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G resham O utlook
VOL. 13, NO. 78
STORM BOUND
HUNTERS RETURN
$1.50 PER YEAR
GRESHAM, MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1921
EARTH PLOWS THROUGH WRECKED
COMET THIS MONTH
TUESDAYS
AND
FRIDAYS
CHRISTMAS OUTLOOK
IS BEING PLANNED
The H oliday n u m b er of th e O ut­
look will be Issued on o r about
December 16. A b eau tifu l two-
color fro n t page is being arran g ed
and th e re w ill be th e usual g en ­
erous use of ap p ro p riate colors
and illu stratio n s. T h ere will be
fea tu re articles, holiday g reetin g ,
historical resum es an d business
w rite-ups.
O ur corresp o n d en ts are asked
to give th e ir com m unities full rep ­
resen tatio n In th is big an n u al Issue.
A lready considerable ad space Is
being spoken for.
It will be a good one: w atch fo r
THANKSGIVING SEES
FESTIVE GATHERINGS
H. C. L arsen » a s th e guest of Mr.
Scientists a r e
Five of th e G resham goose hu n ters
and Mrs. D. T. W illiam s a t G reen
very much inter­
retu rn ed from eastern Oregon T h u rs­
ested in a little
Acres P oultry farm n ear Bofiug.
experience Mother
day a fte r a w onderfully exciting trip
Mrs. A. H ughes, Dr. H. H. H ughes
E arth is going to
w hich was void of geese.
have the last of
and Miss Della H ughes took d in n e r
this month.
Cecil M etzger, G. C. C asper and
w ith Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Crowe in
On November
E. A. T aylor were th e first to m ake
27 she -is expected
P o rtlan d .
to plow through a
th e trip and had planned to re tu rn
Mr. and Mrs. W. Lewis and chil­
whole swarm of
th e S aturday of last week but stayed
m eteors that
d ren , Della and K enneth, spent
banged-up comet
over an ex tra day w hich brought
T hanksgiving day w ith relativ es in
has tost.
them into th e storm so th a t they
T he comet it
Vancouver.
Biela's c o m e t
could not retu rn .
Mr. and Mrs. O. A. E astm an and
which was well
F rid ay evening Leslie W alrad,
d au g h ter. Miss G ertru d e, and Miss
known to the an ­
It
cients. Jn 1832
Luclle H urd were g u ests at th e hom e
Wm. S. E v erett, F red Todd. C. S.
our earth really
of Mrs. Cora W alk er on T h an k sg iv ­
Cleveland, Conrad
M etzger ana
collided with its
ing.
\
EUGENE
L.
TH
O
R
PE
head,
missing
SUDDEN DEATH CALLS
Floyd Mack in cars driven by Mack
by only a few
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. A ylsw orth and
F o rm er G resham man and old
EUGENE
L.
THORPE
and E v erett left for Blalock w here tim e resident of eastern M ultnom ah,
thousand m i l e s
ch ildren. Miss Connie Page of P o rt­
New4 of th e sudden d eath of E u­
W hen it returned
th e o th e r party had preceeded them passes suddenly w hile atten d in g ses­
land, and Miss W innlfred O sburn en ­
in 1845 it was
sion
of
N
ational
G
range
last
T
u
e
sd
a
y
,'
and w here for several weeks past
gene L. T horpe in th e lobby of M ult­ joyed a fam ily d in n er p arty T h an k s­
found to h a v e
evening at M ultnom ah H otel, P o rt­
F ra n k C. Jones had beeii staying.
broken into two
nom ah hotel in P o rtlan d on T uesday giving at th e hom e of Mr. and Mrs.
land.
heads.
T he as­
The storm was quite severe on the
night, November 22, cam e as a shock Geo. Page.
tronom ers
a s
way east and the men had to stop OUTLOOK PRINTS
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Z im m erm an
cribed this to the
to th is com m unity, w here Mr. T horpe
and clear out a slide of rocks at the
FARMERS DIRECTORIES
and fnmWy were g u ests of th e la tte r's
pull of the sun,
had lived and was active in public b ro th er W alter E lford in Sellwood
u pper end of the figure eight on the
the comet having
The O utlook office has ju st fin­
afTairs for m any years. D eath was
approached t o o
highw ay.
T hanksgiving.
Mrs. Z im m erm an’s
near
to
old
Sol.
due to h ea rt failu re and was in­
ished
one
of
its
big
jobs
of
p
rin
tin
g
The p arty reached Hood River at
p aren ts and younger Bister w ere also
stan tan eo u s.
never catne b £ k again, but on Nov. 27, 1872, the earth passed through a
m idnight and by th a t tim e th ere was consisting of a larg e o rd er of fa rm ­
present.
He died at th e close of th e n atio n al
trem
endous
shower
of
shooting
stars.
Science
believes
th
at
between
fo u r inches of snow on th e ground. ers directories for M arion and Polk
A fam ily p arty consisted of Mr.
1845
and
1872
the
comet
simply
went
to
pieces
and
that
these
shooting
grange
session,
which
he
had
rep
o
rt­
It was decided th a t perhaps it would
and Mrs. George Shaw and children,
stars was its debris. Now, 49 ycafs later, they predict, that we will go
counties, Oregon. The book co n tain s
ed for th e O regonian.
be b e tte r to re tu rn home from Hood
through the debris again. The picture, which we print byr special, ar­
Mrs. H. M. Shaw, Mr. and Mrs. Les­
Mr. T horpe was 67 years of age.
River abandoning th e ' h u n tin g trip 8379 nam es of farm ers an d land ow n­
rangem ent with Popular Science Monthly, shows the e a rth s rush
lie St. C lair, who ate th e tu rk ey and
He Is survived by his widow, a son,
b ut a telephone call to The Dalles ers in these t\^o counties covering,
fixin's a t th e hom e of Mrs. Shaw and
Ulrt jfobody need 'fear injury on Nov. 27. W hen “shooting stars hit
w
ith
advertisem
en
ts,
ab
o
u
t
320
R
ansford
W.
of
P
o
rtlan
d
and
a
bro u g h t back w ord th a t th e re was
th e St. Clairs in Gresham .
our
thick
atmosphere,
some
300
miles
up,
they
begin
to
burn
and
the
d au g h ter, H ester IL, who is teaching
only an inch of snow on th e ground pages. T he book is one of a line of
Mr. and Mrs. W ard h iglls e n te r­
friction reduces them to nothing by the time they reach our V'Cimty.
farm
ers
directo
ries
issued
by
th
e
school
at
Bandon.
there.
T hinking from th is report
Popular Science says that one hundred and forty-six billions of these
tained at d in n er ^Thanksgiving even­
T he fu n eral services will be held
fragm ent, enter our atm osphere every year, and you never hear of
th a t th e cen ter of th e storm area was F arm ers' D irectory com pany of P o rt­
ing Dr. and Mrs. Geo. Inglis, Mabie
on S atu rd ay aftern o o n , Novem ber
One of them hitting a human being—thanks be!
th is side of Hood R iver and th a t they land, and is intended to cover p rac­
and Miriam Inglis, Mr. and Mrs. E.
26, from th e conservatory chapel of
would ru n o u t of it by th e tim e they tically all th e counties of th e sta te
D. R aker, Mr. and Mrs. C. I. R aker,
stalled
betw
een
Hood
R
iver
and
th e E ast Side F u n eral D irectors, 414
reached Blalock th e G resham ites de­ du rin g a tw o-year period. M ultno­ STORM SWEPT AREA
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Bailey and fam ­
B
ridal
Veil.
They
estim
ate
six
weeks
STILL COVERED WITH ICE
E ast A lder stre e t, P o rtlan d . Con­
cided to continue. By th e tim e they m ah and C lackam as county books
ily.
as
the
le
ast
tim
e
In
w
hich
th
e
h
ig
h
­
cluding services will be at th e P o rt­
reached T he Dalles at 4 a. m., they have recently been issued. T he O ut­
T he te rrito ry beyond Crown Point way can be opened.
Mrs. M. D. K ern en tertain ed on
land C rem atorium u n d er th e a u s­
found the snow about the sam e as at look office will p rin t o th e r d irecto ries on th e Colum bia riv er highw ay is
M ultnom ah county com m issioners pices of M ultnom ah Camp No. 77, T hanksgiving in honor of Mr. K ern 's
Hood River. C ontinuing on th e trip d uring th e w inter.
still locked in Ice and snow accord­ are contem p latin g arran g e m en t ot
75th b irthday which also occurred on
By arran g e m en t w ith th e m anagei
W oodmen of th e W orld.
th e storm conditions rapidly grew
ing to late reports.
th is holiday. Those p resen t were W.
storm
signals
at
Hood
River,
T
ro
u
t­
worse. T he snow began to deepen the O utlook is giving copies of th e
W ord from th e C orbett d istric t Is dale and Cascade Locks w arning au ­ GRANDMA SHERWOOD
K Kern and
M[; ,an<‘ Mr“,
and finally it becam e a question of M ultnom ah directo ry free to farm er to th e effect th a t th e co untry looks toista in th e fu tu re of th e approach
IS GIVEN SURPRISE Ilarold Kern> Mrs- Ro8e Metz«er and
subscribers
on
application
a
t
th
is
of­
reaching th e ranch and sh e lte r. This
like th e w ar sw ept regions of F ran ce of a sever storm In th e Colum bia
son D elbert, and Mrs. Bonnie Clon-
was done w ithout serious trouble but fice o r on m ail o rd ers when accom ­ and Belgium o r as If a g ia n t steam riv er gorge and probably closing th e
Inger and two children.
Mrs.
Susie
Sherwood
of
th
e
T
erry
th e men w ere all glad to reach camp. panied by five cents to cover postage. ro lle r had gone o ver th e co untry lay­ highw ay to traffic u n til d an g er is d istric t w as very agreeably su r­
One of th e d elig h tfu l hom e p arties
Any county sub scrib er who has n o t ing low th e trees, fences and lig h t
They still th o u g h t the storm would
T
hanksgiving
was a t th e J. H. M etz­
past.
prised a t h e r hom e on F rid ay even­
soon be over but it was not long u n ­ obtained a copy is u rged to use th e pow er and telephone lines.
ger home w here Cecil M etzger and
Every
attem
p
t
is
being
m
ade
by
ing.
Novem
ber
18,
th
e
occasion
being
til the country was buried under coupon found elsew here in th is issue.
The telephone system at C orbett county road w orkers assisted by ow n­ h er 72d birthday.
fam ily, W alter M etzger and wife of
about th ree feet of snow. The m a­ BERRY GROWERS TO
is so badly dem oralized, rep o rts say, ers of stalled cars to open the h ig h ­
T he p arty was arran g ed by h e r two Boring, Floyd M etzger, wife and son
chines were buried under snow and
ELECT DIRECTORS SOON th a t it will p ractically m ean new con­ way. T racto rs were used b u t were g ran d d a u g h ters, Mrs. Em ily S tu art of P o rtlan d , Mrs. C lara W old of P o rt­
could not be located by Wioktng out
stru ctio n th ro u g h o u t.
W ires are not successful. A four-w heel-drive and Mrs. Susie Jesse of P o rtlan d .
land and Mrs. G ulllkson and son,
The an n u al m eeting of th e sto ck ­ broken and tw isted iji such a way arm y tru ck equipped w ith chains
over th e yard.
A very p leasan t evening was s p e n t' C laire, of G resham were th e guests,
Saturday and Sunday m orning the holders of th e B erry G row ers Packing th a t It will be alm o st im possible 10 and special ap p a ratu s for road- and a su m ptuous luncheon, w ith a
A fam ily p arty was enjoyed at th e
party stayed at th e ranch, then Sun­
com pany will hold a m eeting at stra ig h te n them out, Bome people breaklng has been despatched to C or­ huge b irth d ay c a k e 'th e cen ter of at- home of Rev. and Mrs. J. 11. Wood
day afternoon Mr. Cleveland, Cecil
from th a t section rep o rt. T he coun­ b ett to assist.
tractio n , was enjoyed by all.
T hanksgiving when th e ir two sons
Metzger and Leslie W alrad started M etzger's hall on Monday, Decem ber try ...
is still
w ith Ice to - an ex-
...... covered
. ...... ........................-
» Sheds
ile u s a i t m
o i ridal
ii i n i Veil
, Cl. L um ber
The g u ests d ep arted a t a late h o u r and th e ir fam ilies spent th e day with
the e B
home. T hey left the ranch a t 11 5, at 10 a. m „ for th e purpose of te n t Miat m akes reco n stru ctio n w ork , colnpap leg ,„¡11 at B ridal Veil were w ishing G randm a Sherwood many them . Those present were Win. 8.
o’clock and hired a man to drive electing two d irecto rs to succeed E u­ difficult and It will be some tim e b e - 1 broken down
-
• by th
•• e .w eig h t of
-• ice happy re tu rn s of th e day.
Wood and fam ily, I. T. W ood and
them to the depot at Blalock. The gene Chflldo and W. F. R obinson, fore any estim a te of dam age done and snow and th e Mist F alls lodge
Those p resen t w ere Mr. and Mrs. wife and d au g h ters, Mabie Wood and
snow was
it piled
Bnun
boo so
ow deep th at --
— up
— r- 1 whose term s expire.
T he an n u al can be made.
n ear M ultnom ah F alls was com plete­ Joe Ledbury, Mr. and Mrs. Jam es Mrs. A lta G entry, and th e la tte r s
ahead of th e dash board of the light { nieet|n g of th e m em bers of th e Co-
T he telephone lines n ear G resham ly w recked.
Jesse, Mr. and Mrs. A rth u r L edbury, son,- Russell.
buckboard and at tim es the two I o perative B erry G row ers will m eet at are being rapidly p u t Into shape and
R- D. Bailey and fam ily, C. I.
G resham escaped m ost of the seri- Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H anning, Mr. ami
horses could hard ly draw th e wagon j 10 a. m., on W ednesday, December th e local lines are p ractically all in o u i effect of the sto rm but some un­ Mrs. Ross S tu art, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. R aker and wife. E. I). R aker am i.
through th e snow. It took 2 ’A hours ¡7, a t M etzger's hall for th e purpose shape. T he line east on th e Powell easiness was caused by th e rep o rt of Ledbury, th e Misses T helm a M cllaf- wife n»d Mrs. F ie tta Illb b a rt w ere
to m ake th e th ree miles to th e little of electing d irecto rs and a tten d in g to Valley road is being p ut into shape the dam age to th e Bull Run pipe 9ey, M axine F ish er, Em m a L edbury guests of Mr. and Mrs. It. R. Ilalley
STation a t Blalock w here th e th ree such o th e r business as may come be- and th e poes are being reset. This lines.
T hese lines w ere soon re- and A lta H anning, Wm. L edbury, at th e ir hom e n ear G resham T hanks-
men w aited u n til they flagged a fore the m eeting.
will soon be accom plished and com ­ tored. Two concrete piers on which Johti H anning, Alvin F lan d ers, A lfred giving day. A tu rk ey d in n er with all
m unication w ith th e P leasan t Home, th e old Bull R un screen house rests L edbury, Edw ard H anning, George the trim m ings was served nt 1 o’clock.
freig h t tra in at 7 p. m., which was
L usted, C o ttrell, Boring and Sandy saved P o rtlan d and G resham from a Ledbury. Jr.
headed fo r T he Dalles. It took nine
| A n um ber of friends g ath ered at
neighborhoods resto red .
W ork 1 b w ater fam ine according to Dick
hours to m ake th e 40 m iles to The
___ ___________ the hom e of II. M. Howell, T h an k s­
Coming Events of Local
also progressing tow ard T ro u td ale M aupin, su p e rin ten d e n t of th e Bull SANDY YOUNG PEOPLE
Dalles w here th e G resham men hoped
giving, and sp en t an enjoyable day.
Interest.
and F airview b u t th is te rrito ry is in Run pipe lines.
to get a boat to m ake th e balance of
ARE WEDDED TODAY Those present besides th e Howell
Musical e n tertain m en t and big
the trip home. The •freig h t backed
a m uch worse condition.
fam ily w ere: Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Lewis
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Miss Mary Y u n k er and L ester and g randsons, A rchie and E rn est,
D anger of w ashouts and floods has G. A. R. POST AND CORPS
up and th en drove ahead and finally ’ sing, G resham L ibrary, F riday
lessened and th e Sandy riv er and .•
a t 4 a. m. Monday reached T h e , evening, N ovem ber 25.
ENTERTAIN VISITORS C lin efelter of Sdndy w ere m arried in Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Jackson and fam ­
P o rtlan d th is aftern o o n by th e Rev. ily, Mr. and Mrs. M. A. T lbbits and
Dalles w here the w eary “goose hunt- 1
o
th
e
r
stream
s
have
receded
leaving
0
M. A. Ross P ost and Corps held an Mr. S trau b p asto r of th e F irs t Con­ d a u g h te r of P o rtlan d and A. A. Tib-
d ebris along th e bank. T rees, roots
ers” w ent to a hotel. They found
School m eeting D istrict No. 4 on
Miss Mabe' bits of O rient d istrict.
and branches w ere d riftin g in H>e I enjOyable session S aturday. A sslst- g reg atio n al church.
th at th e locks at Cascade Locks were
S aturday, Novem ber 26, a t 2 :30
Miss W inifred St. C lair cam e bom e
frozen and no boats were running
■ t n u a aH * M k . D u i « r of
( v!
s,
|>„ k , . Shipley of G resham , cousin of the
p. m.
groom
and
F
ritz
Y
unker
of
Sandy,
w
ashouts
on
th
e
highw
ay
betw
een
;
from
W illam ette U niversity to eat
and th a t they could not get out. T here
0
T ro u td ale and S pringdale is p ast fo r ‘’° « la n d » inspected th e G resham lo s t b ro th er of th e bride were th e a tte n ­ T hanksgiving tu rk ey at home. Miss
^ w as 30 inches of snow at The Dalles
E dgar S. K indley, hu m o rist-lec­
th e p resen t and trav el to C orbett is 'a n d M arg aret Becker d ep artm en t dants. Mr. and Mrs C lin efelter will _ Em m a Johnson was th e d in n er guest
b ut th e re was no wind. Monday a tu re r, the th ird n um ber of the Cad-
possible while a few cars have gone ' presid en t of th e Geo. W right W.R.L., m ake th e ir hom e in Sandy, which t * l of Mr. and Mrs. St. 6 la lr. T his is
sleet fell which form ed a cru st on
mean Lyceum course, to be given
as far as Crown P oint b u t th e trip I of P o rtlan d Inspected th e M. A. Ross h e a d q u arte rs for th e form er, who is th e eleventh successive T h an k sg iv ­
the snow thick enough to bear the < S aturday, Decem ber 3, a t Union
a highw ay en g in eer on th e Mt. Hood ing d in n er which Miss Johnson has
from C o rb ett to Crown P oint is con­ W. R. C.
w eight of a person but It did not ef- j High school au d ito riu m u n d er th e
O ther visitors were Mrs. Anna Pool Ix>op road.
sidered
very
dangerous.
enjoyed as th e g u est of th e ed ito r's
fp<2 ’he telephone or telpgraph wires.
auspices of th e stu d e n t body and
Two men from P o rtlan d who were and Mrs. Alice W illiam s of S u tA e r
fam ily. An au to ride up th e h ig h ­
Monday evening F red Todd anu
th e g u aran to rs.
Beside th e reg u la r busi­ O t^look & Daily O regonian......$6 35 way as far as C orbett was enjoyed In
cau g h t at Hood R iver d u rin g th e W. R. C.
E.T t. T aylor arrived at th e hotel hav­
0
Outlook,
Daily
and
Sunday
storm m ade th e ir way to P o rtlan d ness session a d elig h tfu l social hour
ing m ade th e sam e trip.
The P leasant Home Methodist
O regonian ................................... 8.00 th e afternoon.
T he w ate r pipes at T he Dalles froze I Ladies’ Aid bazaar will be held on over th e highw ay on foot. They re ­ was enjoyed at th e d in n er h o u r when
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i The T hanksgiving p arty a t th e
Subscribe now for th e Outlook and homR of Mr and Mrs. J. E. Metzger
p ort th re e bridges b u lk h ead s and all th e usual bou n tifu l basket d in n er was
and foi a few days th e conditions
December 16, a t the church.
your P o rtlan d Dally.________________ included th e ir fam ily, Mrs. Carlson,
carried away, and 174 autom obiles served.
were serious. T he hotel served wa- ■
,
0
te r only on request, no second g la s s - !
Miss I xju P arm ely of P o rtlan d ami
Queen E sth e r b azaar to be
Mr. Rossm an, who Is em ployed by
es of w ate r w ere served and w ater , held Decem ber 17.
Mr. M etzger,-
was not served w ith th e sam e meal as
0
Mr and Mrs. A. W. Shipley and
tea, m ilk o r coffee. The w ater sys­
Mission L adles' Aid b azaar at
Miss
Mabel Shipley sp e n t th e day In
tem was restored, how ever, by the
Powell
Valley,
No-
th e church,
P o rtlan d at th e hom e of Mrs. Ship-
tim e th e G resham ites left for home
vem ber 26.
ley's b rother-in-law and sister, Mr.
on W ednesday m orning a t 10:40.
0
W illing W o rk er's society of
and Mrs. E ugene Zim m erm an, w here
They cam e hom e on th e second train
a fam ily reunion was held. Mr. and
o u t of T he Dalles via Pasco, E llens­ C ottrell com m unity church an-
nounce b azaar and program for
Mrs. W ilbur Stanley of P o rtlan d
burg and Tacom a then thro u g h to
w ere also g u ests at th e party.
December 9.
P o rtlan d , trav e lin g 560 miles to get a
A rth u r C arn ln e of Condon, who Is
distance of 84. They s a id th e y never
0
a tten d in g business college In P o rt­
did get so m any m iles trav elin g for
C ountry fa ir to be given Decem­
land, is spending th e T hanksgiving
so sm all a price as th e ir The Dalles
ber 1 by th e Areme club of th e
holidays a t th e hom e of his a u n t.
to P ortlan d tic k e t cost them »3 29
E astern S tar Lodge will be held
Mrs H. W Cooley. T hanksgiving
and carried them nearly 600 miles.
In the Masonic H all.
day Mr. and Mrs Cooley en tertain ed
W hile a t T he Dalles word was re­
at d in n er th e ir d au g h ters and farol-
ceived from A. M. W ilkinson, W al­
Ilea Mr. and Mrs. Geo A rm strong
lace W ilkinson and W ilbur Thom p­ weeks before th e cars can be b ro u g h t
and son W alter and Mr. and Mrs.
son, who are In th e W’asco neighbor­ in via the C olum bia highw ay
T here was no goose or duck h u n t­
C tri A lder and d au g h ter, Evelyn.
hood, 13 m iles from tow n. They
said they w ere w arm , had plenty to ing b u t jack rab b its were plentiful
A C ountry F air.
They rep o rt th a t the snow Is so
eat but did not know w hen they
T he A rem e club will conduct a
deep th a t It seem s as If th e hills slope
would get out
country fair at th e Masonic hall In
T he re st of th e G resham party said j directly to th e track w ith no trac e of
G resham on T h u rsd ay evening. De­
cem ber 1. Inspect the fine displays
they were going to stay a t th e ranch fence, highw ays, o r any o th e r ob-
Thia la th e conditions
of fancy work, vegetables and fru its
a t Blalock until they could bring In atructlona.
then buy for your own use o r C h rist­
th e cars b u t tho se who have already east of T he Dalle« and they a re not as
mas gifts Circus, side show s, lunch
bad
as
those
from
Hood
R
iver
to
retu rn ed expect th a t th e o th e rs will
counter, hot dog, coffee and pie.—
give up th is plan and re tu rn In a Crown P oint w here only m eager re­
Adv.
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sh o rt tim e as It will probably be ports have been received.
WHEN A FELLER NEEDS SYMPATHY.
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