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T W IC E A W EEK G resham O utlook VOL. 9. NO. 84 FIRE MARSHALS ON INSPECTION VISIT GRESHAM, MULTNOMAH VIOLETS CAUSE OF ORDER FOR FERTILIZER BOOKS T he L ibrary ow ns a violet bed— set o u t several years ago th ro u g h the —--------- ' generosity of Mrs. P arsons. The fire situ a tio n in th e tow n of I -T h o se violets should b, ■ moved, i Gresham is being in v estig ated th is q u o th th e lib rarian . “ I m ust get week by th re e d ep u ty fire m a rsh als J som e fertilize r " gent out fro m th e office ot A ^C. Bar- She approached a dairym an. But Geo. W. | he shook his head. her. s ta te Are m a rsh al. Stokes Is in ch a rg e of th e w ork of j "N eed it all m yself.” examining th e fire d e p a rtm e n t eq u ip T hen she tried a sm all fpriner. ment. te stin g th e w ate r system , -anil Again a shake of the head, examining all th e fire fighting f a c ili- 1 “ Used it all on my corn p atch .” Ges Mr. S tdkes is a m an of w ide T he next was an o th er farm er experience in th is line having been | “ Sorry, but ca n ’t let you have I t for a n u m b e r of y ears a cap tain of I Could use tw ice w hat I've g ot my- one of th e P o rtla n d fire d ep a rtm en ts, se lf.” G ilbert A llen w ill in v estig ate t h e 1 Still undism ayed th e lib rarian legal p hase of th e situ a tio n , exam - sought out the ag ric u ltu ral teach er inlng t i e tow n ordin an ces, m aking at th e high school. "T ell me w here do you get fer- such reco m m en d atio n s as may be tiliz e r? ” needed. "D ow n th e road at Mr.--------------*g, I In ch a rg e of th e ed u catio n al side of the q u estio n is H orace Sykes who was th e reply. "B u t it was full of | will speak in tfie schools on the su b clover seed .” “ I d o n 't care if it has a bushel of ject of fire p revention. Mr. Sykes I m ust ' has a hom e q u e stio n n a ire w hich will plover to th e cubic yard. be used 'in connection w ith th e have som e,” cried th e lib rarian . F o rth to th e ph one she fared to schools d e p a rtm e n t. P a re n ts are urged to help th e ch ild ren in filling try Mr.------------------. B ut again th e out th e se q u estio n n a ire s. It is to old re fra in , “Could use m ore th an I have.” the best in te re s t of th e tow n, fo r ev-j T he lib ra ria n hu n g up th e receiv- ery one to co o p erate w ith th ese men for th e b e tte rin g of conditions of I er and snatched a book on fertilizers. She is ask in g for m ore books on fer- ire p _________ rev en tion. A s ta te law’ re q u ire s th a t th e fire « tilizers If this county cannot spare insurance com panies o p era tin g in th e a w heelbarrow load for a violet bed 6tatc pay a sm all p ercen tag e of th e ir >t ' s tim e we all become inform ed on receipts in to a fire p revention fund , ’he subject of how to get m ore fer- which is used to keep up th e office of tilizers. the s ta te fire m a rsh al. This office sends d eputies o u t to FARMER MAY HAVE every tow n and city in th e s ta te to ELECTRICAL PLANT inspect an d recom m end im prove H essel’s M achinery com pany are ments in local fire fighting facilities. There is no expense try th e tow n, all egents fo r th e F airb an k s & Morse expenses being paid from th is fund M orelight plants for hom e use. and it is a d istin ct benefit to have Thprp arp a num ber of th ese electri- men of such w ide experience inspect ca’ p la n ts in ea stern M ultnom ah conditions h ere and m ake th e ir re- R^’lng vei*y satisfactory service and w’ith th e m any im provem ents which ^ " F v e r v d o lla r bu rn ed is a d o lla r havp been m »de year indications lo-t." T his is a slogan th a t should arp. i h a * a * reat m any n e w p la n ts be used extensively. Every piece of w l" bp installed next year. Storage property th a t is burned is gone fo r b a tte rie s are used-w hlch are charged ever from th e w ealth of the land. In with, a sm all kerosene engine 1 T he m echanics has the s ta te of Oregon $300,000 Is be horse power. ing lost every m onth by fire, m ost of been so perfected th a t th e englna s ta rts by pressing a b u tto n . W itii which is p reventables. "U ncleaned flues and carelessness this p la n t Installed on a farm it In h an d lin g of g asoline” says Mr. brings all the conveniences of city Sykes, " a re two of th e m ost p revent life to y o u r door. T he first cost of ible and fre q u e n t causes of fire. T he »•" 5 is very m od erate co n sidering facts is. ca refu ln ess w ould prevent tbP convenience and th e up-keep Is almost all of th e $317,000,000 an- very sm all. No lo n g er need th e fa rm e r’s wife nual fire loss of th e U nited S ta te s.’ E very one is aw are of th e dangei do w ithout the « vacuum cleaners, of chim ney fires b u t still flues a re plpd r i c lig h ts, Irons, etc., w hich she left u n clean ed u n til they becom e a has envied h e r city sister. E lectric : ,. not only to th® in dividu al ity, th e w onder w o rk er, will be at property b u t to th e su rro u n d in g th e f a rm e r’s com m and in th e fu tu re . A n o th er of th e m odern lab o r sav buildings. As gasoline is com ing ers w hich H essel c a rrie s Is the Case, more and m ore in to g en e ral use f o r , i. is becom ing nno many purposes, it one n oi t and In te rn a tio n a l »ractors of which the g re a te s t fire h az ard s of th e pres- alm ost a score a re alread y in use 'ent day. “ F a m ilia rity breeds con n e a r G resham . T his m achine is tem p t an d people are so used to used fo r any field w ork as plow ing handling gasoline th a t they forget harro w in g , disking and any belt p u l As th e engine is co n 'that it is a d an g ero u s explosive. One ley w ork. tro lle d by a govern o r th is m ach in - pint of g asoline, vaporized is suf- •fleient to w reck* a la rg e b uilding if Is adap ted to any w ork w here an even pow er is requ ired . it should be Ignited. C arelessn ess in leaving m a tc h e s , \VMh m anv o th e r a ttra c tiv e lines in reach of sm all ch ild ren cost th e m achinery the H essel M achinery life of 35 sm all ch ild ren In th e n o rth - com pany is ready to m eet th e de m ands of th e y ear to come. west s ta te s d u rin g th e y e a r of 1918 This is a sta te m e n t th a t should s trik e home to every m o th e r in th e state. NEW BUSINESS FIRM AT OLD LOCATION ( A ccording to Mr. Sykes th e per *capita fire loss in th e U nited S tates A fter J a n u a ry 1 th e g en eral gro ,*i® $2.72 as com pared w ith $.53 in cery an d feed business now being England, $.32 in F ra n ce , $.22 in G er- conducted by A. W. M etzger in his . many, an d only $.08 in A ustria. fine new building on Pow ell and W hile th e use of lu m b e r in con- South R oberts avenue will change to •truction, is a fa c to r c o n trib u tin g to . . the h ig h e r figures for th e 'U n i te d . ‘he ow n ersh ip of A W. Metzger & - s it is significant th a t the fire I Co., th e k th e r m em bers of th e firm Sta M etzger an d W . B. hazard d im in ish es as public s e n t! - . b* ' nK COUNTY OREGON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1919 Growth at Capita’; Between Wars GRESHAM WOMAN DIES AT KENNEW ICK, WASH TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS $1.60 PER YEAR CHRISTMAS APPEAL FOR ARMENIANS W ord u a a received last F rid ay , Arza December 12, by A rza S m ith, of th e d eath of his m o th er. Mrs. C h arity S m ith, at th e hom e of To save the lives i»f 800 000 people 1 Mrs. S arah E. D orothy, at K enne In Armenta and eth er w estern Aslan wick. W ash in g to n , a f te r a brief ill eeup’rtes and to care for more than 350000 orphans who are homeless ness. Mrs. S m ith was a fa m ilia r figure there form er P resident William How I in G resham fo r sev eral y ears past, ard T aft, Henry M orgentbau, former 1 w here she has sp en t th e su m m ers at sm bntsadnr to Turkey, and Alexander th e hom es of A rza S m ith t»ud L ester J. Hemphill, the New York bunker, aa . S p en .er. T he w in te r clim ate or members of the Executive Com mittee I w estern Oregon was try in g on h er of Nenr Bast Relief the former Amer h ealth , and she has been accustom ? I ican Committee on Armenian and I to go to ea ste rn W ashington to r e Syrian Relief, have Issued a CTirlst- main w ith h e r d a u g h te rs d u rin g the mas nppeal for continued support of I w in ter m onths. She h as been in this organisation and Its work. Near East Relief Is now opernttng ; feeble h ealth fo r som e tim e and a week before h e r d ea th suffered a fall ! under a government ch a rter and Is which is th o u g h t to have h asten ed I practically alone In the w estern Asian Iter end. She was loved hv all w hoi field, the Red Cross several m onths knew h e r h ere fo r h er g en tle dispo ago tim ing announced Its w ithdraw al. sition and co n sisten t C h ristian life. I The C hristm as letter, a classic of Its F u n e ra l services w ere conducted I kind. Is as follow s: at th e K ennew ick M ethodist Eplsco- ( “Dear Friend Another little child pal church last Sunday and th e r e - « has shriveled up and died. “The mother, creeping hack, gaunt 1 m ains were laid to rest In th e ltiver View H eights cem etery at that snd cold, from the desert, has put place. T he follow ing o b itu a ';- was down the thin little hones with those fjj J 1 Si.'--------------- - that strew the road and has sunk be i reail nt th e fu n e ra l: A C h arity M arla C ooper was born ia side Ibem, never to rise agsln. •'Only n little child and a m other M ercer county, Ohio. April 13. ,8 4 1 . ' Si« - - She was co n v erted and Joined the nut on the bleak Armenian road ' But U nited B reth ren ch u rch nt ab o u t 13 \ w hat is that vision hovering there and -iic -31/ -ci >i* »- * years o f .a g e . She tra n s fe rre d her whnt Is th at voice the cold winds hear m em bership to th e M ethodist church to the ears of our soul®—'1 was hungry about 3 0 years ago. snd ye gave me no m e a t; I was naked W illie still a g irl she moved to I and ye elot had ma not.' M issouri with h er p aren ts. She w ss i “Today—yes, today—while we ara m arried March 21, 18 58, to J. 8. j preparing our gifts for Christm as, | S m ith, and soon afterw a rd moved to i many more of those little children— M onroe county, Iowa, w here they j lived on a hom estead u n til 1885 not a hundred nor a thousand, but T hen they cam e to W ashington te r 250,000 of them are still w andering rito ry and took up a claim in Yakim a uncared for and slona In th at dead co unty betw een Mabton a r d B ickle land, ‘th eir weaxened skins clinging In ton. Mr. S m ith died th e re In Novem fear to th etr rattling honea,’ and they ber 1897. Since th a t tim e Mrs ire crying out with gasping breath, *1 Sm ith lias m ade h e r hom e w ith h e r am hungry, I am hungry!* And the ch ild ren . She died at th e hom e of vole« of on« who wlBehes us as we Robert D orothy, K ennew ick, W ash prepare gifts to celebrate hla b irth in g to n , D ecem ber 12, 1919, nt th e day cornea again to th e ears of our age of 78 years and eight m onths. Five ch ild ren w ere born to Mr. souls 'I am hungry! I am hungry 11 I ami Mrs. S m ith, of whom one died In am hungry 11!' “Now, the children and the mothers Infancy, and an o th e r, Mrs H attie S pencer of G resh am , O regon. T he In Armenia are dreading the winter. su rv iv in g ch ild ren a re Mrs. S arah E. •Just human rem nants they nre, not D orothy of K ennew ick: Mrs. E m m a protected, many of them, from tho ele R andall of W alla W alla, and Arza m ents by even the dignity of rage. S m ith of G resham . Oregon. She Is The moat favored have merely shred ajso su rv iv ed by one sis te r, Mrs. ded rags.’ How shall wo sing our M ahaln M urphy of W alla W alla, one C hristm as gongs ami laugh and light b ro th er, W illiam Cooper of L ak e the candles and give beautiful gifts Bay, W ash in g to n , and by nine g ran d while th at pleading vote« erles In tho H ere a re two in terestin g p ictu res which show developm ent In ch ild ren and Hire« g reat g ran d clill- ears of our souls ‘I am nuked and cold civic life in the last tw enty years— W ashington, D. C., being as an d ren. example. The upper picture was ta k en a t th e close of th e S panish- •—naked and eohlT’ A m erican w ar— about 1899. The low er p ic tu re ia a new one— th e “But we ean feed and clothe these YOUR UNCLE SAM URGES sam e stre e t— fam ous P ennsylvunla-av— a i th e close of o u r world perishing ones some of them before w ar Both pictures were taken from th e step s of th e United S tates INVESTM ENTS FOR XMAS It Is too Into. H erbert Hoover hus <■- T reasury. ! hied from the Caucasus. 'It Is linpoasl- To th e E d ito r G resham O utlook: A com m unication from th e d ire c t tile that the loss of 200,000 lives can at o r W ar Loan o rg an izatio n sta te s I 'tils day he prevented, hut tlie remain- | lug 500,000 can possibly he saved.* th a t g o v ern m en t sta tistic s show th a t They need not starv e and freeze and th e people of th e U nited S tates are ! die If we will save them In the name sp en d in g daily in C h ristm as sh o p ! of him who saw the m ultitude ‘as ping for lu x u rie s $165,000,000. F o r stieep not having a shepherd and was Don’t kiss somebody else’» best girl, th e shopping days of D ecem ber tills moved with compassion tow ard them,' even though she is under the m istle would ap p ro x im ate th e npnlling sum who exclaimed when Ills disciples Don’t court indlgesti«® toe. T here might be a row. of th re e and o n e-h alf billion dollars. would turn them away, T h e y need not Don’t grumlde, w hatever you do. Don’t work on Christinas ilay If you Tlie g o v ern m en t views such a te r depart, give ye them to e a t!' open Don’t half till the kiddies’ stockings. Don’t give presents which will be cun avoid it. If you have to, however, rific sq u a n d erin g of m oney at th is your h eart and purse and give to tim e as a se rio u s m enace to o u r these C hristians whom he loves, who don’t m ake a song about it. useless. Don’t give Johnnie a trum pet and econom ic and social stab ility . are suffering for him snd with whom Don’t forget the mistletoe. Romance W e a re asked to ta k e up w ith I he Is suffering I’eter a w histle and expect to have u They need not die. still lives. new spapers and to lay th e facts be Give ye them to eat Don’t forget th a t it ought to be a quiet time. It’s unreasonable. Don’t put off buying presents until fore them anil th e a ttitu d e of nlurui “Fifteen dollars a month will pro merry Christmas. w ith w hich th e lead in g financiers, vide food, clothes, shelter and educa Don’t deny the little ones’ ideas i he last minute. You’ll get b etter vulue tiankers. eco n o m ists— and busiues and avoid the crush if you shop early. tion tow ard self support for one or- about Santa Claus. 'e »»1Dl. Don’t send an electric runabout to a men of th e co u n ty view th e present 1 Don’t worry about unpaid bills—nt orgy of ex trav ag an ce. T ho govern-1 ..Ten dollars a month will provide freezing widow with five starving chll- any rnte until tomorrow. uient stran g ely recom m ends th e glv- P|„th es snd shelter for one or- Don’t seofT nt the lingering super •Iren. This Is like throw ing a rope of Ing of W ar S avings S tam ps a n d ) p^an child. pearls to a drowning man. stitions of the good old days. C ertificates aa | "Elve dollars a month will provide S aving Don't look pained when somebody T re asu ry Don’t for the show of thing! buy C h ristm as presents. food for one orphan child. Ils n fifty year-old C hristm as story, presents which you can’t afford.. T he F irs t S tate Bank has disposed •'He feil 5.000 hungry poaple In the b at’s one of tlie unavoidable clrcum- Don’t exi>ect too many presents. of over $5.000 W ar Savings Stam ps w ilderness and said to his followers, tnnees ,.f th e festive season. T ake what you get and be thankful. and T re asu ry S avings C ertificates | T h e things th at I do shall ye do nlso, Don’t give a new song to some one Don’t, if you get up on your wrong d u rin g th e m onth of D ecem ber and and g reater things than these shall ys ’•r> doesn’t s i n g ; but lie still more side, make everybody else miserable. u rg es its cu sto m ers and o th e rs to do.’ Today nearly 000,000 d estitu te rl i n that you don’t give a new song use T reasu ry S avings C ertificates as Armenians—his people- ueed food snd Don’t forget to think a t least once i in e one who imagines he can sing. C h ristm as p resen ts. Bent becom es approved. In A u stria! 5'.rnP ‘ » u m t, E x trav ag an ce clothing. during the day w hat Christm as really Wh. re th e fire hazard is the low est it N® a p p a re n t rh an ite wl I be m ade ; i’t refrain from giving because will not m ake co n d itio n s b e tte r in “He took little children In his a n u s means. i an’t afford to give much. T he In- th is co u n try ; econom y and savings I and blessed them. Today will you take ansid ered a crim inal offense to ,n th e p°n d u et of th e business, how -' Don’t give a present unless you want as both W ill M etzger an d Mr. u value of a gift counts for noth- will. o n e’s house I one or more of these sad. cold, hungry one® nouso b o u rn . m It is a c o . m -« , p' p r> have , p(J in , ho to. B etter not give ut all thug give in is the thought which prompts Bon law am ong th o se co u n tries hav m any Indee{1 J sincerely. F IR S T STATE BANK, little children of Armenia into your m atters. ing th e lo w est fife loss th a t a man G resham , Oregon. ¡ arm s and heart In tils name nnd* giva Don’t forget th a t the giving of W ill was practically th e head of the he wife give you a Chrlst- let i them food and w arm th and life? whose h o u se b u rn s sh o u ld pay all business d u rin g the m onths when hia Christm as boxes, like churlty, should •nt in the form of cigars. If SW EEPSTAKES WON “W hat a Joyful Chrlslimis It will be the public expenses connected w ith begin a t home. b ro th e r was in th e service in F ran ce d - in doing so, don't smoke ■ the d isa ste r unless he can prove, to BY LOCAL P0ULTRYM AN when with your songs amt your Inugh- Don’t, if you are a girl, stand under ,. them away again, without ,®r yet» hear a voice of wondrous •th sa tisfac tio n of th e officials th a t it NEW S OF WEDDING the m istletoe until you see the rigid r know a.,out it, of course. D. T. W illiam s, of G re e n a rre I’oul- sw eetnees speaking to you, '<», ye could n o t h av e been prevented chap approaching. SURPRISE TO FRIENDS “ ¡try F arm , n ea r P leasan t Ilonin on a blessed of my Fat®®», I w as hungry , Thi it is. th a t p rev e n tio n becom es a Boring ro u te, exhibited two dozen and ye gave me meat, I was naked snd .keyword in th o se c o u n trioa. Mr. and Mrs. C lifton P eterso n are x ............... ... , ggg at (j,,, o r(.K(((i p o u ltry and Pet yo clothed m e; Inasmuch us ye have receiving th e c o n g ra tu latio n s of The Meaning of tlie . ’hanged t Stock show held In P o rtla n d th is done It to these, ra® brethren, , ’ ' e th e ir frie n d s upon th e ir m arriag e X I 8 ,.< k and now finds h im self th e ow n done It to me.’ Calendar. w hich occurred In H illsboro, Nov. CHRISTMAS PEACE AND JOYS. "In his uame. "T h e M eaning of th e C h a n g e d ______ ______ e r of th re e h igh aw ards. O ne blue 9. News of th e w edding was not “ F aithfully yours, ribbon fo r th e best dozen com m ercial Cal n d a r” is th a t th e irre sista b le in- d jB(.OvPrpd until th is week, By BERNARD M ULItlNE. ? eggs, second place in th e fre ak eggs "WILLIAM I! TAFT. ’•tlict of th e w orld recognized th e Mrs. P eterso n , who was f o rm e rly 1 ■ALEXANDER J HEMPHILL. “ Christ is born,” the angels sing, division and th e m ost im p o rta n t jiirih of C h rist as th e s ta rtin g point Miss G race U nderw ood, has been em "HENRY MORGE.Vi IIAU,” “ Hasten to Bethlehem fa r away, prem um of all, th e sw eep stak es o f of its h ig h e r life. "O nly one event ployed In th e local telep h o n e all fall For Executive Com mittee, Near East ; fered by th e association. R st not, tarry not, tidings id joy, \tow ers h igh en o u g h above th e horl- Rhp | s d a u g h te r of Mrs. NIchob Relief. Mr W illiam s says he did not expect •on of h is t o r y ,to serv e as a lan d - of g tevenson> W ashington, an d has I- borne from heaven to earth. any such aw ard s but en tered th e con Ba k an d a tim e-m ea su re fo r aU cly- ^ een Dying u n til recen tly a t th e home Star of the east points the way, E llsw o rth R a k e r was th e u n fo rtu test because he felt th a t th e p o ultry illz. d ra c e s.” T h is Is a si8 n th a t the of h e r g ra n d fa th e r, Jim H ite, of There von will find a king. n ate victim of a p ec u lia r accid en t show should be en co u rag ed . He did centuries b elong to C h rist, and a Boring. * M ankind ia truly bleueed, for there not know of th e h onors w hich his fine a few days ago. A piece of th e wood »re. ,hecy of th e com ing h o u r w hen Mr. P eterso n is well know n am ong A bale in wondrou state, flock of L eghorns had b ro u g h t him ' which he was ch o pping, flew up s tr ik *11 th a t tim e re p re se n ts b ea r H is sig- ^ p younf,e r ¡n G resham . H e Is St all gladden your eager eyes.” u n til T h u rsd ay w hen he visited th e l ing him o v er th e eye, intlctiitg a se >*ture. t t,P gon of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Peter- show and found h im self th e o b je ct of! vere cut. It was n ecessary to ta k e The C h ristm as season tu rn s ail o u r gon P. rbaps the slu pherds who heard thf news, much co n g ra tu latio n . Upon looking j sev eral stitc h e s to d o s e th e w ound. thoughts to th a t g re a t event. T he ^ jr and y rg Peterson w i’l make ! up his exhibit he found a card signed i Exclaimed, ” ( an this he tru e !” he- p re p a ra tio n fo r C h-lstm aa is th a t fh e ir f,om e jn G rnsham whcr>- Mr Christina« Turkeys. And turning. Eastward gazed. by P rofessor B rew ster of O. A. C., d®- , tof h e a rt. F in d y o u r way to th e Peterson p etprf(On is em ployed by th e S tand All n eig h b o rs of C am p No. 77 d a r in g th a t e n try th e best dozen I Crept from tbeir flocks amaz< d. ehurch to w orship th e C hrist ard Oil Co. W f). W., h aving re q u isitio n s fo r eggs of th e lot. Echoed the angel’s strain. The S un d ay m o rn in g serm on will C h ristm as tu rk e y s, and all o th e rs re Mr W illiam s s ta rte d his p o u ltr y 1 q u irin g p o u ltry fo r C h ristm a s a re re >* on: "T h e In c a rn a tio n , th e P ivotal A few e x tra copies of th e C hrist-1 ‘ ; And lo! they cam« to a Etable old, farm about five y ears ago and now' q u ested to place th e ir o rd e rs early. *Point _ In _____ H um an H isto ry ’ Miss m as O utlook may be had fo r th e price ;, has ab o u t 700 layers. T h ese hens Noting with great ctirprlse, BROWN’S GRESHAM MARKET M»ry H an sen w ill sin g a solo at th is 5 cpntg p a rj, g pPak early fo r they . < were trap n ested la st y ear an d a re se- D o w n in th e m a n g e r a lo v e ly b ab e, ¿tor ice. w on’t last long. I. 1 stock. They a re of th e C y th e r’s If you p u t all y o u r eggs in one If The M ethodist E piscopal church, --------------------- < brisket an d ta k e it to m a rk e t ta k e strain from Buffalo Joined they in chant of praise. ■lb H om e C hurch th a t Serves th e y o u c a n ’t expect to spend all y o u r | ; along a n o th e r basket to b rin g hom e Onlv a dream of hope fulfilled, life m ak in g dollars «nd expect to i « • 'O 'lm u n ity . Now th a t they no lo n g er teach th e money. m a k e ” H eaven. Y. t' gazing in raptured bliss G erm an In th e schools, w h at would Sw ithlv kneeled and prayed. A painted face Is often beautiful— be th e chance to get them to teach Christmas Outlook if it’s on can« when you do your Christmas «hop-, ? English* K A FEW DON’TS FOR CHRISTMAS