Tuesday, September 20, 1921
COUNTY FAIR NUMBER, GRI SHAM OUTLOOK
BIG MIDWAY SHOWS
NOT AS BAD AS REPORTED;
BIGGEST IN WEST
JONES IS STILL WITH US
T he biggest Midway ev er seen at \ T h ere is g en e ral rejoicing in th e
; ; | a co unty fa ir In O regon, o r on th e co n stru ctio n
d ep a rtm en t
of th e
Pacific Coast fo r th a t m a tte r, is th e M ultnom ah County E air, over th e
one occupied by ^he F risco Exposi- successful term in atio n of th e prepar-
tion Shows a t th e M ultnom ah coun- ato ry building w ork for th e 1921
ty fair. T he show s a n d ‘ rid in g de- show. H ereto fo re it has been th e
i vices cover a space of eig h t acres 1 custom w hen a fa ir was being ar-
and they are badly crow ded, th e ir ranged to kill F ra n k Jones, chief
o rig in al specifications as to space i co n tracto r, a t least once d u rin g th e
calling fo r 10 acres.
get ready period. T h a t’s one of the
Beset by every difficulty of w eath er reasons why F ra n k casts such a long
and tra n sp o rta tio n th e big 30 car pinuous shadow , a lb e it re g iste rin g
Next to Pavilion on Fair Grounds
tra in pulled in to Mt. Hood dep o t of b ut little volum e. H is la st dem ise
th e P. R. L. & P. la st n ig h t ju s t be- a t th e fa ir g ro u n d s was th e re su lt of
fore d ark , being o ver 14 h o u rs late a too am b itio u s telephone pole which
from New W estm inster, B. C., w here tried to m easu re up to F ra n k ’s repu-
th e ag g reg atio n was th e a ttra c tio n a t j tatio n for ag ility w ith th e re su lt th a t
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th e fair. T he cars w ere sp o tted , th e it kicked him in Borne of his vital
ru n s low ered and th e work of hau l- p arts and n early tu rn e d him into
ing th e 45 wagons to th e f a i r , daisy food. H ow ever th a t’s all over
g ro u n d s sta rte d .
" B ill” E k stro m and buried w ith th e past fai;- history,
C H IC K E N D IN N E R S P E C IA L
w ith his fo u r tru ck s did S p artan The fact rem ain s th a t th e 1921 fair
service.
T he road in to th e fa ir has opened w ith o u t an y th in g m ore
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g ro u n d s was sloppy from th e h ard serious h appening to th e " ta ll cedar
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rain of yesterd ay and Sunday and of G resh am " th an being la te to sup-
th e g ro u n d soft, but w ith th e aid o f tp e r a few nights.
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tw o team s of horses th e g ig a n tic |
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task was accom plished by 3 o’clock CLEVELAND'S POOL HALL
in th e m orning.
A D A IL Y F O O D
ROBBED SUNDAY
A rran g em en ts had alread y been
SHORT ORDERS
OPEN AT ALE HOURS
W illiam H olm berg, who w4s
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m ade _____
w ith ________
th e fa ir _____
m an ________
ag em en t ___
for
« ITI PKK ES
DURING FAIR
th e electric in stallatio n and E lectri- rP8ted e a r >y Sunday m orning by
clan Mack had th o u g h tfu lly in stalled P ra n k Wo8tel1 and placed in th e city
• » » » » » » » j - » » - » - ? - » | bunch lig h ts on each of th e th ree jail on a ch arg e of b u rg lary ; has been
j poles in stalled on th e M idway so th e released, sentenced on parole.
H olm berg broke Into th e pool hall
boys of th e show w ere g re a tly a s
sisted by th is unexpected illu m in a ow ned by C. S. Cleveland, S atu rd ay
evening, w ith in ten m in u tes of th e
tion.
T he show m en have been busy tim e Mr. C leveland closed th e shop,
’ ere ctin g th e ir te n ts and p u ttin g th e and rifled th e till of $8 in change.
rid in g devices to g e th er all day and H olm berg h as been han g in g around
th e am u sem en t a re a will be full of | th e pool room for som e tim e and has
been accep tin g th e h o sp itality of
life and lig h t th is evening.
T he show ca rrie s a captive sea Cleveland, who, he says has been be
FOR THE
plane, a new th rille r In rid in g de frien d in g him th ro u g h pity.
International Speed Trucks, International Spreaders,
T he case cam e up before Ju stice
vices;
th e W hip, n icknam ed th e
Drills,
Cream Separators, Gas Engines.
¡"sh im m y tu b s " ; F e rris w heel and of th e P eace Brown, who, acting up-
Anker-Holth
Cream Separators.
Perfection Milking
m erry-go-round. Among th e show s on adv,ce ° f th e d istric t atto rn ey
are a W ild W est show, Diving Girl | and th e fact th a t Mr. Cleveland
Machines.
White
Lily
Electric
or
Power Washing
show , big circus sid e show . Gully failed to ap p e ar to prosecute, paroled
Machines.
Gully M ike’s O riental show ; Crazy H olm berg, a n d ' o rd ered him to re
Myer’s Pumps for Hand or Power
Feed Grinders.
House, Negro M instrels, pony Circus port to th e co u rt every two weeks. |
Cider Mifls.
Corn or Hay Cutters.
Root Cutters.
and tra in e d anim als and sev eral o th H olm berg was also o rd ered to pay |
Gresham, Ore.
Phone 11
th e board and room bills he had con-j
e r featu res.
T h ere are fo u r com plete bands tr a d e d and to leave town.
Making Sotind Automobile Tires in the same wav
w ith th e show and th e ro ste r com
they
are made at the factory. Come see how your auto
prises o ver 400 nam es, Including em COUNTY ORGANIZATIONS
Ixx-turen on M orm onism .
to a tte n d th e lectu re on M ormonism ployees, p erform ers, etc. T he show
mobile tire is made.
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HAVE ATTRACTIVE BOOTH
Recently th e p astor of th e Zion next Sunday evening at 8 o ’clock at is engaged to play a t th e s ta te f a ir at
Evangelical church enjoyed th e g re a t th e church. Come and h ea r som e Salem a f te r leaving h ere next S a tu r
Reliability
Service
W ednesday will be th e big day a t
privilege of visiting Salt Lake City, th in g ab o u t “C elestial M arriag e” or day n ig h t.
th e county fa ir fo r schools and for
U tah, and g ettin g personally ac "P olygam y Among Gods” , “ P re-E x
th e paren ts. Schools of th e county
quainted with the M ormons and th e ir istence” , "B aptism for th e D ead”
Those Want Ads are genuine bus will be closed and everyone will a t
religion. You are cordially Invited and o th e r Mormon teachings.
iness getters.
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tend th e fair. T he C hautauqua pro
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Gresham, Oregon
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gram s prom ise to be especially fine
on W ednesday as th e 13 circles of
th e county council of P aren t-T each
e r associations have b ro u g h t in th e ir POMONA GRANGE HOLDS
best m a teria l for th e aftern o o n and
INTERESTING SESSION
[ evening program s. T h ro u g h an over
sig h t th e num bers from th e V ictory,
Two h u n d red persons w ere present
i C ed ar and C o rb ett schools were a t Pom ona g ran g e last W ednesday
o m itted from th e published program 1 „.h„_ ,,
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,
¡la st F riday. R om a F ran ces G lllihan i " h e“ “ m et a t M nl‘n° “ a »» « ran g e
of P o rtlan d has also consented to h all. A class of 27 was given th e
Pom ona degree.
give a piano solo.
T he county council te n t w ith Its
Established 1859
A rran g em en ts fo r e n te rta in in g th e
rest room and k in d e rg a rten and the n atio n al g ran g e in N ovem ber w ere |
exhibits of th e County Public H ealth
association and th e county library ¡com pleted as fa r as possible. J. J.
which a re all located In th e large John8°n was selected to act as drill
te n t opposite th e club building and m aster and to select a degree team ,
th e C hautauqua te n t, is one of th e The p u ttin g on of th e P om ona degree |
! m ost a ttra c tiv e sp o ts on th e f a ir will be done by C larke county, W ash
I gro u n d s.
ington and M ultnom ah county Po-
We have purchased mach
m ona granges.
| g IF YOU W ANT SIGNS
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inery that will rip, cross
T h e by-law s of Pom ona gran g e
SIGN UP WITH TODD
j w ill be revised by a co m m ittee of
saw, sand and groove lumb
1 Todd believes In signs. He m akes fo u r who were appointed W ednes-
er right on the job.
n u r J ’ h <,Oet n0\ ,a lk '
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and " h° **» " * > « a t ‘ he next
a!k. so he m akes sbtns. Todd signs 81,8. lon
T his com m ittee consi8t8 of
Iiis signs Todd th en people know j j j ohneon, A. F Miller, W ilda
\\ ill save material and labor
they are Todd signs.
Todd signs Buckm an and E L Thorpe.
him self "T o d d ” because he w an ts,
A draatic re8olutlon d ea„
w |(h
I . Z t L hx
,h a ‘ ‘he signs he th e aIleg„d conditions of th e ro ad . '
Better W ork m Less Time
• K ' 8 Todd on are th e signs th a t houses and dance halls of th e county,
Todd m ade and n ot th e s l/n s he did and calling fo r action fo r th e eradi-
n o t m ake.
Because Todd m akes Pat|on of th ese alleged co n d itio n s,1
signs and signs his signs, It is no was adopted unanim ously by the
sign th a t he does n o th in g but m ake m em bers of Pom ona.
T he resolu-
See OSCAR W. THOREN
’ signs. He p ain ts b arns, houses an d tlon Is as follow s:
F or E stim a tes P h on e SOxl
pig pens ju s t as a rtistic a lly as
as he
he . W hereas. T h ere exists In this
m akes signs
See Todd ab o u t your county roadhouses and dance halls In
sign. Sign y o u r nam e so Todd will which qu estio n ab le dances and o th e r
know w hose sign he is to s ig n .1 practices of Indecent and im m oral
Also he is th e
official
_____ sign
__ n a tu re are conducted co n tra ry to
m an of th© fa ir and has his shop law,
law * wh,ch en d an g er o u r sons and
close to th© a r t exhibit w hich Is fit-
an(* are a disgrace and
.
public be m ,t enace in o u r m idst, There-
tin g ly p ro p er fo r one who m akes
forp
such a rtistic signs.
"R esolved, By M ultnom ah Pom o
na g ran g e In re g u la r session assem
JAZZ TIME KELLY
bled. th a t we condem n In th e strong-
JAZZES THE FAIR e*‘ ‘Prms ®uch dance halls and road-
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houses, and deplore th e fact th a t
One of th e en te rta in in g and a t th e they are p erm itted to carry on th e ir
sam e tim e efficient publicity featu res nefarious business, and we u rg e and 1
of th e county fair has been th e nov- ,,pm and th a t th e d istrict atto rn ey and
elty ad v ertisin g of Jazz Tim e Kellv, o ,h p r . pro’>*r c2 u n ‘/ offlc,al8 ‘»*p
singing Cow » com edian who has in
coU ^ r’
sa rlo u s costum es parad ed th e stre e ts with these d tsrep u atb le places
of P o rtlan d w ith th e ad v e rtise m en t;
“ Resolved. T hat a copy of these
of th e fa ir on his back. Kelly ac- resolutions be sent to th e d istric t at-
com panies his prom anades by varl- tornev and
th e board of county
When the same crew can
ous am using stu n ts and invariably com m issioners and to th e atto rn ey -
a ttra e ts th e a tte n tio n of th e passer- «en era l of th e sta'te.”
double the amount with a
by and fixes In his m ind th e affair
° ne ° i th e •n‘p'’pMing fea tu re s of
mixer
—at—
and date of his suhiect
,hp 8PM,on waB ‘h«* report of in-
H ¿ . h L .1
I'
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creased m em bership d u rin g th e past
He visited th e ( lack a m as fa ir at th re e m onths.
T he to ta l increase
rtember •<
t anby two days last week and at- was 141 m em bers of w hich n um ber
tr a d e d m uch atte n tio n by his antics. R ussellville had 114 new m em bers
at th e sam e tim e giving th e M uitno- «luring th e last th ree m onths. This
m ah county fa ir m uch valuable pub- has wcn fo r R ussellville the perm a-
licity.
Kelly will be on duty all ,lpn‘ ®WI’prsh ip of th e cham pionship
, week, te llin g th e story of th e fair to b annpr. offprpd bX PoEB° aa f ran«<*
P hone 50x1
Gresham
° f T ' V l a” d
n u trim e n t on th© fa ir g ro u n d s at v h ic h had won d u rin g th© past th ree
Phone 2431
See J. G.'Mftst, Branch, M gr
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m onths th©
rrp est
a t p ercen tag e of
th e la
larg
The Bank of Gresham pays 6 per
| m em bership. T he first g ra n g e to win
They're getting fewer, but th e re th e b an n er th re e tim es becam e its cent Interest on time deposits.— Ad.
still exists th e kind of law yer ___
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h o, . permanent
This
has hap-
EAT AT THE
MAKE
CAFETERIA
ICE CREAM
We Supply the Bread
Meet us at the Fair
CASE TRACTORS
OVERLAND — Touring, Sedan or Coupe
FRISCO EXPOSITION SHOWS
CITY BAKERY
W. A. HESSEL AGENCIES
tones Lumber Co.
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than standard size (full size).
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We deliver direct from mill to you.
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Why Mix Concrete
By Hand
?
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Only $5 per day
OTTO P. MAGNUSON
Drop onto a few of the bargains
thinks every judge and all jurors are pened now and Russellville claims the
dp*f-
1 championship for the county.
offered in the want columns