HOLIDAY NUMBER
T W IC E
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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
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ers now installed at Ruby Ju nction, press to o u r consum ers in th is d istric t
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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
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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