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y. T W IC E A W EEK fr VOL. 10, NO. 91 G resham O utlook GRESHAM. MULTNOMAH COUNTY. OREGON. BUSINESS MEN HOLD POULTRY EXPERT LIVELY MEETING COMING THURSDAY TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1921 ORDER FIFTY CARLOADS OF THEIR SIMPLE INCOME TAX BLANKS TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS $1.50 PER YEAR FARMER’S WEEK ATTENDANCE GOOD E. B. F itts, probably th e best T here was a large atten d a n ce of F a rm e r’s Week opened on Monday G resham business and professional know n dairy extension m an in th e w ith an atten d a n ce alm ost equal to vnen at th e m eeting of the Business U nited S tates, will speak h ere from th a t of th e larg est days last year. Men’s association held la st n ig h t at 10 to 11 T hursday m orning. P rofes th e Bank of G resham . It being the T here was an atten d a n ce of "0 a t th e an n u al m eeting th e principal event sor F itts is known to th e farm ers ■morning session and of ab o u t 75 d u r was the election of officers. T he elec who atten d ed last year on dairy day. ing th e aftern o o n . Of th is n um ber P rofessor F itts is a recognized tion resulted as follow s: i 30 o r 40 stayed for th e full day. P rac- dairy cattle ju d g e and receives calls W ill A. H essel, president. i tlcally every com m unity in M ultno- Dr. A. W. B otkin, vice president. from all p arts of th e U nited States to | m ah county was rep resen ted at th is act as a ju d g e In dairy stock shows. Leslie W alrad, secretary. opening session. T he atten d an ce One of th e m any points th a t m ake A. Dowsett, trea su rer. j this m orning is ab o u t th e sam e as R eports w ere m ade by various P rofessor F itts desired as a judge is ¡th a t of Monday m orning and th e in com m ittees looking a fte r th e details th a t he judges from th e dairy sta n d terest seem s especially good. Prof. of th e Business Men’s b an q u et on Sat point, o r in o th e r w ords, from a p ro I G. R. H yslop handled th e all im port- u rday and all rep o rts show ed prog duction standpo in t. i a n t q uestion of how’ to g et b etter ress in th e w orking o u t of th e details R. V. G unn, farm m anagem ent yields of potatoes. of th e plans and indicated th a t g reat specialist from the Oregon Agricul At th e close of P ro fesso r H yslop’s p rep aratio n s a re being m ade to en tu ra l College, will be th e la st sp eak er discussion Miss E thel I. Calkins, te rta in the farm ers a t this th e second on T h u rsd ay ’s program . Mr. Gunn is county club leader, introduced Ray an n u a l banquet. devoting his tim e largely to prom ot- Lesley, static cham pion potato gro w Not only will th e tables be loaded lng th e keeping of farm rec e r in club w ork, and Lloyd B ram hall w ith good things to eat b u t som e rare ords in the sta te to determ in e j who expects to p ut fo rth every effort en te rta in m e n t fea tu re s are prom ised. the cost of farm products. He to win th is honor n ex t year. GRESHAM GRANGE HOLDS m r r 7 l l l f ' U P ffT IIA rt AUTO SHOW KNOWN I t is n ot ce rtain a t th is tim e but it has done some very effective w ork The boys gave a very In terestin g interesting session AS BEAUTY SHOW is probable th a t th e A ssociated In on th e cost of grow ing w heat and d em o n stratio n of th e p ro p er m ethods d u stries of Oregon will p articip a te in alfalfa ip e a ste rn Oregon sections. At th e re g u la r m eeting of G resh An autom obile D ealers' associa of cu ttin g seed potatoes and ex- th e dem onstrations on S atu rd ay as At p resent Mr. G unn is w orking w ith am gran g e, on S atu rd ay six candi-i tion of P o rtlan d opened last n ig h t nlained th e process of dipping and la st year. th e county agents in th e P o rtlan d j the g rea test car show ever held in they also explained th e advant- d ates w ere given th e first and second j The banquet will be held in Ma m ilkshed area in an effort to d e te r 1921.__ th e n o rth w est, know n officially ns ages and m ethods of hill selec- G resham , Ore., Jan . 10, sonic hall at noon. A dm ission will m ine the cost of m ilk production in degrees. T here is now a larg e class i “The Beauty Sliow of the Automo- tion of seed potatoes. W hile th e be by ticket. T ickets are being given this section. His ta lk on “T he Sim aw aiting, for th e th ird and fo u rth de-1 E d lto r O u t l o o k T h i s being F arm - tive W orld.” W ith th e latest devel- d em o n stratio n was very fine and " ’ and * riday, the 14th, be- onm In th th e e con co n stru stru ctio ctio n n of to r W ell given, st of th e boy's to those a tten d in g th e sessions of plicity’ and value of cost records will grees w hich will be given a t th e Feb- opm ents ents in of m m o otor well given, th the e te test F arm B ureau W eek and will be giv be of in te re st to all dairym en in th is cars and an elab o rate display of ac know ledge cam e a t th e close of en o u t up to and including th e S a tu r section w here th e question of cost of sta lla tio n of th e officers will be c o n -! concluded th a t maybe It would h e lp , cessories th is 12th an n u a l event is th e d em o n stratio n when questions of day m orning session. production has been a live subject ducted by M aster J. J Johnson and your readers, who a re engaged In I being held in P o rtlan d 's m unicipal all so rts w ere asked and which they T he business men at th e ir m eeting for some tim e past. his d rill team . answ ered in a m an n er in d icatin g th e berry grow ing or who would plant ¡au d ito riu m all th is w eek. last n ig h t p u t special stress upon th e E dith K night H ill, well know n as T he g ran g e program presen ted on . , ,. .. , . . i P ain ters, ca rp en te rs and d e c o ra -¡ am o u n t of know ledge and exnerl- e n h uusj u s v f ror o r t rne h e n past a s i Pnce .u . 7 and . th e study P fact th a t th is is a banquet given in a new spaper w riter, and also secre- S atu rd ay was a sh o rt one, b u t had an acreage to b erries if they had th e | tora tors n a te h o e ttn they v. had gained . . . honcjr of th e farm ers and not for tarv of th e Oregon Dairy Council, aonie in te restin g featu res. As th e assurance th a t it would be profitable, week tran sfo rm in g th e grent audi- from a th e a te r into one of th e ,ney n“(l g,ven th e «uoJect. to w n ’s people o r o th ers who have no will speak on th e “ Food V alue of gran g e stan d s for A m ericanism , it The w riter has g rea t faith v in th e Itorium j most i(1p a l exhibition halls ever used D uring th e noon h o u r a Judging d irect connection w ith th e w ork of M ilk.” T his will be of in te rest to th e seem ed ap p ro p riate to have a ta lk on profitable production of berries in ' for a display of th is kind. The early contest was held w ith ten en tries of gardening, dairying o r farm ing. As tow n people as well as to th e farm A m ericanization work am ong th e thlB locality and know s of no line of rep o rts from M anager W ilkins th a t potatoes and nine m em bers of th e the decorative schem e would be a it is expected th ere will be ab o u t BOO ers present. Italian s in P o rtlan d . T he W illam ette . Production fo r sm all acreag e farm - .'." ^ ,“ b.7*have been "verified1'b v ^ th e ¡<p o ,ato clubs of th e county present. farm ers at th e banquet, w hich will O ther ta lk s will be given by M. S. C hapter, D aughters of th e A m erican ers tllat offers q u ick er or su re r re- success with which th e d eco rato rs W ednesday evening, moving plc- tax th e capacity of th e tables and of Shrock of the Oregon Dairy League R evolution did pioneer work am ong tu rn s th an berry grow ing. S traw ber- have had in bringing o ut th e elabor- tu re s show ing how mixed feeds a r ■ th e resources at com m and, it is very and Ju liu s L uscher, cham pion calf these people. Mrs. S. L. A lbaugh, who r ‘PB *'91 yield a full crop In fourteen a,p o u td o o r effect. m ade and a ta lk on Feeds and Foe.1- W y ith V t h o ------ im p o rtant th a t first place all thro u g h feeder. Mr. L usch er’e figures on calf is a past reg en t of th is c h a p te r has m onths from tim e of p lan tin g »«»11 ma" f w h k h ^ d H U n - lng w111 be glven be given to those for whom th is event feeding are said to be com plete and be'en active In th is work and is now rasp b erries and L oganberries will PUi,sh tli product of 1921 will be dis- F rid ay evening, stereopticon pic- is planned. All citizens are invited to th e m ost definite of any to be found w orking w ith R ussian Jew s In th e Produce one-third of a crop th e sec played .uid presented to the public tu res on one of the phases of H ortl- a tte n d and enjoy the en te rta in m e n t in th e state. night school. She told of some of th e on<1 yp a r : tw o -th ird s th e th ird y e a r l y 5 2 /U r, rent m akes, each cur r e p - , ,.uj(urnI worl{ w,„ bp ghown a t tbp and h ear th e afternoon le ctu re and F riday, or H o rticu ltu re day, is th e conditions th a t had to be overcom e anfl a ful1 c r°P th e fo u rth y ear »^tcr G resham lib rary . F u rm ers are re- p articip ate in any way possible re day on w hich all berry grow ers expect and also charm ingly illu strate d w ith Planting. This Is surely g ettin g o f im provem ents over the year be- quested to keep th ese evening m eet- m em bering to give first place to the to atten d fo r th e berry grow ing will c h a racter sk etching in th e Italian re tu rn s com pared w ith tree fore. The closed car types, which ings in m ind, farm ers and th e ir wives. be a fea tu re em phasized on th a t day. patois. H er A m erican ch aracteriza- fru i*' [la' p ,-a(lily been grow ing in popu- Prof. C. B. Ruzek, professor of A rep ort was m ade reg a rd in g a C, L. Long, H o rticu ltu ra l specialist tion of an A m erican loverlike q u arrel T he grow ing of berries in th is lo- f o r e \ j e e n ^ ih o w * ^ h ? s u c V v a r i f d y a s waH thp principal spoaker cream ery. The situ atio n did not p er at th e Oregon A g ricu ltu ral College, was well received as an encore. Mr caHty is no experim ent and th e qual- ug a t th e 1921 show. The sedan is Monday and gave several Interestin g m it of going into details as to pro will be one of th e principal speakers. Leo A anacher supplied a little diver- ia second to none, so th is p art o f , the pronounced fav o rite th is season , discussions of the fertilizatio n prob- posed plans b u t the m a tte r will be Mr. Long has had m any years of p rac sion by reading, ‘ B ackw ard, T urn the gam e is an assured success. a,l<1 is being shown In five and seven | (.nis of th is country. Many M ultno- ta k en up a t a special m eeting to be tical h o rtic u ltu ra l w ork and has m ade B ackw ard.” T he next question is, “ How a b o v ¿ X l o l 'd ' . ^ r o u r C° Unty farraera arP le tt,n g 50 held next M onday night. a special study of sm all fru its. He It is hoped th a t added in te rest will values. On th is question all I have ham s, coupes and lim odtians. i Ppr cpnt of th e plant life g et away C. G. Schneider reported th a t a r will devote his tim e to a discussion of be tak en in th e grange, especially as ,0 Bay *■ th a t with good yields anil The edu catio n al and In stru ctiv e fea- from the b arn yard m a n u re before it ran g em ents w ere being m ade for raspberry grow ing especially. n ational gran g e will m eet in P o rt- su p erio r q u ality y o u r chances fo r tu res of the autom obile exhibits a re ,)Ut on tb e fleld, aa| tj p ro fe sso r holding a mass m eeting in th e n ear C. N. W alker, county fru it Inspect land next November. In Boston, at profit per acre are b e tte r th an in any P8pp< ybp „ 'Pn ‘ who Vre^puHh.g’’ on I Ruzek '*• in d icated by th e fu tu re to h ea r Col. Geo. A. W hite, or, will discuss th e sp ray in g laws in th e last session, nearly 6000 teok th e o th e r line of p ro d u c tio n th a t I knov t he show to m ake it more than a «callops on most of th e b arn s of th e a d ju ta n t general of Oregon, on m a t th is state, and will give m ethods of seventh degree, but h ere in Oregon It o f- show , to m ake it a revelation of th e county w here th e m an u re has been te rs rela tin g to the form ation of a applying these reg u latio n s on th e is hoped to have ab o u t 2000. A m ove progress accom plished In the autom o piled up ag ain st th o b arn s d u rin g M arketing M<*th<Mls, bile field of th e refinem ent« of engl- m achine gun com pany here. farm . Mr. W alk er is also inspector m ent has been sta rte d to aro u se th e the w in ter m o n th s." T here are fo u r d istin ct a v e n u e s! neering and design. T he com m ittee reported on a plan of th e o rchard of th e county. Most of in te re st of the young people connect P rofessor Ruzek explained th e for th e m ark etin g of th e product, in th e balcony room s are 40 dlf- to provide for a n ig h t w atchm an, th e his tim e is tak en up inspecting fru its ed w ith a g ric u ltu ra l p u rsu its and nam ely: canning, drying, direct ship- r ’ reBt p’thl|b" o r s displaying an array value of crop ro tatio n an d am ong business men to pay m ost of th e ex th a t a re shipped Into P o rtlan d . Home Econom ics, to become in terest- mpnt or raw fru it and last and g r e a t ac<’* T ’1o r |p i ’ “ ‘“ t BO' VP "> « "> the m any im p o rta n t ad v an tag es of 11 1 " g re a t- | Ht problem s. Thia fea tu re a ttra c ts pense. The plan was favorably re J. E. S tansberry , who will speak on th e g ran g e for th e g ran g e is th e est, th e freezing and cold sto rag e large crow ds Inasm uch as it Is m ore th is system said th a t It gave a ceived and a petition Is being circu th e selection and care of th e hom e g rea test o rganization of farm ers in m ethod. This m ethod is com parative- Interestin g th an any previous shows, chance to use fertilize rs to th e best lated , m any firms signing up last o rchard, is know n to have one of th e A m erica, judged by age. experience ly nPW but baH bpt,„ fu|lv trjpd o u , The truck show is being held in ln- advantage. night. m ost profitable sm all o rch ard s In the and accom plishm ents. According to a n j found to b e D r a c t l c a l a n d e c o , l p a |p r 1" h o * on ap' "N itro g en ts selling a t «70 to «80 w - - .... .v \ p ractical and eco count of tb e lack of sufficient space A rchie M eyers told th e m eeting state. Mr. S tan sb erry is also sta te i per to n ,” said P ro fesso r R uzek, "and .. Mar<JU 8* g ran g e haF nomical. T he process consists of b a r - , due to thp largo n u m b e r of pasHen- th e re was a prospect of g e ttin g the h o rtic u ltu re inspector. He will dis yet th ree -fo u rth s of th e atm o sp h ere been th e “ fo ster m o th e r” of nearly all reling th e berries in parafine-lined, Ker cars being displayed. proposed 1925 f a ir to locate on cuss th e q u a ra n tin e laws which p er of o u r g reat ag ric u ltu ral develop- flr b arrels T he b arrel is stenciled Thp °P p,lin* n l* h t. Monday, Ja n u - which covers th e g ro u n d Is nitro g en . g ro u n d s east of th e city and a com ta in to th e shipm en t of berry plantB m ents. T he a g ric u ltu ra l colleges, ex- with th e nam e of th e variety o f f r u i t ” 7 tbp rpppP«'on Legum e crops will sto re up nitrogen m ittee was appointed, consisting of out of th e state. D uring th e past two p im ent statio n s, farm ers in stitu te s, the gross w eight, ta re and net, of world, which includes every dealer, for you from th e air. P la n ts do not A. Meyers, A. W. M etzger and H. L. weeks Mr. S tansb erry has been over th e county ag en t m ovem ent, free ru r- co n ten ts and Is also given a n u m b er i &CCPB* °ry ln an . Karage w orker aud ta k e nitrogen from th e a ir with St. C lair, to f u rth e r th e cause. th e s ta te inspecting straw b erry al delivery, parcel post, cooperation. a n d ,t )s ready for th e freezing room ¡ ° " ^ ; th e ir leaves as m any believe but T h ere were p resen t in th e early plants. A w ell inform ed man he will teachlng of ag ric u ltu re ln th e schools „ , ... . . . , Tuesday night will ne devoted to m ust get down th ro u g h th e soil. T he To freeze a 400-pound b arrel re -[th e reception of civic clubs and Wed- p a rt of th e evening men who had an have m uch of value to im p art to all and th e land banks hâve been th e con qulres 72 h ours a t a te m p eratu re of nesday n ig h t will be society night, b e tte r the condition of th e soil the im p o rta n t m a n u factu rin g proposition those who atten d . cern of th e grange. 12 above zero (an d th e c u rre n t ra te " h lc h is being looked forw ard to m ore readily can th e legum e crops to present. T he h o u r being la te they F a rm e rs p resen t at th e m eeting ls $1 per b arrel, o r on e-fo u rth cent w ith m ore th an usual In terest. Live sto re up th e nitrogen. T hey also In decided to com e when th ey would held here S aturd ay m orning of last ... . , .. , models, displaying la test w earing ap- R aney’s V ulcanizing Shop Cliangee per pound) A fter freezing solid It is parel, will add prom inence to th e dia crease the o rg an ic m a tte r ln th e soil. have a b e tte r opportunity. T his op F arm ers W eek will rem em ber th e Mr. Ruzek answ ered th e objection H**wls, sto red a t a te m p e ra tu re of from 28 play of enclosed cars, on this night. p o rtu n ity will be given next Monday p leasant and profitable h o u r they T h u rsd ay th e sta te d ealers will meet th a t th e use of th ese fertilize rs w ere F red Tibbets, recently from Chi- to 30 degrees w here It can be kept In n ig h t when a special m eeting of the spent u nder th e spell of C. I. Lewis. at th e ir an n u al m eeting D ealers from said to m ake necessary th e ir con Business Men’s association will be Mr. Lewis is a clever sp eak er w ith an cago, has purchased R aney's V ulcan- perfect condition fo r an indefinite all over Oregon will atten d this tinued use. T he su re st way to run fzlng shop from Ben Raney and took tim e, th e cu rre n t ra te of sto rag e be- m eeting. Toy haloons will be given h eld at the Bank t of G resham . in te restin g subject and will su rely be possesslon S atu rd ay . lng 50 cen ts p er m onth so you see to to the “ k id d les” who atten d S a tu r down a farm Is to raise larg e crops enjoyed Mr. T ib b etts expects la te r on to freeze an d sto re a b arrel of berries day aftern o o n . To au g m en t th e co n tinually b u t th a t sh o u ld not keep HOME BUILDERS ASSN. Chas H. Gray, N ational F arm Bu han d le a line of tires and may Install for six m onths would only cost one th o u san d s of P o rtland people In a t one from g row ing la rg e crops, ra th e r VOTES TO DISBAND reau Executive C om m itteem an, will tendance at the show h u n d red s from a service car. All m an n er of tire re- cent per pound which seem s very all p arts of Oregon and W ashington one should endeav o r to resto re th e be one of th e principal sp eak ers on T he fact th a t only one application p air w ork will be handled w ith care reasonable. T his b arrel goods is j will come to visit th e w onderful ex- elem ents needed th a t larg e crops S aturday. A m eeting of th e Oregon and prom ptness. for a loan had been m ade to th e Home C ontlnued o n n i t e 3 hlblts. Special a tte n tio n will bo glv- may be grow n again and again. T he F arm B ureau is being held In P o rt ------ - ------- -------------------- P_g _---------------j en the visitors by th e autom obile men use of fertilizers does Increase th e B uilders association d uring its exist land th is week for th e purpose of yield If properly used an d th e In ence of a little m ore th an a year ( hospitality will be long rem em bered. com pleting th e o rg an izatio n of th e creased yield tak es from th e soil ele seem s to have led a m a jo rity of the IT’S ACTION SHE WANTS bureau in th is state. Mr. Gray is de E x-Service Man R einnveil t/» Basc m ents th a t m ust be resto red If th e sto ck h o ld ers to reg ard th e pro ject as voting his tim e a t p resen t to th e as HoMphaJ. sam e sta n d a rd s of p roduction a re unsuccessful and a t th e m eeting held sisting of F arm B ureaus of th e w est Fred C rane, Jr., who served as a m aintained. last n ig h t the organization voted to ern states. F e rtile soli Is not a soil th a t con lie u te n an t overseas and who has su f dissolve. The dissolution how ever Is P aul V. M aris, d irecto r of E xten fered with tuberculosis of th e spine, tain s th e p ro p er p ro p o rtio n s of each conditional on sellin g th e one loan sion for th e Oregon A g ricu ltu ral Col was taken from hts homo last week ’o of th e essen tial elem ents b ut a soil m ade to private parties. lege, speak3 S aturd ay m orning. Mr. the base hospital ln Tacom a fo r tr e a t th a t has th ese elem ents In an av a il Of th e 190 shares subscribed, 131 M aris spoke here last y ear and was able shape. ment. w ere represented and voted a t th e m ost clever in his style of speaking Mr. C rane u n d erw en t a b o n e-g raft Mr. Robinson of the Lynch n eigh m eeting. On th e proposal to end th e and accom plished th e alm o st Impos ing operation In a P o rtlan d hospital borhood gave th e resu lts of some In association th e re w ere 87 in favor of sible stu n t of keelng th e audience several m onths ago and has m ade te re stin g experim ents of th e use of q u ittin g and 4 4 votes in favor of p er Interested in the la st sp e ak e r of a good Im provem ent, b ut govern m en t com m ercial fertilize r on potatoes. p etu atin g the association. w eek’s program . orders m ade It necessary for him to He found th a t th e re was a decided T he officers who had served fo r one Geo. A M ansfield, president of the be placed ln a m ilitary hospital. ad v an tag e In th e use of a com plete y ear w ere continued in office pending S tate F arm B ureau, will discuss the fertilize r over th e use of su p e r phos th e closing up of th e affairs of th e as aim s, activities and accom plishm ents The p ru n e m a rk e t may be dull r p ____ ___ h ate In a la te r p lan tin g of pota- sociation. now, but th e re are lndlcattona th a t I 7,,PB . bprp ' T *, iT ’“ of th e N ational F arm B ureau stocks everyw here are ab o u t ez- ’h" rP * a" no " li' rpa',p «” >>••>'’ on ROCKWOOlT GRANGE BAZAAR. hausted and th a t a fte r th e holiday a p,ot on w hlch one ton of fertilizer T ake advantage of thp special sale Rockwood g ran g e will give a pro season buying will begin In th e east, had been used over th a t w here th e re gram and bazaar at its hall on th e on g ra n ite w are at L. L K idder Hdw according to R. C. P au lu s, sales was no fe rtiliz e r Lack of m oisture #o Base Line road on S atu rd ay night, Co.— Adv. m anager of th e Oregon G row ers’ Co- , Ja n u a ry 15. Among th e num bers on operative association. lim ited th e crop here. I ^ t e r p la n t Expert R epairing. th e program will be H aw aiian singers ing, which received the benefit of th e Any kind of au to o r tru ck . G ener and dancers. R efreshm ents will be “ M lstland” as a term w ith which fall rains show ed a m arked Increase served in the evening. All a re in ato rs and m agnetos a specialty. to ad v ertise Oregon products, is now on the fertilized plots. Sherm an M cCarter, co rn er Powell vited. receiving g eneral approval, although and Maple atre et, G resham , phone A. O. Salzm an gave th e resu lt of at first It was th o u g h t all w rong to Storage battery repairing and re 851. tf even su g g est th a t It ev er rained In th e fertilize r w ork on his farm east ch arg in g , s ta rte r and g e n e ra to r Oregon. T he Oregon O row ers Co of th e Sandy river. In som e cases w ork. R aker A Son. D entU try m ade patnlesa by nerve operative association adopted th e th e yields have heen m arked and ln - -..... 1 blocking m ethods. Try It. Dr. C P. nam e M lstland. and la now ad v e rtis The Bank of Greaham pays 5 per ¡Johnson, 611 Morgan Bldg , P ort- T he use of ing Oregon prunes In th e east u n d er o th e rs not so much so cent In terest on tim e deposit«.— Adv. land, Oregon. Main «749.— Adv. th is nam e. Continued on page 3 rKctZING ME 1 HOD BOON TO BERRYMEN .1°’ Wa" devotf‘d