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GRESHAM, MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON
VOL. 13, NO. 74
P. R. L. & P. TO GIVE New Councilmen Are
LIGHT SERVICE EAST Raker' Hammer' Howitt
E lectric lig h ts for ea ste rn M ultno­
m ah by T hanksgiving is in prospect
and already th e holes are dug and
th e poles a re in place ready for set­
tin g as fa r as th e Pow ell Valley
store. T he line frill extend as far as
th e people w ish it according to the
P. R. L. & P. com pany w hich is erect­
ing th e line and have m ade term s
w hich a re said to be reasonable and
w hich m any of the people who con­
sid er th e proposition th in k is fair.
t h e ^ r i e '^ ^ m ^ e Z s ^ d T e e n U v
w hen th e farm ers living east of
G resham held m eetings in w hich
they considered th e question of ob­
tain in g lights from the N orthw estern
E lectric com pany. F. L. GifTord of
th e la tte r com pany was invited to a
m eeting and put up such a fair square
business policy th a t th e farm ers of
th e e n tire com m unity decided th a t
they w anted lights from th e N o rth ­
w estern on th e proposition of paying
a m onthly ra te ra th e r th an putting
up th e e n tire cost of th e lines and
th e ir receiving two y ea rs’ service for
th e ir investm ent.
A fter a big mass m eeting w here
th e farm ers ag a in st th e advice of
Mr. Gifford, represen tativ e of the
N orthw estern Electric, voted to w ait
a y ear if need be to obtain lights
from th a t com pany and voted to not
consider any offer m ade by th e P. R.
L. & P. com pany regardless of w hat
It m ight be, a few of th e m ore neu­
tra l m em bers who w ere not satisfied
w ith th e proposition did a little p ri­
v ate investigating.
They visited
both com panies in P o rtlan d offices
and found th a t the P. R. L. & P.
com pany w ere ready and anxious to
come in, could m ake a definite
proposition, had the public service
com m ission’s sanction on rate s and
could p u t the line rig h t in. They al­
so found N orthw estern could not
m ake a definite proposition because
of th e fact th a t they w ere handi­
capped w ith the m ore expensive con­
stru ctio n
Including
longer lines
from F airview w here an expensive
sub-pow er sta tio n was necessary and
th a t being m ore expensive and the
w hole p roject more u n certain it was
even doubtful if the com pany could
come in and if th e public service
com m ission could fix a rate, based on
th e investm ent, th a t would m ake it
possible for th e -p e o p le to ta k e the
line. T his being in harm ony with
Mr. G ifford's sta te m en ts and advice
th a t if the P. R. L. & P. would m ake
a proposition sim ilar to th e N orth­
w estern E lectric com pany’s propo­
sitio n th a t It could p u t the lines in
a t much less expense and in a very
much sh o rte r tim e w hich would
m ake a b e tte r proposition for th e
farm ers in general. P. R. L. & P.
com pany men kept com ing out to the
te rrito ry and p u ttin g up th e new
propositions and finally a fte r learn-
C. I. Raker, A. F. H am m ar and T.
R. How itt were elected councilmen |
at the city election, held
Tuesday
afternoon.
There was a good representation of
voters at the polls, a total of 272 votes
I being cast
C. I. Raker was the high man, as he
received 145 votes. As th is was only
nine votes more than half the entire
number cast. It is easily seen th a t the
election was a close one. The other
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T. R. H ow itt, 139; A. F. Hamm ar,
125; E. H. Kelly, 119; Wm. Thom, 118;
Chas. Cleveland, 106; J. V. Cogswell,
53.
ing of th e final propositions as p ut
up by the two com panies and con­
sid erin g the advice given by Mr. Gif­
ford and th e vice president of the
N orthw estern E lectric com pany, th e
self-appointed com m ittee w hich was
principally in te reste d in «getting
lights and g e ttin g them on th e prop­
osition which seem ed the best busi­
ness, asked fo r sta te m en ts from both
com panies as to "whether o r n ot they
would come out into th e te rrito ry and
upon w hat basis. As a re su lt the
follow ing le tte rs were w ritten :
Gifford R elin q u ish es C laim s.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1921
Three Years Ago and Now
Who can forget the exultation, the joy, the amilea and tears of the
first Armistice Day! Feelings ran high in Gresham as everywhere
ami in the early morning the plan for a mothers’ parade was made
t |(p p ajj wpnt throughout the community. With what glad hearts
the mothers gathered on the streets and headed the parade. Wives,
fathers, brothers, sisters, friends spontaneotisly fell into line and
marched up and down the street and around the Liberty fountain,
where a platform was quickly thrown across the basin and ini-
pron,ptu speeches were made voicing the joy of the marchers. No
martjal music grated on the ears but plenty of discordant noise
' ¿ e m .r c h e r a .
In the evening a larger and more vociferous crowd gathered, a
huge bonfire lighted the streets, more speeches were made and cheers
were given for the allied nations and the kaiser was burned in effigy.
This seemed a fitting end to this first bright day of hope.
Looking back today, we realize that much which we took for
granted as to the condition of peace did not materialize. We were at
the breaking of the dawn, which we welcomed with enthusiasm and
which many of us mistook for the noonday. Today, three years later,
we celebrate Armistice Day with joy and hope but primarily with
prayer. Today, with all peoples of the earth, we look to the opening
of the Disarmament Conference at Washington with eaniest prayers
and profound hopes that matters may be so adjusted that nations
may settle their differences, not by war and carnage but by courts
of justice and equity.
We know today, better than ever before, the cost of war in man
powerful money, in high spiritual ideals. Generations yet unborn
will suffer the blight of the great war and will feel its paralyzing
effects.
We are warned to not expect too much from the conference in
Washington but we can confidently demand that the nations shall not
take a backward step but that the hopes of the first Armistice Day
may be justified in a steady but sure advance toward universal peace.
O ctober 31st, 1921.
To Whom it May Concern:
A tten tio n : H. P. C hristenson. B. M.
Howell, C. H. Jo hanson, H arry J.
F ren n a.
Re: E lectric L ight & Pow er Ser­
vice Powell V alley D istrict:
I have this day been in touch with
Mr. A. A. McMicken of th e P o rtlan d
MRS MAY BLISS TO SPEAK
land Railw ay, L ight & Pow er com­ GRANGERS NEED CARD
pany, on th e request of som e of the
AT METHODIST CHURCH
FOR
SEVENTH
DEGREE
citizens in your neighborhood and
took the m ap show ing th e Powell
Sunday, Novem ber 13, will be th e
A ttention has been called to an
Valley road, th e Bluff road, the F air-
view and T ro u td ale roads and some e rro r In th e last Issue in w hich it special W om en’s H ome M issionary
of the im p o rtan t branches th ereto , was sta te d th a t th e fifth an d sixth society day a t th e M ethodist church.
th a t we had considered as being de­ degrees would be conferred at the Mrs. May C. Bliss, a rep rese n tativ e
sirable to serve w ith electricity.
of th e n ational o rg an izatio n , and n
I have before ma a signed s ta te ­ n atio n al g ran g e session on th e a fte r­
which I noon of T hursday, Novem ber 17tli at sp e ak e r of u n u su al ability, will oc­
m ent from Mr. McMick
th e assem bly hall M ultnom ah hotel. cupy th e pulpit in the m orning. The
herew ith quote:
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1921.
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O ctober 3
T he fifth and sixth degree w ork will m em bership of th e ’ society prom ise
“ Mr. Gifford:
to a tte n d in a body and will occupy,
I have looked over your map of be p ut on a t -the T u rn v erin hall at
th e d istric t you considered east of T h irtee n th and M adison stree ts. The a reserved section of th e church.
glad to inform ation given in th e Outlook The an n u al free-w ill offering will be
G resham , and we will
serve not only th e people along the was tak en from th e G range B ulletin taken at th is service.
roads show n b u t also on lateral
In th e evening th e H appy H our
and probably m any g r a n g e » in this
roads not show n on your map.
vicinity have n ot had th e la te r in ­ services will be In charge of the
(Signed) A. A. McMICKEN,”
pastor, who will preach on th e topic,
This m eans th a t your d istrict will form ation.
be served by th e P o rtlan d Railway,
A ttention is also called to th e fact “The Golden Pass-K ey." You will
L ight & Pow er Co., and th e only cost ,
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| r i th a t a all
persons who
ant
you will be p ut to wiJJ be, as j Mr.
" Persons
»no w
em
u to
w ta
ta k s i e the find y o u r h ea rt w arm ing in th e g en ­
McMicken sta te d to me th is m orn- degree w ork in fifth, sixth or ial atm o sp h ere of th e frien d lin ess
ing, a m inim um charge of $1.50 per seventh degree m ust go to th e g ran g e i of th e evening service.
m onth; the o th e r rate s rem aining the h ea d q u arte rs at th e M ultnom ah hotel | T he topic for th e E pw orth L eague
sam e as now. ( *) I feel th a t th is is a and sign up, pay th e ir dues, and get , which will m eet a t 6 :3 0 p. m., will
very good proposition for you and
one th a t you sh o u ld accept w ithout th e card which will ad m it them to be “ Bible Exam ples of P erso n al
any h esitation a t all, as they will give th e au d ito riu m w here th e seventh : E vangelism .” Miss Shipley will be
you the best of service on a three- degree work will be put on. W ith- the leader.
phase line, allow ing for plenty of o ut th is card no one will be ad m itted
The ch o ir Is doing som e -splendid
power.
I also believe th a t you will serve to th e au d ito riu m and so one would work, and will re n d e r some excellent
th e best in te rests of your en tire c o m -’ i,e d eb arred from ta k in g th e work, music both m orning and evening,
m untty by im m ediately g e ttin g in , ,g expected th a t a t ,Pa8t i 000 will
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touch w ith th e proper officials or Mr
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t c c a t
c t o c v
v iz t w q
McMicken personally on th is work so ,a ke tlle seventh degree at th is tint . LOCAL STOCK WINS
th a t by C hristm as th e re should be no
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PRIZES AT STOCK SHOW
. r(.aaon why everyone o u t th e n LYCEUM NUMBER WINS
A.
C.
Ruby won practically every­
should not have power.
APPROVAL OF CROWD
th in g in prizes on hiB horses a t th e
I told Mr. McMicken th is m orning
i
i in o rd er to rush m a tte rs fo r those at
A good sized crow d g ath ered T u e s-| Pacific In te rn a tio n a l Stock show in
Coming Events of Local
| the Powell Valley sto re th a t we
all th e classes in w hich he en tered
Interest.
would relinquish any claim s th a t we day evening at th e high school auffi-
m ight have on th e farm ers in th e to riu m fo r th e second n u m b er of th e stock.
School m eeting D istrict No. 4 on
O th er prize w inners were N. Poul-
neighborhood for service if he would | yceunl COurse, th e R ick etts Glee
g u ara n tee to build th e lines as stated . .
S atu rday, Novem ber 26, at 2:30
son of Boring won fifth on bull th re e
his note to me, which he agreed to , C,UD-
■„„««« „„a
p. m. See the" B udget of school in
do
! E veryone was well pleased with years and under.
expenses on page 2.
I t desired I will atten d a m eeting th e evening’s e n te rta in m e n t and all
Mrs. 8. M. S trucken and H. Coles
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seventh
and explain m ose fully.
J of t he num bers w ere well received ! of T ro u td ale won —
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Hoping th a t you will all be well T he program was varied, an d well two years and u n d er th ree years.
E dgar S. K indley, hum orist-lec­
pleased and receive im m ediate se r­
Jacob L uscher and sons won sev-
tu re r, th e th ird num ber o g th e Cad- vice, I rem ain,
ren d ered , m ost of th e selections w ere
m ean Lyceum course, to be given
well known and have proved th e ir eral prizes on young stock.
King
Very tru ly yours,
F. L. G IFFORD,
S atu rday, December 3, a t Union
w orth and p o p u larity d u rin g years Segis Veeman Beryl W ayne, Junior
Supt. E lectrical D istribution.
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bull calf, won eig h th place.
In k a
H igh school auditorium u nder the
‘ (T his m inim um charge of $1 50 pa8t‘
auspices of th e stu d e n t body and
applies only w here th e re are fam ilies
E d g ar S K indley will give th e L ilith Bessie, sen io r y earlin g h eifer
L ilith Veeman
th e g u ara n to rs.
enough to m ake up th e $33 g u a ra n ­ next n u m b er on S atu rd ay , Decem ber won eig h th , also.
tee per m onth per mile of line ac­ 3. M t\ K indley is a h u m o rist and W ayne, ju n io r y earlin g heifer, won
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All th ese en tries w ere in
The Pleasant Home Methodist cording to th e P. R. L. & P. com pany le c tu re r apd his n um ber should j sev en th
officials. If th e re are less, those who
th e H olstein classes.
Ladies' Aid bazaar will be held on
w ant to have th e lights m ust m ake prove popular.
December 16, a t the church.
up the balance of th e g u a ra n te e ).—
Keep in style, T ry one of th o se
D o n 't slig h t y su rse lf by slig h tin g
E ditor.
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"classy-fled” ads.
th e w ant ads.
Chicken pie supper at the Gresh­
McMicken S tates Term s.
am Grange Hall, Saturday, Nov­
WHEN A FELLER NEEDS SYMPATHY.
O ctober 31st, 1921.
em ber 19, under the auspices of
Messrs. B. M. Howell,
H. P. C hristenson,
the M ethodist Horae M issionary
R oute A, G resham . Oregon.
Society.
G entlem en:— We wish to confirm
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ou r statem en t m ade to you several
L u th e ra n L adias’ Aid society
tim es, and m ore p articu la rly on Octo-
b azaar a t Powell Valley on No­ bor 31. to th e effect th a t we are ready
and w illing to co n stru ct a 6600-volt,
vem ber 19.
three-phase, a lte rn a tin g cu rren t elec­
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tric line from Powell Valley statio n
H aley B aptist L adies' Aid sale
along th e Powell Valley road to Pow­
of hand m ade articles S aturday.
ell Valley on th e basis of o u r receiv­
ing assurance from th e people living
N ovem ber 12. R efreshm ents will
j between Powell Valley sta tio n and
be served.
E lliott sto re th a t they will use as a
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m inim um $400 w orth of electricity
M usicians W eek. N ovem ber 27
each year per m ile of line.
to Decem ber 4. A hom e ta len t
We wish it distinctly understood
m usical will be given one evening th a t tye do no t lim it th is proposition
to the people residing between Powell
th a t week a t the G resham library. I Valley statio n and E llio tt sto re, but
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¡th a t we will extend o u r electric lines
N ear E ast Relief cam paign No­ j on the sam e basis to serve people be-
vem ber 21 to 84. Showing of th ree ivond E lliott sto re, and will carry our
: lines tow ard P leasan t Home or any
reels of pictures taken in th e near ¡o th er section east of G resham on the
E ast d u rin g th e visit of J J. H and- ; basis of o u r receiving a m inim um
sack er to be show n on November ¡g u aran te e from th e people served of
I $400 per ann u m per m ile of line,
18 a t G resham T heater
which is equivalent to approxim ately
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i $33 per m onth per mile of line. The
Impression «eems to exist th a t thia
Powell Valley circuit Sunday
com pany is m aking a special proposi­
school convention at Boring M. E. tion to the people between Powell
church. Novem ber 12.
V ailey station and Elliott afore and
Conttnaed on page 4
Club Entries Win
Stock Show Prizes
Percy Carlson, of Victory, is happy
over the aw arding of the first prize
to his Holstein heifer, Maggie Jo h an ­
na Prilly, in the club work d ep art­
ment of the Pacific Intern atio n al Live
Sti^ck show.
In the second class, a heifer or bull
calf, under one year, W alter Auder-
egg won second place w ith Blossom
and th ird place with Homestead, while
his brother won fourth place on Rose.
In the Jerseys, Clackamas county
won the honors, and Mildred Ander­
son, of Boring, won first place on
La Creole’s Pom padour in the class
of a year old heifer or bull calf. Ru­
dolph Hanson, also of Boring, won
fourth place on Oxford I-assie of
Lawn Vista.
In the sheep division, Sven Nelson,
of Powell Valley, won th ird and fourth
places on his two lambs, May and
Nettle.
Tn the fat lamb class, all breeds com­
peting, H arvey W aybill won first,
Frank Rybrick, second and Sven Nel­
son, third.
TUESDAYS
AND
FRIDAYS
$1.50 PER YEAR
EX-SERVICE MEN
MAY TAKE UP LAND
“ Land for every Oregon Ex-service
man who w ants it," is the keynote of
a land settlem ent program which will
be put into action as soon as the loans
under the Oregon bonus law are avail­
able for the ex-soldiers, according to
an announcem ent by the Oregon State
Chamber of Commerce, today.
The S tate Chamber plan contem­
plates the subdivision of several large
tracts of land which are now being
operated as a unit, and the placing of
ex-soldiers on these Tracts armed with
sufficient capital to enable them to
make good, according to the announce­
ment. As the first paym ent on the
land will be subtracted from the loan
itself, the ex-soldier who is w ithout
funds or property at present will be
able to take advantage of the loan in
the purchase of land, according to the
plan.
Briefly, the plan as outlined In the
S tate Chamber "News L etter,” is as
follows:
A tract of land consisting of 1600
MRS. H. C. LARSEN LEAVES
acres, for Instance, may be selected
FOR VISIT IN FLORIDA at $50 per acre to be occupied by 20
Mrs. H. C. L arsen left T ’'>>r«dty soldiers, giving each soldier 80 acres
evening for St. Cloud, F lorida, for $4000 The title is given to the
w here sh e expects to spend th e next soldier, and, from the bonus money
few m onths visiting relatives.
Al­ of $3000, 20 per cent will be paid the
though having considered m aking owner of the land, balance of pay­
the trip at different tim es, the deci­ ments on an am ortisation plan ident­
sion cam e when an in v itation was ical w ith the plan employed by the
received Monday to th e golden w ed­ S tate under the bonus law.
After 20 per cent is paid on the land
ding of h er uncle and a u n t, Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. H astings of th a t place, from th e $3000 bonus, there will be
which ev en t will be celebrated on from the $300 bonus, there will be
left $22Q0. Of th is am ount, $1500 is
S atu rd ay , Novem ber 19.
Mrs. L arsen is m aking th e trip In used in the construction of buildings
hopes th a t th e change in clim ate muy and the purchase of necessary stock
prove beneficial to h er h ealth and and implements. T his leaves a bal­
also th a t she may visit with relatives ance of $700 to carry the ex-service
man until he gels his first retu rn s
and frien d s at St. Cloud.
Mrs. L arsen expects to go stra ig h t from his cropB.
The firBt land to be secured for
to St. Clotld via way of Salt Lake
City and K ansas City but on h er re­ soldier settlem ent under the above
tu rn she will visit along the way. plan is n trac t of 1240 acres In the
She plans to visit relativ es and Squaw Creek Irrigation D istrict of
friends a t Colby, K ansas, and at Col­ Central Oregon, according to Secre­
orado Springs. She will retu rn about tary Quayle of the State Chamber.
Half of th is land is irrigated, and will
th e first of F eb ru ary .
be sold to the ex-soldiers at from $30
to $60 per acre.
HELEN ALTHAUS WINS IN
The Squaw Creek land Is only, the
EGG CONTEST AT SHOW
Is'glnnlng, said Secretary Quayle. We
H elen, th e jo u n g d au g h te r of Mr. lilan to have land ready for the ex-
and Mrs. A. C. A lth a u s.o f th e Sweet soldiers In both Eastern and W estern
B rier F arm , Is to be co n g ratu lated Oregon by the tim e the bonus is avail­
on h er success in Judging eggs. She able. An effort will be made to place
selected th ree dozen eggs for the the soldier in the section to which he
contest a t th e W estern P o u ltry is best suited.
show which 1 b being held in connec­
The idea of this plan is to take care
tion w ith the N orthw estern L ive­ of soldiers who wish to get on the
stock exposition. H er exhibit of Pe­ land, but who have no funds with
kin duck eggs took first place in the which to make the first payment.
open class.
H elen also selected I Under th is plun both the owner and
Rhode Island Red eggs and en tered ! the soldier are protected. There are
two dozen. H er first choice she rd* ] large areas of land in the state aw ait­
tered in th e open class anil It won ing settlem ent, and there are many
th e special prem ium fo r th e best soldiers entitled to the bonus who are
dozen eggs in th e A m erican class. anxious to get on the soli. We believe
H er second choice was en tered in the th a t It Is logical and commendable to
Boys’ and G irl's club work and won settle our Idle lands with Oregon
i men.
second place In th a t.
American I-eginn officials have
MISTAKEN FOR BEAR,
strongly endorsed the proposed plan,
PORCUPINE IS SHOT and the details are under considera­
tion by the Y eglon land committee.
W hen C. O. F an ch e r was aroused
"T his is precisely the land settle­
one evening th is week b y .th e b a rk ­ ment idea th a t the American Legion
ing of bis dogs and w ent o u t w ith his has been looking for,” declared E. J.
guu to see w hat was th e tro u b le, he Elvers, S tate A djutant of the Legion
saw w hat he took fo r » " b e a r cub, today. “ When it is generally known
which he shot. Im agine his su rp rise th at ex-soldiers who are w ithout funds
to find he had sh o t a porcupine. or property can buy land under this
W here th e anim al cam e from is a plan, I believe th a t a higher percent­
m ystery, as resid en ts of th e n eigh­ age of the boys will call for the loan
borhood who have lived here for 35 rath e r than the cash under the bonus.”
years o r m ore had never seen one
The work of listing large tracts of
here.
land suitable for settlem ent under
T his an im al weighed 16 pounds. th is plan and appraised at rock bot­
It had defended Itself ag a in st the tom price, is going rapidly forward,
dogs by shooting Its quills, two ot according to officials of the State
which w ere found in th e nose of one Chamber, and It Is expected th a t sev­
of th e dogs.
eral thousand acres will be ready for
the soldiers when the bonus Is avail­
By Parks.
able.
LOCAL WOMAN WINS
RECOGNITION FOR WORK
The Home M issionary work which
Mrs. Jessie C athey has done the past
year a t th is place am ong the Ja p a n ­
ese, has been officially recognized by
th e g eneral m issionary board of th e
F ree M ethodist church. Mrs. C athey
has been appointed home m issionary
foF Ja p an ese work here by th e Mis­
sio n ary board.
Rev. A ugust Y oungren of Seattle
has been appointed su p e rin ten d e n t
of Jap an ese work for Oregon and
plans soon to send a Jap an ese m in ­
ister h ere who will reside in G resh­
am perm anently.
Mrs. Cathey Is doing A m ericaniza­
tion work am ong th e Jap an ese as well
as m issionary work.
Grand M asquerade Ball.
Mask ball In M etzger’s hall S a tu r­
day, November 19.
Union m usic.
Prizes aw arded.
Everybody requested to m ask. Ad­
mission 50c. All welcome. S ecurity
Benefit Association.— Adv.