Gresham outlook., January 27, 1922, Image 1

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Voi. 11, No.
G resham O utlook
GRESHAM, MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON
FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1922
TROUTDALE GROWERS SEEK
¿ Gresham Company Will ■:
BETTER SHIPPING FACILITIES , ,, K ' ’
At Well Attended Meeting Growers and Railway Officials
Hear Report on Conditions and Discuss Possibilities
of Warehouse, Cold Storage and Iced Cars.
TUESDAYS
AND
FRIDAYS
A djutant-General George A.
W hite has ordered all who have
volunteered in the Gresham com­
pany of Federalized N ational
Guard to be present at the Amer­
ican Legion club rooms. Monday-
evening, Jan u ary 30, a t 8 o’­
clock, to be m ustered in. Only
those who have passed the phy­
sical exam ination can be m uster­
ed in at this time.
SOME FISHING!
INDUSTRY NEEDED
TO HANDLE LOCAL
MILK PRODUCTS
By WALTER ADRIAN
Gresham needs a cheese factory and
creamery. Thousands of pounds of
milk and cream pass through Gresh­
am every day assigned to city in stitu ­
T hat the shipping facilities of T rout­ answered as to w hether or not a dry-
tions
that have no interest in this par­
spot
loading
shed
would
not
be
large
dale will be greatly improved in the storage plant would solve the problem.
enough. T here is room for seven or
ticular p art of Multnomah and Clack­
near future was brought to the a t­
Mr. Reed, representative of the N a­ eight cars on the track now and still i
tention of the producers in this sec­
am as counties. Our suggestion will
tional Ice and Storage company of there isn’t enough room. There should
tion a t a meeting held in the Masonic
probably meet with satirical rem arks
Portland, said th at he believes T ro u t­ be room for about eight cars so that
hall, of Troutdale, last Tuesday even­
from those who are getting the
dale is in need of a cold-storage plant, they can be loaded a t any time. He ,
ing, January 24, when Mr. Evans, tra f­
as two-hundred and fifty carloads of complained th a t he is obliged to go
"cream” aud leaving the “skim med
fic m anager of the Union Pacific Sys­
produce a year require cold-storage. alm ost to Fairview to load his wood. '
m
ilk.’ W ith the demise of the D airy­
tem, stated th a t the company is begin­
A rough estim ate of such a plant, with
men’s League it seems to be the most
T hat g reater facilities are needed
ning to realize T routdale’s im portance
capacity for two-hundred and fifty car is the opinion of County Agent, S. B.
opportune tim e for those fam iliar with
as a shipping center for produce and
loads, would cost about fifty-thousand Hall. He also said th a t people south
the industry to recognize Gresham as
th a t the officials are w illing to do all
dollars. When asked about the length and east of T routdale need a cold-stor­
a logical field for the m anufacture of
in th e ir power to help improve ship­
of tim e different articles of produce age plant to protect th e ir potatoes j
cheese and cream ery products.
ping conditions.
will keep he said th a t celery will keep
From three to six months, nearly
In anticipation of th is meeting, A. for eight weeks and go out in perfect until they can m arket them. He also
half of the year, there Is milk over­
called
atten
tio
n
to
the
fact
th
a
t
it
is
>
D. Kendall, agent for the Union Pac­ condition but if kept in storage for
production.
The city buyers are
ific company at Troutdale, prepared five month It would be entirely spoil often necessary for the farm er to w ait
reaching
farth
er
Into the country for
for
warm
w
eather
before
he
can
ship
a questionnaire and sent copies of it ed. Three nfonths is the average tim e
milk and cream
They do not buy
”y
TOW LE
to the farm ers living in the vicinity. for keeping It. Mr. Reed, in speaking them as there are no storeroom s at '
more than they can Bell. The fact
Now is th e tim e to set th e posts
In this questionnaire each farm er was of the cost of m aintenance of a cold present, where he can sort and sack
th at you have more m ilk to m arket
iand run ‘h e w ires on young cane
asked to give the am ount of produce storage plant, said th a t it takes big them for the m arket.
Is not th eir concern. Our cities are
Mr. Hall brought out another point i t,errles
“ will pay well to trea t
raised on his farm during the past money to run a plant as, in figuring up
growing, and as they develop dairying
year and also how much of th a t pro­ the cost, the fact th a t there are sever­ th at is well w orthy of consideration. I, t e po8‘8 w,‘h crude creosote before
He said th a t if the producer could J8et,illg to Prevent decay.
should prove more attractiv e than
duce he had succeeded in m arketing. al m onths in the year when the plant
A u rO C A S T E H
many lines of farm specialization, if
T h in n in g and pru n in g back the
Of the two-hundred questionnaires would not be used at all, m ust be tak ­ have facilities for storing his potatoes
an outlet m arket can be established
in which the tem perature could be canes we th in k should be done spar-
sent out, answ er’ ware received from en into consideration.
The millionaires at Florida re­
to absorb the surplus production d u r­
regulated. th ere would be less loss by ingly- W hat is desired is a medium
sixty-six.
sorts are having great sport this
ing the sum m er months.
When asked by Mr. Bloyd if his decay and less sorting to be done.
, 8ized berry and plenty of them to
winter The tarpon are biting great
Some of the farm ers did not re­ company would be willing to accept
and some weigh aa high as ¿00
The Outlook man called on some of
Mr. Hudson, of Troutdale, said, "The raake UP ‘he desired to n n ag e and In
ceive copies of the questionnaires so produce for storage, Mr. Reed told him
pounds
Hare are two landed by
the best dairying and cheese making
people know w hat they w ant but they try ,n * to d eterm in e th e am ount of C
apt
Ch**,.ihonuM
w
st.»ear
Miami
the statistics gained are far from com­ th a t they were always w illing to get
au thorities in this locality, and the
don’t know w hat it will cost. The fru f‘ wood 1° leave you m ust be
plete.
new business. Mr. Bloyd then asked people know w hat they want but they governed in p art by th e fertility o 'I COMMITTEES ARE NAMED
concensus of opinion is th a t a central
The meeting was opened by H. E. him w hat lines the produce would go
don’t know ju st how badly they w ant your Bo11. ‘he care you intend to
FOR WOMENS’ AUXILIARY plant in Gresham, absorbing the su r­
Bloyd, cashier of the T routdale State over to reach its destination. The v ar­ it
or how much they can afford to pay gtve ,h e berries and th e am o u n t of |
plus milk from the Columbia river
Bank, who read the results of the ious lines leading out of Portland were for It.”
.
¡fe rtiliz er you in ten d to apply.
The W om an’s A uxiliary to th e district, and throughout the south and
questionnaire.
Those who did not named. Mr. Bloyd then called Mr.
He suggested th a t a com _________
mittee be I On th e fertilize r question"w e wish I A merlcan Leglon «net for Its regu eastern sections would prove the solu­
realize the am ount of produce ra is­ E van’s attention to the fact th a t all formed to confer with the railroad to 8»y th a t th e profits from th e Judi- la r 8e" <lon la8‘ Tuesday evening, Ja n - tion of the problem confronting the
ed in this section were certainly su r­ the produce would not go over the
offlcials ahd decide on w hat kind of c,ous UBe of fe rtiliz e r are larg e and " ary 2<’ a ‘ th e hom e of Mrs. Jo h n dairym en a t this time,
prised by the inform ation gained. It Union Pacific System should it be facilities would be best and what the we wish to im press all w ith the L'1" *Z***r
G. O. Dolph, one of the best author­
was found th a t two-hundred and six­ necessary to take produce to Portland
cost of same would be.
need of using It lib erally and In the
Al the fo rn ler m eeting held on ities on cheese m aking In the country,
ty-four tons of berries and two-hundred for storage.
Mr. W hitehead sard, “ It Is difficult r*Kht p roportion to get th e best re- Ja n u ary G- ‘he follow ing com m ittees was enthusiastic when we Btated our
and eighty-six car loads of vegetables
H. E. Lounsberry, general freight to find out ju st how much adequate suits. At p resen t prices the cost of * Lre a PP°‘n‘e<‘ : Mrs. H. J. I’ulfer. mission. Mr. Dolph estim ates a plant
were produced during the last year.
agent for the railroad company, said storing facilities will cost. A ware- a reasonable application of n itra te Mra’ John Brown and Mrs. Joe Chldo could be established that would take
It was also found from the question­ he had not realized th a t the producers’ house th a t will load five cars at a tim e ot soda, acid phosphate and potash wer<* appointed on th e Com m unity care of present needs for fifteen hun­
naires th a t the acreage for sim lliar need of some kind of storage facilities will store forty carloads."
j Is about 820 per acre fo r fully de- W p|fare an<1 M em bership com m ittee dred dollars, with a w orking capital
produce will be increased from twenty- was so great until he heard the letters
He suggested th at engineers be hired i 'e lo p e d cane berries, ab o u t one-half w' tb M rs- J °b n Brown as ch airm an of probably a thousand dollars. Mr.
five to eighty percent next year.
read. He was uncertain as to w hat to estim ate the cost, but th a t it would J as m uch for young cane berries and
° n ,h e
com m ittee, Mrs Dolph’s wide experience In tlie Indus­
A fter reading of these statistics the kind of storage facilities would be the first be necessary for the people to six -ten th s as much fo r straw b e rrie s I Eloyd M ack- Mre- A lv are tta South- try is well known. The m aking of
meeting was throw n open to discus­ best but said th a t it m ight be a good give an approxim ate Blze needed and So all th e increased yield you will la rd and Mrs. C leveland Bliss w ere cream fillings for chocolates, confec­
sion. I t was suggested th a t the cold idea to have cars Iced In Portland and then the railroad company will give need to g e t to cover costs will b |elected .
tions of various kinds, are made of
storage plant, or frost proof, rooms brought out to T routdale to be loaded an estim ate.
Mrs. Leslie St. C lair, Mrs. A lbert skimmed milk. This product finds
300 o r 400 pounds p er acre and your
would be necessary to protect the pro- with produce, or produce could be
It was agreed by many th a t a w are-1 increased yield will be m uch m ore ICamp and Miss E lizabeth Jones were ready sale to candy makers, biscuit
, duce until a m arket was secured for it loaded onto cars here and taken to house for storing forty carloads would th a n th is in ad d itio n to a good cane elected m em bers of th e en tertain - m akers and confectioners. It Is pack­
II. G. Andrew, manager of the Berry Portland to be stored. He also suggest­ not be too large.
jm en t com m ittee.
ed in barrels and shipped In carload
g ro w th fo r th e follow ing y ear
Growers’ Packing company, said th at ed th a t a com m ittee be appointed to
The publicity com m ittee consists of lots.
MacMnrew P8t ntat,J e ° f tHe H arr*8 106
The g r° WerS Wh° w ere fo rtu n a te
th a t he did not believe there was confer on the m atter.
Jacob Luscher, formerly head of the
Machine H orks, who was present, quot- enough to have sown vetch in the I Mrs. L ena St. C lair and Mrs. Mel
enough produce raised In this d istrict
Dairymen’s League, agreed th a t sum ­
Mr. Evans asked: “W hat is the cost ed the price on second-hand m achinery b erries early have a fine m atted | vin Sunday.
to support a cold-storage plant on ac­ of trucking produce to P ortland?” He t h . I. .b o u t
t0
the b ,"
„ „ w |h , to u t
|n cte<
At th e la st m eeting of th e A uxili­ mer over-productlonwas one of the big­
count of the immense initial cost and was told that- the approxim ate cost is much less than the price of new mach- and a root system in proportion
a r y two new m em bers w ere tak en in, gest Issues confronting the dairym en
expense of operation. He does not be­ three dollars a ton. He then informed such"'™ i r , a 8 k e d / b° Ut thP CO8t ° f fr ° m W h,ch’
w ith th e a b o v e - I ,, Mrs. „ Leslie St. C lair and Mrs. Al- today, and th a t a central plant oper­
lieve th a t the people can afford such a th a t he could arrange a storage in
achinery and installation he m entioned elem ents can be expected I rt Camp. Eleven m em bers w ere ated at th a t tim e would, under proper
p lant th is year. In his rem arks he tra n sit th a t would be an advantage to estim ated the
management, prove of g reat value to
Ited the approxim ate price at good resu lts if cu ltiv ated freq u en tly |
said that most people th in k the farm ­ the growers.
five thousand dollars for one room.
At th e conclusion of th e m eeting producer and promoter.
d
u
rin
g
th
e
g
row
ing
season.
er hasn’t sense enough to m arket his
Theo. Brugger expressed him self as
It was decided by a vote of those
We wish to especially im nre'ss I “ l,g b t lunch of d o u g h n u ts and coffee
Some of the farm ers wanted to
produce and get all the profits but he know w hat rates w’ere charged for present to nam e a com mittee of farm- you with th e need of using potash * * “ 8erved by Mr8
being hopeful for such an enterprise.
believed that if the farm ers would co­ storing produce In the cold-storage ro id ? T * W,U*,®fflclaIs of the r a il- 1 lib erally to produce a firm berry
Wisconsin Is the greatest dairying
T he ladlf!8 wll‘ co n ‘,n “ e to hold
operate they would be able to nwt only plant a t Portland and also how it road to discuss all phases of the sltua- This Is an ad v an tag e both for canning lh *’“ meet,ng8 on
fo u rth Tues- state In the union. H er m arket is not
find a m arket but get all the profits al­ would be necessary to pack th is pro­
lim ited to one city. Her products are
Thosea ch rPP° rt t0 * ’a te r
a " d 8blpp‘ag a8 ‘he best profit is “ ay ° ' PaCb “ ° “ th at tb e
so. Speaking for the Berry Growers’ duce when sending it in for storage
1
* " ia d *- ^ o m th e choicest firm ^ r Ie
Mr8- Jo h n
« » “ ' — ‘her shipped all over the universe. She
association, Mr. Andrew said th a t In reply Mr. Reed said the charge on O i n ^ Z d M . T o ’D ^ , . 11 C MC’
g A
raPP,," ‘
makes a superior article. There never
while he realized th a t a cold-storage lettuce is ten cents per hundred­
has been a tim e when the dem and was
plant would be very helpful not only weight. L ettuce m ust be packed in Ice
When asked w hat to do. the con. th e "q uesth,,, of p rec o o B n * ^ d 1* ° " i B A P T IS T PASTOR WILL BE
g reater than at present for good clean,
to save produce such as vegetables, before it can be shipped any distance. m lttee were laughingly told to get all i„ad sh ip p in g o f choice b erH es^ to
GIVEN RECRRTI0N TUES pure, wholesome food. Who can say
etc., it would also be helpful in saving Six weeks is the tim e lim it on celery they could out of the railroad. They th e
,
cno,ce perries to
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the herds of Oregon, th is particular
berries from spoiling when the can­ and it is necessary to repack it if were also instructed to find out how
“>arkRts- T he w riter
A public reception will be given at part of Oregon, are not Just as good,
neries were overcrowded; but the Ber­ kept for a longer time.
much produce would be put into cold ra,.,
a , , G profit8 WRre 8atl* ‘he library on Tuesday evening, Jan u If not better, than those of Wisconsin
ry-Growers' association will be unable
a *
h° W ,hey had ,n * ary 31- In honor ot the Rev. David Q. where, during the cold w inter months
Mr. W hitehead, general agent for storage if such a p lan t were built
to help In building such a plant this the Pacific F ru it Express company,
The question of prices for storing P
thC Cr“ te8 a8k,ng ,n e ” a r r y - newly Installed p asto r of Beth- anim als are hand fed and wear wool­
year on account of other plans made.
“ reP° r t th e condll,on o t el » a PUst church of G resham , and ens?
voiced the opinion th a t it would be a produce was again brought up and
? Wh.eD b° Ugbt and ,bRy h»d Mrs. Barry,
When Mr. Kendall was asked to good idea to have iced cars shipped to discussed. It was learned th a t current „ *
We are living In an economic age.
____ as follows:
-
r M v e d retu rn CfLTdH
a te d e eight
lr h t
All Inh.1
speak he said th a t he believed the T routdale to be loaded as the cost of nriroa
card s d dated
An
in terestin g program I l i u of
musi- If the dairym en hope for success they
prices nn
on storing are about
a ft
. .
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, letters explained his Ideas on the sub­ building a cold storage plant In Trout for a large crate of cabbage per month
*
*7 8hlppi" * ’ ",a ‘lng th e qual- , al num bers and speeches has been must put the same am ount of skill and
tw enty cents; for potatoes and onions' L ? " “ ,
\ W® h° Pe ‘° a r ' arran g ed for and th e a ffa ir will be ln l»la‘l'"’ Into th eir business th at
ject of the cold-storage plant as clearly dale would be too great.
as any am ount of words could do.
,o r thl8 m e‘hod of m ark etin g one of the fin est social events of the i brings rew ard In other lines. New
In the general discussion H erm an five cents a sack regardless of weight . . .
Mr. Evans, Union Pacific traffic m an­ Blaser said he thought some kind of
Mr. Reed said th a t on a test they had
8 year but to be «uccessful we m ust season
Invocation will be offered and b etter blood In the herds, labor
ager, praised Mr. Kendall for hfs con­ warehouse was needed as he had let stored potatoes for twelve m onths and P.r.°duce <‘u a ll‘y b erries and to do by th e Rev. J. A. H opper and f iv e -1 8av' nK
m achinery.
transportation,
structive work in T routdale and gave the producers use his warehouse free the potatoes were still good but the
„ * * mUBt U8e raore p o ta"h-
m inute speeches will be given by th e n ,arh ’’“ ng, and a mass of other details
him credit for bringing the officials of of charge for several years. He said sacks were en tirely rotted away so
Order8 are com ing in q u ite freely R pv . A. 8. Ilisey and th e Rev. H. that demand careful scrutiny to pro-
the company to a realization of Trout- th a t there is quite a quantity of froz­ th a t In storing for long periods It will ,
WC bave a Iot of * r° w*‘rs to h ear G ebhardt. An ad ress of welcome will mote success.
dales im portance as a shipping center en potatoes in there now and he knew be necessary to repack them after
y6t 8nd tb e tlm e 18 8h ° r t to g et be tendered by M ayor K arl A. Miller.
«’areful anallzatlon of facts proves
th e fe rtiliz e r and g et It on th e land T^ie m usical num bers will Include so ­ Gresham to be the logical place for a
for produce. He promised the hearty th a t there would be more produce eight months.
co-operation of the company in erect­ stored there if his warehouse was
The m eeting was then turned over early enough to give th e best retu rn s. los by Mrs. Newbower, Guy D. Jones factory of this kind It will help solve
ing a coidstorage plant. He offered frostproof.
to the ladles who had thoughtfully T his Is w ritten for the. especial bene­ and Leslie W alrad. Mr. and Mrs. H the perplexities of the dairym en of
a plat of ground in Troutdale, one
Lee Evans, the wood man, registered prepared a d ain ty lunch of buns, fit of th o se who have been slow In W. S trong will sing a d u et and Wln- thin section.
hundred and fifty feet by fourteen hun­ a strong com plaint because of the lack sandwiched with ham , celery, pickles, .placing orders.
nirred Beechll will give a recitation.
dred feet, th a t is owned by the Union of room on the track s to load his wood cake and coffee, which all
It will be recalled th a t th e Berry
WHITE KNOLL FARM WILL
The public is invited to atten d .
present
Pacific company as a prospective site cars. “There is always too much pro­ seemed to enjoy.
G row ers association, by a unanim ous
HATCH MANY CHICKENS
for such a plant. In closing Mr. Evans duce in the way," he said. As condi
vote at th e an n u al m eeting, declared M. W A MEMBERS GO TO
George A rm strong, of th e W hite
said th a t he would like the question tlons are now he believed th at a flve-
In favor of estab lish in g g rades for
BIG JOINT INSTALLATION Knoll
Zion E vangelical Church
P o u ltry farm , sta rte d today on
‘he
fru
it
th
is
y
ear
and
th
e
liberal
Services at th e Zion Evangelical
Many m em bers of th e G resham his work for th e season. He has had
use
of
potash
Is
laying
th
e
foundation
church Sunday will be as follow s;
lodge of Modern W oodmen of A m eri­ his Incubators going for sev eral days
Sunday school a t 10.30. P reaching for q u ality and profit.
ca
went to P o rtlan d W ednesday even- in o rd er to Insure th e rig h t te m p era­
services In th e E nglish lanxii»»«. » J . ______
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J""" bMtaltettea tu re when th e eggs are ready to be
l l io Them e. "T h e sto rm and Calm 0RRSHAM_
MASONS , ,n*
HOSTS
L ast y ear Mr. A rm strong
TO P . R. L. & r P . V IS IT O R S ° MtjItBomah
f ' be Mod,' rn Woodmen lodges of put in.
of L ife.”
Young People’s m eeting
C((Unty At thlR (1|ne the hatched and shipped th o u san d s of
begins at 7.30 p m. Topic, ’’W hat
W hat Is said by old m em bers to officers of G resham lodge were W hite Leghorn chickens He sta rted
th e W orld Owes to Foreign Mission­
have been one of th e fin est Masonic Installed.
The cerem ony . was
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fol- his Incubators th e first p art of F e b ru ­
aries ” L eader, Conrad Hoecker.
Lyceum Course under auspices and benefit of Union
g ath erin g s ever held h ere took place *°wed by a banquet, ab o u t 400 par- ary and kept them ru n n in g un til
Ail who do not w orship elsew here
about th e la tte r p art of May.
• r e c o rd isi,y invited to worship wHh ( X ^ Y m p f f i y ^ ’ o 7 Ï S Fortín" I
were given
High School Student Body
W hile th is work req u ires co n stan t
of
th
e
P
o
rtlan
d
o
o
are
sses
were
given
by
Deputy
thia congregation.
Hallway, L ight A Pow er com pany p ut Head Consul Reeves, of Loa Angeles, atten tio n day and n ig h t In h atching
.. .
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| on ‘h* work in th e M aster Mason who'"’ JoHadictlon covers th e Pacific season, both Mr. A rm atong and hla
>™wmTr»ct<.r« T ak e A nother On.,,, ,'egree T he visitor« num bered about N orthw est, and o th era
Mr Reeve-.
lie say they look forw ard to th e
A drop In factory price of th e F ord 150, m ost of them com ing by special I **"
officer.
tim e when th e ir season opens and
“ n.
n ° r h“
b*“en announrR 1 • » •« rtc car. T h ere was a full a t - '
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th e ir Incubators are running. Mrs.
n u m b e r * ^ In G rest th e Increasing tendance of local m em bers and "cv- .. ,K**P
, « y‘*
T ry one of thoae A rm stro n g ’s work la th a t of te stin g
n um ber of farm ers in th is vicinity eral
ls tln g r,.i.t,Da
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_ e r th an 1 classy-fled” ads
‘he eggs.
era) d distin
u ish ed . visitors
o th
One of the most interesting numbers of the
who a re using m odern farm m ethoda (he m e m b er, of (he visiting team .
You may be r l g h D ^ 7 but d o n ’t
Lyceum Course
T he new level la *395 which is a drop
A banquet and en te rta in in g ta lk s ‘«he your own word fo r it.
to
“ a a • ’ arcRly w »
of $230. R ak er A Son th e local deal- by som e of th e visitors follow ed th e i
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era. received th e Inform ation today.
in itiato ry work.
I ,
bonds of m atrim ony d o n 't
t W£nt k *
,h e mo"‘ d lr«ct way
1 alw ays pay in terest.
to reach a buyer.
MR. TOWLE TELLS
BERRY GROWERS
HOW TO IMPROVE
ELSIE MAY GORDON
Reader, Impersonator, Entertainer
At High School Auditorium
MONDAY, JANUARY 30, At 8 p.m.