Gresham outlook., November 29, 1921, Image 1

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VOL. 13,
G resham O utlook
NO. 79
TELEPHONE SERVICE
IS BEING RESTORED
T elephone service will be estab ­
lished betw een Sandy and G resham
probably tonight. At th e sam e tim e
all the lines to C ottrell, Boring,
P lea san t Home, L usted, Powell V al­
ley and all th e te rrito ry served by th e
m ain line leading out of G resham on
th e Powell V alley road will be open.
The Sandy lines have been in
use th e en tire tim e as th e sleet
storm did not in te rru p t th e ir service.
T he main tru n k line th ro u g h Powell
V alley was out fo r m ore th a n a m ile
and ail th e poles had to be reset and
th e w ires restru n g . It was expected
th a t the lines would be In o rd er by
noon today b u t unexpected delays
occurred.
It is expected th a t the
Upes will be in use by th is evening
o r W ednesday at th e latest.
Two girls are kept busy a t th e cen­
tra l office now in place of th e one
th a t was em ployed fo r a few days
a fte r th e storm put m ost of th e lines
o u t of business. W ith th e opening of
th e lines to th e ea st and the lines to
th e 12-Mile sto re and ont th e Base­
line road which will be com pleted in
a day o r two, service will be pretty
well established except fo r T ro u td ale
an d F airview .
T hree lines to P o rtlan d are now-
in operation. T he first line thro u g h
to P o rtlan d was put in on 'Wednes­
day follow ing th e storm and th e w ires
w ere run off in m uch th e sam e way
hose is stru n g o u t from a reel. Men
follow ed, tack in g th e w ires to trees,
fence posts, telephone poles o r any­
th in g th a t they found handy. In this
way service was established.
GRESHAM,
MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1921
MUSICAL PROGRAM ATTRACTS
CROWD AT PUBLIC LIBRARY
TUESDAYS
AND
FRIDAYS
$1.50 PER YEAR
STORM REPORTS HASTENS
RETURN FROM BLALOCK
F ra n k C. Jones retu rn ed th is week
from Blalock w here he has been for
th e past four weeks. Mr. Jones has
been co n stru ctin g a m odern seven-
T he G resham lib rary was the scene | obstacles we overcom e th e stro n g er
room bungalow from th e old fash ­
of one of th e best com m unity gath- ; we grow in in tellect and purpose,
ioned farm house w hich was located
erin g s ever held here on last F riday ’ ’ The definition of com m unity is
on th e 10,000 acre ranch which Is
evening, when th e m ain room of the , the people who reside in one locality
ow ned by a Dr. S m ith of P o rtlan d .
building was filled to capacity w ith ' and are su b ject to th e sam e laws, or
T his ranch has been th e goal of
young and old who cam e to assist j have th e sam e in te rests, privileges,
G resham goose h u n te rs for th e past
and to enjoy th e fine m usical pro- etc
few weeks. Several days a fte r the
gram which was p ut on in ce'eb ratio n
"I like th e sp irit th a t has prom pt-
storm , rep o rts reached th e U resham
of music week.
ed th is com m unity sing and th e peo-
h u n tin g p arty and Mr. Jones at Bla­
The com m ittee in ch arg e left noth- pie who a r e . responsible for it have
lock o t $500,000 sto rm dam age a t
ing undone to m ar th e success of the caught th e vision of h ig h er things
G resham , and they hastened hom e a r ­
m eeting.
One n u m b er which had for our hom e time.
riving Monday. They were much re­
be^n prom ised by th e m usical organi-
“ B ut so many of th e hom e tow ns of
lieved and su rp rised to find G resham
zation of th e high school was not America a re sick; m any are sick and
in a perfectly norm al s ta te except for
given on account of th e enforced va- ' m any are dead.
telephone service.
cation of th e school d u rin g th e first
“ It is the lu re of th e city and the
W hile w orking at th e farm Mr.
p a rt of th e week. T he n um ber was ■ lurelessuess of th e country.
The
Jones enjoyed a n u m b er of success­
replaced by a second selection on the tow n th e young people leave is th e I
ful h u n tin g trip s w here geese were
. ¿ar
euphonium by Dr. H. II. Ott.
town th e young people o ught to leave
„ | X|> x > k i > M AC M D E R
plenty.
MARSHAL FOCH.
,
All of th e num bers given were ot a and it is up to us to m ake o u r tow-n I
T he farm was th e cam ping place
_ b rig h t and a ttra
.. c tiv e th
. i. a - t th
.u e N ational C om m ander The -A m erican
T he v eteran com m ander of the high class, yet they w ere so chosen
______ so
for h u n te rs from v ario u s places. Mr.
and
so
rendered
as
to
be
enjoyed
by
j
young
people
will
not
th
in
k
of
leaving
L
pg,on‘
who
will
be
In
P
o
rtlan
d
with
allied arm ies in th e W orld W ar will
Jones was p articu la rly am used at th e
all
until pushed o u t by th e ste rn e r reali- j M arshal Foch on T hursday th is week
be P o rtla n d ’s and O regon’s g u est on
various groups from Oregon City,
P rofessor Boyer, su p erv iso r of mu- tles of llfe‘ th e
° f b rea“ an<1 ------------------------------------------------------- P o rtlan d , etc., which cam e m aking
T hursday. He will arriv e in the
sic in th e P o rtlan d public schools. b b u u tter.
tte r
HEALTH ASSOCIATION
I plans for stow ing aw ay th e resu lts of
m orning, and stay all day. A trip over
W ith
rural"
deliveries,
daily pa-1
pa-
gave a sh o rt ta lk on music in th e j “ ' W
ith ru
ra l‘ ‘’«
» 'e r le s , daily
j q DISCUSS NEW PLANS the h u n t in th e cars and cautioning
the C olum bia highw ay was planned public schools and th en conducted pMB‘ telephones, cen tralized schools
one an o th e r not to shoot m ore geese
but it^ is still blockaded beyond the crow d in a m ost in te restin g sin g "fto m o b iles, «food roads, gas, elec- i The reg u la r bi-m onthly m eeting of th an th e car could carry and then
All took p art, from th e s m a lle s t! ,rlr t,y a,1<l th e best w ater u n d er tb e the local com m ittees and m em bers a fte r a day on two leaving w ithout
L atourell.
child to the oldest man o r woman. sun, and plenty of it, th e re a re no of th e County H ealth association will having shot a goose. One p arty of
One co uldn’t help it w ith th e e n th u ­ m ore d elig h tfu l places in th e world to be held at th e G resham lib rary , F ri­ th ree which planned for big things
B. F. COGSWELL ROBBED
live th an in th e co untry o r in ou day, December 2, at 2 o'clock. All
BY “ HOLD U P ” MEN siasm and personality of th e leader own home tow n. H ere we have th e | who are in te re st* ! In th e w ork of played a gam e of checkers w hile
carry in g one th ro u g h .
A fterw ard
w aiting for th e geese. Almost at the
B. F. Cogswell, p ro p rieto r of the P ro fesso r Boyer sta te d th a t th e peo­ adv an tag es plus su n sh in e, a ir and | the association are req u ested to be close of th e gam e a tfiousand geese
grocery sto re at L innem ann Ju n c ­ ple w ere u nusually responsive to his freedom th a t the crow ded cities can- present.
flew down se ttlin g aro u n d th e place
P lans fo r a new schedule, a new w here th e h u n te rs w ere concealed
tion, was held up and robbed of be­ leading and he considered th is one of not give.
Hut I have been th in k in g th a t th e , program and a new co n stitu tio n are In stead of seizing th e o p p o rtu n ity at
tw een $25 and $27 by two men who best com m unity sings he had heard.
o
rdinary
sm all tow ns have one th in g to be discussed.
w alked into th e Btore F rid ay even­
once they decided to finish th e check­
One of th e best enjoyed featu res of
T h ere a re fo u r divisions o r dis­ e r gam e and th e geese left before
ing and told him to ‘toss ’em u p .” th e evening was th e p aper by Mayor in com mon— they ca n ’t g et to g e th er,
These are they could g et a shot. They left for
Mr. Cogswell tu rn ed to get a package K arl A. M iller, w hich received a they ca n ’t organize for th e public tric ts In th e county.
good, they b reak up into little so­ G resham , M ultnom ah S tation, P ark
of
cig
arettes
which
one
of
th
e
men
hom e w ithout an o th e r chance and
hearty round of applause. Mr. Miller
PORTLAND QUARTET
cial. business and even religious fac­
“ WILL GIVE CONCERT purchased and when he tu rn ed told of the pow er of music to soothe, tions and n eu tralize each o th e r’s ef­ Rose and C orbett. Mrs. J. E. Stubbs w ith o u t a goose.
is vice p resid en t of the county asso­
around found him self facing a big re­ to stim u la te and to com fort, and of
W hen th e G resham p arty urrlved
A musiiwl event of m ore th a n o r­ volver. The men rifled th e cash reg ­ its value as a th erap eu tic. He spoke forts. So th e hom e town sta g n ates ciation and In ch arg e of th e w ork In on S atu rd ay , N ovem ber 19, ju s t a t
d inary in te rest will be enjoyed by ister but upon th e plea of Mr. Cogs­ of th e g reat value of th e com m unity and the young people w ith visions go this d istric t. Mrs. Maxwell Schnei­ the beginning of th e sto rm th e cam p
G resham people on W ednesday even­ well, retu rn ed ab o u t $7 ta k in g 500 singing d u rin g th e w ar and of the away to cities w here o p p o rtu n ity d er Is ch airm an of th e n u rses’ com ­ was found and du ties allo tted to var-
m ittee for th is district.
ing, Decem ber 7, when th e P o rtlan d cig arettes to m ake up for th e differ­ enorm ous am o u n t spent each y ear In beckons.
| lous m em bers according to th e ir
“ Nine o u t of ten of them will
Mrs A lta G entry is in ch arg e of [ ability.
E xposition q u a rte t will give a con­ ence.
th e U nited S tates by individuals' on
cert in Masonic hall, u n d er the a u ­
The sam e two men are believed to m usic. The am o u n t has been given jo stle w ith th e stra p han g ers all th e ir the publicity and Mrs. Jo h n M etzger
According to Mr Jones, Floyd
lives, m ere w heels tu rn in g aro u n d in of th e supplies. E ducational and fl-
spices of th e local lodge.
be th e ones who held up a sto re at as $600,000,000.
Mack was cook, Leslie W alrail chief
“ And y et,” said
a huge m achine. Nine o ut of fen of - nance com m ittees are to be nppoin'- of th e dish w ashing forces. Mr. Cas-
T his excellent g rand opera q u a rte t Rose City P ark a little la te r on.
Mr. Miller, "th e nation has not taken
is an organization com posed of a
No fu rth e r w ord has been received music seriously as an a rt to vote pub- them m ight have had a la rg e r o p p o r-le d a t this m eeting,
I per was on th e job all of th e tim e and
tu n lty rig h t back in th e hom e tow n, !
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tenor, soprano, co n tra lto and bass, all from them and th e officers have no I lie funds for its en co u rag em en t.”
shot th e rnbbits for th e rab b it stew .
had th e tow n been wide aw ake and LYCEUM NUMBER TO
of whom are fine m usicians, pianists clews as to th e ir identity.
1 Cecil M etzger sm iled all the tim e and
<
"C om m unity sings or com m unity
Inviting.
bfc UIVEN SATURDAY especially when th e stew was done.
and organists, as well as possessing
g ath erin g s o ' any kind are highly
’ We m ust m ake o u r hom e town
voices of spleifrtid q u alitj' and finish COMMITTEE ON SING
T he th ird n u m b er of th e Cad- Ed. T ay lo r prom ised straw b e rrie s for
beneficial,” said th e sp eak er, "an d thp mo8t a(tractIve> th e mo8t prom .
T h eir program will contain w orks of
EXPRESSES THANKS such m eetings should be encouraged lslng p| acP for thp
niean
Lyceum course will be given th e crow d. F red Todd busied him ­
young people.
g re a t variety, g ran d opera ballads,
Saturday
evening, Decem ber 3, a, self w ith a bucket of p ain t and a
as they lead to a closer bond of fet No )10ine tow n can afford to spend its
G resham , Ore., Nov. 28, 1921.
glees and a num ber of m ost catchy
low
ship
betw
een
us
all.
th
e
au
d
ito
riu m of th e union high b ru sh w hile "B ill” (Conrad) Metz­
E d ito r O u tlo o k ;— T he m em bers of
years raisin g crops of young people
so u th ern melodies. A large portion
school.
T
his n u m b er will be by g er shoveled snow. C. 8. Cleveland
“ W hat we need rig h t here in for th e cities. T hat is th e w orst kind
of th e proceeds will go to th e local the com m ittee which arran g ed for
E
dgar
S.
K
indley, h um orist and lec­ furnished cigars and Bill E verett k ep t
G
resham
Is
a
com
m
unity
building
[
of
soil
im
poverishm
ent—
all
going
the com m unity sing at th e lib rary on
lodge.
th e telephone in rep a ir m ost of th e
tu
rer.
last F riday evening feel g reatly In­ w here th e citizens can m eet and m in- o u , Bn(j n o th in g com ing back. T hat
tim e.
Mr.
Kindley
Is
tall,
forceful,
com
­
gle
u
n
d
er
all
conditions,
o
u
r
lib
rary
,
he
d
rain
th
a
t
devitalizes
th
e
hom
e
debted to various people and firms of
FRANKLIN HI STUDENTS
P a rt of th e p arty left Monday but
building can be used to a g reat e x - , town niorp t)lnn R)1 tbp c|ty m al| o r. m anding and genial and is said to
W ILL SURVEY GRESHAM G resham for th e ir w holehearted sup- te n t for such g ath erin g s but we lack ! d,,r houses.
those who stayed enjoyed a dandy
win
favor
and
apjflause
at
once.
His
"■^)ort of th e en tertain m en t.
fine tu rk ey d im e * T hanksgiving at
“ Am erica Is to be g reat. In th e g reatest In terest Is th e study of h u ­
To be specific, we would m ention room for physical recreatio n and a
A bout 50 stu d e n ts of F ran k lin
th e hom e of th e farm su p erin ten d en t,
man
n
a
tu
re
as
it
bears
upon
condi­
large
dining
room
to
supply
th
e
needs
g
reatn
ess
of
Innum
erable
home
H igh school, P o rtlan d , under, th e d i­ those who took p a rt on th e program
towns. O ur slogan sh o u ld be ‘F or tions su rro u n d in g the affairs of hom e It. It. H artfo rd .
rection of R obert H. Down, head of with such m arked ability, th e O ut­ o f o u r in n er m an.
At tile ranch are parked th ree a u ­
“
W
hen
a
com
m
unity
building
is
!
God and Home and th e Home com m unity and state. U nlike many
th e d ep a rtm en t of history in th a t look fo r its en th u siastic, front page
tom
obiles, 12 guns, 1001* rounds of
o
th
ers
who
have
studied
m
uch,
Mr.
school, have organized to m ake a articles, w hich gave a splendid s ta rt suggested we a re at once overcom e ' Tow n.’ ”
am m unition and 10,000,000 live geese
with th e g rea t expense, b ut th is o b - !
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Kindley
set’s
th
e
hum
orous
side
ot
com m unlty survey of G resham . T he ^ o th e project. Miss Peck, o u r libra-
every question, leads his h ea rers which Mr. Jones affirms were n ot shot
w ork will be done on S aturdays by rian, was an ideal hostess and m ade sta cle should be an incentive for SONS OF VETERANS
MEET SATURDAY EVENING from th e deepest th o u g h ts into rfp- by G resham h u n ters.
those who have volunteered for the everyone feel at homes Miss F lor- g rea ter endeavor. O bstacles are our
Mr. Jones especially rem a rk s about
ling b u rsts of la u g h te r and back
work. T his afternoon Mr. Down cam e j ence Honey donated th e use of her pow er statio n s and th e m ore obstacle
again. People like him. His a t ti­ th e friendly helpfulness ev id en t In
we
overcom
e
th
e
m
ore
pow
er
we
de­
A
m
eeting
will
be
held
at
the
to G resham , accom panied by C harles piano. R ak er * Son furnished a Ford
tude is frien d ly and sy m p ath etic; his ail sections of ea ste rn Oregon w here
T hom as, M artha B llleter, H elen B ari 'ru c k and E kstrom T ruck service a velop.
| g ran g e hall in G resham , on S atur-
arg u m en ts sound and convincing neighbors look a fte r each o th e r's
‘Som
etim
es
you
will
h
ea
r
people
i
,
,
r,
tholomew and G erald Bashaw , Inter- i man to move it to and from th e lib ra-
aay, Decem ber 3, a t 7 :3 0 p.
p m. for his illu stra tio n s apt an d catchy— property and In terests and w here life
viewed some of th e city a u th o r itie s 1 ry. J. E M etzger’s fu rn itu re sto re say I hope th e tim e will come when
and p roperty is risked for th e sake of
I sh a ll have no m ore obstacles to th e purpo8e of m u sterin g in a camp tru e to life.
to secure tb e cooperation of th e p e o -1 gave the use of 100 ex tra ch airs for
He m akes one laugh, th in k and lending assistan ce to a neighbor.
overcom
e”
when
th
a
t
tim
e
comes,
of
Sons
of
V
eterans.
pie of the com m unity and m ade o th e r '
•" seatin g th e crowd. M erchants
resolve.
arran g e m en ts to begin th e work.
and business th en of G resham gladly rin g up th e h earse, for you will be a | C. A. W illiam s of P o rtlan d will he
POTATO EX HIBIT TO BE
dead
one.
! gave window space to ad v ertise the
j the m u sterin g officer and will be ac­
DAIRYMEN TO HOLD
GIVEN AT OREGON CITY
Life
is
overcom
ing
obstacles,
j affair.
C hurches and schools an-
com panied by a full team and of-
IMPORTANT MEETING
D eath Is m erely q u ittin g .
I nounced it and gave every en^ourage-
| ficers. E veryone whose fath e r o r
Coming Events of Local
M ultnom ah county p o tato grow ers
K eokuk, Iowa. b u ll’, a g re a t con- g ra n d fa th e r was engaged in th e civil
I m ent. Johnson Piano com pany of
Interest.
The
D airym en's com m ittee of have been Invited to a tte n d th e
P o rtlan d donated song books for the crete obstacle clea r across th e m ighty j war. is eligible to m em bership. All I W ashington county has called a C lackam as county F a rm e rs’ week
E dgar S. K indley, hum orist-lec­ singing.
M ississippi river, It is m any feet higli eligible ladies nre especially invited m eeting of all th e m em bers of the program on p o tato day, December
tu re r, the th ird nu m b er of th e Cad-
Did th e t0 be p resen t. All eligible to mem- Oregon D airvm en’s L eague who live 14, to see th e larg e exhibit of p o ta­
It w as really and tru ly a com m u- anil m any, many feet long
m ean Lyceum course, to be given , nlty affRlr and it co uldn’t be an y th in g M ississippi riv er give up. not at all, bership are urged to bring
th e ir in eastern M ultnom ah and n o rth ern toes which is being arran g e d fo r by
f S aturday, December 3, a t Union but a g reat success.
it rose h ig h er th an th e obstacle and wives and fam ilies w ith som. lunch j C lackam as counties.
T his m eeting C ounty A gent H olt.
T his exhibit
High school au d ito riu m u n d er the
continued on its way. Overcom ing ! an d j 0| n | n „ social hour.
T H E COMMITTEE.
| will be held at th e G resham gran g e will be held at Oregon City w here
auspices of th e stu d e n t body and
th is obstacle the riv er developes
G, W. W onncott is ch airm an of I hall on T h u rsd ay D ecem ber 1, a t one th e sessions of th e F a rm e rs’ week
th e g u aran to rs.
G overnor Olcott has called a spe­ light and power th a t supplies a hun- tbe local com m ittee ou arran g e- d’clock.
will be held.
cial session of th e le g islatu re for the dred cities and tow ns th ro u g h o u t th e mentg
0
The m eeting is called to discuss the
T he problem s of C lackam as county
The P leasant Home B aptist L a­
19th to act on a special election for valley.
league situ atio n before a vote is cast nre practically th e sam e as those of
dies' Aid bazaar and chicken sup­ voting th e fair tax.
“ So In hum an endeav o r th e m ore | Snap up a W ant Ad 8nap.
to decide for o r ag a in st liquidatliffi th is county and th e farm ers u nder
p er will be held F riday, Decem­
~T
of th e o rg anization.
th e F arm B ureau are a tte m p tin g to
ber 2 at th e church.
A LITTLE EARLY PERHAPS— BUT DESERVED
T his vote will be cast on December estab lish few er varieties, im prove the
0
6. It Is earn estly req u ested th a t all seed stock and o b tain a m ore direct-
T ro u td ale Ladies* Aid C h rist­
dairym
en be present as m a tte rs of m a rk e t for th e ir crops.
m as bazaar and chicken pie sup­
im portance to th e in d u stry will be
It is expected th a t a n u m b er of lo­
p er on Decem ber 3.
discussed.
cal men who a re p a rtic u la rly In ter­
0
“ B rid g et’s In v estm en t” and “ A
T his prom ises to be one of the most ested in potatos will atten d .
P erplexing S itu atio n " two plays
im p o rta n t m eetings yet held and
w hich will be given by the young
A Country Fair.
many dairym en believe th a t In reality
people of th e Zion Evangelical
T he A reme club will conduct a
th e fate of th e dairy Industry is at
co untry fa ir a t th e Masonic hall in
church a t M etzger's hall, Decem­
stake.
G resham on T h u rsd ay evening, De­
ber 9, a t 8 o'clock. T here will be
cem ber 1. Inspect th e fine displays
o th e r num bers on th e program .
Subscribe now fo r th e O utlook and of fancy w ork, vegetables and fru its
your P o rtlan d Dally.
0
then buy for y o u r own use o r C h rist­
A concert given by th e P ortland
mas gifts. Circus, sid e shows, lunch
Exposition Q u artet u nder auspices
Those Want Ads are genuine bus­ co u n ter, hot dog, coffee and pie.—
of th e G resham Masonic Lodge,
iness g etters.
Adv.
tf
W ednesday, Decem ber 7.
B azaar and e n te rta in m e n t giv­
en by R ebekah Lodge at Boring
I. O. O. F. hall on S aturday even­
ing. Decem ber 3.
\
W illing W o rk er’s society of
C o ttrell com m unity church a n ­
nounce bazaar and program for
December 9.
•
C ountry fair to be given Decem­
ber 1 by th e A rem e club of the
E astern S tar Lodge will be held
In th e Masonic Hall.
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