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T W IC E A W E E K G resham O utlook VOL. 9, NO. 93 POST AND CORPS ' INSTALL OFFICERS GRESHAM. MULTNOMAH TOLD DEMOCRATS COUNTY. OREGON TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1920 MULTNOMAH COUNTY SAID TO GROW NEARLY 75 PER CENT OF CUTHBERTS QUEEN OF THE REDS IS ON HER WAY TU ESD AYS • AND F R ID A Y S $1.60 PER YEAR MODERN WOODMEN AND LADIES INSTALL A Joint m eeting ot th e M. A.- R obs T he fu tu re of th e C u thbert rasp duce enough fru it wood to give from A jo in t in stallatio n of th e Modern P o st No. 41, G. A. R., and th e W om W oodm en and Royal N eighbors of berry grow ing in d u stry is b rig h t for o n e-th ird to one-half crop In th e sea e n ’s Relief Corps was held at the Am erica was held a t th e M. W. A. th is locality as it h as been fully te s t son follow ing th e p lanting. In this g ra n g e hall la st S aturday. A boun hall M onday evening. S tate Deputy way th e v en tu re may be m ade profit ed o ut h ere an d has proven a sue-1 tifu l d in n er was served by th e ladies A. P. M artin was th e inatailing of able from th e sta rt. w hich was g rea tly enjoyed by all. ¡cess. It may not be g enerally know n : ficer for th e M. W. A. He installed F o u rth ,» p la n t the rows n o rth and A fter the d in n e r was over a joint in j to th e local people, b u t It is tru e , th a t J th e follow ing officers: so u th . T he reason for this Is th a t sta lla tio n ef officers was held. ! of th e whole coast country only a L. A. W alrad, consul; B. L. W al th e rows will In th is way form shad'* A num ber of m em bers of the Ben I lim ited am ount of acreage is adapted rad, past consul; II. N. Boehm er, ad for them selves p ro tectin g th e fru it I to th e grow ing of th is luscious fruit. B u tler Post and Relief Corps of viser; Geo. Lane, b an k e r; C. J. 1 front th e sun d u rin g m ost of th e day. T he principal p a rt of th is te rrito ry P o rtlan d w ere present. They were: L u n dquist, clerk ; J: F. Jones, escort; I The rows of canes fu rn ish sh ad e for lies in th e ea ste rn p a rt of M ultno- C. A. W illiam s, a ssista n t a d ju ta n t Geo. P ullen, w atchm an; Oren S tan the pickers If they plan fo r it, by I malt county, says D. E. Towle who is g e n e ra l; C om rades J. S laughterback. ley. se n try ; R. H. K aser, m anager. w orking on the w est side of th e row j field m anager for the Co-operative W. H. H. T aylor and N orm an Sm ith S tate D eputy Id a H am blen, of in th e m orning anal 0,1 th e east side I - -- , Berry Growers, a large organization of of th e Post and Minnie T. H orsem an, P o rtlan d , Installed th e officers of th e in th e afternoon. P ickers should Mrs. P ete r Oleson of M innesota, past n atio n al J r. vice pres.; Nellie It. N. A. and Mrs. F airfax , also of is th e Brst and only woman j th is section. Mr. Towle has carefully i work early and la te in th e day and Miss Ann Manson, New York privileged to voice w om an’s ideas | studied the conditions relating to the M. Fleck, past d ep a rtm en t secretary ; P o rtlan d , acted as cerem onial m ar city, “Queen of th e Soviets" and if th e w eath er Is hot, should rest in the affairs of the Dem ocratic production and m arketing of raspber- L a u ra S lau g h terb ack , president, of Red leader will no longer inflict shal. T he follow ing officers were In from 11 ». m. un til 2 p. in. party. She m ade an address a t h er ‘‘fre e ’ th o u g h ts upon America Ben B utler W om en’s R elief Corps, sta lle d ; th e Jackson Day banquets a t | ries and gives some good advice on , F ifth , th e rows should be p lanted She h as been arrested and Is now M aggie W aldrip, Josephine C laggett W ashington, Ja n 8, the real | the subject In th is article. Em m a P eterson, o racle; P earl At a t E llis Island. N. Y., aw aiting A p art of th e P u y allu p valley is "’’’aig h t using a w ire or binding launching of th e 1920 D em ocratic an d Alice M. S heare’-. te rb u ry , vice oracle; N ellie Cox, deportation. She says ahe favors campaign. j doing well w ith th is berry, b ut as th e ,w *ne draw n tight fo r a guide. Plant free th o u g h t, free love— free Rev. 1. B. Self, d ep a rtm en t chap ch an cello r; A nna L undquist, record everything. i w hole valley has only an area, ac- *^e rowa seven o r eig h t feet a p a rt lain G. A. R., who was recently ap e r; E lla Kelly, receiver; Em m a W al | cording to W. H. Paulham us. about 18 ani^ put P^an ts a p a rt In po in ted to th e staff of n atio n al com rad, m a rsh a l; Belle A tterbury, as i sq u are m iles, and only a p a rt of th is i row - A good plan Is for two to m a n d er of th e G. A. R., was p resent sis ta n t m a rsh a l; M aude Jennings, adapted to th e C u th b ert, It becomes w or'< to g e th er in p lanting, prefer- j and acted as in stallin g officer fo r the in n er se n tin el; Lulu O sburn, o u te r ■ a jo k e by com parison. ably a m an and a boy. The m an., se n tin el; Minnie E astm an, m anager. P o st and Mr. W illiam s as officer of M ultnom ah has la rg e r acreag e o f ,U8*” K tt long-handled spade, opens th e day. Rev. Mr. Self is well known A fter th e in stallatio n th e com m it land adapted to th is fru it th a n any ’^e soil a t th e rig h t space along the h ere as he w as fo r a n um ber of years tee In charge served su p p er which The revival m eetings a t th e Linne- o th e r p a rt of th e only two sta te s **ne w^ile th e boy In serts the plant in p asto r of th e P resb y terian church at was much enjoyed by all. Owing to m ann M em orial M. E. ch u rch at w hich produce th is delicious fru it. B enjam in F ra n k lin stan d s o u t as ! *^e opening, being careful to g et th e F airview . T he officers of th e Post sickness many were unable to atten d , G resham are being continued every T he dem and fo r th e C u thbert ber- roots down at least six inches. The one of th e g reatest exam ples of th rift b ut everyone p resen t had a dandy who w ere installed S atu rd ay are as n ig h t th is week w ith prospect of in ry is well established. Not one of I s Pa<le is then rem oved, the e a rth in th e history of th is country. The follow s: com m ander, Geo. K nierieiu; tim e. creasing atten d a n ce and helpfulness. th e packers can get 10 per cen t of Pre88ed down aro u n d th e p lant, and an n iv ersary of his b irth ’ was cele se n io r vice president, Wm. B utler; T he unanim ous sen tim en t, freely w hat they can handle. Mr. H olt of ' h»y a r»‘ read y to Proceed to th e next. b rated last S aturday. It was a happy ju n io r vice president, L. O. L arson; INDUSTRIAL CLUBS expressed, is th a t n ever w ere sa n er E ugene, says th a t all they can g et of tteep se ttin g is very im p o rtan t as it th o u g h t to m ake th is day th e begin q u a rte rm a ste r, B. E. C hipm an; CHOSE NEW LEADERS o r m ore upliftin g serm ons preached th is fru it is only an annoyance f°rce s th e system deep in soil w here ning of T h rift week and in connec chaplain, E. A. K en t; O. D., H. G. Miss Ethel 1. C alkins, th e county tion with its observance em phasize In a series of m eetings an d rarely A rm our & Co.'s coast re p rese n tativ e j w ilf resist d ro u g h t. H arm o n ; O. G., G. T. M urry; a d ju have audiences in any locality been says th a t th e rasp b erry su n d ae is) Two men should p lan t 3000 per th e h ab its and ad m onitions of th e club leader, has been organizing clubs ta n t, IS. E. C hipm an. favored with m ore In sp iratio n al sing th e m ost popular and also, th a t when I day o r 1 H acres. Not m ore th a n six g reat man. He practiced w hat he in th e G resham schools th e past few A fter th e P ost officers were in- J weeks. T h ree clubs, one in cooking he th in k s of rasp b erries, he th in k s inches of old cane, should be left. preached. T h ere is d an g er of peo sta lle d th e W om en’s R elief Corps i ing. The follow ing su b jects have been of G resham and Puyallup. This will uid in follow ing th e rows in ple in th is country g e ttin g too far and two in sew ing have already been took charge. Mrs. H orsem an was organized w ith a total m em bership of announced for th e revival services T he assesso r’s rep o rts show only early cu ltiv atio n and leaves little away from th e fu n d am en tal principle th e in stallin g officer and Mrs. W ald- ab o u t 35 o r 40 pupils. th is week and n ex t Sunday: of tru e and p erm an en t prosperity. As fru it wood to ex h au st th e young 1000 acres of red rasp b erries, b lack rtp acted as conductor. Mesdames Miss M ildred St. C lair Is to be th e Tuesday, Ja n . 20— “ The M istake of caps, and L aw ton b erries in th e sta te p lant. Use a hand axe and a block of Poor Richard says: “ Buy whnt thou F leck, S laughterback, C laggett and M aking Religion a Set of O pinions.” of Oregon. If 60 p er cen t o r 600 wood to cut the old canes back to six h ast no need of, and ere long thou lead er o t the cooking club and the S h eare r w ere th e color bearers. The children are eagerly looking forw ard W ednesday, Ja n . 21— “ T he Mis acres is red rasp b erries at le ast 75 inches, cu ttin g a whole bunch of 50 sh alt sell thy n ecessities.” follow ing officers w ere installed : T here are many o th e r prom inent to th e seaso n 's work and they plan to take of M aking Religion an E v erla st per cent of th e to ta l red rasp b erry to 100 p lan ts at a tim e. Do n ot ex p resid ent, C hristena H um ason; Sr. men of history esteem ed as " g r e a t” ta k e th e ir sh a re of th e prizes a t the ing Don’t.” crop is grown in ea stern M ultnom ah, pose th e roots of th e young p lan ts to not alone because of th e ir fine words vice p resident, A ra L u sted ; secie- T hursday. Ja n . 22— “T he M istake as it is estim ated th e re a re 4 50 acres th e sun lo n g er th a n necessary and of helpfulness, but because of th e ir fa ir next tall. ta ry , Em m a M anning; tre a su re r,! Mrs. C e d i M etzger has consented of M aking R eligion an In su ran ce grow n in th e county. nev er to frost. A lig h t frost will kill actu al deeds as well which prove th e E m m a G ilm ore; chaplain. Vena p racticability of applying th e tru e to be club lead er for th e determ ined A gainst F u tu re P u n ish m en t." th e p lan t If th e roots are exposed. T he people of th is locality should S n ash all; g uard, L illian C hipm an; F riday, Jan . 23— “ Scant C lo th in g .” w ake up to th ese facts and p la n t a t Sm all p lan ts a re as good to p lan t principles of economy. By way of ex band of sew ing club g irls who are go p atrio tic in stru c to r, V ena S n ashall; j ple and precept, th e th rift /lesson ing to ta k e up second and th ird divi S aturday, Jan . 24— “ Divine T ra n s least 10 acres to every one th a t we as la rg e ones If they have a good tu ft am has been well ta u g h t. But has the pressucorrespondent, E m m a G ilm ore; sion work th is year. fusion.” now have, m aking it 4500 o r 6000 of sm all fiber roots, in fact they are lesson been well learn ed ; and has it a ssista n t conductor, S arah Leland. T hese g irls have proven th e value been g enerally applied to living, In n Sunday, Jan . 25, m orning—-“ C hrist acres in th e n ex t two years. This p referred . Mrs. Lizzie Jack s is the conductor. practical way? of club work and are now in a posi — W hy N ecessary." T he sam e will would m ake th e C u th b ert rasp b e rry A n o th er p o p u lar plan of p lan tin g She could n o t be p resent a t th is m eet The stu d y of th rift Is well w orth also be the su b je ct of th e evening m ean to th is locality w hat th e apple is to open a deep furrow , not less tak in g stric tly to h eart. It Is easily tion to go o ut to win. ing. T h ere are ab o u t ten g irls who are service. m eans to Hood River. T h ere are th a n six inches deep,w ith a shovel learned, easily applied, and th e re A very im pressive p a rt of th e in A fternoon m eetings for young peo m illions of people in o u r co u n try Plow which tu rn s th e furrow both su lts are sure, and alm ost Im m ediate. to ta k e upXthe first division sewing sta lla tio n was the flag sa lu te given ple have been announced fo r th is who have never seen, tasted , o r h eard way8- T hen se t th e p lan ts in the But before it Is applied, th e re Is re th is year and they have chosen Mrs. by th e m em bers of th e R elief Corps. quired a certain self-analysis and th a t Jam es E lklngton fo r th e ir leader. week, Tuesday, W ednesday, T h u rs of th e C u th b ert raspberry. W hen bottom of th e furrow and cover th e m ust be an honest one. day and F rid a y a t 3 :4 5 . .C h ild ren they do they will w ant m ore so let roots w ith two or th ree inches of soil T here are many good ways to Btart Mrs. E lkington h asn ’t yet decided to THRIFT WILL BE TAUGHT th rift cam paign an d thoroughly to accept th e ir in v itatio n and th e girls IN ALL OREGON SCHOOLS and young people betw een th e ages th e local farm ers p rep are for th e fu and g rad u a lly fill th e furrow in by a acquire the habit. H ere is one; a re anxiously w aiting, hoping th a t of 8 and 16, o r th ereab o u ts, a re in tu re dem and so they m ay be ready cu ltiv atin g . T his m ethod will save S tart In by w aving aside th e very she will decide in th e ir favor. C om petition fo r th e $50 prize of vited. It is prom ised by th e p asto r to reap th e profits of th is Industry. a lot of h and hoeing d u rin g th e sea first tem p tatio n to over-indulgence fered by th e Oregon B a n k ers’ associa th a t these aftern o o n m eetings will be th a t is presented. T hen as you are son. P lan to p lan t early th is spring. tio n fo r th e county w hose school chil sh o rt, in te restin g and very helpful to Follow ing a re suggestions which I Sixth, a lte rn a te rows of potatoes, confronted by o th ers, discard, one by FUNERAL SERVICES HELD dren m ost diligently carry o u t the the younger folks along p ractical will aid th e prospective raspbprrv ‘ corn, cabbage, kale o r beans may be one, all those th in g s unnecessary to FOR H. S. ALEXANDER 100 per cent efficiency In living. nation-w ide th r if t program in Ore lines. p lanted th e first y ear w hich will help W hen considered in th is light, it is fa rm e r to success. H arvey S. A lexander died at th e gon, is now open to th e children of T he evening m eetings d u rin g th e n eith er h ard nor Irksom e. It Isn’t F irst, th e land m ust be well Pa V th e cost of cu ltiv atin g . hom e of his d au g h ter, Mrs. W. J. O tt, M ultnom ah county. T h rift will be week will begin a t 7 :30 prom ptly, necessary to be penurious, stingy or W lth rich land, early p lan tin g and drained. The rasp b e rry will n ot m iserly, o r to give up an y th in g really S atu rd ay noon a fte r a long Illness ta u g h t In all city and country schools th e first q u a rte r h o u r devoted to sin g th riv e on land th a t is w ater soaked th o ro u g h cu ltiv atio n in favorable necessary to co rrect living. Live well He has been in falling h ea lth fo r two of th e county, and th e th r if t cam ing rousing songs. T h ere will also be seasons th e grow er should get a h alf and rig h t, but give up those things years and cam e h ere w ith his wife Second, plow th e land n ot less th an paign here will be directed by C. W. special singing at every service. On which see ex tra v ag a n t, o v er-indul eig h t inches deep before p lan tin g . crop of berries th e second year. and d au g h ter, G ertru d e, last A ugust A lderson, county school .su p e rin te n Tuesday nig h t th e solo w ill be by It is considered a good plan to gent. over-luxurious. W hen th e ground is in good condi- hoping th a t th e chunge would be I t will soon be ap p a ren t th a t m any d en t. This prize was won la st year Gladys Michel. W ednesday n ig h t tion to w ork, cu ltiv a te it th o roughly. [ aow vetch about Septem ber 1st, at th in g s now considered a p art of th e beneficial to his h ealth . F o r a tim e by W asco county and th e y ear before Leslie W alrad will sing. T h u rsd ay T h ird , p lan t early in F eb ru ary if | th e r a te of from 60 to 75 pounds per usual ro u tin e a re en tirely unneces by Jackson. nig h t .C E. R u sh er will be th e sin g possible, th is will give th e p lan ts a I acre between the berry ro w . In sary ; and th a t th e ir elim ination will he appeared very m uch Im proved b ut T he plan of th rift education was er. The W a tt sisters of B eaverton allow much g re a te r freedom of action la te r began to fail and fo r th e p ast long grow ing season an d will p r o - 1 C ontinued on page 4 He and qu ick er developm ent, w hile they few weeks has failed rapidly. o rig in a ted by J. A. Bexell, dean of will be present on F riday. S atu rd ay Instantly nnd m aterially reduce th e suffered a g re a t deal from a com plica com m erce a t O. A. C. It has been and Sunday n ig h ts and Sunday m orn Item s of expense. tion of diseases. A son. R. M. Alex widely adopted by th e U nited States ing and will be given first place w ith To exercise th rift req u ires som e fixity of purpose, an effort of mind, a n d e r of Colorado S prings, was here g o v ern m ent and put in charg e of the one o r two of th e ir im pressive songs and exercise of will-power. As an aid fo r ab o u t 10 days before his fa th e r’s tre a su ry d epartm ent. a t each service. to definite, decided action, T h rift Day death. T he th r if t cam paign in Oregon is Ju d g in g from th e expressions of was set asidA as an objective point P riv a te fu n eral services were co n conducted by th e tre a su ry and ag ri those who a re atten d in g reg u larly to which and from which th rift plans can be m ore readily w orked. Every ducted by Rev. R. E ugene Myers at c u ltu ra l d ep a rtm en t of th e federal m any are g ettin g a w onderful u p lift day of th e y ear will m ore easily be th e hom e S unday aftern o o n . R. M gov ern m ent, Oregon B an k ers' asso from th e clear, th o u g h tfu l serm ons come a T h rift Day because of the spe A lexander accom panied th e body Io ciatio n , Oregon S tate T each ers’ asso and from th e sp iritu a l songs of solo cial atten tio n and consideration given E m poria, K ansas, w here th e final ciatio n , Oregon A g ricu ltu ral college, ists and choir. to the anniversary. S tart a new th rift habit now. T here services will be conducted by the an d sta te d ep a rtm en t of education. Is untold satisfactio n In self-help — A. O. U. W. lodge of which Mr. Alex J. A. C hurchill, su p e rin ten d e n t of ed se lf-b e tterm e n t; th e re will be much an d e r was a m em ber. In term e n t will u cation, was appointed sta te directo r en joym ent in p articip a tin g with th e be in th e fam ily lot of Maplewood by th e federal treasury. many thousands who now celebrate cem etery. R. W. A lexander of Klng- th e day. T h rift education will be m ade a , m an, K ansas, an o th e r con will join p a rt of th e re g u la r school w ork this his b ro th er in Em poria. Mr. Alex y ea r in all schools. H abits of th rift T he m eeting of th e P aren t-T each a n d e r , who was 76 years old, was a will be m ade a ttra c tiv e to g irls and e r association w hich was held at I Civil W ar veteran. boys to teach them th e value of Powell Valley last F rid ay evening He leaves to m ourn th e ir loss, his money, stren g th en th e country, and was one of th e best th e association widow, two d au g h ters, Mrs. W J. b e tte r the com m unities in w hich they has had for som e tim e. The assem bly In the new song books which have O tt, Miss G ertru d e A lexander, two live. room was filled w ith m em bers and be«*n used at th e M ethodist church sons, R. M. and ft. W. A lexander, two F unds fo r carry in g on th e work friends who listened w ith in te re st to d u rin g th e m eetings now in p ro g resi g ran d ch ildren, W illiam and Mar a re supplied by th e federal govern Miss E thel I. C alkins who spoke on Is a song en titled “T he L ittle Brown g a re t O tt, two sisters and one m ent. The program covers th e period th e aim s and benefits to be derived C hurch In th e V ale” which la well b ro th er. from 1920 to 1925. from In d u strial club work. known and loved by people all o ver T he th r if t cards will be filled out Miss C alkins also spoke upon the Ijecture on P o u ltry , th e world. In1 connection with Its use in ink by the pupils and handed to w ork of th e can n in g team u rg in g the A lectu re on M aking P oultry Pay a t these m eetings It has developed by Geo. W. M asterson, a licensed th e teacher th e last F rid a y In each d istric t to aid them in every way in th a t a n u m b er of local people are well I A m erican P o u ltry association Judge m onth for checking. th e ir efforts to prep are them selves acq uainted with th e little co untry ■ and an a u th o rity on p oultry of n at- for th e contest a t Spokane n ex t year. An E x tra Good Buy. church which th is song m akes Im ; tonal rep u ta tio n will be given a t th e O verland 90, good condition, new One of th e im p o rta n t ways in which m ortal. Mrs. II. M. M iller, who lives j g ran g e hail in G resham on T h u rs th e com m unity may aid, Is in offering b attery , five tire s. $650. ea st of tow n, was born in th e little day n ig h t, 8 p m. Ja n u a ry 22d. T he GRESHAM OVERLAND CO. o pportunity to th e team to can q u an Phone 544, Gresham . tities of fru it. village in Iow a, w here thia church lectu re Is given u n d er th e auspices of One of th e g reat stan d s. H er sisters Mrs. L. L. Kidiler, T h e R outl»dge Seed Co. of P ortland problem s which faced th e girls last Big Dance. a i d Miss Mina G ilbert of G resham and the Gertno Mfg. Co. of C alifor All night at th e g range hall at season, and which will m eet them Rockwood, S aturday, Ja n u a ry 24. again this year, is the lack of fru it were born and sp en t th e ir early life nia. 1920. Given by the old bunch th a t In a n eighboring village and all th ree to can. T his y ea r a way m u st be T he public generally is invited gn-l h as been giving such good dances at are well acq uainted w ith th e "L ittle especially any and all Interested in planned w hereby th e g irls may have F airview all w inter. Brown C h u rch .” T he w rite r of th e poultry. Admission free. T he dance th a t «.<■ announced all th e fru it they can handle. 93 fo r th e 24th at F airview will be at song, Dr. P itts, was th e fam ily phy One of th e p oints Miss C alkins Rockwood and no m ore dance* at sician d u rin g th e ir childhood. T ailoring F airview . Hoping to see you all and em phasized was th e ad v an tag e the The follow ing h isto ry of th e church F o r men and w omen— clean in g , all your friends the 24th we are as children gain by conducting th e ir pressing snd rep airin g done well. ever th e old bunch th a t show you a Continued on page 2 P e te r L enard, Powell stree t Continued on page 2 good tim e fo r th e money. SONGS AND SERMONS GIVE HEARERS UPLIFT THRIFT WEEK HAS PATRIOTIC APPEAL D R Y !» POWELL VALLEY PLEDGES TO AID CANNING TEAM GRESHAM WOMEN KNOW “ LITTLE BROWN CHURCH”