INDEPENDENCE DAY— CELEBRATE AT GRESHAM
TUESDAYS
AND
FRIDAYS
T W IC E
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$1.60 PER YEAR
VOL. 11, NO. 36
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MULLENHOFF’S COW
2D IN CLASS INU.S.
PHONE USERS PROTEST
AGAINST HIGH RATES
GOOD TIME ON FOURTH AT GRESHAM
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OPENING OF CANNERY
IS STILL UNCERTAIN
ELECTRIC LIGHT NOW
ASSURED AREA EAST
At a special m eeting of the B usi
T elephone users of th e Victory
school d istrict have voiced a pro test
A rran g em en ts fo r th e F o u rth of Ju ly celebration to be held in Gresh- ness M en's A ssociation which was
held T uesday evening to discuss fu r
again st th e rise in telephone rate s am are progressing sm oothly and every prediction is for a rousing good th e r th e proposition to obtain a loan
W ord has ju st been received by
H. G. M ullenhoff of C rystal Brook w hich goes tyito effect today. They tim e. The fat s te e r for the barbecue has already paid th e suprem e sacrifice i of $10,000 to $15,000, brought by
Stock F arm is th e proud ow ner of the have filed th e ir pro test w ith th e sec for th e developm ent of th e sp irit of p atriotism . The fairg ro u n d s p ark has D. E. Towle, m an ag er of the Berry B. F. Howell of Pow ell Valley th a t
cow w hich holds second place In th e re ta ry of th e telephone com pany and been raked and cleaned to a finish and the race trac k p u t in th e best pos G row ers’ Packing Com pany, it was th e S tan d ard Oil C om pany is ready
have asked to have th e sam e pub
th e alm ost un an im o u s opinion of the and anxious for electric lights a t th e
30 day and also in th e 7 day records lished in th e Outlook. T he list of sible shape.
The baseball boys are p u ttin g in th e ir best licks in p ractice and are business men th a t it would be im G resham plant and w ork on th e new
of the H olstein-F riesian Association subscribers is as follow s: M. H. Dahl,
su re of w inning th e gam e ag a in st T igard in th e forenoon. T hose who wish possible fo r local business men to extension of pow er and lig h t w ires
of A m erica for th e fiscal y ear ending A. A. McMillen, J. D. Splaw n. H. D. to dance will be assu red of good music and a good floor and m any a ttr a c loan th e necessary funds needed to on th e Powell V alley road as fa r as
Ju n e 1, 1921. T he cow, Stanhope McCreary, L. W ilhelm , Geo. W. A rm tions will be in place fo r th e young people. Je rry Ryan of P o rtlan d will finance th e op eratio n of th e cannery E llio tt’s sto re may be sta rte d in th e
d u rin g th e firs t few weeks.
n ear fu tu re . Last Spring th e plans
Belle Jo h a n n a No. 282677 is Just strong, F. F o th , A. H. B urns, F ra n k
Swanson, E. H. Lord, R. K erslake, sing at th e fa ir grounds.
A lthough th e financing of th e can w ere com menced
and
progressed
past seven years of age.
T
his
will
be
an
o
p
p
o
rtu
n
ity
fo
r
all
who
enjoy
horse
racing,
as
a
fine
H. L. D o u th it, J. N. E berle, C urtis
nery o p eratio n s has been so u n certain nicely' un til th e S tan d ard Oil Com
She was six years, seven m onths
W heeler, Adolf Sester, Mrs. J. Ick- racing program h as been arran g e d , which will Include free-for-all pace, th e officials have been w orking on pany* was approached w hen th e In
and 8 days old w hen sh e began her
free-for-all tro t an d o th e r races. M otorcycle races w ill also be held.
le r and H. W. A rm strong.
th e supposition th a t it could be done ev itab le red tape necessary in d eal
official te st th e 9th of F ebruary.
T elephone subscribers to th e n u m
In th e evening th e G resham P ost A m erican Legion will h av e ch arg e ' an d they have every th in g in read i ing w ith a la rg e com pany held up
F rom F eb ru ary 9 to J u n e 1, she ber of 4 5 in th e C ottrell d istric t m et
ness to s ta r t can n in g at once of th e th e w ork fo r several m onths. Now
produced 12603.4 pounds of m ilk a t th e com m unity church la st n ig h t of a g ra n d ball to be held In Masonic hall.
necessary finances can be obtained. th e last delay Is o ver and th e S tan d
B
usiness
houses,
banks
an
d
postoffice
will
observe
th
e
day
by
closing
containing 374.485 pounds of b u t and drew up a rem o n stran ce to th e
Local business men and th e local ard Oil com pany n o t only is w illing
all
day.
The
b
a
rb
e
r
shops
will
rem
ain
open
un
til
noon
to
serve
th
e
ir
pa-
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te r fat. She is still continuing her M ultnom ah and C lackam as M utual
banks are not in a position to fi to put up its sh a re of th e money b ut
fine record and is on th e official te st T elephone com pany ag ain st th e in trons. C arriers on th e ru ra l m ail routes will be free to enjoy th e day in | nance so larg e an o peration on such th e officers a re anxious to g et the
for th e year.
crease in ra te s w hich th ey agreed th e p ark as th e re will be no delivery of m ails, excepting th a t th e windows sh o rt notice.
system in stalled a t once.
In th e sam e association's contest was excessive. A p ap er was draw n up a t th e postoffice will be open from 9 u n til 10 o ’clock.
If th e finances can be obtained
Mr. Howell who h as been in
S tanhope Belle Jo h a n n a has 20th which was signed by all p resen t and
from o th e r sources th e can n ery will charge of th e proposition, is at p res
place in th e 7 day b u tte r fa t record was sub m itted to th e secretary of j
open S atu rd ay m orning o r T uesday en t w orking for th e B erry G row ers
but was d ebarred from w inning one the com pany and all o rdered th e ir •
m orning b u t a t th e tim e of going P acking Com pany h au lin g crates,
of th e prizes by the fact th a t she fell telephones rem oved.
to press no word had been received fru it etc. As his days a re from 12
below th e 3 p ercent b u tte r fa t test.
Six m onths is none to long a tim e crease the bulk of feed, low er th e pro- i from Mr. Towle reg ard in g th e suc to 18 hours in len g th it may be a
T he cows in th e b u tte r fa t contest AGED WOMAN IS LAID
to bring a leghorn p u llet to th e p ro portion of p ro tein w ith o u t decreasing i cess of his effo rts to g et th e neces sh o rt tim e before he can ta k e up th e
m ust be betw een th e 3 percent and
w ork again w ith th e o th e r su b scrib
TO REST THURSDAY duction period. T his is th e opinion the feed w hich th e fowls consum e and sa ry cap ital in P o rtlan d .
6 p ercent b u tte r fa t tests.
T he officers of th e com pany are ers, a n um ber of whom have given
of H. E. Cosby, P o u ltry E xtension w ithout ta k in g aw ay all pro tein feeds.
On th e 30 day m ilk record fo r m a
The fu n eral service of th e late Sar- j sp ecialist fo r th e Oregon A gricul
Every evidence can be brought m aking heroic effo rts to m eet th e up hope of receiving th e S tan d ard
tu r e cows th e C rystal Brook cow gave ah J. McDonald was held at G resham tu ra l College who has been holding
If no
ag ain st th e p ractice of going to the d ifficu lt situ atio n w hich they face Oil com pany’s subscription.
3560.6 pounds of m ilk w ith lOg.658 M ehodist Episcopal church, T h u rsd ay m eetings a t th e d em o n stratio n farm s
o th e r extrem e and giving too large but n o th in g d efin ite reg ard in g th e fu rth e r d ifficulties a re enco u n tered
pounds of b u tte r fat. In th e 7 day m orning. Ju n e 30th. A la rg e n u m in th is county th is week. The m ain
situ atio n can be said a t present.
electric lights will sh in e from th e
a q u an tity of protein.
Record sh e gave 879.7 pounds of b er of fo rm er friends and neighbors j su b je ct u n d er discussion has been
A new receiving shed is u n d er con hom es along th e Pow ell V alley road
T
here
is
no
d
an
g
er
of
g
e
ttin
g
too
m ilk w ith 27.361 pounds of fat. The g ath ered to pay th e ir last trib u te of ; th e care and feeding of th e young
stru ctio n n ea r th e en tra n ce to th e to E llio tt's store.
cow w inning firs t.p la c e is ow ned by love and respect to one of th e p io n -, p u llets and th e effects of th a t care much g reen feed in th e d iet o f th e cannery for th e berries received for
It is th o u g h t th a t th e lin e will be
young pullets. G reen feed adds to
a m an in W arren, M innesota and she eers of th is locality.
upon th e ir gro w th and developm ent. th e bulk and increases th e ability of sh ip p in g an d b arrelin g . T he floor extended Im m ediately as fa r as
was only 1.4 pounds ahead of S tan
Rev. A. S. H isey was in ch arg e of
If th e re w'as to be b u t one hatch th e fowls to digest large am o u n ts of space in th e m ain building will be P leasan t Home. T hose who are in
hope Belle Joh an n a.
the services w hich were m ost im pres
used en tirely fo r canning o perations terested should g et in touch w ith Mr.
Mr.
Cosby advised th a t it be ab o u t leed.
T he best 7 day period of b u tte rfa t sive. Mrs. H. L. S tC lair an d Mrs.
if th e cannery s ta rts and th ey are Howell and th u s assist in p u ttin g
th e first week in A pril, as th is gives
On» little point which was discuss still in hopes th a t th e clouds will th e proposition over .at once.
production was 3.18 pounds average A. W. Shipley sang several selections
a good six m onths tim e to develop ed a t len g th was th e tim e to move
and Miss E d ith Lym an presided at
break and th a t th e fu n d s will be ob
in a 7 day period.
and they come in to th e laying p er th e p u llets into th e ir w in ter q u arters.
T he H olstein-F riesian Association th e organ.
tained.
NEW TRACT OF LAND
iod
ab
o
u
t
October
first.
P
u
llets
th
a
t
Prof. Cosby said th a t if a' bunch of
of A m erica has cows from every
B erries of th e fin est q u ality are
T he pall b earers w ere old frien d s
PLATTED FOR SALE
s ta te in th e Union and also from C an and • acq uaintances of th e fam ily. are h atch ed e a rlie r will often go into pullets seem ed to be developing too being handled in th e fresh fru it m ar
th e p artial m oult which is expensive rapidly a move in to th e ir w in ter q u a r
R itter, Lowe & Co., of P o rtlan d ,
ad a on its records. T hey a re com They w ere G eorge and Jo h n Sleret,
k et at presen t.
ters would re ta rd th e ir developm ent
have placed upon th e m a rk e t a tra c t
peting fo r cash prizes offered by th e J. B. and Wm. R obertson. F. L ester to th e poultrym en.
Any u ndue forcing tow ard th e m a w ithout stu n tin g th e ir grow th. It is LADIES ENTERTAIN
of land containing ab o u t 135 acres
association and others.
and F re d Ruegg.
w ithin th e Union H igh School d is
S tanhope Belle Jo h a n n a was sired
In te rm e n t w as in th e H all ceme tu rity of the young p u llets will be at much b e tte r to m ove th em six weeks
LEGION
MEN
TUESDAY
th e expense of th e vitality of th e birds early th a n to w ait u n til they begin to
tric t. T his land Is bounded on th e
by Model P au l Jo h a n n a from H olly tery on th e B aseline road.
T he ladies of th e A uxiliary of th e n o rth by th e B aseline Road, on th e
wood farm , ow ned by Mr. M ullenhoff
S arah Ja n e Moore was born No and they will n o t be able to sta n d up lay. A move a t th e beginning of the
a t th a t tim e and h er dam was C rystal vem ber 12, 1836, n e a r Y oungstow n, u n d er th e strain of high production. laying period will often throw the A m erican Legion e n tertain ed th e ea st by B a rk e r Road an d on th e
Brook S tanhope Belle also ow ned and M ahoning county, Ohio, and died at In years gone by o u r fam iliar dom es whole flock into a p a rtia l m oult. It G resham P ost a t th e close of an im south by Section L ine road. It is
divided into 2 Ms to 6 acre tracts.
ro b e d by Mr. M ullenhoff.
D allas, Oregon, Ju n e 26, 1921, aged tic fowl roam ed th e woods and fields is the sudden changes th a t cause the p o rta n t session T uesday evening.
laying only enough eggs in th e spring poultry men trouble.
T he men were invited into th e hall T his tra c t of land has only been on
C rystal Brook S tanhope Belle was 84 years, 7 m onths an d 14 days.
If hens a re k ep t up in th e house w hich ad jo in s th e ir club room and th e m a rk e t a sh o rt tim e b ut one
sired by M arilla P lum G ea rh a rt ow n
Mrs. McDonald sp en t som e forty- of th e year to rep ro d u ce h e r species.
ed by Mr. M ullenhoff an d h er dam two years of h e r life in Ohio. In th e By process of carefu l breeding and then they should n ot be le t o u t even w ere tre a te d to Ice cream and cake sale has already been m ad e to Jo h n
L am bert of P o rtlan d , w hoexpects to
was L unde S tanhope Belle from the spring of 1879 she, w ith h e r husband selection th e p resen t records have on sunny days. On th e o th e r h and if and given a fine social evening.
C om m ander Floyd L. Mack re move onto th e tra c t w ith his fam ily
P. A. F ra k e s stock farm a t Scappoose and children cam e to Oregon, lo c at been o btained b u t care m u st be tak en th e hens are used to being o u t of
Both the m other and g ran d m o th er ing in Powell Valley, Ju n e 1st, at th e to cu ltiv ate th e v itality of th e chick doors th ey will sta n d a good deal of quested all Legion men to be on hand in a sh o rt tim e.
R. H. Confrey of Lynch is In
of th e p rese n t record m aking cow hom e w here she lived continuously th e p u llet and th e hen, o r else th e bad w eath er w ith o u t h arm . H e a d a t th e club room s a t 9 o’clock Sun
w ere heavy and persisten t m ilkers u n til Ju ly 2, 1919, when she was hen will break down u n d er th is strain vises th a t th e hens be k ep t up b ut day m orning w hen th e club room s charge of th e S u b u rb an H om e de
and Mr. M ullenhoff hopes to continue strick en w ith paralysis. Since th a t of high production and th is will en says th a t e ith e r m ethod will be a l will be d ecorated in ho n o r of th e p artm en t of th e R itte r, Lowe & Co.,
rig h t if th ey a re h ot mixed. T he m eth F o u rth . A good atten d a n ce Is de and has charge of sa le of thiB prop
the line but up to th e p rese n t tim e tim e she has lived w ith h e r children, tail loss to th e p oultrym an.
P u llets th a t are forced to early pro ods should not be mixed how ever as sired.
erty.
S tanhope Belle Jo h a n n a has had only h er husband, Jo h n A. McDonald,
T he Legion voted to buy a se t of
I having died som e tw enty-five years duction a t fo u r to five m onths will this will resu lt in low er production.
m ale calves.
“ T here is one fact th a t poultrym en boxing gloves to add to its ath letic PATRIOTIC SERVICES
not stan d up u n d er th is stra in as a
Mr M wl'onhoff is intensely inter- ! ago.
eifted in th e breeding and care of
AT METHODIST CHURCH
Mrs. McDonald u n ited w ith th e ru le and en tail loss r a th e r th a n prof m ust look squarely in th e face,” said equipm ent.
Prof. Cosby, " I t is gro u n d co n tam in a
P lans fo r th e Americun Legion
dairy cows and hopes to build up a M ethodist church in early girlhood it to th e ow ner. >
The
servces nt th e M ethodist
Many grow ers contend, how ever, tio n .” T he n o rth w est is th e ideal lo dance to be given on th e evening of
fine line of stock. At p resen t he has and sh e continued to live In th a t
a herd of eleven p ure bred cows on ¡C hristian faith th ro u g h o u t he life, th a t th e increased prices for broilers cation fo r com m ercial flocks and th e Ju ly 4th w ere discussed and indica church next Sunday will be in keep
ing w ith th e season of th e y ear when
his farm ju s t ea st of P le a sa n t Home. i She was a m em ber of th e M ethodist from th e Ja n u a ry and F eb ru ary hatch poultrym an m ust face th e fact th a t tions point to a successful a ffa ir .
C. O. S chneider and Cleveland we a re rem inding ourcelves of
S tanhope Belle Jo h a n n a is being j church of G resham . She leaves to offset th e loss of eggs w hich resu lts th e problem is n ot “ W hat will cure
given good care b u t h e r record is her j m ourn h e r d eath , th re e ch ild ren — w hen th e hens go into th e p artial but w hat will p rev e n t.” T he yarded Bliss are th e delegates rep resen tin g A m erica’s day of freedom . Ju ly 4th,
system and th e grow ing of green feed th e G resham P ost a t th e T hird An th e “ G lorious F o u rth ” should be
own and has been a co n tin u al s u r F ra n k J. Bissell a son by a form er m oult.
H e advocated th e A pril hatch ra th on som e of th e y ard s and th e r o ta t n u al S tate Convention a t E ugene m ore to us th an noise and firew orks.
prise to h er ow ner who did not fully m a rriag e and H arry D. McDonald,
“ It ing of th e yards from y e a r to y ear is which is In session F rid ay and S at It should be a day fo r th e cu ltiv atio n
realize how splendid h e r record both of D allas, Oregon, and Mrs. An e r th an th e re ta rd in g m ethod.
of p atriotism and of C h ristian c h a r
w ould prove when he p u t h er on the n a M. S. Thom pson, who lives n ear sounds fin e,” said Mr. Cosby “ to all th a t will p rev en t co n tam in atio n of u rd ay of th is week.
acter,
speak
ab
o
u
t
re
ta
rd
in
g
p
u
llets
b
u
t
it
is
the
soil.
Diseases
from
th
e
ground
official test. She is m ilked fo u r tim es G resham . T h ere a re ten g ran d ch ild
C anary» ttM*a|M*
T he pasto r. Rev. H isey, will preach
a day a t re g u la r intervals and is fed ren, one g reat-g ran d ch ild , and two a bad p ractice to do it by th e sta rv a will n o t s trik e u n til th e th ird o r
Som etim e M onday, Mrs. K esler re
on K e rr’s Milk M aker. She is allow ed brothers. Jo h n A. and David T. Moore tion m ethod w hich has been com m on fo u rth y ear b u t it su rely will come ports, sev eral of h er b eau tifu l can both m orning and evening. Topic
fo r th e forenoon, “ W orld U u -S etters”
ly p racticed .” He said th a t th is could bringing g rief and loss of profits.
to ru n in a lo t when th e w pather is of Y oungstow n, Ohio.
ary hens flew o u t of th e house. They
not be done except a t th e expense of
It is by atten tio n to such d etails are all leg-banded. One found refuge an d for evening, “ A m erica F irs t."
fine b u t cows th a t produce 12503.4
Topic for th e E pw orth League,
th e vitality of th e fowl.
A nother th a t th e poultrym en win out. Those in D avidson’s d ru g sto re, Tom How-
C ard of T hanks
lbs. of m ilk in 112 days a re n o t a l
i t t ’s cat m ade a d ain ty m eal off of “Thy Kingdom Come in O ur N a
W e wish to th a n k th e m any friends m ethod is to ta k e aw ay all protein, who fail to do so a re bound to lose.
lowed to stand and sh iv er in the wet
Prof. Cosby le ft W ednesday even an o th er. O th ers are a t large. If aeon tio n .”
and cold, o r perhaps th e b e tte r way for th e ir kind w ords and sym pathy b u t th is also is a poor m ethod as pro
to s ta te it would be to reverse the to us in o u r b ereavem ent in th e death tein fu rn ish es th e m ateria l fo r the ing fo r Ith ica, N. Y., w here he will call K eslei’s b arb e r shop, phone 4x2.
C arelessness with cam p fires b
idea an d say th a t cows th a t a re a l of o u r m o th er, Mrs. S arah McDonald, g ro w th of th e m uscles and an u n d er atten d a conference of poultrym en
- f o r ” halk ~
crim inal.
sized p u llet will re su lt from th e ab from every s ta te In th e Union on th e
1 wood ran g e $20.00.
lowed to sh iv er in th e cold and rain also fo r th e b eau tifu l flow ers.
su b je ct of culling. T he in fo rm atio n
Mr. and Mrs. F. J . Bissell and sence of all such food.
1 Gas V ulcan ran g e, 4 holes w ith
do not produce records of th is kind.
L um ber goes up as foreets burn
In case it becam e necessary to cu t gained in th is conference will be
fam ily: Mr. and Mrs. H. 'D.
pilot and oven $45.00.
It is a cred it to th e dairym en of
down.
1 R uuld gas w ate r h e a te r $15.00.
McDonald and fam ily; Mr down on th e am o u n t of protein, Prof. available a t th e next d em o n stratio n
th is neighborhood w hen so many
1 Box Gas H ea ter w ith coil $5.00.
and Mrs. Alex Thom pson and Cosby advised th a t th e dry m ash oe m eeting to be held in ab o u t two
cows of th is county are m aking such
Used Home C om fort Steel Runge,
d iluted with mill ru n which would in- m onths.
JOHN BROWN, Phone 2501
$35 00. W. A. Hessel.
fam ily.
splendid records.____________________
POULTRY PROBLEMS CONSIDERED
»
MONDAY
JULY'
Free Barbecue at Noon
Â
a
Baseball Game 11 a. rn. Gresham vs Tigard
Free for All Pace — Free for All Trot — Other Races
Motorcycle Races
Good Band Music
FREE BOWERY DANCE During Afternoon at Fairgrounds.
JERRY RYAN, Celebrated Portland Baritone, Will sing in the Park.
A t B a ll P a r k , F a ir G r o u n d s
an d R ace T rack
NO ADMISSION TO FAIR GROUNDS. Small charge at races
GRAND BALL at NIGHT by Gresham Post A. L.