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GRESHAM, MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1920
VOL. 10, NO. 76
EFFORTS ARE M AM
TO HELP THE FAIR
SECTY TO PRESIDENT,
WHICH ONE?
W hat is th e financial condition of
M ultnom ah County F a ir? W ill the
fa ir be moved aw ay from G resham ? ;
How will th e stockholders ex tricate J
them selves from th e p resent indebt- j
edness?
T hese are some of th e questions |
being asked by all Interested, th e j
answ ers to w hich have not yet been |
solved o r m ade public.
It has been reported th a t, in sp ite ,
of th e u n favorable w eather of fair
week, th e receipts from th e fa ir
about equaled the cost, but le ft n o th ­
ing w ith which to reduce th e in d e b t­
edness of th e association.
F o r several m onths efforts have |
been m ade to induce th e county com ­
m issioners to ta k e over th e fa ir
g ro u n d s and buildings, and assum e
th e debts hanging over them . As
long ago as Decem ber 1, 1919, the I
stockholders, in re g u la r se s s io n ,}
passed a resolution authorizing and
erapow eriftg the board of d irectors to
n eg o tiate w ith th e county court for
th e sale of th e fa ir g rounds and 1
buildings. A t th is sam e m eeting a ,
board of fifteen d irectors was elect- j
ed, th re e of them being the th ree
county com m issioners.
At a la te r m eeting of th e directors ,
R ichard W ashburn Child and
held in th e spring, th e com m issioners } Jam es B. C hristian, one of which
filed th e ir resignations w ith th e i will very probably be the secretary
to P resident H arding. Mr. Cly*8-
board, on th e grounds th a t as m em ­
tlan (above) was secretary to Mr
bers of th e board of d irectors they
H arding during his campaign.
could n o t sell th e p roperty to them - j Mr. Child Is a New York lawyer
and w riter. Both have been meu-
selves as county com m issioners. They
• toned as probable choice.
sta te d a t th a t tim e th a t no action
could be taken on th e p urchase as FAIRVIEW CLUB BOYS
funds w ere provided in the 1920
LEAD IN PRIZES
budget.
M ultnom ah county club boys have
On th e 10th of la st m onth th e
board of directors held a special m eet­ won m any prizes at th e In tern atio n al
ing and passed a resolution se ttin g Stock show. I t seem s th e boyB have
fo rth th e financial conditions of th e
more of an in te re st in hogs than any
fa ir and asking th e county commis-
sioners to take over th e fa ir gro u n d s o th e r stock as m ore of them are on
and assum e th e liabilities. A deed to , exhibit.
th e pro p erty would be given. It was
Donald G ra n ts
E airview Won-
also sta te d th a t if th e com m issioners
der cam e In first in th e P oland
so desired th e fa ir board would con- Uhina breed of hogs over six m onths
tin u e to conduct th e fair.
[ and u nder one year.
This hog
T he county com m issioners
ex- «'^ighs 355 pounds,
pressed a desire to help p u t th e f a ir Nick A nderson of
O rient came in
on a paying basis and to assist in th e for second place and also Wesley
financial difficulties. They have ten- Hawes of O rient took th ird prize,
tativ ely prom ised to place In th e 1921 ; I ” C hester W hite breed over six
budget one-tenth of a mill fo r th e m onths and u n d er one year Chris
purpose of purchasing th e grounds. G rasley of E airview ca rrie d off first
I t will be in terestin g to note how th e honors and Leslie Lynch of Lynch
usual p arin g of th e budget will ef- school, second prize. ( h ester W hite
feet th is proposition.
fat hogs first prize was won by
As to th e p roper place fo r th e G eorge D ahlham m er of Lynch,
county fair, R ufus C. H olm an said
Duroc fat hog class brought
in a rec en t conference betw een th e an o th er honor to F airview , for
fa ir board and th e board of county G ilbert W agner won first prize.
C harles T allm an of C edar school
com m issioners th a t he was e m p h ati­
cally In favor of continuing th e fa ir won first honors in th e en tries of
a t G resham and th a t th is was th e H am pshire pigs u n d er six m onths
logical location for such an exposi­ old.
In calves Ju liu s L u sch er of F air-
tion. C om m issioner H oyt expressed
h im self as desirous of assisting th e i view, won th ird and fo u rth prizes
county fair, and Com m issioner Muck an(l Fay H u lit of T ro u td ale eighth
has expressed his opinion th a t th e prize.
county should own th e fa ir grounds. '
G rant McMillan w ith his sheep
M anager C. D. M inton is said to be J won th ree first prizes and two sec-
w orking hard to m ove th e fa ir to onds. He h as won $80.50 in prizes
P o rtlan d and has aroused much dis- this fall a t state, county and th e
pleasure on the p a rt of th e d irectors stock show.
and sto ckholders because of his posi-1
Dale A ltm an on his ewe lam bs won
tlon
a first prize too. T he boys have won
At th e an n u a l m eeting of th e stock- all told $171 in prizes.
Coal
O rder your coal now of Ekstrom
T ruck com pany. Phone 851.
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The Christmas
OUTLOOK
Will be printed Tuesday,
December 14.
Will contain feature stories,
write-ups of local activities
and enterprises, illustrations
and other interesting mat­
ter.
Extra copies will be limited.
Get your order in early.
Speak for advertising space
at once.
holders w hich will be held on Mon­
day, Decem ber 6, arran g em en ts will
be m ade to provide fo r th e o u tsta n d ­
ing w arran ts.
The O utlook has o btained from Sec­
reta ry M iller th e follow ing statem en t
of th e resources and indebtedness of
th e fa ir board:
RESOURCES.
Ten acres la n d ............................ $10,000
Main pavilion .............................. 3,900
Club room ..................................... 1,400
Dance hall .............................
1,450
[ Five b arns ..................................... 6,926
¡M achinery h a ll.............................. 1,500
400-ft. horse stall. ...................... 1,400
C afateria ........................................
400
S ecretary's office .........................
160
G rand s t a n d ...................................
800
Chicken coops ..............................
800
W ater pipes ..................................
600
W ire, flags, e tc ....._ .....................
675
F loral add itio n ............................
100
Pig pens ..........................................
100
T otal ..............................
$30,011
L IA B ILITIES.
F irst S tate B an k ..............
$ 4 0 *0
Bank of G resham
3500
Bank of M ontavllla
1000
H. A. Lewis m o rtg a g e................
300
I Chas. C leveland .........................
1000
H. A. L e w is .................................. 2041
T. J. K re u d er...............
500
C. D. M inton.................................
500
G resham g ran g e .........................
200
C arl S h attu ck ..............................
95
B alance on c o o p s ........................
400
139 unpaid w a rra n ts.................. 4176
T otal — .................................. $17,712
The above liab ilities do not In­
clude the cap ital stock.
CAPTAIN WOOD BRIGGS
r SHE
i
WILL BE ACTIVE
IN LEGION AFFAIRS
TUESDAYS
AND
FRIDAYS
$1.50 PER YEAR
PROSPECTS BRIGHT
FOR GUARD POST
G resham 's chance for gain in g one
of the d ep artm en ts of th e N ational
G u ard Is good and the boys are ta k ­
ing a g reat deal of Interest In the
m atter. The business men of the
city have unanim ously Indorsed any
action the boys tak e to secure th e lo­
cation of one of the th ree d ep a rt­
m ents here.
All m ale citizens bet»*een th e ages
of 18 and 45, who are physically fit,
In
Miss Pauline Curnlck has heed I are eligible to become m em bers
appointed as executive secretar)
the form ation of th is u n it the officers
In charge of the affaire of the
will be chosen from local men, the
Women's Auxiliary of the Amerl»
1
m
em bers of th e g u ard having the
can Legion. Misa Curnlck, ^rho
rig h t to select them .
lives In Indianapolis, national
The following from the Oregon
headquarters of the Legion, has
been a leader In numerous wel­
Jo u rn al which has a bearing on the
fare activities for the benefit ot I local question, will be of in te rest to
rvlce men during the war and ‘O utlook readers:
is served as personnel and em­
George A. W hite, a d ju ta n t general,
ployment director for a large
left W ednesday night for Sun F ra n ­
eastern industrial establishment.
cisco w here he will atten d a confer-
■ once of stu te ad ju ta n ts g eneral of
GRESHAM MAN SAYS
the n in th corps area, called by Gen­
OREGON IS BEST OF ALL eral H u n ter L iggett to consider the
allocation of n ational guard troops
Jam es Law rence, who let for K an­ am ong th e sta te s in th is area u nder
sas on th e th ird day of A ugust to th e arm y reorganization act passed
e last session of congress.
visit with his b ro th er, F ra n k , at by A th
h announced by Colonel W hite
M erldan, retu rn ed home last Monday upon his retu rn from a conference
evening.
w ith w ar d ep artm en t officials in
Mr. Law rence rep o rts an excellent W ashington a m outh ago, Oregon I h
trip and I11 telling of it says th a t the ten tativ ely slated for the o rg an iza­
tion of an ad ditional huttaliou of in­
crops th e re w ere ex tra good th is year, fan try , b attery of field artillery , one
th a t everyw here one could see acres troop of cavalry, a m otorcycle de­
and acres of corn, th a t th e re were tachm ent and ce rtain corps troops,
thousands of acres of the finest corn Increasing the present stren g th of the
Oregon g u ard to m ore th an 2000
he ever saw. T he farm ers are m ak­
T he location of th e h ea d q u ar­
The fiery oratory of the old South which has proved to be the natural ing money, according Io Mr. Law­ men.
ters of th e F orty-first division may
heritage of many of the statesm en and educators of below the Mason and
rence, but are bucking good roads also be allo tted to Oregon u n d er the
Dixon line, Is still alive. This priceless possession is naturally called to the
an
d mud was past description. He new plans, detailH of which will be
| Chautauqua platform w here Its possessor can m eet and sway the g rea test of
th resh ed o ut at the San Francisco
said th a t when It rained one could conference and It Is expected th a t an
all present day assemblages.
After several successful seasons lecturing in the United States, Captain not get anyw here with a car and th at a n ti-aircraft u n it will be located In
Briggs joined the colors and served as a captain. A fter the w ar he was when he w alked his feet eeem ed to this state.
The equipm ent for a m achine gun
oalled to Canada and spoke in nearly every town and city in the w estern w eight a ton. He had to tie his ru b ­
provinces with marked success. Recalled to the United States last summer, bers on or th e mud would pull them squad Is already available. Six m a­
chine guns m ounted on m otorcycles
he made a long w estern tour and in many cities was declared the greatest off.
orator who had been heard there in years.
If K ansas had a U tile of Oregon and side arm s for every m an would
The m anagem ent is glad to announce the captain In a new lecture, sp irit on roads It would come to the be th e equipm ent allo tted to a m a­
“Keep Off the G rass.” This lecture is a careful presentation of the relation­
fro n t. In driving th ro u g h th e coun­ chine gun squad. T his seem s to be
ship of the English-speaking peoples. Captain Briggs will speak on the
try It was very noticeable th a t the the preference of m ost pf th e men in
second night of the Festival.
schoolhouses were em pty, th e young th e locality. They are only required
people with th e ir children had gone to drill once a m onth but may drill
BORING SCHOOL SHOWS
PARENT TEACHER CIRCLE
to the cities to live and th e old folks o ften er If they rhoose. Every tim e
GOOD SCHOLARSHIP
DISCUSSES GOOD BOOKS were still on the farm s. Topeka, they drill (hey a re allowed one dol­
la r per m em ber. T he governm ent
The follow ing is a list of those I T he reg u la r m eeting of the P a r­ K ansas, he said was the cleanest city
he was ever in. T he 100-foot streets pays all expenses. T h ere Is no ex­
m aking 100 p er cent in th e first con- ! ent-T eacher circle was held at the
and 1 6-foot sidew alks were clean as pense to any one excepting th e tim e
test in spelling, which is being con- 1 lib rary last W ednesday afternoon.
could be. He said "H e guessed It p ut in and th a t would be evenings.
ducted in th e county:
Any who have n ot seen C. G.
In th e absence of th e p resident, Mrs. was because It had been a dry town so
E ighth g rad e — M arie Anderegg,
Schneider
In reg ard to en listin g ,
Z im m erm an, th e vice president, Miss long.” W hile aw ay he visited E. A.
F ian ces H orberg.
should eith er see him or w rite him
A
ylsw
orth’s
fa
th
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r
at
C
am
bridge,
Ne­
Seventh grad e— W alter Marx, Mel­ Mary H ansen, presided.
b raska. He b I ho rep o rts good crops te llin g nam e, age and am o u n t of
ville Richey, C atherine Lang, Irene
Rev. A. S. Hisey gave th e main |
Schw eitzer, Evelyn Ledine.
up th e re but said he did not like it previous train in g .
Sixth g rad e— G ertru d e Naas, Mil talk , his su b ject being "M oral E d u -' for as far as he could see was prairie.
dred D rlesel, Em m a G regson, Adele catio n ." He said th e school, churcli i
He atten d ed an old tim e b arn dance MISSOURI PEOPLE
Marx
MAKE HOME HERE
and
th
e
hom
e
should
cooperate
to
and, stran g e to say, he enjoyed It.
F ifth grade— Linden Lunday, Mary
bring about th e needed change In the
Ja n e P eterson.
He visited the old schoolhouse
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. C aro th ers visit­
F o u rth grade— Alma T aylor, Jo ­ m oral condition of society.
w here he »'ent to school 42 years ago
ed
her b ro th er n ear S p rln g w ater one
an n a Lunday, Perey Siefer, A rth u r
Miss R uth
M ontague explained and sa t in the sam e old seat but none
Marx, W allie T elford, M argarile
day th is week and w hile th e re se­
why
som
e
books
are
found
on
th
e
li­
of
th
e
fam
iliar
faces
were
there.
D ursteller, G ertru d e D ursteler.
th e ir w in ter's supply of
One h u n d red per cent pupils in b rary shelves and why o th ers a re not.
On th e day a fte r election Mr. Law ­ cured
arith m etic w ere Stanley Ledine of F o r com parison she used Tom Sawyer rence sta rted by th e so u th e rn ro u te apples.
th e fo u rth g rad e and D orothy B ur­ and P eck’s Bad Boy In Tom Sawyer for home. He stopped at Pasadena,
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Sm ith, p aren ts
pee of th e eighth g ra d e ; Melville
Richey, W alter Marx and Evelyn the boy p o rtray ed was only an o rd i­ C alifornia, and visited G eorge P age’s of Mrs. C. A. C arothers, who were
Ledine of th e seventh g rad e ; Don nary boy w ith th e n atu ra l p ran k s of sister, Mrs. H argrleves and b ro th er, visiting here th e past sum m er, liked
aid M orand, E m m a G regson, K en­ youth b u t th e Peck's Bad Boy th e boy H ugh Page. He took an au to trip up Oregon so well th a t they retu rn ed to
neth H orberg and Adele Marx of the life was overdraw n and his m ischief on Mt. W ilson w here th e o bservatory th e ir old home In M issouri w here
sixth.
Several o th e r pupils m ade 96 per was u n real and n o t n a tu ra l to boy­ Is located. T he lenses are 24 feet In they had lived for 60 years, sold
cent or b e tte r in both arith m etic and hood life. T he form er Is a boy classic circum ference. T h ere were six Inches th e old hom e and retu rn ed to O re­
spelling.
while th e la tte r is frow ned on by of snow which was m elting very fast. gon. They have b ought a farm n ear
Class av erag e for th e higher teachers and lib rarian s. Miss Mon­
He visited Long Ileaeh and o th e r th e ir son's at S p rin g w ater and say
g rades were as follow s: arith m etic,
sixth, 90 per ce n t; seventh, 92 per tag u e also w arned th e buyers of beaches of in terest. T he trip up to they are happy In th e ir adopted
cen t; eig h th , 90 per cent. Spelling, books to be very carefu l of books th a t San F rancisco was fine. It was cold sta te even If It does rain.
sixth, 93 per cen t; sev en th , 93 per were p u t u n d er th e g u ise of Boy w hile he was in C alifornia but when
Mr. and Mrs. Sm ith are people
cen t; eig h th , 94 per cent.
Scout sto ries fo r th a t nam e had been he stru ck the Oregon line It began to past th e m eridian of life, being 75
copyrighted by a spurious com pany w arm up.
years old.
TAG DAY SATURDAY
th a t p ut o u t books not endorsed by
Mr.
Law
rence
says
th
a
t
no
place
FOR BABY HOME th e Boy Scouts b u t th is com pany has
looks as good to him as G resham and Home N ursing C lass P opular H ere
in Gresliam.
In connection w ith a cam paign to the copyright and th e re Is no way to no sta te equal to Oregon.
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finish th e new A lb ertin a K err n u r ­ prev en t it. Be su re th a t th e books
D
uring
th
e
past year (Ju ly 1919
you
buy
are
approved
by
th
e
real
Boy
OREGON ADVERTISED IN
sery hom e In P o rtlan d u n d er the
auspices of th e Pacific Coast R escu e’ Scout. T h ere w ere tw o tab les of
NEW YORK SUBWAYS to Ju ly , 1920) th e re have been com ­
pleted 158 classes In hom e hygiene
and P rotective society a tag day will , books to look over th a t had th e ap ­
F o r th e first tim e in Its history the and care of the sick. Certificate«
be put on in G resham S atu rd ay , th e proval of th e best w riters and sp e ak ­
Oregon prune is to be advertised In w ere g ran te d to 2,124 stu d en ts.
ers of th e day.
20th of November.
T he round tab le conducted by P rin ­ th e elevated and subw ay sta tio n s of Tw enty-nine nurses were doing th is
This hom e Is receiving co n trib u ­
tions from th e people of th e en tire cipal C. M Q ulcksall was in stru ctiv e New York City th ro u g h th e g eneral w ork th ro u g h o u t th e th ree states, and
P rin cip al E. ad v ertisin g cam paign of th e Oregon one nurse In th e pioneer field of
sta te and S atu rd ay will be »ag day as well as In terestin g
i
F.
Goodwin,
Rev.
H.
G
ebhardt,
Rev. G row ers' association which is to ex­ A laska. T eaching centers have been
In every tow n and city for th e wee
ones throw n out of a hom e n o t from A. S. Hisey, Mrs. J. Cannon and Mrs. ten d for a period of two years. A established In each of th e th ree la rg ­
any fau lt of th e ir own.
B ut few Jam es E lklngton all gave sh o rt talk s sign 30 x 60 Inches ad v ertisin g ‘‘Mist- er cities, S eattle, Spokane and P o rt­
la n d ” brand and th e fact th a t Oregon land. T hrough th e nurses, Instruc­
babies so left are as fo rtu n a te as
Is
th e home of th e fam ous and p alat­ tion has been available for m others
T
he
F
irs
t
S
tate
Bank
fu
rn
ish
es
Its
was Mary Lou, who was left on the
saving depositors w ith U. 8. T reasu ry able p rune has been erected. These In the cities, and also In the outlying
door step of a P o rtlan d hom e rec en t­ I certificates ru n n in g six m onths o r one
ly and » a s gladly adopted Into the year bearing In terest at rate of 5 44 signs will be changed every six tow ns In th e ir vicinity. In stru ctio n
[ per cent and 6 per cent. No safer weeks so th a t th e 3,000,000 people also has been given to grad e and high
fam ily.
tf who pass th ro u g h th e elevated and school stu d en ts, In d u strial classes,
T he sta te outside of P o rtlan d Is ¡secu rities can be had.
subw ays will only become fam iliar foreign groups and stric tly ru ral
asked to co n trib u te $20,000 tow ard
Sm all Farm s.
with one sign when an o th er one a p ­ classes.
th e new hom e for nam eless and
T w enty acres close to B oring, O re­
pears.
This will also be a g reat
G resham at present has a class In
gon. E ight acres In cultivation B al­
hom eless children.
Lays excellent. d raw ing card for Oregon for on each hom e hygiene and care of th e sick
G resham will do h er sh a re when 1 ance open land.
Fenced. F a ir house, good barn, o r­ ad v ertisem en t will be shown som e of which m eets at th e library, conduct­
the tags are offered tom orrow .
chard. P rice $3200; $1200 down. th e w onderful scenic places of th e ed u n d er th e P o rtlan d branch
GEO BEER8, Sandy, Ore
Read th e W an t Ada.
Phone Sandy 65.
tf sta te , th u s ad v ertisin g Oregon as well
Sandy Schools E nlarged.
as its products
T he overcrow ding of th e Sandy
Need Your Hult C leaned?
grad e school will be relieved next
Have It F rench dry cleaned. Re Monday, as a special tax has been
pairin g neatly done. T ailoring for voted, a room rented In th e Melnlg
ladlea and men.
building and Miss Ruth G. Crum m of
PETTER LENARD, T ailor.
TUESDAY EVENING, NOV. 23 BEGINNING AT 8 O'CLOCK
P o rtlan d engaged to teach th e first
T lu in k -givln g Dance.
and second grades.
A play, in stru m e n ta l music, songs, readings.
At Masonic h all, G resham . Oregon.} and second grades. This gives three
W ednesday evening, N ovem ber 24, all
P IE RATING CONTENT
n ig h t. Given by th e firem en's or-1 teach ers tn th e grades, and two teach ­
D oughnuts and Coffee, Popcorn Balls H om e-m ade Candy will be sold
ch estra of P o rtlan d . C a fe te ria aupper ers In the high school.
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FAIR AND SOCIAL AT ROCKWOOD
SCHOOLHOUSE
GOOD TIME PROMISED.
Benefit Rockwood School.
EVE R Y B O D Y « ( M E .
No Admission.
Case tra c to rs and tra c to r Im ple­
Coal
m ents. Costa less per acre, uses less
Order your coal now of Ekstrom
kerosene. W. A. H easel.
Truck company. Phone 851,
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