Gresham outlook., December 14, 1920, Holiday Number, Page 7, Image 7

December
CHRISTMAS NUMBER, GRESHAM OUTLOOK
EXPLANATION
OF THE DEAL
went through
Gresham Saturday (incog­
nito) sizing up the local
situation. He told us to
keep the idea before the
public that in order to get
the best service and avoid
the disappointments of last
minute Christmas buying
they should
Santa Claus
FAIR HISTORY.
association, its successors o r a s sig n s,!
of th e p urchase price of th irty -th re e ■
h undred do llars:
$
A fter a fu rth e r recital th a t th e F a ir
X j association shall reta in all rig h ts and
Y | privileges and sh all be exem pt from ;
X all kinds of town taxes th e ordinance
♦ j fu rth e r says in Section 10:
X i
“ It is furth er agreed that th e A
J ' ; G range F air as.MM iatiou may t. ciui-
nute th is fran ch ise at th e en d o f ten i
years if th ey h o tln d re.”
l>ee,l R equirem ent*.
ATTRACTIVE
SHOW PLACE
_
HALCYON FARM.
So much speculation has been in-!
From a carbon copy of th e deed,
Halcyon F arm , located ju s t east of
dulged in by th e public concerning 'conveying to the F a ir association the the Powell Valley schoolhouse, on th e
the sta tu s of th e county fair in its re ­ p ro p erty in question d u rin g th e Powell Valley road, is developing in-
tnonth of December 1910, the fo llo w -, , o one of , be many show places in
lationship to th e tow n of G resham ¡ng conditions atten d in g the tran s- j eastern M ultnom ah.
th a t the O utlook has u n d ertak en to fer are m ade:
I This farm is owned by J. L. Bow-
give an explanation of th e deal be­
All fences betw een
the
fa ir m an _ presid en t of th e Brow nsville
tw een th e town council and th e fair g rounds and the property of Mr. an d Woolen Mills of P o rtlan d and he is
association 12 years ago, before the Mrs Sm ith shall be m aintained by sp arin g no expense to m ake th e place
first fa ir was held on the present the association until such need is one of the best equipped in th e state,
fa ir grounds.
,
released by them. T he association i T he place was purchased ab o u t
T he first fa ir held here was a r ­ shall at all tim es m aintain and keep , w0 yearg ago by th e p resen t ow ner
ranged for by th e gran g es of th e open th e ditch already constructed bu( it was not un til May of th is year
county in October, 1907, u It
« d ru n n in g across th e fair ground th a t b u lld ln i, o perations began. A
held in the G resham g ran g e hall and ! property
until released
by the (.o m fo rtab le b u ,lg a,„ w- of attractlv e
on th e su rro u n d .n g «rounds. Some Sm iths.
| design has been built and a large
of the business men helped by con-
T h at portion of th e fair ground barn and o th e r buildings of th e m ost
rib u tio n s of money and lab o r auu property now known as F o u rth lnodeni and convenient design. Mr.
the fair was such a success th a t th e stree t, w hich is conveyed in the deed! Bowman says th a t he has Invested
SH O P EA R LY
o rganization of th e G range F a ir as-1 is req u ired to be kept open and is re- ab o u t $25,000 in th e buildings and
sociatiou resu lted w ith a cap ital j served as a public stree t. T h at street land. T he farm consists of 71 acres
stock of $5000. It was necessary to is th e en tra n ce to th e fa ir grounds, of splendid land which Is located in
have su itab le g ro u n d s, but th e sale T he deed fu rth e r recites:
a m ost d esirab le spot. T he farm is
of stock would scarcely fu rn ish
“ This g ra n t is fu rth e r conditioned well drained and Is located a t one of
enough to pay for th e first buildings. | and m ade su b ject to O rdinance No. the points on th e Powell Valley road
Dr. J. M. S hort, th e m ayor of G resh- 41, adopted by th e common council
S t am at th a t tim e, was one of the a c t- ! of the tow n of G reshatu on th e first w here th e re is an excellent view of
f t ive organizers of th e fair association day of December, 1908, and said or- Mount Hood.
He has stocked th e place w ith
For
H
er
and was m ade its first secretary. In dinance is hereby m ade p a rt of this p ure bred reg istered sto ck : Jersey
M en
f t fact it was Dr. S h o rt who m ade th e deed.”
cows, D orset H orn sheep and Essex
A p air of our
o rganization possible by subscribing
A D ispute S ettled.
hogs.
w arm , c o in­
for over $500 w orth of stock win, .<
Such is th e history of th e f a ir’s
Mr. Bowman speaks of his u n d er­
te rta b le H ouse
was subsequently sold o ut in sm a lle r connection w ith the town of Gresh- tak in g as follow s: “ I t is going to be
blocks, th u s relieving him of his ob-1 am financially and legally. It will a hobby of m ine to have a place th a t
Slippers, Wool
ligation.
' be rem em bered th a t a d ispute arose I can be proud to show my friends
Coat
Sw eat­
Dr. S h o rt's P roposal.
last su m m er when the town council nnd from w hich each year I can ex­
ers, H an d k e r­
W hen th e m a tte r of securing suit- began m ak in g arran g em en ts for an hibit fancy reg istered stock a t th e
chiefs, S i l k
able fair grounds cam e up it was Dr. autom obile cam ping site on the fa ir v arious fairs and stock show s."
S hort who proposed an arran g em en t , grounds. Such action was resen te i
Stockings, F i­
“ I was successful in g ettin g a fine
w hereby th e tow n council was to by th e F a ir association, th e conten- stq rt w ith Jersey s and have th re e
bre Stockings,
issue
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tion of th e la tte r being th a t th e ten- R egister of M erit cows,” continued
i $3300 in paym ent of the present fair y ear ag reem en ts had been fully com ­ Mr. Bowman. One of th ese reg ister
gro u n d property. This arran g em en t plied w ith and th a t th e tow n had no of m e rit cows produced 771 pounds
i was fully carried o u t and on Septem ­ rig h ts in th e m atter. T he p eculiar of b u tte rfa t last year w hile on o f­
For the C hristm as Dinner W e H ave a L arge Supply o f G oodies
ber 1, 1908, th e common council of w ording of ordinance No. 41 left a ficial test. T his is "N oble’s M arigold
; th e tow n of G resham passed an o rd i­ doubt th a t no law yer would pass an of F a ir A cres,” a gold m edal cow.
SWEET POTATOES, CRANBERRIES, FRUIT OE ALL KINDS
nance ap p ro p riatin g th e sum of opinion upon and th e m a tte r was The only tim e she was ever en tered
LEMON, ORANGE and CITRUS PEEL, FIGS, DATES, RAISINS
$3300 te r th e p urchase of th e site settled tt m p o rarliy by a m utual u n ­ in a stock show was when she was
J upon w hich th e fair g ro u n d s are now d erstan d in g .
If It ev er comes up two years old and then she won th e
HEINZ’ PLUM and FIG PUDDINGS, WALNUTS, ALMONDS, PEANUTS
located. Dr. Short was m ainly in- again th e question will have to be g rand cham pionship a t th e Oregon
FILBERTS, CHESTNUTS, POPCORN, CHRISTMAS CANDIES
jstru m e n ta l in secu rin g th e appropri- settled by th e circu it court.
sta te fair.
i ation, b u t th e details of th e bargain
It is contended by th e F a ir asso­
Golden M aids’ C iarabelle and Cow­
te r th e p urchase of th e land had been ciation th a t having paid th e town of slip ’s Golden Begonia a re two o th e r
worked up by o th ers, principal G resham for th e property, and hav­ fine cow’s w hich have records of 476
am ong whom was Jo h n S leret who ing com plied w ith all th e req u ire­ pounds end 407 pounds respectively.
is a t p resen t one of th e d irectors of m ents m entioned, th a t 1/ Is th e abso­ Both have won honors at fairs in the
th e County F air association.
lu te ow ner of the fa ir g ro u n d s; th a t w est.
T he o rdinance passed a t th a t tim e, th e te n -y ear clause supercedes the
T here are at present 11 head of
besides ap p ro p riatin g th e sum m en­ tw enty-five y ear clause; and th a t tne registered Jersey s on th e farm and
tioned, provided for th e raising of only req u irem en t now is a notice to from th is stu rt Mr. Bowman plans to
th e money by th e issuance of tow’n te rm in a te th e provisions of th e o rd i­ develop one of th e finest herds In the
w arran ts which w ere to run fo r a nance. It is conceded th a t such a state.
; period of five years a t five per cent notice m ight su b ject th e property to
T he la test building to be erected
in te rest payable sem i-annually. This tax atio n . Such a prospect is one of on th e farm is a m odern henhouse,
i ordinance was approved a t a m eeting th e reaso n s for a com prom ise with larg e enough fo r ab o u t 300 hens,
held on October 7th of the sam e year. th e tow n council Jn allow ing th e which It Is planned to keep later. At
It is estim ated th a t m ore th a n country. It m akes all o th e r record- the electo rate th u s consulted is a This ordinance is know n us Ordi- g ro u n d s to be used as a cam ping site. present 100 Buff Rocks are enjoying
tw enty-five m illion men and women ! ed plebiscites look sm all, says the m ost im pressive spectacle of dem o­ nance N um ber 40 and was duly en- All th ese d etails a re given here in one of th e moat up-to-date and con­
tered in th e council's book of records. view of th e possible disposal of the venient henhouses th a t can be
voted a t th e rec en t election in th is | New York W orld. T he very size of cratic governm ent.
O rd in a n c e N o , 4 1 .
fair g ro u n d s to the county. In th a t erected.
On th e first day of December, 1908, event an
am icable arran g e m en t
M. S. H anna, a g rad u a te of P u ll­
th e town council adopted an o th er o r­ could be m ade between th e tow n and man College, has been secured to
dinance which was approved by the county as th e fair would be contin­ m anage th e farm and he and his
m ayor four days later. This o rd i­ ued u n d er th e co unty’s supervision. fam ily occupy th e com fortable b u n ­
nance is known as th e “ fran ch ise” As county property the fa ir grounds galow and d irect th e work th a t Is be­
g ran ted to th e G range F a ir associa­ would not be su b ject to taxation and ing done to add to th e attractiv en ess
tion to hold its an n u al fairs upon the th e tow n would have no control ex- and value of th e place.
g rounds which had been bought by | cept as it would be allow ed public
The time has come, the H'alrus said,
th e tow n from N. L. and C lara I. t privileges w hich are becom ing m ore Christ ina* Parrel Pont R egulation*.
Sm ith, th e sam e being the present and m ore necessary— a fact which
T he approach of C hristm as brings
To talk of many things,
fa ir grounds. In o rd er th a t a clear th e county com m issioners fully rec- u nusual responsibilities and burdens
for p o stm asters everyw here. A lit­
u n d erstan d in g may be had of th is ognlze.
Of Flor de Moss—a real cigar—
tle care on th e p a rt of those sending
fran ch ise it is given h erew ith, eltm l-j
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C hristm as packages would obvlute a
hatin g some of th e legal phraseology
A new invention soon to be put on larg e am o u n t of work on th e p a rt of
Of Buddies and of Bings.
th a t p ertain s to such Instrum ents, th e m a rk e t Is th e W atson B ucket postal em ployes and insure th e safe
A ttention is p articu la rly called to the plow, w hich will be m an u factu red in delivery of th e packages.
jtw o different periods of tim e men- P o rtlan d by a com pany form ed re-
D. M. R oberts, G resham p o stm ast­
tio n ed — 25 years and 10 years. T he cently. T his plow. It is said, will er, has given th e follow ing in stru c­
tions
for sending parcels:
1 franchise read s: “ T h at th e re be and ¡cover 15 to 20 acres per day, plowing,
All packages m ust be properly
is hereby g ran te d • • • • to use pulverizing and p lan tin g In one o p er­
w rapped w ith heavy paper, securely
and occupy for a period of 25 years ation.
tied with stro n g cord, and all fragile
: those ce rtain prem ises sam e as d e - ’
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articles
packed
ag a in st possible
scribed for a fair site, and to erect
Next year th e A. R u p ert com pany breakage. No w riting can be on the
i and m ain tain buildings thereon, and cannery in Lebanon will be in ­ package o th e r th a n t n a tu re of con­
to conduct thereon on th e dates of creased In capacity. T he branch has ten ts, sen d er’s nam e, ad d ressee’s
i each year h ere in afte r set fo rth an an- been Invaluable In h an d lin g sm all nam e, and “ Do not open until X m as”
Flor de M oss
No packages
r t ' ; "u a l in d u strial fa ir.”
fru its raised in th e d istrict. An Is- or sim ilar direction.
be accepted unless in accordance
p, It is provided here th at th e asso- hup o f p referre d stock in th e concern will
P lease
| ciation sh all have exclusive use of
now being disposed of in and n ear with foregoing regulations.
do not present packages for m ailing
¡th e g rounds te r a period of 20 days Lebanon,
w hile th e m all Is being sorted d u r­
i each y ear betw een th e dates of Au-
.
ing th e hours of 8 and 9 a. m. and
i gust 15th and the first day of Noveni-
Read th e W ant Ads.
4 to 4 :45 p. m
: her. A fter giving th e association all
I full rig h ts to go ah ead in th e con­
stru ctio n of buildings an d o th e r ne­
c e s s a ry featu res, and req u irin g th e ir
rem oval at th e term in atio n of th e
i franchise th e o rdinance fu rth e r re-
| cites th a t all of said g ro u n d s and
j buildings when not actu ally in use
for fa ir purposes shall be In th e care
( and custody of th e tow n of G resham
it is f u rth e r recited.
A T en-Y ear Clause.
Section 7. Any failu re on th e p a rt
I of th e G range F a ir association to op-
1 era te said an n u al in d u stria l fair for
' any onrf y ear d u rin g th e existence of
this fran ch ise • • • • aha.ll ren d er
! void th e fran ch ise and all conditions
and obligations h ereu n d er.
Section 9 provides for the sale of ‘ / I
the fa ir g ro u n d s to th e fa ir assocta- '¡s*
lion in th e follow ing language:
A Big, B eautifully-T rim m ed C hristm as Tree
“ T here is hereby g ra n te d to the
/ Carry a Full Line of
! said G range F a ir association th e rig n t
in our W indow .
I and option to purchase from th e town
MEN’S and BOYS’
(of G resham , for th e sum of th irty -
th ree hu n d red dollars, th e real prop-
DRESS and WORK SHOES
I e rty h erein h ereto fo re
described
MEN’S and BOYS’ HIGH CUTS
I w ithin th e tim e of tw o years from th e
; passage and approval of th is ordl-
MEN’S RUBBER BOOTS, SHOES and
f t 1 nance, said th irty -th re e hundred dol­
RUBBERS
lars to be paid as follows, tow lt: One *4
f t h undred dollars on acceptance by th e W
Black and Smoked Horsehide ScufTers
O range F air association of th is fran-
for Children.
chlse, and th e balance of th irty -tw o
V« hu n d red dollars on o r before two
years • • • • P rovided, and th e
Shoe Repairing a Specialty.
above option of sale, and sale, is con­
J. E. WHETSTONE
f t ditio n al th a t should th e said G range
F a ir association, and its successors
f t and assigns fail to o p era te a fair o r
Where Santa Claus gets his mail.
CARL DAHL, Oresham Oregon
exhibition as above se t fo rth each
Phone,
Shop 49
and
every
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for
th
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next
ten
suc­
ft
Phone, Res. 339
ceeding years, the real p roperty h ere­
by bound sh all rev e rt to th e town of
M E R R Y C H R IS T M A S
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G resham upon th e paym ent by the
town of G resham to th e G range F a ir
will ap­
preciate a suit
of underwear,
a necktie, pair
of sox, pair of
slippers, hand­
kerchiefs, or a
wool sweater
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Walrad Mercantile Co.
Gresham
Phone 601
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The recipient of a Christmas box of these big, honest
Cigars, packed twelve to the box,
will register appreciation with every drag.
Made of choicest quality mixed
domestic tobacco.
For HER a box of Sweet’s Salt Lake Chocolates is
our suggestion of a gift that will be
highly appreciated.
BINGS and BUDDIES, these famous affinities of
Candyland, are big favorites with the little
folksi and with the larger folks as well.
They’re pure, wholesome, delicious.
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The Palace Billiard Parlor
GRESHAM SHOE SHOP