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Friday, December 16, 1921
GRESHAM OUTLOOK, CHRISTMAS NUMBER
BERRY GROWERS UNDER CAREFUL
MANAGEMENT SOLVE PROBLEMS
b ro k er and knew th e su p erio r q u ali­ g ro w ers' association.
T he m a tte r
ty of th e local cu th b erts, ) conceived was b ro u g h t to th e atte n tio n of th e
| th e idea of g ettin g co n tro l of th e can- board by a resolution offered by H.
A. Lewis and was adopted w ithout a
; nery and th e b erry contracts.
In
d issenting vote.
We will alw ays
A pril 1918 a deal was m ade by w hich
have a kindly feeling for th ese th e
th e A. R u p ert com pany, w ith tho
To Every Member and Friend of the Methodist Church
p resen t m em bers of th e d irec to rate
connivance of th e atto rn ey for th e
(C ontinued from page 4)
into th e g rea t beyond early in 1918.
of th e G resham F ru it G row ers Asso­
within the Bounds of the Powell Valley Circuit, and
C otton estate, received a five-year ciation.
to the Wide Circle of Those Whom I so Happily num­
th e use of th e cannery and equip­ P rio r to his d eath he v oluntarily lease w ith an option of five m ore
ber Among My Acquaintances,
m ent free of cost, before and afte r raised o u r co n tracts to 6c.
years a t $500 p er year plus th e pay­ New G row ers A ssociation Form ed.
C o o p era tiv e Id«'* in Danger.
th e berry season. Mr. Cotton oper­
m ent of th e taxes an n u ally and th e
This kind action g en e rate d a new
GREETING:
ated th e cannery In 1917 at a nice
I t was at th is ju n c tu re th a t the prem ium on $4200 fire insurance. supply of th a t Intoxicating force
profit, it was claim ed, but passed on late A. R upert, (w ho had acted as This deal was cleverly tu rn ed and called hope am ong th e dream ers. Ou
Through the medium of the Christmas Outlook, I desire
m eant a com plete ro u te of th e co­ th e 15th day of F eb ru ary , 1919, a t
to
extend to you the most sincere greetings and good
o p erativ e d ream ers, except th a t th e th e G resham lib rary , th e following
wishes
of the season.
co n tracts assigned w ere for one year, grow ers, (a f te r listen in g to a te.i-
1918, only. F o r th is y ear Mr. R u­ m inute talk by Mr. R u p e rt's rep re­
May the peace heralded at the first joyous Christmas
p ert paid a bonus of 1 (4 c m aking the sen tativ e, to th e effect th a t if we o r ­
by the angel choir so long ago abide with you and in your
price to m ost grow ers 7 H e, o th ers ganized they, th e R u p ert Com pany,
home always. In a most unique way, as the whole world
received only 6c. T he legality of the would n ot buy o u r b erries,) signed a
is striving toward a universal and abiding peace, we have
ten -y ear lease was questioned and th e co n tract to pool th e ir berries and oi
the most profound reasons for gratitude to the Prince of
m a tte r was finally settled a t th e a n ­ ganize a co-operative association.
Peace.
nual m eeting in F eb ru ary , 1919, by T he signers w ere Mrs. F red Lehntar^,
the sto ck h o ld ers ratify in g th e lease C. P. T allm an. H. G. Andrew , W. F.
Let us rejoice together in all that Christmas celebrates,
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by a vote of 135 fo r to 111 ag ain st. Robinson, A. D. T uke, Wm. G ilbert.
the coming of the Lord to earth. May the One born so
T his m ade th e lease valid if it was Ed. Spath, Jo n as Nelson, Eugene
long ago in Bethlehem’s nmnger, be bom anew in you,
not before and o u r hopes along w ith Chiodo, J. G. Chlodo, W. D. Linde-
and fill you with his presence and grace.
o u r co-operative can n ery dream s m ann, H. L in stad and D. E. Towle.
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Every hat to be closed out as a sacrifice, some being
w ent a glim m ering.
We acknow l­ An application for a c h a rte r fo r The
ALBERT S. HISEY.
edged we w ere tem p o rarily w hipped Co-operative Berry G row ers was
marked less than one-third of the original price.
b ut hope springs etern al in th e h u ­ m ade and received. T he o rg an iza­
man b reast an d a few of us agreed tion, w ith co n stitu tio n and by-laws
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th a t if th e new board of d irecto rs, adopted, was com pleted. C. P. T ail-
consisting of H. A. Lewis, H. E. m an was chosen p resident, H. G.
Davis, W. C. L aw rence, P. A. Jo h n ­ Andrew, vice p resid en t; and to add tra c ts on th e fru it as we would not We are so rry to say th e re are a few
son and Theo. B rugger, would cancel tone to th e association K. A. M iller be w arra n te d in investing any cash who ad m it th a t they a re benefltted by
th e th re e years covered in o u r con­ of th e Bank of G resham consented to w ith o u t first ty in g ourselves tig h tly o u r o rganization and like to trav el
tra c ts th a t had n o t been assigned, serve as se c reta ry -trea su rer. A. D. to g e th e r and as I had an ticip ated w ith us, b ut refuse to pay th e ir fare,
we would try again and organize a F uke, W. F. Robinson and Eugene th is need, asked th e Oregon G row ers eith er in th e sale of th e ir fru it or
Chiodo w ere elected directors. Tne a few days before for a copy of th e ir th e p urchase of p lan ts and o u r hope
m em bership dues were fixed a t $5 co n tra ct an d received a copy in th e is th a t th e co-operative germ will a t­
T he w riter was engaged a t $5 per noon mail th a t day. T he co n tract tack them and th a t they will come
day, and $1 per day fo r th e use of idea m et w ith th e sam e roll-call su p ­ In, as “ th e latch strin g is alw ays
th e Rao, to m ake co n tracts, solicit port as th e $100 loan, (m o re team o u t."
new m em bers, sell p la n ts a t profit w ork,) and in less th a n tw o weeks
enough to at least pay his expenses, we had received $3000 in cash and LOCAL RASPBERRIES
pay th e se cre ta ry -tre a su re r $10 per $8U00 in notes. More team work.
SENT TO LIVERPOOL
y ear and $10 to each of th e d irect­ T hese notes w ere payable to the
T he B erry G row ers Packing Com­
ors, providing they atten d ed five Berry G row ers Packing Com pany, an
m eetings d u rin g th e year at $2 per unborn babe. Some w ere suspicious pany has ju st received th e ir seventh
I wish to rem a rk in passing th a t the of th is new nam e and cam e in to In­ o rd er fo r canned rasp b erries from
revenues from these tw o sources qu ire before sig n in g up and som e re ­ th e E nglish m a rk e t. T his o rd e r was
have covered all of o u r expenses of fused to sign b u t 80 m em bers did received th ro u g h th e ir brokers, th e
every n atu re , including my tim e to sign and th e explanation was th a t Oregon grow ers of Salem, Oregon.
Ju ly 1, 1921, and we have a balance u n d er th e Oregon co-operative law a T his last o rd er is fo r 3 00 cases of
of $300 in th e trea su ry . F o r the co-operative association could be second g rad e o r choice No. 2 canned
years 1919 and 1920 th e gro w er re ­ form ed w ithout capital stock, b u t if C u th b erts. T his deal was m ade p o s­
ceived every penny o btained for his they wished to function in a business sible by th e recen t sh a rp advance la
fru it and even this y ear all of the way and capitalize by th e sale of ste rlin g exchange and Is a good om en
ff'e folks want you folks to know that we value your friendship.
w ork of th e sale of stock and the stock, it would be necessary to in­ for th e berry business. Owing to th e
m aking of 142 five-year co n tracts co rp o rate and o u r board of d irecto rs wide d isp arity In E nglish exchange it
} our co-operation has made the closing year a most pleasant one
was done w ith o u t a cent of expense of th e C o-operative B erry Grow ers, prohibited th e E nglish buying lr
for us, and we take this means of thanking you. It'e wish you a
to reduce th e value of th e stock know ing th is, concluded to save tim e th ese m a rk e ts and th e depression be­
com pany organization. T he legal a l­ and selected a nam e fo r th e co rp o r­ ing so severe in th e m iddle west and
Happy Christmas and a New I ear that will be increasingly pros­
lowance is 10 per cent. T his saving a te baby before it was born, which th e east has resu lted In restricted
was m ade possible by th e faith of the we knew would be a m a tte r of a few buying by A m erican concerns. T he
perous. May our good relations continue.
m em bers in th e ir o rganization and days. T he rep o rts w ere com ing in tra d e has been r a th e r slow.
th e resu lts achieved in th e p rio r two th a t th e straw b e rrie s w ere g ettin g
A nother In terestin g fe a tu re Is th e
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The
years is a very good dem o n stratio n ripe. In passing I wish to say th a t com parison of fre ig h t costs.
Sincerely
of th e 8 0 notes only fo u r w ere re ­ ra te to Liverpool, E ngland, w here th is
of team w ork.
deem ed by th e m akers a t th e banks,
R eturns Increasesl by O rganization. w here they w ere discounted, and we la st ship m en t is headed is $.50 pet
100 pounds w hile th e best ra te on
To g et back to th e m ain them e. issued stock for them and, stra n g e
900 cases to Chicago is $126.50.
U nder o rg an izatio n in 1919 we all as it may seem , we only discounted
T he officers of th e packing com-
in all, fo u r of i pany feel th a t they are fo rtu n a te in
received from th e Puyallup & Sum ­ eig h t . of th ese
. notes
.
n er V ru it G row ers C anning Com­ hal«C„ceWefr 79eem
i having deep w ater tra n sp o rta tio n so
TROUTDALE, OREGON
pany for C u th b ert an d M arlboro balance of 72 w ere cancelled and re- neftr by.
tu
rn
ed
to
*- th e m akers. T h e re a d e r
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rasp b erries 15c n et per pound; Lo­ *
g an b erries 9c, gooseberries 5c, stra w ­ may conclude they w ere of no value
PLEASANT
VALLEY
berries 12c and ch erries 10c, (th ey b ut th ey served as backing fo r our
being the highest bidders.) and we p ro ject and H. G. A ndrew ’s high
By G. N. SAGER.
had reached th e open m ark et. In finance schem e w ent on record as a
Mrs.
C.
A. E k stran il and son C lar­
1920 we again asked for bids. To success.
ence w ent to A lbany last Friday,
o u r su rp rise we all received 25c per
O regon's C o-op erative Isiw Good.
w here th ey sp e n t th e w eek-end vtsit-
pound for C u th b erts, 20c for Marl-
,,a88lnK 1 wish to »ay a wor<1 for Ing w ith Mrs. E k stra n d 's p aren ts, Mr.
boros, 25 H e fo r blackcaps 17c ro rjO re x o n ’s co-operative law It waB and Mrs. Rdholm
straw b e rrie s, 12c for loganberries surely fram ed In th e In terests of the
Mr. and Mrs. Jo h n K adock and
and 8c for gooseberries. T he cherry farm er and may be th e m ean i of little son H om er of L ents, were S un­
m ark et opened at 13c b u t soon sold helping th e p ro d u cer of th e neces­ day v isito rs a t th e hom e of Mr. and
down to 8c as we had no ch erry con­ saries of life to realize a value for Mrs. Jas. McLean.
tracts. T he successful bidders were th e p roduct of his toil th a t will be
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Bowen m otored
the Oregon P acking Com pany, Libby, n e a re r in p roportion to th e price he to T igard one day la st week w hore
McNeil & Libby and th e S ta rr P ack­ Is com pelled by o rg an izatio n to pay they spent the day w ith Mr. and Mrs.
ing Com pany, of P o rtlan d . This year, for w hat he buys and if th e sam e O. W. Rogers.
1921, In M arch, as usual, we asked careful business m anag em en t Is given
L. B. Moore of V ancouver was a
for bids again b ut failed to receive In co-operative u n d erta k in g s th a t a business caller a t th is place last S at­
any.
T he first inquiry and offer succesrul business m an would give urday. Mr. Moore form erly resided
m ade was on th e 4th of Ju ly . This to his p riv ate affairs, success is as- here.
offer was m ade for C u th b erts a t 4 H e ured an d th a n k s will be due such
Mr and Mrs. Clyde S ager and chil­
per pound, V ancouver inspection. men of th e O. A. C. staff as H ector d ren of L ents w ere guests a t th e hom e
We were paying 2 H and 3c per M cPherson, P resid en t K err, C. I. of Mr. and Mrs. G. N. S ager Sunday
pound fo r picking.
We had, it Lewis and o th e rs who have m ade a aftern o o n .
seem ed, m ade th e serious m istake of deep stu d y of th is econom ic question
Mrs. Inez S k in n er of P o rtlan d was
using high-priced and high-taxed of th e d istrib u tio n of farm products out Monday looking a fte r h e r farm .
land; had used high-priced lab o r and in th is sta te .
P. T. Uhlig has leased bis farm and
m achinery; had m ade a large in v est­
In closing I wish to sta te th a t I Is m oving his fam ily to P o rtlan d th is
m ent in high-priced fe rtiliz e r to pro­ th in k It is a m a tte r o f common week.
duce a larg e crop of high-quailty know ledge th a t th e co-operative
Mr. and Mrs. F ra n k F isk visited
b erries of no com m ercial value. But d ream ers have m et a try in g condi­ frien d s in L ents Monday.
th e G row ers' o rg an izatio n was not tion, have filled th e breach, have
A. W. L am bert, a P o rtlan d real
sittin g Idly by w aiting for som ething saved th e 1921 berry crop of eastern e sta te m an, was looking a fte r busi­
to tu rn up. We had o u r sem i-annual M ultnom ah cdunty a t th e best price ness In terests in th is vicinity Mon­
m eeting on th e 14th of May which to th e gro w er of any locality In th e day.
was well atten d ed and th e best we state. They have m et every o b lig a­
Micheál Kelly, who died a t Dallas
could rep o rt was no buyers In the tion when due, which will probably last week, was a fo rm er old tim e res­
field and th a t If we got o u t of the establish a line of cred it th a t will id en t of th is place, having been born
hole we would need to g et busy and help in th e fu tu re , th a t they have on th e old K elly hom estead, w here
dig o u r way out. P resid en t Andrew, been d irectly responsible for b rin g ­ two of his b ro th ers, Jan ies and E d­
who Is a ra th e r resourceful fellow In ing Into th is county for th e gro w er ward Kelly, still reside. A nother
a pinch, suggested th a t we all throw $150,000 e x tra in th e past th re e b ro th er, T hom as Kelly, resides in
a $100 bill o r a $100 note in th e hat years as a resu lt of th irte en grow ers Sun F rancisco, also a sister, Mrs
to cre ate a fund to use in handling g ettin g to g e th e r on th e 15th day of K ate A pplegate who resides In P o rt
th e crop, if it developed th a t tne F eb ru ary , 1919, who had faith In [a nd
saving of th e crop was advisable. them selves and th e Justice of their}
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This m otion was carried an d a roll- course and who were satisfied to let
D ust Them ,
call vote show ed 95 per cent of the th e ir neighbor In a t th e sam e p rlc-
A soft piece of old silk should be
nuvmbers p resen t in favor of the fo r th e ir product th a t they them kept at hand fo r use in d u stin g your
plan. This was team work and I sug­ selves received, yes, a b e tte r price | hat. Q uills and ostrich should be
gested th a t we m ake six-year con- th an could be realized Individually, gently dusted a fte r each wearing
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Christmas Greetings
Buy a Christmas Hat
and Take Advantage
of the Early Clear­
ance Sale of
MILLINERY, at the
GRESHAM HAT SHOP
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You may have Your Choice of the Best
Hats in the house for $5.
Kate Mossman
CDRISTJIMS GRCCTinGS
Sxnittitale ■x'tate iLkutk
Trade in Gresham Trade in Gresham
Come to our store and see our line of
f ELECTRICAL GOODS FOR XMAS
At prices that cannot be duplicated anywhere
for the money.
OUR SPECIAL FOR CHRISTMAS—AN 8-light
Tree Decoration, complete for only $2.50
Will burn on your house lighting system
Genuine
Edison
hi * 11r
FRED L. BOURNE
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