e q uestion of be su pplied w hile th e o th e r b a tte ry self-p reserv atio n . A fam istied in d i is being rech arg ed o r re p a ire d , th e vidual m akes a good knocker. T h ere re c h arg in g ta k in g a period of about is a b it of real Justice in com plaints 2 4 h o u rs. Mr. O sburn will also be a g a in st th e lack of ea tin g places. glad to supply new b a tte rie s to any Surely, th e re is som ew here a p h il who d esire to purch ase. an th ro p ic in d iv id u al who w ill un- T he services of 8. W. W ood, fo r 1 sw er th e cry h eard every d ay— fo r a m erly In th e em ploy of th e Gould lodging house In G resham . T he fair B a tte ry Co., have been secu red for In stitu tio n is in no way to blam e for th is new d e p a rtm e n t and serv ice th a t ' ’ t .. ..........«2 th a t co ndition, but It becam e alm ost is sa tisfac to ry will be th e endeavor. em b arra ssin g d u rin g fa ir tim e, to — Adv. •lyÆo"* « z i A aj ce have to tell co u n tless n u m b er of peo ple th a t they would have to go to BRUNS LUMBER COMPANY oW e treops In Boston took a hand and quickly restored order in he poRce strik e In th at city. The picture show s how crap sh o o te r, TO HAVE NEW SAW M ILL P o rtla n d fo r room s as th e re is none n Boston Common were handled. to be had in o u r fine little tow n. T h e B u rn s lu m b e r com pany has To go back to th e re g iste r once secu red from th e g o v ern m e n t a larg e m ore: In It, th e s ta te of O regon had tra c t of tim b e r Just ea st of Sandy. j th e biggest re p re se n ta tio n , P o rtlan d A new mill will be p u t up. dou b le th e AMERICAN LK41ION APPLICATION CARD. an d G resham vicinity in th e lead, cap acity of th e old on e w est of S an i V isitors reg istered from Scappoose, dy, now being d ism an tled . In a few My nam e Is. (M iddle) ( F irs t) St. H elens, N ew burg, F o re st Grove, m o n th s o p e ra tio n s will com m ence a t (L a st) Mist, O regon City, W arren , Seaside, th e new yards. M ilitary R ank ..................................... T illam ook, C lackam as, H illsdale, T h e tra c t will wield 10,000,000 ¡C ascade Locks, K enton, M ilw aukie feet of lum ber. P resen t ad d ress ...................................................................r .......... and Independence. P erm an en t ad d ress W ashington people reg istered from No one can say th a t sa la rie s are n ot risin g w ith prices w hen a New E v erett, E lm a, V ancouver, Ridge M ilitary o rg an izatio n s In which I served ..................................... Y ork firm ad v e rtise s th is w ay: field and S eattle. “ L arg e co rp o ratio n req u ires re O th er ad d resses given w ere, Mt. fined, accu rate, am b itio u s young lady Civil occupations — .................................................... " .............................. I hereby subscribe to th e C o nstitution of th e A m e ric ... Ix < to n : Dome an d San F ran cisco from Cali w ith som e ex p erien ce; sa la ry $15,- ch ance fo r ad v a n ce m e n t.”— fo rn ia ; W inipeg, M anitoba; A nder 0 00; and a p tly for en ro llm en t In G resham Post No. 30 of th e Oregon A m erican Legion W eekly. | son an d W arsaw , In d ian a , New York S tate Branch. N a s h v ille , C ity ; P arso n s, K an sas; H am ilto n , d a ; C e n t e r v i l l e . I o w a . M o n tan a: Boston, M assach u setts; T en n essee; W essington Springs, S. ( S ig n atu re ) T oledo, O hio; S ask atch ew an , C ana- D akota, and V ictoria, A u stralia. Restoring Order in Boston “ HINTS FOR TEACHERS ATTRACTS ATTENTION WORLD WAR VETERAN POISON VICTIM TU ESD AYS AND F R ID A Y S