Gresham outlook., April 01, 1921, Image 1

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G resham O utlook
GRESHAM, MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON,
VOL. 11, NO. 10
TUESDAYS
AND
FRIDAYS
FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1921
$1.50 PER YEAR
MARION JOHNSON DIES
WALTER SWEEK IS
BIG BASEBALL MEETING
NEW SWITCH BOARD IS
DOCTOR GIVES VIEWS ON
FARM BUREAU WORK
SUDDENLY AT HIS HOME
SERIOUSLY INJURED
WILL BE HELD THURSDAY
ON WAY FROM NEW YORK
PREVAILING EPIDEMIC
GAINING HEADWAY
F rien d s of M arion Jo h n so n were I W a lte r Sweek. a p o p u lar m em ber
T he executive com m ittee of the inexpressibly shocked to learn of his I of th e senior class of Union High
M ultnom ah County F a rm B ureau eudden d eath on Tuesday evening, school, was seriously in ju red T uesday
m et W ednesday afternoon and m ap­ M arch 29, ju st at th e close of hi3 r.oon when he tripped on a w ire at
ped o u t a line of g en e ral topics to d ay ’s work. H e had been busy as th e h igh school building and fell full
local com m unities in th e n ea r fu­ i usual on his farm and had com pleted i len g th on th e cem ent pavem ent. He
ture.
bis w ork at th e b arn for th e evening, i suffered a slig h t concussion of th e
T he m em bers of th e com m ittee aro On his way to the house d eath called b rain an d a broken co llar bone and
M. G. W oodle, p resid e n t; H. W. him. He was found lying in th e p ath has been confined to his hom e in th e
Lynch, vice p resid e n t; Guy H. Rob­ a little la te r by m em bers of th e fam - H ow ltt building since. If th e con-
ertson, se creta ry ; J. L uscher, tre a s­ i ily who w ent to learn why he d e - ! cussion proves no m ore serious th a n
u re r; H. C. W ihlon, Q. A Byers and layed his com ing to dinner. A phy- is indicated now he will probably
J. W. Evans, directors.
' sician was called b ut life had al- i be up an d aro u n d again in a few
T he gen eral topics w hich they o u t­ l ready le ft th e body.
I days. T he classes had ju st closed
lined
include Livestock Im prove­
Mr. Johnson was born in N ew ton, fo r noon and W alter seeing som e
m ents, Crop Im provem ent. M arket­ Iowa. April 22, 1857. In 1879 ho frien d s leaving th e y ard in a m achine
ing, Soil Im provem ent and C ontrol m arried Elizabeth A. W ebster, who ran to catch them and in doing so
of Rodents and Pests.
i survives him . F ive ch ild ren w ere J failed to rem em ber th e wire. Those
U nder th e livestock program they I born to this union, fo u r of whom who w itnessed th e accident said th a t
recom m end th e en larg em e n t of the survive. T hey a re E v erett A. John-1 he stru c k th e pavem ent with te rrib le
Cow T esting Assn, and w ork carried 6on of P o rtlan d , O regon; E lizabeth 1 force, strik in g on his sh o u ld er and
on in a la rg e r scale. T his would E. Johnson, of G resham ;
Mrs. j th e side of his head. He was ren -
m ean th e reorganization of the work I Blanche E. G audy, of D enver, Colo-1 dered unconscious an d rem ained so
in th is county. T he com m ittee also rado, and Mrs E thel L. C ushm an ot fo r ab o u t 20 m inutes. Ho was tak en
plans th e placing of m ore good O akland, C alifornia.
to th e hom e of Dr. Inglis and la te r
breeding stock in th e county as one
F o r m ore th an 20 years Mr. Jo h n ­ to th e ap a rtm en ts over D avidson’s
of th e first step s in th e im provem ent son was engaged in child w elfare sto re w'hich a re occupied by him self
program .
work, first in Iow a and th en in W ash­ and m other.
U nder crop im provem ent, th e ington, w here he cam e in 1910. In
W a lte r is very p opular am ong th e
sta n d ard iz atio n of potatoes and the 1918 he resigned his position as sen io r class m em bers and had one of
raising of m ore pure s tra in s of sta n ­ 3tate su p e rin ten d e n t of th e W ashing­ th e leading p a rts in th e class play to
dard v arieties is desired. 'While im ­ ton C h ild ren ’s Home society to tak e bo given next week. His p a rt has
provem ent w ork in o th e r crop« will up his residence in G resham .
been ta k en by Melvin Brugger.
be tak en up la te r th e com m ittee fell
Mr. Johnson was identified w ith
th a t the problem th a t is m ost u rgent th e M ethodist Episcopal church from
POWELL VALLEY
in this county is th e im provem ent of t i s early m anhood. He was ordained
seed potatoes.
T he re g u la r preaching service will
a local deason and
freq u en tly
One of th e first plans of th e com ­ preached.
D uring th e p ast few be held a t th e Mission church S un­
m itte e for m a rk e tin g is th e plan m onths he was one of th e preach ers day, A pril 3. T he m orning service
w hich they hope to execute, of co­ on the circuit and preached a lte rn a te will be held at 11 o ’clock. Sunday
o p eratin g w ith th e ad jo in in g coun­ Sundays a t F airview and T ro u td ale. school convenes at 10 a. ra. In th e
ties of C lackam as, W ashington and He was deeply in terested in th e w ork evening. Rev. Jo h n L arson, th e p as­
C olum bia in an exchange plan. Thi3 and was alw ays faith fu l in his m inis­ to r will conduct th e English service
will be handled in its sim plest form tratio n s.
which will com m ence a t 7 :30 p. m.
a t first b u t la te r h ea d q u arte rs in
T he fu n eral was held th is a fte r­ T he topic of th e evening discourse
P o rtlan d will probably be estab lish ­ noon a t th e church u n d er th e d irec­ will be “ Evidences of th e Rison
ed.
tio n of Rev. A. S. H isey, who C h rist.” All a re cordially invited to
F e rtiliz e r
dem o n stratio n s
will preached th e serm on. Rev. E arl B. atten d .
probably be ta k e n up in th e soil im ­ Cotton assisted in the service and
Rev. O. R. K arlstro m , who has
provem ent w ork. S quirrels and C an­ Dr. E. E. G ilbert, d istric t su p e rin te n ­ ch a rg e of th e L oggers and Seam ens
ad a th istle will keep th e com m ittee d en t of th e Sale m district, fo r 25 m ission a t S eattle will preach a t th e
on rodents and pests supplied w ith years a close frien d of th e deceased, L u th e rn church Sunday m orning,
w ork for som e tim e.
paid a b eau tifu l trib u te to his loyal April 3 a t 10:45. In the evening th e
These plans are only g en e ral but C h ristian ch aracter. The p allb earers p asto r, Rev. J. T ruedson, will con­
nt com m unity m eetings w hich are w ere m em bers of th e official boards d u ct th e services w hich will com ­
being arran g e d for th e next few of th e G resham , F airview and T ro u t­ m ence a t 8 p. m.
weeks the different com m unities will dale churches.
T he L u th e r L eague and th e L u th ­
select th e p ro jects w hich they wish
The in term en t was in R iver View eran Sunday school gave a d elig h tfu l
to ta k e up from th e outlin ed list any cem etery and was in ch arg e of th e E a ste r program at th e church S un­
program of w ork w hich they w ish to Masonic o rder.
Mr. Johnson was day evening. T he ch ild ren ’s p art in
p u t on, o r they may choose some also a m em ber of th e M odern W ood­ th e p ro g ram was well rendered. T he
o th e r projects w hich have n o t been men of America.
ch o ir san g several b eau tifu l n u m ­
nam ed in th e county program . F or
bers an d several excellent read in g s
each line of w ork w hich a com m unity rep rese n t th e county com m ittee in w ere given by th e young people. A
desires to ta k e up th e re w ill be ap­ th a t body.
specially fine n u m b er was th e vocal
By th is it will be seen th a t th e solo by Miss E m m a Johnson w ith a
pointed a com m unity leader. This
leader, w ith th e leaders of th e sam e p resen t executive body will be ad d ­ violin accom panim ent by H okan
pro ject in o th e r com m unities, will ed to as fast as new p ro jects are T ruedson. The church was well filled
form th e county com m ittee on this ta k en up and g o tten u n d er way.
w ith th e m em bers and friends, a
T he first two com m unity m eetings n u m b er of people being p resen t from
project. T he county com m ittee, com ­
posed of these local p ro jec t leaders, have been a rran g e d fo r L usted and P o rtlan d .
wdl then m eet and organze selecting C orbett. T he L usted m eeting will
D en tistry m ade painless by nerve
a chairm an and any o th e r necessary be held at th e schoolhouse on April
officers. T he chairm an of th is com­ 8 in th e evening. The C orbett m eet­ blocking m ethods. T ry it. Dr. C. P.
m ittee will th en become a m em ber ing will be held A pril 11 a t th e Cor­ Jo h n so n , 611 M organ Bldg., P o rt­
land. Oregon. Main 6749.— Adv.
of the executive com m ittee and will b e tt high school.
An open m eeting will be held at
A fter alm ost two years of more o r
G resham . Ore., March 29, 1921—
th e tow n hall. T h u rsd ay evening, J less p atien t w aiting on th e p a rt of E ditor O u tlo o k :— In view of th e fact
April 7 a t 8 o'clock for th e purpose d irecto rs of th e M ultnom ah & C lack­ | th a t I have given voice, in talk in g
with individuals an e n t th e prevail-
of organizing a baseball team . A am as M utual T elephone com pany, a I ing
epidem ic, to my convictions th a t
m an ag er will be selected and plans i teleg ram has been received sta tin g | it « as not sm allpox, an d th a t tho
th
a
t
a
sw
itch
board
had
been
sta
rte
d
m ade fo r th e raisin g of neceesary
m ight be inform ed as to th e
on it way from th e Strom berg-C arl­ j - n public
funds to s ta rt th e work.
atu re of w hat I believe th is m alady
son
com
pany
of
R
ochester,
New-
At a recent m eeting of th e Busi­
Monday. Officials hope to have 1 lo be, it would seem n ot o u t of place
ness Men’s club a com m ittco of th ree York,
for me to m ake th e follow ing sta te -
it
h
ere
w ere appointed to a rra n g e for ob­ ; weeks. in th e course of ab o u t th ree ' m ents:
tain in g a new site for th e ball park
O ur m edical jo u rn als have of late
This is n ot th e type of board o rig ­
which is badly needed. The present inally
ili scribed an ap p aren tly new p ath o ­
o
rdered
but
will
be
a
great
Im­
s ite is u n satisfacto ry in th a t it is not provem ent over th e system in effect logical condition th a t has been ex-
large enough and is in a place not i here.
j ta n t for a sh o rt tim e in various lo­
easily found. T his com m ittee con­
T he board will be th e lAtest model calities th ro u g h o u t tho world. It
sists of C. G. Schneider, E rnest S tra t­ m agneto
It will have th ree seem s to have had its origin along
ton and Al H am m ar. They have ;ro sltio n 3 bdard.
and a capacity of 550 the shores of th e Caribbean sea from
m ade no rep o rt as yet upon th e ir lines.
whence it has spread into Brazil,
work
A sw itch board was o rig in ally o r­ South A frica, G reat B ritain , C anada
It is hoped th a t th e re will be a dered
from th e W estern E lectric and especially was it p rev alen t in tho
large atten d a n ce a t this m eeting
island of Jam aica where, w ithin th e
T h u rsd ay evening and a cordial in­ ' com panies rep rese n tativ e in P o rt­ past year, several th o u san d have been
land alm ost two years ago. At th a t
v itation is extended to ail to atten d . tim
It Is called alastrim o r
e verbal prom ises m ade it seem a filleted.
1^ is expected th a t an unusually
pseudo cm allpox.
likely
th
a
t
th
e
board
would
reach
stro n g team trill be lined up this
Its m an ifestatio n s nre m arked w ith
resham in th e late su m m er and cer­
yea • and th e fine w eath er is m aking G
m any d istin g u ish in g featu res, d if­
tain
ly
by
th
e
first
of
October.
The
the fans u rg en t in th e ir desire to get board did n o t arriv e and pleas of feren tiatin g It from e ith e r sm allpox
busy at organizing th e team .
w ar condition, etc., w ere p ut up I oi chickenpox. It has not th e severe
from m onth to m onth to explain th e prodrom al sym ptom s of th e form er,
COMMISSONER HOLMAN
delays. T his kept on fo r ab o u t a j but shows n ch aracteristic of the la t­
ENTERTAINED BY CLUB y ear u n til in O ctober of last year th e te r in w hich th e eru p tio n app ears in
d irectors m et to cancel th e order. successive crops, w hereas in sm all­
pox the eruption comes all a t once;
T he A llegro C ooking club of Ma­ R ep resen tativ es of th e W estern Elec­ does not Invade th e deep er lay ers of
plewood school e n tertain ed a t a tric com pany and of th e Strom berg- the sk in , o rd in arily , hence does n o t
luncheon last T uesday, Com m issioner C arlson com pany w ere present a t the produce p ittin g ; produces no m eas­
R ufus C. H olm an, Supt. W. C. Aider- m eeting and upon th e prom ise of th e ure of Im m unity from sm allpox o r
son, County Club L eader, E thel I. fo rm er th a t th e board would be chickenpox, nor does it prevent th e
C alkins and th e m o th ers of th e club shipped and ready to in stall Ja n u a ry activity of vaccination w ith bovine
1st th e d irectors agreed to wait.
members.
virus, which, in Itself o u g h t to be
T he affair was held in th e club A bout Ja n u a ry 1st th e re cam e a le t­ enough to prove th a t th e causative
room which was artistic ally d eco rat­ te r saying th e o rd er had been de­ facto r is som e o th e r ag en t th a t th e
ed w ith greens, daffodils and th e layed and would surely be ready .for C ytorcytes variolae, th a t produces
tab les were covered w ith lunch ship m en t by March 1st. Again th e sm allpox. I t does n ot p ro tect agalnnt
cloths and n apkins m ade by th e sew ­ d irecto rs waited. A bout March 1st sm allpox, n e ith e r does sm allpox pro­
ing club last year. Each piece of cam e an o th e r le tte r saying th e board tect ag a in st it.
table linen was decorated w ith the would not bo shipped u n til th e la t­
The m ost g ratify in g assu ran ce wo
club em blem , th e f<j*ir II clover te r p a rt of April. F eeling disgusted aro given reg ard in g it is th a t it has
leaf. A rtistic place cards w ere also w ith th e way In which th e W estern a very low m o rtality rate, alm ost nil,
E lectric com pany had handled the
the w ork of th e girls.
In fact, b ut from an economic sta n d ­
Before th e luncheon th e girls affair and n o t know ing when th e point it is q u ite serious for th e rea­
d em o n strated
th e p rep aratio n and board would arriv e as th e prom ises son th a t m any people fallin g victim s
bak.'ng of baking pow der biscuits. of the com pany had been broken so to it a re subjected to nn enforced
The g irls th en served th e biscuits a t m any tim es, th e d irectors m et, can ­ q u ara n tin e th a t often proves a m a t­
th e luncheon which they had pre­ celled th e o rder, and o rdered a te r of real m om ent to them , but u n ­
pared them selves from salad to cake. board of a different type from tho til som e m ore definite know ledge is
com pany
who
Maplewood school won th e $10 Strom berg-C arlson
had respecting it, h ealth boards will
special prize w hich Mr. H olm an of­ agreed to ship at once and who have have no o th e r recourse th a n to es­
fered for th e m ost artistically a r ­ alread y notified thd telephone com ­ tab lish q u ara n tin e w h erev er cases
ranged booth In th e club building. pany th a t th e board is on th e way.
Tho first board ord ered was com ­ of questionable ch a racter nre found.
T here a re ab o u t a dozen m em bers
A. W. BOTKIN.
mon
b attery board, a duplicate-of the
in th e club w hich m eets every two
weeks and prepares a lesson undei board used In th e P o rtlan d office and sity of opening up th e lines to find
th e supervision of one o r both of the would have done aw ay w ith th e ne­ o u t. T his will be a g re a t conveni­
cessity of ringing fo r cen tral. T he ence to th e ce n trals and to th e p a t­
two leaders.
liftin g of th e receiver being all th a t rons who can th en tell when a busy
is necessary. T his would only ex­ line Is clear w ith o u t listening.
S alesm an W anted.
T he new board will successfully
W ant a live h u stle r to sell Chev- tend to th e phones w ithin a rad iu s
rolets In G resham te rrito ry . E xper­ of five m iles from th e cen tral office handle th e w ork of th e G resham of­
ience unnecessary. M ust own your as th e re a re lim its to the service of fice for som e tim e to come and all
T hose o u tsid e th e five- concerned a re glad th a t a t last a
own C hevrolet, e ith e r new o r used. th is so rt.
F o r p articu la rs see Jo h n Bacon, m ile rad iu s would have been forced sw itch board is on th e way.
A rep rese n tativ e of th e W estern
Sales M anager F ield s M otor Car to co n tin u e ringing.
W ith tho type of board ordered E lectric com pany, J. P. C arlson, was
Com pany of G resham , o r phono me
at 'dresham 1601 o r G resham 1621. now all th e im provem ents in service In G resham Monday explaining th a t
will be had except th is one and peo­ th ro u g h special work on th e p a rt of
ple are not objecting to th e ringing th e P o rtlan d office th ey had been
fo r ce n tral If they don’t have to ring nble to ru sh th e o rd er and th a t th e
too often.
board o rdered th ro u g h his com pany
W ith th e in stallatio n of th e new would be shipped this m onth. Of­
bonrd a new plan will be in stig ated ficials of th e telephone com pany are
th a t Is successfully w orked In many n o t su re th a t this will be done as so
sections, th a t of rin g in g off when m any prom ises have been broken
th e conversation is finished. At tho d u rin g th e past two years but if th e
close of the conversation a sh o rt ring board is shipped It will not be ac­
I Is given which notifies ce n tral th n t c e p te d since th e o rd er was cancelled
¡th e line 1s clear w ithout tho neces- at th e last m eeting.
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