S G resham O utlook Voi. 11, No. 102 GRESHAM, Greater Gresham Banquet A t Grange Hall, Monday MULTNOMAH COUNTY, FARMERS GET MARKET REPORTS BY WIRELESS TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS OREGON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1922 CLACKAMAS BUREAU FARM BUREAU HEAD EXPLAINS THE PLANS IMPROVEMENT DOINGS OF THE AGRICULTURAL BLOC Rj RAMSER. it«- j i> iin W A iin i> i< », .. . , K HOWARD. j nance Relief m easure, the P acker e 1 am ascus F arm B ureau had W hen congress convened last control bill, th e G rain Exchange con- a very lively and in te restin g m eeting April th e situ atio n in th e f a rm in g -! Iro * bill. a '"} ,,le U arni-to-M arkot at th e new union schoolhouse, and liv e s to c k Industry of th e nation had ^ e v e ' ^ a l l K h c lo s e d * as” a g r^ r«. One of th e m ost im p o rta n t ques tions placed before G resham people in recent y ears Is to be presented for consideration at th e 6 :30 o.c ,ock J th e su b sta n tia l citizens of G resham an op p o rtu n ity to m eet th e officials of ,h e Pacific M alleable Iron corn- P ^ . h ea r from them w hat they pro- pose to do, h ea r th e rep o rt and rec- com m unity d in n e r to be held in th e om m endatlon of th e com m ittee, talk g ran g e hall, Monday evening, Feb- over plans for com m unity b etterm e n t, ru ary 20. In v ita tio n s have been se n t j and enjoy a social evening, o u t and tic k e ts prepared. T he tick- The O utlook would like to suggest ets are available to anybody, m an o r , th a t th is is m a tte r fo r carefu l, busi- woman, who is in terested in consid-1 nesslike co n sideration. E very c iti ering th e proposal to locate a n o th et z®*> who ow ns p ro p erty here, does im p o rta n t facto ry here and, if re- ' business h ere, depends m ore o r less g ard e d feasible, w illing to help f o r - ' upon the developm ent of th is com- m ulate plans fo r co-operating w ith m unity for his living and th e com- th e com pany. I fo rt and ed u catio n of his fam ily, la | T he d in n e r will be p repared am i ! vitally concerned in th e m a tte r to be served by th e L ad ies’ auxiliary of th , presented M onday night. A m erican Legion. T he price will be T he a rran g e m en t to have adm ission 50 cents a plate. by tic k et is necessary In o rd e r th a t T he proposal of th e new factory th e n um ber to be provided fo r may 'h a s been investig ated by th e B u s i be know n before hand. ness Men’s association and a com G resham has a rep u ta tio n for m ittee will be prepared to m ake its giving these en terp rises w hich come rep o rt and recom m endations Monday up from tim e to tim e fa ir and due night. consideratio n . The p resen t should T he d in n e r was planned to give not be an exception. — n a te ..........................become so tense th a t a * n ” u m b er of j w cu ltu th e na- « u ral, n u i m has , i i t g i r » rea g t n value to we w ere very fo rtu to have Mr. congressm en who knew th e a c tu a l Hon as a whole. H olt, o u r co unty ag en t, w ith us. Mr. i __ _ , .. . , i condition co n fro n tin g a g ric u ltu re re- ___ ___ v 1 he first m eeting of th e senate H olt said th a t th e county o ver th e ( solved it was tim e for som ething to a g ric u ltu ra l ’’bloc” was held in th e ' te rest for b e tte r livestock, b e tte r be done for deflated agricultur« . office, of th e A m erican F arm B ureau : in F ed eratio n in W ashington, D. C. T he p o u ltry , b e tte r p o tato es, etc., was o rd er to save not only th e farm er. set ato rs, know n to be in terested in rapidly m aking headw ay . b u t th a t th e T ^ e / r ^ g n ^ d T h e key ‘to’ t S ^ l b th e ag ric u ltu ral situ atio n , w ere called by S en ato r W illiam S. Kenyon farm ers w ere even m ore concerned uation lay largely in assistin g the of Iow a and Gray Silver, W ashing ab o u t g e ttin g a fa ir price for th e ir ton rep resen tativ e of the A m erican produce. B ut th e cooperative activ i F arm B ureau F ed eratio n , S en ato r K enyon told his colleagues th a t it ties in th e open m a rk e t, especially in was his idea th a t by bringing to th e selling of w h eat, is aro u sin g th e g eth er se u ato rs front th e Middle an tag o n ism of c e rta in in te re sts, so West and th e South, th e principal th e farm ers, th ro u g h th e F arm Bur- ag ric u ltu ral sections, it would be possible to b ring to b ear sufficient co i eau, m ust necessarily w ork on a ra th -I o p erative action in th e sen ate to en e r varied p rogram . act legislative m easures which would In 1921 th e D am ascus F arm Bur- relieve ag ricu ltu re. He also told th e fu tility of his and o th e r se n ato rs' en i eau began w orking on six p rojects. deavors to pass any kind of rem edial I T he p ro ject lead ers on m a rk e tin g , or co n stru ctiv e a g ric u ltu ra l legisla p o u ltry and hom e d em o n stratio n had tion ’d u rin g th e previous sh o rt ses sion of congress. I m ade a s ta r t along th e ir respective lines, b u t had n o t been as fo rtu n a te T hus th e a g ric u ltu ra l “ bloc" had its origin. It transcanda p arty lines. I as th e o th e rs in g ettin g an active I t has its own caucus and is not j cam paign going. O ran L ingle re p o rt am en d ab le to th e p arty whip or party ed th a t con sid erab le poison had been S ----- discipline. H eretofore many bills d istrib u te d w herever necessary, re have been sid etrack ed sim ply be cause of policy and th e dom ination of su ltin g in a m a rk ed decrease of th e leaders who would hold up th e bills grey diggers. Jo h n H offm eister was ra th e r th a n risk a division sp lit in su rp rised to find so m any sm all th e party ranks. The “ bloc” has th u s p atch es of th istle s in th e com m unity, not only kept new an d constructive m easures from th e cold sto rag e w are b u t sta te d th a t steps had been tak en houses of specially appointed con T he final resu lts of th e Oregon I holders and pool-holders atte n d e 1 last y ea r for th e ir control, and ex g ressional com m ittees; it has also D airym en's L eague m eetings, w hich rhe m eetings so th e co m m ittee in pressed his belief th a t, w ith th e aid | tak en m easures out of cold sto rag e t n d passed them . w ere held a t th e 'G r e s h a m g ran g e charg e has decided to hold an o th er T housands of farm ers located in of th e neighbors, th e weed o u g h t to m eeting in G resham next Monday middle western states are twice be p ractically era d ica ted in th re e or The ag ric u ltu ra l “ bloc" In th e sen- hall and th e S pringdale schoolhouse daily receiving m arket reports by fo u r years. Mrs. O ran L ingle surely aftern o o n F e b ru a ry 20. a t 2 o’clock is not sufficiently stro n g num erically la st Monday and a t th e Dam ascus a t th e G resham g ran g e hall. Notices wireless telephone. T here is no to pass legislation. Its stre n g th lies cost to the service, once the inex had the best re p o rt of all. U nder ir voting as a block and adding th a t schoolhouse last T uesday, w ere of th is m eeting are being sent to all pensive receiving set has been in th e boys and g irls club p ro ject she stren g th to one party o r the o th e r ac J. R. HOWARD. sum m ed up a t a m eeting of th e com of th e sto ck h o ld ers and pool-hold stalled, and which can be purchased o rganized a can n in g club of 14 g irls, cording to th e way th ese p arties fa anywhere. The W estinghouse of w hich 10 rem ain ed loyal to th e end P resid en t A m erican F arm m ittees held la st T h u rsd ay a f te r ers who have not alread y signed up. vor or oppose a m easure. It I b the F ed eratio n . Electric CoM from its g rea t free principle of independent voting ap noon in various com m unities nea. T his is a final effort on th e p art o of th e can n in g season. A bout 400 broadcasting station at Newark, plied to n atio ia ' legislation. P o rtlan d . Com piled d a ta show ed j th e com m ittee to p resen t a plan to N. /., not only sends out market q u a rts of fru it an d vegetables w ere ag ric u ltu re to “com e back.” They I lie m ore th an tw enty m em bers are th a t only ab o u t one-third of th e in te re st dairym en. T he plan has to reports at 12 o’clock noon and 6 canned d u rin g th is tim e, and th e club K,' nH<;d also the changed conditions. divided ab o u t equally between dem o P. M. daily, but also furnishes offi becam e so efficient th a t it won first Thpv They realized a new era had come sto ck h o ld ers and pool .h o ld ers a t be unanim ously accepted in o rd er to ------- cra ts and republicans, so It Is trn'.y cial weather forecasts and other en and w ith it a tu rn in th e tide of basis a bi-partisan o rganization. M on of tended th e m eetings and only about be put over so it is very im p o rta n t tertaining and educational pro prize a t th e county fa ir a t Canby and 1 ^ T h is' n s n l t > l l II f ’" '•" ’ ■ueiB are ep u u b m lican icu n s s a and ni the w esterners ure r rep 95 per cent signed up so th e ir vote th a t every dairy m an who has not .m , ^ o . i . ^ - n u u n !E e u 7 l.ln m . . . m i o r r. m a i i ,o o n n _of or grams. It has been estim ated that fifth prize at th e s ta te fa ir a t Salem. ,V ^ e p„Lo n ,a' th e *• “ !bv n «r8 dem ocruts could be counted. T he m eeting at already signed up, m ake an effort to m ore than a half million am ateurs D espite th e fact th a t certain forces *bat much discussed gro u p In con- In th e se n a te bloc th e w estern . ... BTMi. thf» itprlpiilf urol Line (m ostly in rural districts and oir l. have been successful to G resham , which was th e first in the be a t th is final m eeting. W h eth er e lim in a te th e gress, th e a g ric u ltu ra l bloc, which m em bers all come from stu tes west of farm s) “listen in” every day. Pic has to its cred it m ore a g ric u ltu ra l series, was w ell atten d e d by the he realizes it o r not, it is to his a d Ohio. T hese men are en titled to tures show the operator sending out boys an d g irls club lead er in th is legislation in the ex tra o rd in ary ses m endation, not only from tho dairym en but few er in com parison to v an tag e to be p resen t. m arket reports from N ew ark; and county, Mrs. L in g le's en th u siasm has sion th a n ever before was passed in com farm ers b ut from th e g en eral public. th e num ber a tte n d in g signed up map shows distances_U»?*P»essages a single sittin g of congress. Let me n ot been dam pened, b ut she w ill con If th is plan is not unanim ously The H ouse "bloc” contains mem *L«_tec«ved* —’ tin u e th e w ork th is year, and has m ention am ong them th e aid to the th a n at ony o th e r of th e tw o m eet adopted, it will m ean th a t th e tr u s bers from as far east as P ennsylvania F ederal Land B anks, th e W ar FI- and is also bl-parH san In m ake-up' ings. lately organized a p o tato club of tees will have to liq u id ate by p u ttin g seven boys. It was found th a t m ore th an 95 per th e p roperties up to th e h ig h e st b id FRIENDS PAY TRIBUTE TO MRS. BORING’S MEMORY cent of th e dairym en who atten d ed der. T he re su lt will be th a t th e I t was deem ed wise to add th e th e L eague m eetings w ere in favor of , property holders will receive noth in g F rie n d s from far and n ea r g ath ered dairy and crop im provem ent p ro j th e reten tio n of th e prop erties by th e and th e holders of p referre d stosk ects to th e list for th e c u rre n t dairym en and to liq u id ate on th e plan will receive only a very sm all per at th e little ch u rch a t B oring last year. One of th e fo u r p ro jected suggested by th e th re e com m is centage of th e ir stock. T uesday aftern o o n to pay th e ir re d airy d em o n stratio n farm s to be lo sioners. Now is th e tim e to g et busy. No spects to th e m em ory of Mrs. S arah cated in C lackam as county will be The G resham V o lu n teer F ire de seven business houses and poles c a r Only ab o u t one-th ird of th e stock- one has tim e to ru n a fte r you. E. B oring, who passed aw ay on Sun located in o u r te rrito ry , if we can p artm en t is today .quite a com plete rying pow er and light wires belong- place it soon. F o u r dairies have been organization. In sp ite of th e fact Ing to th e P. R. L. Al P. com pany were day a f te r a long illness. She was YOUNG PEOPLES’ LEAGUE BAND ORGANIZATION su g g e sted : T hose of M essrs. P a u l th a t it Is only In Its eleventh year, th e burned and th e w ires fell to th e GIVE PATRIOTIC PROGRAM ch aracterized by all as a w om an of PROMISES SUCCESS son, Schw edler, L ingle an d L ouie equipm ent is m uch b e tte r th a n is gro u n d and caused several slig h t ac possessed by some la rg e r cities. At splendid sp iritu a l and m en tal a tta in by people com ing in contact H offm eister. T he d airy p ro ject le ad present it consists of a F ord fire cidents About 50 members and friends of the By W A LTER ADRIAN. with th e wires. m en ts and one who had left an In flu e r will see th e ow ners, as to who will tru ck which carries a large chem ical Zion Evangelical Young People’s T he first m eeting of th e new G resh ence for good In th e com m unity One evening, in Septem ber, 1913, accept th e proposition. U nder th e tan k , hose and lad d ers. T he tru ck th e fire alarm was sounded w hile a League enjoyed a very pleasant L in am band was held a t th e G resham w hich bears h e r nam e. She was and eq u ip m en t w ere added in 1920. crop Im provem ent project th e s ta n coln-W ashington program Tuesday W hen a fire Is rep o rted and it Is n e firem en’s dance was in progress In praised as a woman, a C h ristian , a d ard izatio n , certification and grow ing cessary to call th e firem en, a larg e th e ir hall Upon Investigation, it was evening a t the A. Brugger home on th e a te r T uesday evening, and was hom e m aker. of p o tato es fo r th e seed m a rk e t will siren, m ounted on th e top of th e city found to be a t the hom e of th e ir the Base Line road. The program well atten d ed . A sh o rt p ractice by chief, E ttsel T. Jones. T he fire was T he Rev. R. S. Bishop of S h eridan, be ta k e n up, and th e co n tro l of d i hall (w hich is also th e fire engine consisted of rec itatio n s and papers th e few brin g in g in stru m e n ts dem Oregon, a close friend of th e family, seases. P robably th e grow ing of c e r house) is sounded and phone calls soon put o ut and the p arty retu rn ed on the lives and characters of Lincoln o n strated th e calib er of th e tim b er to th e dance. All w ent along nicely p reached th e fu n eral serm on. O thers tified g ra in s will be tak en u n d er ad are sent o u t to notify th e ones f a rth e r u n til Just ab o u t the tim e tho party and W ashington. M usical num bers available fo r a band. F ra n k C am p away. A very sh o rt tim e elapses be who took p a rt in th e service were visem ent, if enough in te re st is m an was g ettin g ready to leave for home. fore all th e men rep o rt for duty. were given by M argaret Anicker and bell, a re p rese n tativ e of S eiberling- The gong was again h eard . All th e Rev. B. G. C arney, th e p asto r at ifested. G ertrude Brugger. Games and refresh Lucas Music Co., has offered his ser H arold K ern is now chief of th e rushed back to th e hom e of the chief B oring, th e Rev. A. S. H isey of d ep a rtm en t and F. L. Mack is a ssist m ents followed the program. and It was found th a t th e fire had vices as free d irec to r to th e new or T h e p ro ject lead ers for 1922 a re : “Going up to Jerusalem ” will be the ganization fo r th e present. R eheat- G resham , th e Rev. L. F . Sm ith of m a rk e tin g , N. P au lso n ; boys and an t chief. T here a re 28 v o lu n teer sm ouldered In a m a ttress and had firemen and nearly o ne-half of them sermon topic of the pastor. Rev. H. sa ls will be held T usday evenings, and Rockwood and th e Rev. W. T. K err girls clubs, Mrs. O ran L ingle; these are ex-service men. A large n um ber broken o u t again. At a n o th e r tim e th e men were Gebhardt, at the Zion Evangelical it is hoped as m uch ta le n t as possible of P o rtlan d . T he la tte r had been a were elected ch airm an and secretary . of them are G resham business men. called to th e fire hall as fire had brok frien d of th e fam ily fo r m ore th a n T he nam es of th e o th e r officers and church, Sunday m orning. Sunday will avail them selves of th e op p o r P oultry, 8. E R o b erts; hom e d em en o ut in th e room used by the men. school a t 10:30 and m orning w orship tu n ity to Join th e new band. C lari 60 years, having been a boyhood o n stra tio n , Mrs. 8. E. R oberts; ro men are F red Jen n in g s, se cretary : It was soon p u t out. C. J. L u n d q u ist, tre a s u re r; Al. Ham- In 1913 th e G resham fire d e p a rt in the English language at 11:30 o’ n et players especially are requested frien d and arm y com rade of W illiam dents, O ran L in g le; th istles, John m ar, m a rsh a l; B ert M etzger, a ssls'- Boring. m ent sta rte d a m ovem ent to estab lish clock. A cordial invitation is extend to come forw ard. Ten or fifteen c la r an t m arsh a l; R. F. Jen n in g s, cap crop Im provem ent, T he pall b earers w ere O. M. H offm eister; ta in ; Jam es Jen n in g s, first lleuten an an n u al firem en’s to u rn am en t At ed to all who do not worship elsewhere. inets will be necessary to balance th e Richey, W. R. T elford, S. E. Lyon, W a lte r R am ser. L ouis H offm eister a n t; Jack H am lin, 2d lie u te n a n t; C a m eeting held on the M ultnom ah county fair g ro u n d s It It was was decided decided tí to brasses. F in al o rg an izatio n will be G eorge D risel, Alonzo S u tto n and was n o t p rese n t w hen elected c h a ir Dahl, F red Hoss F (’ lennime« T u ■ ? í ralr postponed u n til all in stru m e n ta lists J. E. Sief4r. Music was fu rn ish ed man of th e dairy p ro ject, b u t all were Vani D onnlnck, M. J A llshouae. „ ’erb Coming Events of Local available a re listed as prospective by L. H. M allicoat, Jo h n D u rstler, confident th a t he would ta k e as much W est, Cecil P u lfer, F ra n k S outhard g irl’s hose team , which was then Interest. A. 0 . M cM urry, Dick Lane, 8. 8. m em bers. Dr. H. H. O tt m ay be Mrs. J. C. Shultz. Mrs. J. L undy, In terest in th is w ork as he does in his Pugh, S herm an M cC arter, J. E. Metz quite p opular In the sta te was o rg a n C om m unity sing, G resham lib ra called on the phone for fu rth e r in ger, Conrad M etzger, F ra n k H am lin, ized In G resham . This team and one Miss M arth a D u rstler and th e Rev. herd of th o ro u g h b re d H olstelns. ry, F rid a y evening, F e b ru a ry 17. form ation. It was decided to hold a com m uni- George Lane, Leslie W alrad, Quinn In A storia w ere the last of these A. 8. Hisey, w ith Mrs. P. K. Stone team s in th e sta te to disband In a M etzger atid Tonv H engstler. - Im p o rtan t d airy m an ’s m eeting hub and hub race at th e 1913 M ult as o rg an ist. Mrs. S hultz and Mrs. ty m eeting at 7 :3 0 p. m., on th e first T he B ank of G resham pays 5 per W hen th e d ep a rtm en t was first o r nom ah county fair the G resham g irls | Monday afte rn o o n , F eb ru ary 20, cent in te rest on tim e d e p o s its — Adv. L undy sang a duet. C ontinued on page 3 ganized in F eb ru ary , 1911, the entire defeated th e A storia team , and de- a t 2 o’clock a t G resham g ran g e hall. eq u ipm ent consisted of two hand d a r e d them selves cham pions of th e hose-carts and a chem ical wagon U nited S tates »am pions or th e A dance and su p p er will be given S hortly a fte rw a rd s a hook and la d d er I —____________ a t the C olum bia g ran g e hall on truck was added The chem ical wag- i CHICKEN DINNER TO R F th e evening of F eb ru ary 18, for on was only a tw o-w heeled cart and nt th e benefit Mrs. E lizabeth Morgan GIVEN BY LADIES It was converted Into a four-w heeled I vehicle so it could be hauled to fires G reater G resham b an q u et Mon A Colonial chicken d in n e r is to be I bjf auto. T he eq u ip m en t was first day night, F e b ru a ry 20. 6:30. Ad | housed in th e old city hall on P ow ell, given by th e B aptist L ad les’ Gull« mission by tick et. T ickets 50 cts. street and rem ained th e re u n til th e ... i new hall was built on th e co rn er of next W ednesday evening, F eb ru ary A Colonial chicken d in n er will H A‘ w ts ^he ^ i ’ma;; to j ¿ ‘J " / " be given by th e B aptist L adies' Guild of G resham on W ednesday be chief Of th e d ep a rtm en t and Ezra ~ COTnm*«>e« a ‘ »1» o'clock. evening. F e b ru a ry 22 at 6 o’clock T hom as was his assista n t chief. The I T h‘‘ com plete menu will be printed at th e G resham g ran g e hall. o th e r m em bers were m ade up from j *n th® next Issue of th e Outlook Colonial p arty , u n d er auspices m e V :,UK " n , ' nd 1' ° U,,gPr bU*in ''M i A nUmb*r ° f n‘" 8,cal nunib” r" of com m unity council of V ictory, T he fire d ep a rtm en t has answ ered * ,’ en w h l|c d in n er is being serv- L usted. C o ttrell and O rient dis many calls and fought m any b attle s | e d ' They will be rendered by Guy tricts. to be given in O rient g ran g e M arth H a ,char'* H agberg Leslie hail W ednesday evening, F eb ru s with i x fires - d as u e rin : x g . the ° i ten ‘i s years a s of ; Its b I Jones, i s Miss M d hMra ary 22. at 8 o'clock. Dairy League Members Will Hold Important Meeting on Monday GRESHAM FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS FINE RECORD FOR PAST DECADE GOT IT F irst high school d ebate of series in Union H igh school au d i to riu m F rid ay , F e b ru a ry 24. E s tacad a vs Union High school. events stan d o ut as m em ories in th e adPr w hose nam e is not given life of th e o rg an izatio n . | w’,‘ al*° have a place on th e pre- . th “ 'n th e hls- g fsm Mrs. A lexander Thom pson l^ M ^ T h ^ flr ^ a la n iM r a s ^ » ^ ^ -1 a ............ •« «■>•’ ban- The De Moss F am ily in concert at th e Masonic hall. March 3, u n d er th e auspices of th e B ethel B aptist church of G resham ed about 3 o ’clock in th e m orning and ’ ‘ b e’ T he will be It was found th a t several of th e bus- ' ,o H“ **d by com m unity singing and I Incss houses of th e city were all gam es in which all can ta k e part ¡n /g “ which fan n ed ^U i^fl'arn es" which th “ T “* " h° Wn *" grew in volum e u n til th e firemen I com,n* «vent, and th e ladies are (w ere unable to cope w ith them A . m aking p rep aratio n s for a large s t eal! was finally sent to P o rtlan d for (tendance. help and a tru ck , fully equipped was ' ______ sent o u t from th e fire sta tio n at East I Storage h atter» __ 36th and B elm ont Before th e fire charg in g s ta rte r L i * an d 5 *" could b e p u t o u t It had Wiped out wo,h‘ “h a k e r T Son «’!n”r‘ tor Save a date. What date? March 4. In th e evening a t th e O resham g ran g e h all; a ’’Spizz- Irin ctu m ” social fo r young folks and those th a t a re older.