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About Gresham outlook. (Gresham, Multnomah County, Or.) 1911-1991 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1921)
HOLIDAY NUMBER T W IC E A W EEK VOL. 11, NO. 84 SECTION THREE. PAGES 13 TO 20 G resham O utlook GRESHAM. MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS 1921 $1.60 PER YEAR DUPLICATE ELECTRIC SERVICE TO BE FURNISHED GRESHAM BY P. R., L & P. MAP OF PROPOSED PORTLAND- GRESHAM 1925 FAIR SITE G resham is to have a duplicate electric service system . T his is the announcem ent of A. C. McMicken, sales m anager of th e P o rtlan d R ail way L ight & P ow er Com pany. The T H E R E is a vast difference betw een estim ated cost of providing th is se r I a honey bee and a butterfly vice is said to be about $7000 but though both fly and a re a fte r th e th e value of th e additio n al service honey. The butterfly flits h ere and can hardly be estim ated as w hen this th e re to satisfy its w him s o r pleas w ork is com pleted, G resham should ure and is soon fo rg o tten w hile th e n ever be w ithout electric service ex bee has a w o rth ier o bject in view— cept for th e few m inutes necessary th e sto rin g up of som ething fo r its to close th e sw itches, unless som e colony and so m eth in g of benefit to ca tastro p h e p u t both transm ission others. system s out of business a t th e sam e L ikew ise th e sho p p er who buys tim e. This is not likely to occur, aw ay from home, flits here and th ere, Such tro u b le as occurred du rin g the seeking mainly his o r h er own pleas- M ultnom ah county fa ir last fall when nre, and often failin g in th e quest. line trouble put the lights out on T he hom e-trad er has an eye to th e th ree nights du rin g th e week wilt fu tu re— is building up an investm ent be avoided. At many o th e r tim es and storin g up honey for his own also the pow er is off for several good and th e benefit of o th ers. On h ours causing much delay and w hat he sto res up d u rin g th e fru itfu l tro u b le to business houses th a t need season he can su b sist If necessary power. w hen th e w inter season comes. A bank of th ree 100-kilow att tra n s M ake this a happy C hristm as, for form ers will be installed a t the yourself and them by tra d in g with G. W. P. su b statio n here and c o n -:y o u r home m erchants, nected to th e transm ission line c a r-! BE A BEE, BE LOYAL, BE FAIR. rled on the steel tow ers. These tran sfo rm ers will step down th e volt ously employed in th is d istric t since age of th e transm ission line and Novem ber 20th and will have s e r sw itches will be so arran g e d th a t vice en tirely resto red th is week.” G resham may be supplied from these "W e should like, th ro u g h th e col- tran sfo rm ers o r from the tra n sfo rm ums of your p ap e r” he said “ to ex ,, Ä J ers now installed at Ruby Ju nction, press to o u r consum ers in th is d istric t • w — • th u s providing two se p arate sources o u r appreciation of th e ir patience of electric service. and helpfulness. To show th a t we T he estim ates for th is w ork has have done o u r best to resum e se r been approved by P resident Griffith vice as rapidly as possible, we wish to and th e work will be com m enced in point out th a t o u r crew s have worked f.g.L » « a sh o rt tim e, Mr. McMicken states. every day, Sundays included, and Mr. McMicken also says th a t while th a t we have held up w ork in P o rt .... th e com pletion of the new line on tne land and vicinity fo r m ore th a n th re e Powell Valley road east of G resham weeks so th a t th is reco n stru ctio n has been held up, th e com pany would proceed w ith o u t in te rru p tio n .” SITE N EA R (iRESH A M MOST FEA SIB L E. hopes to have th e Powell Valley line To d ate th e com pany figures th a t T he above map is very much reduced from th e large p lat filed with com plete by C hristm as. T he poles th e dam age caused by th e ice storm are all set and ready fo r th e wires and la te r by th e wind am o u n ts to ap th e q u estio n n aire on th e proposed site. It was prepared by W alter Brown and tran sfo rm ers. T his w ork was proxim ately $40,000, n o t Including and was draw n in colors. The shaded portions above are wooded tracts. held up by th e ice and wind storm s loss of revenue, etc. The co n to u r lines show G ra n t’s B u tte, 550 feet at its highest point. The w hich en tirely destroyed th e tr a n s Because m any o th e r public u tilitie s m ission lines feeding F airview , have had sim ilar tro u b le th e labor map gives an idea of the relativ e locations of railro ad s, highw ays, pipe T ro u td ale and vicinity, as well as the question has been difficult and th e lines, an d Colum bia river. F airview is located about th ree miles to the d istrib u tio n lines feeding the consu com pany was not able to increase th e n o rth ea st and G resham lies directly east of th e proposed site. The site m ers in this d istrict. The w eight of line crew s rapidly alth o u g h stan d in g includes close to 1500 acres, and would afford excellent sites for buildings, Ice on w ires and poles was so g rea t ord ers have been placed in S eattle, th a t no practical type of co n stru c Spokane and o th e r places for lin e avenues, p arks, a irp lan e landings, a th le tic fields, au to cam p g ro u n d s e tc ’ tion could w ithstand th e strain . men. T he com pany was som ew hat E ast of G ra n t’s B u tte is a larg e sw ale capable of being m ade into a b eau Mr. McMicken says "W e felt it was handicapped by th is fact b u t w ithin tifu l lake. It is fed by springs an d has good d rainage. o u r first duty to re-establish service a sh o rt tim e th e lines and service T he B ark er road, which is th e w est boundary of th e site is nine miles to o u r old consum ers. We have kept will be restored to norm al and th e from th e P o rtlan d courthouse. T he P o rtlan d ea st boundary line Is th ree all of ou r heavy line crews co n tin u new construction w ork com menced. and one-half m iles from th e proposed fa ir trac t. Bee or Butterfly, Which? IO N E S PICKLE FACTORY HAS SUCCESSFUL YEAR; WILL MAKE MANY KINDS OF PICKLES The Oregon Pickle and C anning Com pany, Inc., has been in o peration in G resham d u rin g th e p ast few An in te restin g sid elig h t on the m onths and is grow ing and expand business situ atio n in G resham ing in a very satisfacto ry m anner. which cam e before th e recent T he com pany was organized and in Business Men’s m eeting was th e corporated u n d er th e Oregon sta te sta tistic s reg ard in g th e num ber of business plapes, th e ir em laws, th e Incorporation papers being dated on th e 26th day. of April, ployees, etc. 1921, w ith a capital stock of $35,- A count was m ade and th e ap 000. The com pany was organized proxim ate figures are as follow s: Business houses, professional by R. W. Stafford and his son. J. L. men and factories 76. Stafford, both experienced In th e Owners and em ployees w orking pickle business. 225. The o rg an izatio n is officered by R. Homes occupied 150. W Stafford as president and J. L. It is estim ated th a t th ese ow n Stafford as se c reta ry -trea su rer. The ers and em ployees fu rn ish a living la tte r is also m an ag er of the plant. fo r ab o u t 4 76 people. The Carl S h attu ck building near These figures include th e Beav e r S tate M otor factory, th e can th e O. W. P. depot was purchased nery and wood w orking p lan t but and work of rem odeling and building they are fo r th e p resen t tim e of an addition for th e large ta n k s was th e year. A much la rg e r to tal commenced about July 10 of this would, of course, be had if th e year. Cucum bers began to come in figures were tak en in th e sum m er before th e building o p eratio n s were when they a re ru n n in g u n d er full com plete and ta n k s were b u ilt as force. needed. C o n tracts were signed with grow ers of chcum bers In th is vicinity POMONA GRANGE WILL and these grow ers were also given MEET AT FAIRVIEW the privilege of purchasing sh a re s of stock In the com pany and many su b Pomona g ran g e will m eet at F air- scribed fo r sm all am ounts. view on W ednesday, D ecem ber 21, A lthough it was not a lengthy sea for the usual ail-day session. son, th e local com pany put up about T. J. K reu d er, m aster, say th a t it 400 tons of cucum ber pickles and is likely th e question. Tax reduction about 600 50-gallon casks of genuine will be u n d er discussion. dills, in th is its first year. Beside the T he usual b an q u et will be served cucum bers 100 b arrels (50 gallons nt noon, follow ed by th e Pom ona lec each) of cauliflow er, 25 b arrels of tu r e r ’s program in th e afternoon. silv er onions and 25 b arrels of green . Fairview g ran g e will p u t on th e tom atoes were packed for th e m an p rogram in th e evening a fte r which u factu re of various kinds of pickles. w ork in th e fifth degree will be ex W ork has recently been com pleted emplified. on th e new plant w here th e work of p rap arln g th e cucum ber pickles, ROAD TO BULL RUN are in Balt brine, will be done. IS AGAIN OPENED which The new building is 50x75 feet The wagon bridge o ver th e Sanity and will be equipped with th re e large riv er on th e road to Bull ltu n has cooking vats, heated w ith steam . The been rep aired and th e road is again processing plant will have a capacity in use. A bout 25 feet was washed of about 1000 gallons per day and It o ut on the ea st approach d u rin g the Is expected th a t when th e p la n t Is In floods follow ing th e ice storm here full operation it will req u ire 25 to 30 persons to han d le th e o u tp u t. recently. P ractically every th in g Is hand T he high w ater and log jam s All pickles a re sorted by th re a te n e d th e m ain bridges across work. th e Sandy riv er for several days but hand. In the glass pack all packing, th is was th e only one to suffer se labeling and capping Is done by hand, as a successful m echanical vere dam age. method has not been put Into o p era T he N ear E ast Relief has a stro n g tion as yet. Probnbly 50 p er cent of appeal a t th e C h ristm as tim e. (C ontinued on page 14) Business Supports Many LUM BER ESTABLISHED 1859 ‘Everything to Build With From a Stick to a Carload Our Lumber is all sawed out of old growth Yellow Fir. Our Dimension is I inch thicher and ¡i inch wider than the standard. All our finishing lumber is Kiln Dried and run on fast feed hard knife machines, insuring you a first-class job. WE ALSO CARRY A FULL LINE OF SASH AND DOORS • CEMENT Perfection Wall Board Roofing Paper LIME LATH SHINGLES NAILS Pabco Wall Board PA IN T Building Paper MILLS, SOUTH PORTLAND Main Office, 4th and Columbia Street. BRANCH YARDS, GRESHAM FOREST GROVE We Deliver Direct from Mill to You by Auto Truck SEE OUR PLANS BEFORE YOU BUILD Exclusive Representative National Builders’ Bureau rtembw J. G. MAST, Phone 2431 Manager Gresham Yard
