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T W IC E W EEK G resham O utlook VOL. 11, NO. 69 CHILDREN’S CLUBS BUSY WITH JUDGING GRESHAM, MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1921 VICTIMS OF AUTOMOBLIE ACCIDENT WEDNESDAY NIGHT EAST OF THE SANDY MEN PROVE GOOD CHEFS T he E ast-of-the-Sandy P aren t- T eachers held an in te restin g m eettng F rid ay evening, O ctober 21. The m eeting was well atten d ed and am ong th e most Interestin g th in g s on th e p rogram w ere several read in g s by Mrs. Ponnay and th re e o r four piano solos by A lfred N ygard, both of whom came from P o rtlan d . A fter th e business m eeting which followed th e program , th e men served a very nice lunch consisting of sa n d wiches and pickles, cake and coffee. Not only did the men do the serving, but they also stric tly excluded all the ladies front th e k itch en d u rin g th e process of serving and doing up th e dishes. They gave such a good d em o n stra tion of th e ir m arked ability a t doing th is sort of th in g rig h t, th a t it is quite likely th a t they will freq u en tly be called on to serve on th e “ e a ts” and dish-w ashing com m ittees In th e fu tu re. The com m ittee Is w orking on an o th er good program for th e m eet ing of Novem ber 18, but no re fre sh m ents will be served, as th e late hours and “ e a ts" m ight m ake It a little difficult for all to a tte n d th e supper and b azaar to be given by the Ladies' Aid on th e follow ing night. TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS $1.50 PER YEAR COUNTY FINANCES ARE EXPLAINED Miss E thel I. C alkins and th e T h ere has been much controversy M ultnom ah county Jlidging team left over th e question of the M ultnom ah today fo r D ayton w here they will county finances d u rin g th e past few spend the week-end judging stock. m onths. T his is a vital question to They expect to judge at least tw elve th e people of th e county. Rufus C. classes w hile a t Dayton and plan to H olm an, chairm an of th e board of visit W illard ’s farm w here they will county com m issioners has sent a re ju d g e P oland C hina hogs. At F ra n k port of th e county finances on Octo B row n’s farm at C arlton they will ber 1st of this year. This rep o rt is ju d g e S horthorn c a ttle and H am p in tw o groups, those expenditures sh ire hogs. T his will probably be over which the com m issioners have th e last practice work th a t th e Judg no control and those over which they ing team will have before th e Pacific have th e pow er to fix. In te rn a tio n a l show in November. In Mr. Holman charges some P o rtlan d c. ‘he practice w ork th e M ultnom ah papers w ith a policy of d iscrediting team is m aking good scores. The th e present county ad m in istratio n by th re e m em bers a re G rant McMillen, giving w rong sta te m en ts or s ta te Leslie Lynch and A lta D ahlham m ar. m ents which do not tell th e com plete P rofessors O liver and Rodenw ald of story. th e Anim al H usbandry departm en t ln his sta te m en t to th e O utlook Mr. of O. A. C., will accom pany th e ju d g Holm an says: A\ $ ing team s on th e trip. “The Board of County Com m is C. S. B rew ster spent one day this sioners have not com plete control w eek w ith th e poultry ju d g in g team over th e cash balances in the county Judging Rhode Island Red and W hite treasu ry , hut is m erely one of several different elem ents of control. U nder L eghorn classes. The m eeting was a perfect w orking of th e budget sys held w ith the city team s. T he C edar tem. which provides for financing th e GRACE FIELDHO VSE. A. Ill KLIXGAMK. BERTHA SPEN C ER . team is com posed of H elen A lthaus, county and all its branches for each fiscal year, which is co n cu rren t with R obert S oderquist and D orothy tlie ca len d ar year, th e re will of neces K ing. The G ilbert team is as fol sity always arise two periods of tim e lows, F ra n k F erris, F red Bowman, d u rin g which th e re will he no cash ln and Ivan Cook. th e county trea su ry and th e county LARGE GYM CLASS will be upon a w arra n t basts. The H enry Brown, E lm er Zenger, and ORGANIZED TUESDAY first of these periods Is from J a n u V elynr Cook are the Lynch egg ju d g ary 1 to April 5, when th e first hulf ing team . They are to ju d g e eggs. A very successful m eeting of the of th e taxes are due, th e second per T his w ork has been taken up lately w omen’s gym nasium class at union iod Is from Ju ly 1 to O ctober 5. when w ith th e idea of im proving th e s ta n Shocking Accident Happens th e second half of th e taxes are due. Killed and Injured Were Re high was held Tuesday a t th e school In actu al practice, however, a th ird d ard s for m a rk e t eggs. gym nasium . F o u rteen women w ere Grade Crossing Fatalities Wednesday Evening on turning from Teaching at period, from the m iddle of Novem ber P rizes of {2 each will be aw arded present a t th is first m eeting b u t a Near Gresham. to D ecem ber 31, developes. More Powell Valley Road. each m em ber of the w inning team s, Lusted and Orient. num ber of o th e rs have signed up over, th e second period begins not on and special prizes of p o ultry feed of m aking th e to ta l en ro llm en t ab o u t Ju ly first, but possibly as early as At L inneinann S tation . People of G resham and th e en tire fered by th e P ortland feed com was p resen t in a few m inutes re n It is expected th a t th e class will Ju n e first. J a n u a ry 4, 1917— Miss Lillie “This Is accounted for by th e fact com m unity were te rrib ly shocked and panies. dered all th e assistance possible. num ber a t least 30. Miss L uclle L uscher, d a u g h te r of Mr. and th a t 1(10 per cent of th e taxes are not saddened W ednesday evening when Mrs. Jacob L uscher of F airview , The autom obile was rolled off th e H urd is ln charge of thp class which paid, but every year n p art become MULTNOMAH GRANGE TO killed in stan tly . Miss R osalie track w ith difficulty as it was wedged will m eet every T uesday evening delin q u en t, and fu rth e rm o re , th e word was sp read like w ildfire th a t L uscher seriously Injured. They HOLD SPECIAL MEETING onto th e fro n t of th e car, and th e from 7 :30 to 8 :3 0 at th e high school sta te of Oregon m ust be paid Its claim L. A. B urlingam e an d Miss B erth a w ere stru ck by a west bound car for taxes ln full reg ard less of d elin at L lnnem ann statio n and th e a u two Injured g irls tak en on board the gym nasium . M ultnom ah g range will hold a Spencer w ere k illed and Miss Grace quency In tax paym ents o r th e de Included in those present T uesday m ands of local u n its of governm ent car, as soon as th e doctor arriv ed special session T uesday evening, No F ieldhouse was probably fatally In tom obile was dragged for 200 feet before it could be stopped. They w ere tak en Into G resham evening w ere several from th e coun for cosh. veraber 1 to give th e th ird and fourth “ Of th e 51 budget Item s appearing ju red In one of th e m ost te rrib le au At H ogan S tation . w here th ey w aited u n til th e am b u try d istricts who cam e ln to ta k e ad degrees to some m em bers who desire In th e County G eneral Fund, am o u n t vantage of th e o p p o rtu n ity afforded. tom obile accidents th a t has ever oc lances w hich w ere sum m oned, a r Ju n e 27, 1917— Mr. and Mrs. to a tte n d th e national g ran g e which ing to $2,195,529.88, th e Board of T he m en’s gym nasium class will be County Com m issioners have control rived. Miss Spencer died by the E. C. Lindsey and g ran d d a u g h ter. m eets in P ortlan d th e last week In cu rred n ea r G resham . The accident Miss H elen M etzger. Mr. Lindsey tim e she reached G resham and her organized next M onday evening, over 17 Items, to talin g for the c u r November. occurred at Powell V alley statio n on was killed o u trig h t, Mrs. Lindsey rent year $ 1,330,729 82, in addition body was rem oved to th e Carlson u n m eeting from 7 :3 0 to 8:3 0 . M ultnom ah Pom ona g range will th e Powell V alley road one mile east lived ab o u t th ree h ours and Miss to th e Road Budget, to ta lin g $531,- d erta k in g p arlo rs here. In ab o u t 30 M etzger lived ab o u t 12 hours. 000.00; w hile o th e r agencies over ta k e th e visiting delegates to E agle of G resham a t ab o u t 4 :4 5 p. m. The WIDOW OF DEAD MAN m inutes th e am bulance arriv ed and Miss M etzger was d riving th e car. which th e Board of County Com mis Creek on Monday, N ovem ber 21, a new Ford. T he c a r was carried ASSISTED BY WORKMEN sioners have little o r no control re g Miss F ieldhouse was rem oved to the w here dinner will be served and la te r auto, a new F o rd , «was going west 4 00 feet before th e tra in cam e to ulate in conjunction w ith th e varying Good S am aritan hospital w here she in th e afternoon will bring them back when th e special w o rk m en ’s tra in on a stop. In th a t case th e gasoline Fellow w orkm en of th e late C. At dem ands and exigencies of th e public was a t first rep o rted doing well but ta n k b u rst and th e m all ca r to Evening S tar grange w here a ban the Bull Run line stru ck th e au to full terb u ry , who died from In ju ries re service 34 Item s am o u n tin g to $864,- la te r rep o rts give h er condition as burned. q u et will be served. M ultnom ah in th e side h u rlin g It from 25 to 60 ceived ln an accident in th e shops of 800.06. “T he County G eneral and Road very serio u s and no hopes are given A t Main S treet, G resham . g ra n g e will furnish p art of th e b an feet ahead w here It cau g h t again th e Pacific Gar and F o u n d ry com F unds are and m ust be ad m in istered for h er recovery. q u et and five o r six autos fo r the Ju n e 12, 1920— T he east bound pany of P o rtlan d on S eptem ber 25, solely from a consideration of bud- pushing the light m achine for m ore All th re e victim s a re well know n 4 :5 0 Bull R un car stru ck th e F ord highw ay trip. have collected v o lu n tary c o n trib u c i totals and balances ami MBIOt lie teach ers In th is section. Mr. B u rl bug ca r driven by Allen T iller and m in istered in relation to available A full atten d an ce Is desired a t the th an 600 feet before th e tra in could tions am ong them selves am o u n tin g ad killed both Mr. T iller and his cash balances. A sta te m en t of th e ingam e was elected principal of the special m eeting Tuesday evening to be brou g h t to a halt. to $325 as a g ift to his widow and condition of the 52 budget balances wife. The lig h t ca r was dragged O rient school for th e second year and T he th re e occupants were hu rled p u t on th e degree work. ab o u t 125 feet before being tossed children. T he officials of th e com of th e c u rre n t year as they appeared was adored by th e m em bers of the thro u g h th e top of th e ca r an d fell from th e trac k b u t it was an o th e r pany m atched th e generosity of th e on O ctober th e first, last, fo llo w s:” school. In sp ite of th e handicap of 100 feet before th e tra in was clear of th e train ab o u t 150 feet from STRANGE ACCIDENT w orkm en by draw ing a check for C ontinued on page 2 being a cripple he lead th e children ELECTRIC POWER OFF th e place w here th e tra in stru c k stopped. $350 to add to th e am ount. Chas. At Pow ell V alley G rossing. In th e ir gam es playing w ith them and them . The au to , how ever, seem ed W itter of G resham , a forem an ln th e UNION SERVICES AT T he electric pow er In G resham and wedged betw een th e rails and was helping them un til every pupil in the O ctober 26, 1921— A special shops, b ro u g h t th e money to Mrs. THE METHODIST CHURCH also a large p a rt of the te rrito ry still in place an d th e engine still school felt he was th e ir friend. In w o rk m en ’s car, west bound, stru ck A tterb u ry yesterday as a b eau tifu l th e F ord au to driven by L. A. served by th e P. R. L. & P com pany, ru n n in g w hen th e tra in cam e to a early su m m er of th is y ear he was T he churches of G resham will B urlingam e and killed alm ost in m arried and ju s t ab o u t th e tim e and p ractical expression of th e re was put o u t of com m ission last stop. sta n tly both Mr. B urlingam e and gard held fo r Mr. A tterb u ry an d th e u n ite in a m ass service next Sunday T uesday for ab o u t an h o u r because school com m enced he, w ith his wife, The ca r was te rrib ly m ashed and Miss B ertha Spencer. Miss G race evening a t 7 :3 0 for th e purpose of sym pathy fo r his fam ily. one of th e m ain lines from Cazadero U tterly to rn to pieces, th e top, Fieldhouse fatally in ju red . The moved to G resham w here they lived. h earin g th e la test word from and ca r was shoved m ore th a n 600 sta tio n was short-circuited. Mrs. B urlingam e has been teaching wheels, hood, doors, etc., being torn rousing in terest ln th e enforcem ent LOCAL POULTRYMEN feet bofore it was b ro u g h t to a T he line men say it was th e m ost off and stru n g along th e track. in th e Rockwood school and Mr. VISIT CORVALLIS FARM of th e prohibition laws of th e sta te stop. p eculjar accident th a t has occurred B urlingam e In th e O rient. U ntil he Mr. B urlingam e died in stan tly and th e nation. F. B. M itchell, as- A. H. D ow sett, A. R. Lym an, and siatant to Dr. Llnnvtlle, of P o rtland, in th e ir experience. I moved to G resham Mr. B urlingam e probably from concussion of th e C arrol S b iller spent T uesday and A farm er was driving along F o ster brain and he also was severely cut, th e federal prohibition enforcem ent crosses th e ro ad at an angle but 1 was m ayor of F airview and very W ednesday visitin g W illam ette V al officer fo r Oregon, will be th e sp eak road, n e a r Sycam ore statio n , w ith a th e ju g u la r vein being severed. p opular in his hom e tow n. He was probably 500 feet of th e tra c k I s , high load of hay. T his load hit Miss Spencer was te rrib ly crushed visible to a car th a t is as m any f e e t ' a,so very actlve ln th e affalr of th e ley p o u ltry farm s. er. T he M ethodist ch o ir will ren d er They sp en t some tim e a t th e C rib ag a in st a telephone w ire w hich was and m angled and lived only a sh o rt east of th e crossing and the. sam e is i Me‘hodt,,t <'h u r‘-h «“ F airview . some good music. T he people of th e pulled ta u t. On being released, It tim e. Miss F ieldhouse was throw n tru e of th e tra in men who have an Mr. B urlingam e was born ln W a ble farm a t Canby and th en visited com m unity are invited to help m ake jum ped high touching the high v olt free of th e w reck and was bruised O regon, A pril 1, 1893. th e O. A. C. p oultry y ard s and ex p eri th is one of th e o u tstan d in g m eetings u n o b stru cted view of th e road for mic, age line thus causing a sh o rt circuit. badly, h e r leg was broken In two several h u n d red feet. A fterw ard th e fam ily moved to m ent statio n . of th e year. ll. The p arty also visited th e C rest- T he O utlook m achines w ere busy places, o th e r in ju ries th e ex ten t of At th e m orning service th e su b ject It was estim ated by people living Mosier. He was g rad u a ted from th e when th e pow er w ent off and th e ac which were not at first determ ined, nearby th a t the tra in , a single pas high school In T he D alles and a t-1 vlew p o u ltry farm a t C orvallis which of th e serm on by Rev. A. 8. llisey, owned by G. B. Coon. W hile th e re th e pasto r, will be “ Some Paradoxes cident delayed w ork for som e tim e. but w hich have proved m ore serious senger coach filled w ith w orking tended th e Oregon N orm al school at M onm outh th ree years. He was m ar- ' Messrs. D ow sett and Lym an pur- of th e K ingdom .” th an was expected. men from Bull Run, was going 45 to W. C. T. U. PLANS SERIES R eports of those who w ere w ith 50 m iles per hour. People who live rled Ju ly 9 of th is y ear to Miss Daisy , chased 12 high g rad e cockerels to be E pw orth League devotional m eet OF SATURDAY BAKE SALES Re" dM i ’’’“ T ’ 8t ‘h# T Miss F ield h o u se T h u rsd ay and a l o ,7 't h e 7 r a c k "claim That" ¿ ¡ “train i ^ rock*r ° f H a,ey’ Oro« en ing n'lll bo held at 6 :30 p. m. T he Mr. Coon ow ns the young people of G resham will be The local union of the W. C. T. U. T hursday n ig h t are th a t th e re is was ln th e h ab it of going p ast at his widow he is survived by a fa th e r • rnrn*nK year. plan to hold a series of bake sales hardly a fighting chance for her re ab o u t th a t rate and th a t stop signs at 1 and m o th er, Mr. an d Mrs. Jas. B url- | W hite Leghorn hen “ L ady W onder- m ost cordially welcome a t all th e ingam e of F airview , th ree b ro th els, fu l” which laid 135 eggs in 136 con L eague services. th is w inter on th e first S aturday of covery. T his latest news brings crossings were rarely observed. secutive days. each m onth. The first will be held added sorrow’ and sadness to th e T he train was In ch arg e of John Edw ard B urlingam e of P o rtlan d , Jo h n B urlingam e of F airview , Geo. Decem ber 5. T his was decided a t an com m unity because th e first rep o rts Erb, m otorm an, and L. E. Bleu, con-1 HALLO WE EN SOCIAL IS BORING of Tygh Valley, and in te restin g m eeting of th e local gave prom ise th a t she would recover. ductor, both of whom are veteran B urlingam e CANCELLED FOR TONIGHT union which m et a t th e lib ra ry As fa r as can be learn ed th e re em ployes of th e P o rtlan d Railw ay th re e sisters, Mrs. W. H. Cook of Mo- A m istak e w’as m ade In th e last T he H allow e'en social which was sler, Oregon, Mrs. Ira Brooks of F air- T h u rsday afternoon. were no eye w itnesses to th e acci L ig h t & Pow er com pany. Issue ln th a t Mr. Stone sold a place to be given F rid a y evening a t Metz view and Mrs. L au ra B ackus of F air- Mrs. J. Brown reported on th e d en t alth o u g h th e re w ere a g re a t Both th e tra in and th e au to were to V’. A. M endehall. Mr. Stone had g er's hail has been called off on ac s ta te W. C. T. U. convention which m any who arriv ed w ithin a very going down g rad e a t th e tim e of tne view. been living for som e tim e on th e co u n t of th e te rrib le trag ed y which Miss Spencer was th e d a u g h te r of m et In Oregon City O ctober 12-13- few m inutes. accident and th e rain o bscuted the place which was sold b u t th e place so shocked th e town and country peo Joe W righ t, 10-year-old son of Mr. vision from th e au to and m ade th e L ester Spencer, and a siste r of H arry was sold by A. J. McClung. 14 of th is year. One in te restin g fea ple W ednesday Possibly som e of Miss tu re of th e rep o rt was th a t th e O re and Mrs. E. R. W rig h t, was stan d in g stopping of th e tra in a m ore difficult Spencer, both of G resham . th e num bers will be used la te r In gon City W. C. T. U. had 150 m em In th e barn door and looked up in m a tte r as th e rails w ere w et and Spencer has grow n to w om anhood W(Mx»k G uard« Store. here In th e neighborhood of G resham x A H allow e’en spook, suggestions an o th e r program but th e p resen t a r bers, ju s t one m ore th an th e G resh tim e to see th e bodies hurled slippery. and has won m any frien d s by h er for p arties and H allow e’en costum es ran g em en ts have been cancelled. am union which has 149. th ro u g h th e top of th e m achine. A Mr. B urlingam e had th e cu rta in s P lans w ere also m ade fo r th e n um ber of o th e rs said they looked of hie ca r up and th is of course o b winsome ways. She was a g rad u a te are on display In an a ttra c tiv e w in FOOTBALL GAME C ontinued on page 2 m a tro n 's m edal contest w hich will be in tim e to see th e c a r stop b u t no stru cted th e view of th e track . T here dow a t Bishop Bros, sto re. T he CANCELLED TODAY given at an early date. F u lle r an one seem s to have seen th e au to was n o th in g how ever to o b stru ct the clever little caps an d h a ts will a t speeding to su re d estru ctio n In th e view of th e m otorm an. It Is alleged nouncem ents will be m ade later. tra c t m any and th e "sp o o k ” w ill p u t The football gam e between G resn- Funeral Services. path of th e tra in . I t Is n ot known by resid en ts along th e railro ad th a t ’ fe a r into all who pass In th e “ wee am High and E stacada High which A Good In vestm en t. w hether Mr. B urlingam e saw the th e re Is much negligence on th e p art |sm a h o u rs.” I.. A. B urlingam e. was to have been held th is afternoon Two lots 100 feet off Main stree t. train and was b eatin g it to th e cross- of th e railw ay men in m aking stops T he fu n eral services of L. A. has been postponed un til T uesday on Each lo t 50x100. Ten 10-year-old ing o r w h eth er w ith th e noise of th e a t crossings w here they are req u ired FREE! IH E E ! B urlingam e were held a t th e F air- W ith every Sound tire a tu b e of account of th e accident at Powell view M ethodist church th is a f te r fru it trees. The tw o for 1525. m otor and th e high wind and rain | and In crossing county roads a t a Valley W ednesday. T he dedication th e sam e size, for 10 days only. noon at 2 :3 0 p m. Rev. A 8. W. T horne, R ealtor, a t Bank th a t was falling th e sound of th e , high rate of speed. W A. HES8KL. of S tapleton ath letic field will be Hisey was In charge of th e service. G resham . w histle was u n h eard o r not. T he • Jo h n Brown was one of th e first In te rm e n t In th e Douglass cem e postponed also. S eed Y«ur Mult « le a n e d ? tery. general concensus of opinion seem s to reach th e scene and he brought 1« Y«ur Property for S a le? B ertha H,«-i»cer. Have It F rench dry cleaned. Re to be th a t he n ever saw th e tra in J one of th e train m en to G resham to Give your roof a coat of Flexo L ist it w ith me. If you w ant to buy, pairin g n eatly dene. T ailo rin g for roof p ain t before th e rain y season. F u n eral services for B ertha see me. I am now a licensed realtor. It was nearly tim e for th e 4 :5 0 train i g et a d octor and to re p o rt th e acci- Spencer will be held a t th e M E. ladies and men L. L K id d er Hdwe. Co. B. W THORNE, office In Bank of from G resham and probably he was j dent. They found on reaching church in G resham , S atu rd ay PETER LENARD, Tailor. G resham . looking for th e train com ing from O resham th a t Dr. H. V. Adix had al- m orning at 10 o'clock Rev. A 8. Car of coal being unloaded now. Hisey will be In ch arg e of th e th e opposite d irectio n . So fa r as j ready sta rte d to th e accident having H allow e'en dance at M etzger's EK8TROM TRUCK SERVICE, Don’t forget the one-cent sale a t . . . , i — i service. In term e n t will be In Mt. hall, S atu rd ay , O ctober 29. Good th e G resham Drug Co., continues u n - ; ' s,on 9 conr‘“rnpd th is is a very | been sum m oned by telephone from Scott cem etery. union music. A dm ission 60c. Se The Bank of O resham paya 5 p er til S atu rd ay night ‘ open crossing T he railro ad trac k th e W right farm T he crowd th a t ‘ cu rity Benefit association. cent In terest on tim e deposita.— Ad. J z TWO KILLED; THIRD NOT EXPECTED TO LIVE, RESULT OF AUTO-ELECTRIC TRAIN COLLISION 1