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About Gresham outlook. (Gresham, Multnomah County, Or.) 1911-1991 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1921)
T W IC E A W EEK G resham O utlook TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS FAIRWILLBEREADY {¡.“ “ "J™ “ TO OPEN M S».« „ “ i “ ™ Unusual interest was shown by the business men at last n ig h t’s meeting . . .h i. com piled some in te re stin g facts T he M ultnom ah county a ir th is CoUreU in the plans to fill out the question y ear will undoubtedly be the best naire relatin g to the 1925 fair site and especially in meeting the requirem ent and la rg e st th a t has ever been held T eacher associations fo r th e F arm - for the aerial photo of the proposed here. N ever before in th e history or *rg in s titu te held recently a t O rient site between Portland and Gresham. th e fa ir has p rep a ra tio n been so near- haJ1 Clef! Davidson was called in for ex ly com plete a t this tim e. Concession One tbe m ost im p o rta n t facto rs p ert advise on the probable expense stan d s are being erected and many ,q tJje w ork was th e g ro w th of in ter- of the photographic work and the best new and in te restin g fea tu re s plan- j egt of parentg wh 0 a re realizing m ethods of procedure. It is prob ned. m ore th a n ever before th e value of able an attem p t will be made to se Already m ore concession space has i cooperj,(lon A n o th er im p o rtan t cure th e desired pictures from the been sold th a n in any previous year. ; fac to r jg tb a t tb e neighborhood is high points surrounding the proposed day. The com , ing to be reg ard ed m More are com ing in every day m ore ore as as a tract. Archie Meyers thinks a pano new system of stre e ts and avenues unit problem w ith th e school as th e ram ic view taken from the Gresham w hich has been established th is year civic center. “ T he schools nre being butte would equal any airplane picture has solved th e space problem in a used m ore to bring th e people closer th a t could be taken. If this plan does m re sa tisfac to ry m anner and m akes to g e(b er an(j m ore ¡n contact wi ith m o ore not prove satisfactory, however, a r for a b e tte r appearance on th e 8cho£)1 w ork” gaid M rs. Van F leet, rangem ents will be made to hire an grounds. “ H appy" Jack W alker is «since Since the child is th e perm p erm ane an en t airplane. Mr. Davidson is recognized in ch arg e of th e concessions. fa c to r,” she con tin u ed “ th en to as a fine laudscape photographer and T he w hite-w ash m achine has been know th e child an d to plan so th a t he will likely be offered the job of a t w ork and th e buildings a re all he may grow’ is one of th e biggest w hite and clean. The stock barns things in th is world and we have taking the views. As th e expenses of getting the re never looked so well before. All the done m ore along th is line d u rin g th e This bridge is to be built in 90 days across th e H udson from Y onkers, \ \ Y.^to^N> w^ Jcrscy.^usirig quired inform ation an d ,lh e photos will b barns arn s and othwr othwj buildings have been pagt year th a n in any one y ear be gone over and th e trees, telephone fore „ be several hundred dollars, and about Uncle Sam's useless wood -n ships. It xvill last ten y ears and be a sctentii1 ,k. h - paper sim ultaneously will raise the boats and therefore raise the bridge. C opyright pictures printed by P P , and electric lig h t poles have been fifty dollars of indebtedness has al “ In a survey of th e fo u r schools w ith Popular" Science i'.o n tb ly . _____________ ______________________________________ —---- ---------- w hitw ashed all over th e grounds. ready been incurred In connection w ith in this com m unity I find each has an F ra n k C. Jones and a crew of men organized association and I have the site, it was desired to call on all have been busy fo r several weeks secured a brief re p o rt of th e w ork interested to help in raising a fund. g e ttin g all th e buildings in shape. A of each, said Mrs. V an F leet. “ All The plan adopted is th a t of gelling g re a t deal of re p a ir w ork has been four a re sta n d ard and th is was m ade tags. A com mittee, consisting of St. done and m any im provem ents are possible a t le ast i n » p a rt by th e Clair, Miller and Leslie W alrad, was The Outlook for Tuesday, September 20, will be an extra _____ noted on a trip th ro u g h th e grounds. P arent-T eacher asso ciatio n s.” appointed to prepare a catchy tag and large Fair Number. Special articles, illustrations and ads. j A larg e crow d g ath ered at Coium- F irs t th e drivew ay has been changed make arrangem ents for selling the Victory, the sm allest of th e four, an d a gravel road p u t around past has accom plished m uch. Several e n will be planned to give the Fifteenth Annual County Fair the bia gran g e h all fo r th e an n u al re- same. The sentim ent selected Is this: th e dance hall back th ro u g h the te rta in m e n ts w ere given, som e w ere * , . a i • union of th e P ioneers of ea ste rn "M atch Me Two-bits on the W inning grove, p ast th e ch ild ren ’s cluh ior vv»m m i » publicity it deserves. Correspondents nre urg,e o sene | Multnomah. T he flag at th e bail was Site—Mine is on the Portland-Gresham for raising raising iiuaucv». finances. W ith this building, th e C hautauqua te n t and money th e en tire Inside inside of J th h e e , . • and help the paper give as Complete repre- a t h alf m ast honoring Mr DunWhr of Site.” These will be placed in the th e various activities planned by th e building was renovated. Paiirt, kal- t h e i r 1 e ) t * ’ ' . . F airview who had passed to his g re a t hands of the young ladies for sale d u r county council of P aren t-T each er as som ine, revarnish ed desks, new sasn j gentation 3S possible to all the worthy institutions OI eastern ! rew ar(j gince th e m eeting a year ago ing next week. sociations, th e County P ublic H ealth c u rta in s fo r th e w indows, tw o gaso- It is planned to hold a general mass ill rlnnhle iVs usual size and an o th e r reg reta b le fact was th a t association, th e county lib ra ry and line lam ps m ade th e schoolroom Multnomah. 1 he paper w M ill be double Its u s u a l size. Mr. an d Mrs. C. J. L ittlepage and Mr. meeting soon of all interested In locat o th e r organizations. m ore a ttra c tiv e fo r school -------- purposes Hundreds of extra copies will be distributed on the fair and Mrs. H. L ato u reii were absent. ing the 1925 fair In the te rrito ry ly W ork on prep arin g th e club b u ild and convenient for co m m ittee work. ■ Invocation invA /iutlnn wiiQ hv Rev. Ii©V. Edw. E(lw. ing directly cast of Portland between was nffprpil offered by ing will s ta r t today. T he city clubs Two flags w ere p urchased also, one grounds M urphy. T he assem bly was g reeted by the Powell Valley and Rase Line roads. will exhibit th is y ear in one booth of for outside and one fo r inside dec The cooperation of all citizens and Advertisers are urged to plan early for their space in this one rap of th e gavel in th e h and of business ab o u t tw ice the' size of the reg u la r oratio n . Social evenings, e n te rta in men In celebrating Gresham th e p resid en t, Mrs. L ydia O strand, booths. T he o th e r booths will be en m ents and an old fashioned spelling e x t r a large issue. an d a fte r a few rem a rk s by h e r a re Day, Tuesday. Septem ber 20, at the larged to m ake m ore room fo r the bee w ere given a t th e re g u la r bust- ) ___________________ cess was declared fo r d in n er, and th e county fair was urged. The business exhibits of th e county schools who ness m eetings. M eetings w ere held men present, however, did not see the a re doing a g reat deal of w ork in m onthly until su m m er when they YOUNG WOMEN FORM K E V 7 7 way clear to observe two holidays d u r th e sew ing, cooking and canning w ere discontinued u n til school should WORLD WIDE GUILD . i g ro an in g u n d er th e w onderful spread. ing fair week and carried a motion to clubs as well as garden club w ork. s ta rt. Revival m eetings of th e B ap tist | About 225 p artook of th e banquet, declare a half holiday on T hursday Tw elve young ladies of th e B ap T his building will be one of th e R eg u lar m onthly m eetings w ere church a t G resham will com m ence on and a fte r m ore th an tw o h o u rs of afternoon, which would give them a a ttra c tiv e places on th e fa ir ground not held a t O rient b u t som e in te r tis t church of P leasan t H ome held a T h u rsd ay evening, S eptem ber 15, led , visiting th e crowd was assem bled on chance to see the races. A com mittee and th e lig h tin g h as been consider estin g ones were. At one m eeting b an q u et in th e basem en t of th e by th e Rev. E arle D. Sims of Chicago. t he lawn and Mr S trom took a yard was appointed to Interview all business ably im proved w ith additional elec papers w ere read by th e teachers church last F rid a y aftern o o n and o r Mr. Sims is an ev an g elist of n atio n al ¡long pho to g rap h of th e pioneers and houses in Gresham with a view to tric lights. on various subjects and w ere enjoyed ganized a W orld W ide G uild ch ap ter. rep u ta tio n and sp e n t ten years in for- I th e ir friends. R etu rn in g to th e Hall m aking Gresham a closed town th a t T h ere will be m ore electricity used and found helpful. T he association eign lands. T he services will be held th e business ro u tin e was passed afternoon. on th e fa ir grounds th is y ear th an in is securing P erry picture« fo r th e T his o rg an izatio n of th e N o rth ern a t 7 :30 every evening, except S a tu r th ro u g h and th e follow ing officers U nanim ous sentim ent was expressed B aptist convention has ab o u t 5000 th e w hole city of G resham , F o u r use of th e schools and som e choice ch a p te rs of which th o u san d s of young day and will continue for two w eeas w ere elected for th e com ing year: urging the business houses to decorate tran sfo rm ers are being placed on the records for th e phonograph. p resid en t, Mrs. T. L. E vans; vice during the fafr week. Gresham is ladies are m em bers and its purpose is o r more. grounds to han d le th e load. T he L usted school w as ju s t o r fo r social, ed u catio n al, m issionary Mr. Sims has announced th e follow’- p resid en t, Mrs C lara L arsso n ; hon host to m ultitudes from both city and The F risco show s have several ganized in O ctober and has a m em o rary presid en t, H. B. P erk in s; sec country during the fair and the city lng p ro g ram : g re a t am usem ent fea tu re s am ong bership of 32, m ost of whom are and C h ristian train in g . T h u rsd ay , S eptem ber 15, 7 :3 0 p.m. re ta ry , C. C h risten sen ; tre a su re r, should present a gala appearance. Each T he young ladies spread an eleg a n t w hich a re a m ery-go-round aerial women. “ My T rip A round th e W orld.” In Mrs. Ed. W oodard. Among th e th in g s w hich R em iniscences concern is urgently called on to do Its sw ing, w hip and F e rris w heel. Be th is live circle has accom plished has th ree-co u rse dinner. Rev. E a rle D. th is le ctu re Mr. Sims will have larg e of early days were told by several p art in decorating. Sims an d Miss M innie B. Stanar'd side th ese large sw ings and am use been th e fu rn ish in g of’ added equip m aps of th e world and will ta k e his p resen t, a fte r which th e following Messrs. Aldrich and St. Clair were m ent fea tu re s th e re will be 20 side m ent including tw o lam ps, cu rtain s, w ere g u ests and spoke of th e w ork of h ea rers on a visit to 2 0 foreign lands, program was p resen ted : song, shows. T hese places of am usem ent dishes to use in serv in g re fre sh th e W. W. G. and a t th e suggestion describing th e people and th e ir cus “ W here th e M orning Glorys G row ,” appointed to assist John Brown in answ ering the fair site questionnaire. will face a stre e t or avenue which m ents, two lockers, one fo r P aren t- of Mr. Sims th e P lea san t H ome ch ap tom s, te llin g of incidents of trav el, by Lee Evans, accom panied by A nother meeting of the business men w’ill extend n o rth from th e fountain T eacher association and one for th e te r was organized and th e foliow ing singing In som e of th e foreign lan g Mrs Evans. A fairy dance by D orris will be held Wednesday night. Sep officers elected: p ast th e stock barns and m achinery teachers. uages and te llin g of th e m issionary Iiailey of G resham ; recitatio n by A stag e was erected in P resid en t, Miss Mabel JohanRon. tem ber 28. hall to th e fields beyond w here the one of th e room s which is used for work of all denom inations. Lydia O stran d ; butterfly dance by Vice p resid en t. Miss W ilm a Chase. la rg e r am usem ents will be offered F rid ay , S eptem ber 16— “ My Six D orris Bailey. “T he Long. Long HOME IN GRESHAM en tertain m en ts. Two sta n d a rd clubs S ecretary, Miss M yrtle N asshahn. To m ake place fo r th is stre e t the w ere organized am ong th e boys and Y ears Stay One T housand Miles in T ra il” was sung In ho n o r of Mrs. C. BURNED TO GROUND C ounselors, Mrs. B. C. A ltm an and hog sheds have been moved east and girls and from th e m em bers of these th e In te rio r of C h in a.” In th is lec J. L ittlep ag e, as th is was one of her Mrs. H. C. Nelson T he hom e of Mr. and Mrs. F red V. a re now n o rth of th e stock sheds. tu re Mr. Sims will ap p ear dressed In m ost fav o rite songs. A vote of clubs a delegate wras se n t to th e O th er young ladies of th e ch a p te r All of these im provem ents m ake sum m er school at O. A. C. T he as C hinese costum e, pig tail and all, and th a n k s was extended th e retirin g Z im m erm an on Section Line and a re th e Misses Ida Chase, Mabel H u d fo r a m ore o rderly arran g e m en t. The sociation ' • W 'h e d w ill sing and ta lk in th e Chinese presid en t, Mrs. L ydia O strand. also Cleveland avenue was b u rn ed to the candy fo r th e p ark in g grounds will be in the n o rth C hristm as Hee and served h o t choc son, L illie F risk , Ada Q uay, W ilm a language, exhibit a n u m b er of idols to Colum bia g ran g e for use of the gro u n d on S atu rd ay aftern o o n , to east co rn er of th e field which lies olate to th e pupils d u rin g th e th ree Davis, Isabel N ew land, Alice Ja ck , and cu rio sities from China, and tell hall Mrs. C lara L arsson played a g eth er with m ost of th e co n ten ts. T he M arg aret F itzg erald and A rdis Rich. n o rth of th e row of stock barns of C hinese h isto ry , trav e ls in th e in b eau tifu l m arch, and all Joined in loss is estim ated at 82500. In su r w inter m onths. They gave a play In T he next m eeting of th e c h a p te r T he race trac k is in good condition May and raised >60 w hich was sent terior) custom s of people, m issionary th e g ran d m arch led by th e presi ance to th e am o u n t of 8900 was c a r and th e fence w hich has been built to th e Chinese R elief fund. T he as will be on F rid a y evening of th is w ork, and describe th e Boxer W ar, d ent-elect an d Mr. G ran t Bell. T hus ried. aro u n d th e trac k has been w hite sociation also did som e stu d y work. week a t th e hom e of Miss Jo h an so n m assacre of m issionaries, and tell of T his loss seem s especially reg ret- ended an o th e r happy day for those and all th e young ladies a re p lan n in g w ashed and th e e n tire place looks W ork will reopen a fte r th e sum m er his escape w ith his fam ily from tn e few rem ain in g ones who blazed the able because of th e fact th a t Mr. and to go in a body to th e W. W. G. rally ready fo r business. vacation w ith a good in te rest. tra il into o u r b eau tifu l country, Mrs. Z im m erm an b ought th e place In and b an q u e t to be held a t th e W hite doors of d eath . T h ere are eleven head of horses th e sp rin g and have sp en t th e en tire Sunday, S eptem ber 18— 10 a. m.— "w h ere roils th e Oregon ” C ottrell association was re o rg a n T em ple church of P o rtla n d th e fol on th e grounds now w aiting for the ized in N ovem ber and since th a t tim e su m m er ren o v atin g and im proving Sunday school; 11 a. m., preaching, opening races. T hese horses, owned has been very active w ith a m em ber low ing w eek, w hen 200 young ladles su b ject, "T h e C hurch and ItB Bless Mrs. Emily Jackson, who has th e house, w hich has been newly by P o rtlan d m en, have been racing ship of 37 abo u t evenly divided in will b an q u et to g e th e r and a live p ro in g s"; 7 p. m.. P raise service; 7 :3 0 spent th e past y ear at O. A. C., ta k finished in sid e an d p ain ted outside. gram will be given by th e young in Canada. p. m.. E vangelistic service S ubject ing a dom estic science course, has A bout 150 q u a rts of fru it and vege num bers as to men and women. T he T he m ain pavilion is in th e m idst atten d a n ce has been m uch la rg e r ladies. of serm on, "T h e W ell of E te rn a l H ap been visitin g relativ es and friends tables which had been p u t up d u rin g of th e p rep aratio n s for th e exhibits th an the^m em bershlp as th e average th e su m m er w ere destroyed Mr. 11« U . U IU U S V IT V V I. K/V» T I he L. L. . I K X id d C er I S Hdwe. com pany p r iness." T his serm on will be lllus- h ere since S eptem ber 1. and is being rep aired and put in first is ab o u t 100. F in an ces w ere se Mrs. Zim m erm an and th e ir C laude W oodle is p ain tin g and and se ttin g up an extensive line of tra te d by a m issionary to u r Mr. Sims class shape. See them in th e ir m ade aro u n d Mt. T ai, th e h ig h est rep a irin g th e old schoolhouse which d a u g h te r, Mrs Hazel R eader, were cured th ro u g h a pie social tin pail h eatin g stoves T he m ain re st room which is lo supper and a g rab bag. These funds store. will be used for th e p rim ary grades. busy ta rrin g th e roof and had been m ountain of C hina. cated in th e pavilion will be in charge w ere used in p u rch asin g som e need h ea tin g th e ta r on an oil stove in M onday, S eptem ber 19— L ecture, School will open Monday. of th e county W. C. T. U. th is year eu te n .ll. fo to r r tn nen w o « . u Prices on all o n r used cars have su b ject, "‘My T ravel T hrough Jap an F ra n k B ates now drives a new th e k itchen. In som e way th e ta r ed n utensils th e e s.tc k itchen w ork, In proportion ith Car th e Corea, M anchuria, and 8 ib erla and C hevrolet, a recen t purchase. and prom ises to be a m uch m ore a t an o th e r lam p was p urchased and , a been e reduced becam e ignited and set fire to the of npw cargp F1e!da M w ntor tra c tiv e place th a n it has been in portable stage was m ade w hich >» c o phone 2331. Mrs. N ettie K incaid and children kitchen which was a ro arin g m ass of th e Jap an ese Russian War." som e fo rm er years. Beside ^he main used a t program s and th en rem oved. 1 have begun housekeeping In p a rt of flames when It was discovered. T he rest room o th ers will be scattered G resham fire d ep a rtm en t responded th e house on th e C o rb ett farm . A delegate, Mrs. A. J. A ult ult, was around th e grounds and will be in sen t to th e s ta te association m eet F ra n k Bell has a bungalow u nder Im m ediately when th e alarm was ch arg e of vario u s organizations. ing a t P endleton. A piano was p u r course of co n stru ctio n ju st east of given and m ade every effort possible T h ere will be a te n t fo r the Method- chased and live m eetings have been to save th e house. T he Ore had Beil Bros, garage. let h ea d q u arte rs. This will be fitted held each m onth d u rin g th e su m Union H igh school No 1 has open gained too m uch headw ay and th e up as a rest room and will provide a m er. A program is given each tim e ed w ith » re g istra tio n of 60 scholars. w ate r was too fa r aw ay fo r th em to place for friends to sit and visit and and refresh m en ts served. W hen th e hose was a t T h ere are th re e teach ers In charge, succeed. — AT THE — G. M. McKay is principal, Miss Ruby tach ed to th e n e a re st stan d p ip e it re st a bit. "A side from th e b en efit, these The county council of P aren t- a various schools have received in the McKay and Miss C ran k , th e o th e r was found to he badly sp lit an d th e % T eachers associations is planning next pipe was so fa r aw ay th a t su f teach ers. * u '2«nBw a l1 m a terial th in g s added to T he g rad e school has been divided ficient force could not be secured. irg er te n t 20x40 wh c „ , . h , help th e schools and fo r th e benefit and two teach ers em ployed for the Mr. and Mrs. Zim m erm an wish to lared by th e County u c of t f,e children, a g rea t w ork has com ing year. Thpy a re Mrs Clyde express th ro u g h th e O utlook th e ir ssociation and th e coun y . , been done from a social stan d p o in t, Dunlop and Miss G ertru d e K atsky th a n k s to thp firem en and th e n eigh o rk. i “ W hen you have soslallzed th e school T he school sta rte d with an en ro llm en t bors fo r th e ir valient efforts to save The P aren t-T each ers w corn , have hum anized it ” says one th e ir p ro p erty and for th e sym pathy rest room and also a in f'r5a w rjtPr and j ran speak fo r o u r own I of 40. T h ere is som e ta lk of ad ding an of all In th e ir loss They expect to •here th e little ehll ren wi school. People have w orked In p e r - , au d ito riu m to th e high school build rebuild ared for. P la n , and program s fiarm ony and have been very his d ep a rtm en t will be ready w illing. If It h a s n 't been tried In Hear this last series of inspiring lectures. ing as m ore room and a social ce n te r 'rid ay 's paper. T he county n u rse, rt,gfrlct w, „ be aurpr1aed are needed. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS T he P aren t-T ea ch e r association liss Mary P B illm e y e rw h o wll or- g( {hp am ount of u ,ent you will find REGISTER THIS WEEK will open th e th ird W ednesday of the upy the booth erected y t e nun your own im m ediate neighbor- In p rep aratio n for th e opening of m onth. Mrs. Floyd Reed Is presi lealth association will give In fo rm .- h<jod Union High school on S eptem ber 19, dent. Ion of various so rts to those who „T he chfldrpn arp ^ . ^ u n y dp_ T he public lib ra ry w hich was dis P rin cip al Roy E. C annon has a r esire and will d istrib u te m uch 1igh, pd w ith th e p ro g ram s given by continued for som e m onths has been ranged fo r th e re g istra tio n of s tu lable lite ra tu re 8 ie w ... 't h e i r paren ts. O thers who have no re-established by thp efforts of In d en ts by classes according to th e fol . elgh ris u and .... — — ch — - ren an _ ___ children in school have responded m easure terested persons and a read in g class low ing sch ed u le: live in stru ctio n s as to how to correct i gladly to th e req u ests fo r help .” A very im portant subject. F resh m en from 9 a. in. to 5 p. ifi., will be organized w ith a lead er each my u nderw eight o r under-develop- i "As a school we try to give to th e T h u rsd ay , S eptem ber 15. | m onth from th e m ain lib ra ry In nent. ' p aren ts a t le ast th re e good pro S ophom ores F rid ay m orning, the i P o rtlan d who will lead th e atudy. Miss N orm a Lee Peck, the G resham gram s a y ear e n tirely by th e chil T h e Cam p F ire glrla will m eet 16th. ib rarian will have charg e of the d ren ,” said Mrs. Van F leet. "T h is Ju n io rs F riday afternoon, th e 16th. next T h u rsd ay and will reorganize. Ibrary booth in th e sam e te n t, and is a g rea t help tow ard g e ttin g p a r YOU ARE PERSONALLY INVITED Seniors S atu rd ay m orning, th e 17th T h ere a re 19 glrla in th e group Mrs. rill d istrib u te lite ra tu re and give In- ents Interested In th e w ork fo r every Floyd Reed is th e g u ard ia n of th e orm about - the library. . . . . ation . . — ------ _ ..in norm al p are n t is in te reste d in th e w orking up in te rest In th e Public T he children", club building will Qf h|> „ cam p. Song Service at 7:30 - H ealth association booth at thn th e finest‘ exhibits they have Miss Mary P H llim eyer, county lave “The four Parent-T eachng asso- , h ealth intrse, was h ere S atu rd ay M ultnom ah county fair next week rer had. T h ere are a num ber of F „ Nurabe, „1 Outlook Next T u ^ y C L O SIN G L E C T U R E S Bible C h a u ta u q u a Tuesday, Sept. 13— The Church. Wednesday, Sept. 14— Bible Baptism. Thur»., Sept. 15— Two Great Movements Friday, Sept. 1 6 - God’s Ownership. Continued on page 3 Continued on page 3