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T W IC E A W E E K VOL. 10, NO. 4 G resham O utlook GRESHAM. MULTNOMAH COUNTY, BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM GIVES EXTENSIVE, EFFICIENT SERVICE OREGON FRIDAY, MARCH 12, DRESSMAKING EXPERT LYNCH P.-T. WILL GIVE WM. H REED, PIONEER MAY COME AGAIN COMEDY-DRAMA HERE BURIED AT FIR HILL A n u m b er of ladies enjoyed th e The com edy-dram a "T he F ascinat- o p p o rtu n ity of a tte n d in g th e lectu re lug F anny B row n’’, which a ttra c te d by E dm und G urney W ednesday af- such a tte n tio n at Lynch th e la tte r T he ann u al rep o rt of th e Bell sys-j ficiency— Is th e re tu rn which will a t ■ ternoon at Union H igh school. T here p art of F eb ru ary will be given at th e j w ould have been a la rg e r num ber Masonic hall in G resham F rid ay ev tem telephone has ju s t been Issued trac t capital. "No man and no co rp o ratio n ” , says ; p resen t if they had know n the won- ening. March 19 by the Lynch P a r It is very com plete and show s m any j Mr. T hayer, p resid e n t of th e com i d erfu l help w hich was received from en t-T each er circle. In terestin g phases. pany, “ had a rig h t to expect to come ' th e m eeting. The d ram a was given at Lynch be T he Bell system covers th e en tire th ro u g h th e g re a t w ar untouched. T he le ctu re was m ade clear by j fore th e la rg e st audience th a t ever co untry and fnaccessable indeed is O ur g re a te st loss was th e loss of j c h a rts and sam ples of finished work assem bled a t th e school. Many peo th e place w hich fa n not be reached these m argins fo r plant g ro w th and and it was m ost helpful and practical. [ ple from o u tlying d istric ts and from from th e 11,795,747 telephone s ta reserves of m en an d women in tr a in If enough women wish it Mr. G u e -. P o rtlan d atten d ed . tions which co n stitu te the Bell system ing. D uring th e w ar th e restrictio n ney will come back again an d conduct j Many who w ere unable to atten d on th e use of cap ital and m aterial, a class fo r one aftern o o n on sk irt th e play as given a t Lynch have re in th e U nited States. G resham is one of th ese statio n s coupled w ith th e unprecedented de m aking. He m ade sam ple plackets quested th e com m ittee to give it and can reach any o th e r one of the m and fo r service, com pelled us in of various kinds, show ed how to lav again and they have agreed. sta tio n s by phone. A lthough many som e places to exh au st o u r plant a hem and m ake p laits and those The play w hich lasts ab o u t two people use the phone fo r long dis m argins and left us a t th e beginning p resen t w ere anxious to try these hours concerns th e ad v en tu res of a tances as betw een P o rtlan d and Ch^j of 1919 w ith an actu al sh o rtag e of m ethods u n d er th e direction. n u m b er of g u ests and a m ysterious cago. New Y ork, etc., th e telephone p lan t to m eet th e th en dem ands. By A rran g em en ts a re being m ade to Fanny Brown, at th e su m m er hotel Is m ore often used to relay tele th e end of th e year, except in a few hold th e m eeting a t th e high school owned by one Percival Gale, known localities, th e usual facilities w ere re if th e re are enough women who in Lynch as H. Zenger. Billy P ear gram s. An Interestin g incident ju s t hap sto re d .” would care to spend th e aftern o o n in son is th e only man at th e hotel. This T here is a heavy loss show n d u r th a t way. Miss Schrepel of th e Home p art is cleverly handled by R obert pened recently when Wm. M orand, who Is spending th e w in te r in Cali ing th e w ar in men an d women Econom ics d ep a rtm en t a t Union high, Confrey. H enry Dudley, a college fo rnia, sent a telegram to his wife in train ed for telep h o n e w ork and in would be glad to have all those wom sophom ore is played by Adolph Zen Boring. T he teleg ram was se n t to young men in th e m inor supervisory en who desire to receive th is in stru c ger, who distin g u ish ed him self as a P o rtlan d w here it was telephoned to positions. “ H andicapped by th is tion, notify h e r in o rd er th at they lig h tn in g change a rtist. th e G resham office, th en to Boring lack of p lan t and of em ployees, es may know w h eth er o r not to have . Mrs. H erbert Lynch ta k es th e part and ten m inutes a fte r Mr. M orand pecially supervisory officials, we en Mr. G urney come o ut again. T here of Mrs Moffett and is a co n stan t de se n t his m essage from Los Angeles tered upon th e year of th e g rea test will be no charges. light to th e audience in h er p o rtray al II. J. P u lfe r was telephoning an an dem ands upon u s,” says th e rep o rt. In his le ctu re W ednesday a fte r of th e nervous woman. sw er to th e P o rtlan d office fo r Mrs. "U navoidably, th erefo re, the service, noon, Mr. G urney d em o n strated the The p a rt of guests at “ Idlew ild” M orand. This was of course excep p articu la rly in congested centers, has use of com m ercial p a tte rn s and ex are played as follow s: Mrs. Caldwell, tio nal b u t th e re a re m any o th e r in been im paired. It is now im proving, plained many fitting problem s. Mrs. G ertru d e Confrey: Audrey stances w hich show how quickly a but it cann o t be b ro u g h t to th e p re He cu t and fit a p a tte rn for one of 1 C aldw ell, Miss M ildred M cGregor; m essage m ay reach people who live w ar sta n d a rd u n til conditions ap-> th e ladies show ing how sim ple it D orothy Dudley, Miss Ruth M. T odd; in sm all com m unities reached by the proaching those before th e w ar again w ould be to cut and fit a w aist from F lorence Howe, Mrs. M argaret obtain. To do as well as has been th e c h a rts w hich may be o b tain ed at Crane. Mrs. K. A. M cGregor plays Bell system . T he rep o rt says: T he system , a l done, no body of men an d women th e G resham sto res In connection the p art of M artha. th o ugh m ade up of m any se p arate ever labored m ore loyally in th e pub w ith th e p u rch ase of dressm ak in g I A n um ber of m usical num bers will co rporate entities, operates as one o r lic service th a n have th e th o u san d s supplies. be given d u rin g th e evening. ganization and enjoys th e benefits of in th is service d u rin g th e p a st.” Owing to th e fact th a t all th e ex Mr. G urney gave th e follow ing Many m echanical lab o r saving de recipe for a cleaning m ix tu re which penses of th e play w ere met a t the one organization— u n ity of purpose, sta n d ard izatio n of m a terial and m eth vices have alread y been adopted to he said w ould ta k e o u t g rease, ta r, first perform ance a decided reduction ods, a single m an u factu rin g , p u rch as m eet th e sh o rtag e of unskilled labor, pitch, p aint, and m any o th e r diffi in the price of tick ets has been m ade. ing and supply d ep a rtm en t and a u n i and o th e r devices a re being co n stan t cu lt sta in s w ithout leaving any rings A fter th e d ram a a dance will be form policy. It is show n th a t th e re ly studied and ad ap ted to th e needs o r spots. given for all those who wish to re a re advantages both to th e stockhold of th e business. Dissolve by boiling in one q u a rt of j main A nom inal fee * ill be charged. T he re p o rt says, “E very resource w ater, *,j ounce of C astile soap, an d . ers and to the public in efficiency and economy of operation, in addition to of th e Bell sytem has been brought *4 ounce pow dered gum arable. Let DISTINGUISHED SERVICE th e insurance value resu ltin g from to b ear upori th e service problem . In th is m ixture cool and add 1 ounce MAN ON OUTLOOK FORCE m ore th a n h alf th e cities in th e coun glycerine, 1 ounce aq u a am m onia, ’., thp national scope of th e utility . S alaries and w ages have been in try th e service has alread y been re ounce chloroform , 2 ounces sulfuric h The O utlook counts it an honor to creased to m eet th e p resent sta n d ard s stored to norm al, and d u rin g 1920 a eth er. This m akes one q u a rt stock have on its force an ex-service man who distin g u ish ed him self by m arked and are believed to be generally fair re tu rn to su b stan tia lly n o rm al serv ^solution. bravery in F ran ce and who has th e and sufficient to a ttra c t th e high ice is confidently looked forw ard to T ak e a pint b o ttle, p ut one inch of U nited S tates d istinguished service class of personnel w hich is necessary th ro u g h o u t th e Bell System .” th is stock in it an d to th is am ount At th e end of la st year th e re w ere add a q u a rt of gasoline by degrees, m edal in recognition of th a t fact. to and has been c h a racteristic of The man ¡ b Ross E. Read of P o rt 209,860 em ployees in the A ssociated only a triffle a t a tim e. Shake well th is service. land, form erly of G resham , and well As in th e past, th e actions of rate Bell com panies and they a re o p e ra t to th o ro u g h ly mix. known to m any G resham people. He co ntrolling bodies have, in g eneral, ing 24,162,999 m iles of w ire of which G reat care should be used in p re is em ployed on one of th e linotypes been acceptable. T here are excep 94.6 per cent was copper. p arin g th is solution because of th e In in th e O utlook com posing room. T h ere w ere 15,000 telephone men tions, as alw ays, b u t th e tendency is flam m able n a tu re of th e Ingredients. Mr. R ead ca rrie s his honor with tow ard m ore eq u itab le and m ore in w ar service from th e Bell system It should n o t be used o r mixed near extrem e m odesty and was persuaded sound tre a tm e n t. I t Is becoming and p ractically all who have applied lig h ts o r fire. w ith difficulty to display his m edal, m ore clearly understood th a t In a fo r rein state m e n t have been re- em which was won at th e b a ttle of Can- T his d raw ing back of so u tility of th is so rt, w hich in o rd er ployed. T here are still lots of “poor but to give service m ust expand w ith the m any experienced m en into th e em honest p aren ts’’ b ut th eir children tigney, May 28, 1918, when he c a r gro w th of th e com m unity, th e te st of ploy of th e com pany will add much don’t seem to brag about them like ried a w ounded com rade from th e b attle field a t th e risk of his own life. they used to. rate s— assum ing economy and ef-i; to th e value of th e service. POMONA TO MEET 'P.-T. CIRCLE WILL MEET WEDNESDAY AT EVENING STAR Pom ona g ran g e will m eet in the The P atro n -T e ac h er circle will E vening S ta r g ran g e hall W ednesday, meet at th e g rad e school at 3 o’clock next W ednesday aftern o o n , M arch 17. March 17 a t 10:30 a. m. P rincipal E lm er F. Goodwin will In the piorning rep o rts of th e speak on “ C ooperation betw een the g ranges will be read and gen eral bus ! G rade School and H igh School.” iness tran sacted . D inner w ill be T he contest fo r th e possession of served betw een 12 and 2 o’clock. Lec ' th e p ic tu re is still on and th e room tu re h o u r will be betw een 2 and 3 o ’clock w ith sh o rt addresses and m u bringing out th e la rg e st n u m b er of sic. T his will be open to th e public. p aren ts and frien d s will have th e pic P re sid en t K err of th e Oregon A gri tu re next m onth. T he re g u la r business m eeting will c u ltu ra l college and W a lte r H. Evans, d istric t atto rn e y are expected be held. T hose in ch arg e of th e P atro n - to be p resent in th e aftern o o n and T eacher circle suggest th a t everyone give sh o rt talks. A n um ber of resolutions of in te r get an earlv s ta r t th a t aftern o o n , a t est are to be discussed at th e closed tend th e L adies' Aid luncheon and session from 3 to 5:3 0 p. m. and it apron sale k t th e C arlson building j is expected and desired th a t a large and a f te r they have p urchased s e v - 1 era l new ap ro n s tQ atten d th e m eet n u m b er will atten d . From 5:3 0 to 7 p. m. th e tim e will ing a t the schoolhouse. T he teach ers and pupils will be be spent in a social way and th e even glad to see any of th e m o th ers who ing meal will be served. At 7 p. m. th e Pom ona degree arriv e early. So th a t a visit to th e w ork will be p u t on and follow ing school may well be com bined w ith th a t the m eeting will again be opened this m eeting. to th e public and a program of songs, W o r k in g M a n F in d « W a y to P ay in stru m e n ta l m usic, readings, and ad T axes. dresses will be given. A dispatch from W ashington At the last m eeting held in Decem sta te s th a t g overnm ent taxes d u rin g ber, d u rin g th e storm , th e re w ere 1921 will am o u n t to approxim ately $550 for every fam ily In th e U nited only eig h t present and only th e m ost S tates, A la b o r mar, in S eattle has u rg en t business was atten d ed to. This discovered a way to beat th e gam e: “ We are going to pay th e cost of will be a most im p o rta n t business m eeting and It is desired th a t as many th e w ar th ro u g h ta x atio n ,” he said, j “ I will have to pay my sh a re and th e as possible attend. only way I can b eat th e gam e Is to lend th e governm ent as much money Some women don’t know much but as I can and get b ark as in te re st w hat all of them know no man can give I pay o u t in taxes. a lying excuse th a t sounds plausible. “T herefo re, I am buying W ar Sav ings securities, paying fo u r p er cent Is your w atch steadily losing in te rest com pounded q u a rte rly and tim e* If so. it needs cleaning and am advising every o th e r man who ad ju stin g . B ring it to Jones, the w orks fo r a living to do th e sam e. Jew eler. All w ork g u aran teed . I know of no b e tte r place to put one's savings than in W ar Savings stam ps Some b uilding m ateria l dropped and T reasu ry Savings certificates." on th e telephone w ires w hich run Children are sometim es a bore, b u t ; along th e H ow itt building w hich Is the absence of them is more of a bore, j — being rem odled by F ra n k C. Jones Hope and am bition are the parents ft Com pany, p u t o u t about h alf the of enterprise. When they die, you're telephone lines th e o th e r day. The an orphan. telephone men w ere ab o u t 4 o r 5 S p ra y in g . m iles o u t in th e country and It was a G et your o rch ard sp ray ed w ith little w hile before they could get I high pow ered sp ray er. W alln ft Mc- j C onnell, phone 494. tf back and stra ig h te n up m atters. 1920 N IG H T S C H O O L OPENS AT UNION HIGH Department of Agriculture WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 7 : 3 0 O’CLOCK Classes in POULTRY RAISING DAIRYING FEEDING PLANT BREEDING EARM ACCOUNTING and other subjects of interest to the farmers will he form ed, which will meet once a week. Adult persons interest ed are especially invited to attend. T w o In str u c to r s N o C harge ; $1.50 PER YEAR HOME ASSN. DECIDES TO BUILD DWELLINGS Wm. H. Reed, who had been in poor h ealth fo r th e past five years an d who had been a p atien t sufferer A m eeting of the stockholders of fo r th e past th re e m onths, passed the G resham Home B uilders’ associa aw ay T hursday, M arch 4th, a t 1 o ’clock a. m., at th e age of 68 years, tion was held a t th e Bank of G resh eig h t m onths and sixteen days. Al am last night at ■which 152 of th e 200 though not unexpected, his passing sh ares w ere represented. was q uite a shock to his frien d s as he Since its o rganization several had seem ed to feel b e tte r th a n usual and th e day p rio r to his d ea th had m onths ago only one application for w alked ab o u t th e y ard an d con loans has been received. This was versed in his usual p leasan t way with acted on favorably and the money is his friends, te lllu g them he hoped to being used by Mr. Gorsage tow ard be able to be at his place of business th e co nstruction of his new house. F o r some weeks th e opinion has in his general m erchandise sto re in a been grow ing th a t th e re were not few days. Mr. Reed was born n e a r R ockford. likely to be applications enough to Illinois, Ju n e 18, 1851. His m o th er pay to keep th e association in ex ist T he proposition to build was drow ned in th e Rock R iver when ence. he was a six m o n th s’ old babe. He houses to sell was th ought by som e to grew to m anhood n ear th e place of be o u t of th e question w hile prices of his b irth , from which place he went b u ilding m aterials are so high. T he m eeting la st n ig h t was called to Iowa and was m arried . A bout ten years la te r he moved to A storia, O re to ta lk over the situ atio n and decide gon w here w ith his young fam ily he w hat course to follow. T h ere was a good rep resen tatio n of resided u n til th e sp rin g of 1887, when they moved to w hat Is known sh areh o ld ers and everyone p resen t as R eed's Island in the C olum bia river expressed an opinion, m ostly favor n e a r C orbett, w hich he bought from able to a building program . W hen th e governm ent. H ere he resided un th e m a tte r was put to vote all but til th e 1894 flood w hen he was one voted for th e proposed building forced to ta k e his fam ily In a row ’ plan and th is one changed his vote boat and seek safety on the Oregon so th a t the re su lt stood unanim ous shore as the island was en tirely su b for au th o rizin g th e d irectors to pro- m erged. He la te r bought th e p res j ceed w ith a plan of erecting one or en t home sig h t and erected a store m ore dw ellings for sale. T he m otion as worded by Ju d g e building and was in stru m e n ta l in ob S tapleton was as follows: ta in in g the postofflee for th is place. T h a t it be th e sense of the m eeting, lie was m any years po stm aster at th a t th e ¿iirectors be au thorized to C orbett w here he had lived fo r th e past 26 years. D uring his sickness build one or m ore dw ellings as may, his p atien t wife was co n stan tly with in th e ir ju d g m en t, seem best; th a t him and did every th in g possible to ■ they levy such assessm ent as is ne- ¡cessary ; th a t th e secretary be in m ake his la st days pleasant. He leaves a wife, five Bons, th ree stru cted to req u est eaclt of th e a b d au g h ters, and seven g ran d ch ild ren . sen t sto ck h o ld ers to file, w ithin five Mr. Reed was a c h a rte r m em ber of days, an expression of his a ttitu d e on th is question. If a m ajo rity of nil Colum bia g range. T he fu n eral was held from th e sto ck h o ld ers are In favor, th e hoard g ran g e hall on F riday, March 5, con is au th o rized to proceed. In th e discussion It was b ro u g h t ducted by Rev. E. A. L eonard of G resham . B urial was m ade In th e o u t th a t th e re was a dem and for ready b u ilt bouses, th a t th e city was F ir Hill cem etery. in need of more houses and th a t th e dem and would certain ly increase. It C ard of T hanks. We wish to -express o u r th a n k s to was also b ro u g h t o u t th a t w hile all th e many kind friends and neighbors building m aterial was high th e p res who assisted a t th e tim e of th e death en t prices w ere alm ost certain to con of o u r husband and fath e r, an d for tin u e fo r several years. O ther cities, th e b eau tifu l florul offerings, also to it was sta te d , were going ahead w ith C olum bia g ran g e for th e ir sym pathy building program s, why should not this city, w ith its favorable location, an d assistance. Mrs. M yrta E. Reed and C hildren. do th e sam e* T he kind of houses proposed a re Signs of S pring. of th e b e tte r type costing probably Let those h arp who will on the ab o u t $3000 each to com plete. v irtu e of th e ground hog b ut thlH y ear he m ust have been on a strik e. Never was a day b rig h te r th an LEONARD WOOD SPEAKER F eb ru ary 2, 1920 and th e six weeks HERE MONDAY NIGHT a re alm ost up and yet we have not had th e d read fu l sto rm s which were L eonard Wood, as a ca n d id ate of predicted a t th a t tim e. In fa rt It looks m ore like th e old p resid en tial nom ination on th e re ad ag e should have been “ six w eeks of publican tick et, will be rep resen ted in sp rin g ” instead of “six weeks till Hprlng.” Even If th e w eath er h a d n 't C arlso n ’s hall, G resham , next Mon been so b rig h t and sunny, any c iti day n ig h t, by D. W. Alton, vice p re si zen of th is town would have known d en t of th e L eonard Wood club of it was sp rin g by th e display of g a r den seed in th e stores, th e g eneral Oregon. Geo. W. S tap lito n will also hum of business a t sp ray h ea d q u ar be a speaker. te rs, a t the p ru n in g Im plem ent co u n t This will be the first big b o m b sh e ll ers, and th e m achinery shops. Plows, harro w s, disc, etc., a re be of th e cam paign in th is locality and ing towed th ro u g h town to th e ir new should draw a larg e num ber of W ood es w here th ey are being p ut to ad m irers and. In fact, all republicans j hom use d u rin x th e fine w eather. P er both men and women. The public Is sons pass down th e stree t carry in g Invited. rak e s, hoes, shovels and sm aller A G resham republican club has eq u ip m en t for p u ttin g th e ir yards Into shape. Signs of sp rin g a re on beenbeen organized and has had two every hand. o r th ree m eetings. The m em bership Many yards ab o u t town are show ing the resu lt of the an n u al spring com m ittee hopes many will come to g ard en in g fever which effects so , th e m eeting next Monday night p re m any people ab o u t th is tim e of year. pared to enroll th e ir nam es on th e It Is even m ore g eneral and q u ite as ro ster Hnd help back up th e w ork of contagious as th e flu which had its th e club. Inning th e first of the ypar. T he fever doesnt alw ays ta k e the H lraw lierry G rowers. g ard en in g tu rn , how ever, som etim es It tak es a n o th e r tu rn , th e syfnptom s W>- have secured a few th o u san d of which are first noticed In th e habit of W ellington M arvel and Gold Dol of lingering around the window dis la r straw b e rry p lan ts th a t w ere plays of new sp rin g bonnets. T his grow n w ith special care by A. lleln ey form is an extrem ely d an g ero u s one on th e Phenix F arm w here fo r five to pocket books, and Is ag g rav ated years he his» been producing th e by the sig h t of such a ttra c tiv e hats la rg e st crop of finest q u ality of stra w as are show n In th e local shop. berries. One y ear old p lan ts last J u s t as te m p tin g and p erh ap s as year produced 3 *4 tons of berries h ard on th e pocket book Is th e a l per acre. F o u r y eear old p lan ts 1*4 lu rin g fishing tack le to be seen in tons. We are Helling W ellington Mar- an o th e r window. j vel a t $15 per thousand, Gold D ollar Sum m er voiles, g in g h am s and plan ts $10 per thousand. D on’t buy sp rin g dresses fill an im p o rta n t place scrub p istils for th e sam e reason you in th e g en eral arra y of sp rin g goods would not buy a scrub cow. T he Co which proclaim to th is locality th a t o p erativ e B erry G row er, D. E. Towle. sp rin g is at hand. P hone 146. i; (JiaiitA ui|iia G u aran to rs Called. A m eeting of th e C h au ta u q u a g u a r a n to rs has been called by th e p resi d en t, F. L. Mack, for next Sunday aftern o o n . M arch 14, to consider som e problem s in connection w ith th e com ing session. T he m eeting will be a t th e lib rary and will be called prom ptly at 3 o’clock. Dr Julias Hortvet. Minnesota state chemist, has Invented a ma chine which will force retail milk distributors In the city to watch their step. Watered milk can be tested in eight minutes with bis ma chine. The process is simple It Is by freezing. The water in milk freezes first— showing accurately (be percentage of water la each bot tle of milk. TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Ja zz Ilaiu e. Tim Syncopated Jazz band of P o rt land will glvjs an opening dance in G resham Masonic hall, S atu rd ay night, March 20. Jazz music. Prize j waltz. Dancing a t 8:30, The open- Ing d ate will be followed by a dance every S atu rd ay night. G entlem en , 65c, ladles 35c. T he L adlea’ Aid society will hold a luncheon and apron sale at th e Next Monday About 100 chicks Irom those ex tra M. W. A. hall In G resham on March q u ality high record le g h o rn s at ' 17. T he luncheon will be a t noon. L ym an's h atch ery . C ockerels from 1 F o rty cen ts a plate will be charged. th is stock will Improve y o u r flock. F u r n it u r e H ale C o m in g . A. R. LYMAN, G resham , R. A. | Mrs. W ithrow will sell at public S torage b attery rep airin g an d r e i auction. In the n ear fu tu re , all of th e ch arg in g , s ta r te r and g e n e ra to r fu rn itu re of th e Josephine K nighton w ork. R ak er ft Son. a p a rtm en ts In G resham and also the fu rn itu re from h e r own hom e in Read the Want sds. P o rtland. W atch for th e list.