T W IC E
A
W EEK
G resham O utlook
Voi. 12, No. 4
GRESHAM.
SKEPTICS ARE CONVINCED BY
NEW STUMP BURNING PROCESS
MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON
TU ESD A Y S
AND
F R ID A Y S
TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1922
Best Harding Likeness by a W oman
$1.60 Per Year
NITROGEN INCREASES
GRESHAM
CROP OF STRAWBERRIES,
GRANGE
DISCUSSES TREES
It is a well know n fact th a t stra w
berries cannot be raised on every
H. A. Lewis was the g u est of the
th e stum p sinks, th a t d irt goes w ltn
it so th a t th e u pper soil is not harm ed
kind of soil, in deciding w hether a G resham G range a t th e ir m eeting
a particle.
ce rtain piece of ground is adap tab le last S atu rd ay at the G resham G range
Prof. H. D. Scudder, head of th e
to th is form of ag ric u ltu re, a few ! hall. H is son, Clayton B. Lewis
d ep a rtm en t of F arm M anagem ent at
th in g s o ught to be k ep t in mind. I was expected to be present but th e
th e Oregon A g ricu ltu ral College, and
Above all o th e r facto rs th e soil fath e r cam e in his stead . Mr. LewtB,
sent out by th e college extension s e r
should be rich in n a tu ra l fertility , ! who is in the n u rsery business in
vice, gave an illu stra te d lecture. T he
it should also be well drained and ! M ontavilla, gave an in terestin g talk
building used for th is lectu re was a
yet have high m o istu re holding ca on trees. Not as larg e an audience
little church building n ea r C orbett
pacity. It is necessary th a t it have was present as th e ta lk deserved but
but it was n ot large enough fo r th e
sufficient a ir d rainage. Clay soil is all who heard him w ere much in te r
crowd so th a t only a portion of the
T he new system dem o n strated was spectato rs could h ear th e lecture.
th o u g h t to be b e tte r th a n th e sandv ested.
first used by F. S. Zysett of Scio, O re P rofessor S cudder showed pictu res of
soils if it is well d rain ed . The h ig h
Mr. Lewis had b ro u g h t a dozen
gon. It was taken up by th e Oregon stum ps th a t were burned by th e
e r a ltitu d e s have one draw back in trees, dug at random from th e n u r
A g ricu ltu ral College ab o u t six years Z ysett system d u rin g th e series of
th a t th e grow ing season Is sh o rter.
sery by his men. D uring his talk Mr.
ago and trie d out by them u n til they dem o n stratio n s th a t preceded th e
A k illin g frost d u rin g th e bloom Lewis nam ed eight of th e trees He
w ere satisfied th a t it was a com plete one at C orbett. D uring his lectu re
ing period is very in ju rio u s to a brought o u t th e necessities for a
"success. They found th a t It is not in was asked w h at, a single set o '
T h e most striking resemblance
straw b erry crop.
nurserym an to know his stock. An
of President H arding yet made by
only a su re m ethod but th a t it is th e equipm ent would cost and he
S traw b erries req u ire an abundance explanation was given on how to
artist or sculptor is now being com-
m uch cheaper and so sim ple th a t any said about $35 o r $40 o r $150 for
of m oisture. An Ideal plan would m ake fo o ts and trees im m une to
leted in W ashington by Mrs. Sally
one can u n d erstan d It.
be to have sufficient w ate r facilities wooly aphis. He explained away the
. Farnham , famed woman sculptor,
fo u r com plete sets th a t w ould be
i he President is a busy man but
4 T his system req u ires w hat is called needed to clear a piece of gro u n d of
so th a t it can be p u t on th e patch old idea ab o u t sap going down as he
has been prevailed upon to give
a furnace, a sm all rounded piece of any size. H e also added th a t th e
d u rin g h arv estin g season. Tills could said th a t sap, a fte r com ing up th e
time for these sittings.
cast iron Just large enough to build a cost of equipm ent should n o t be
be done by m eans of ditches an d a stock in th e spring, changed from a
fire u n d ern eath it, open at th e b o t charged ag a in st th e cost af clearing
flood g ate to hold th e w ater back at very th in fluid to a th ic k er m ixture
tom . a place for a stove pipe a t the as th e equipm ent would still rem ain
o th e r tim es,
and finally hardened so th a t it is Im
top and a rounded hole cu t o u t at a fte r the land had been cleared.
A recent experim ent by specialists possible for it to go down th e stock.
each side fo r a 2-inqh pipe to gv S tum ps u n d er 20 inches in d iam eter I
in Hood R iver resu lted In some valu Mr. Lewis pruned th e trees he had
th ro u g h . T here are also two hoods a re not go tten o u t in th is way as it '
able in fo rm atio n in regard to the b ro u g h t w ith him before th e au d i
YOUNG BOY IS VICTIM
shaped like one-half of th e furnace is cheaper to blow them w ith pow ASST. STATE GIRL'S CLUB
p ro p er fertilizer to use for these b er ence. He advocated th e pruning of
LEADER
TO
BE
IN
GRESHAM
OF INFLUENZA ATTACK ries. T he experim ent th a t produced all fru it tree s to keep th em low as
w ith a hole fo r a stovepipe a t th e top. der.
_______
Two 2-inch pipes are req u ired ; one
T he com m unity was inexpressibly th e best resu lts was an application of th is was an aid in sp ray in g and in
T he actu al bu rn in g of th e stum ps
Miss Helen
Cowgill, assistan t
ab o ut 12 feet long and th e o th e r
itra te of soda. F o u r h u n d red and picking th e fru it. C herry trees were
was d em on strated on a 15-acre trac t sta te g ir l’s club leader, will be in saddened on Sunday m orning to n forty
pounds w ere p ut on d u rin g th e also num bered In th e pru n in g list,
ab o ut four feet long, and one o r two
of land belonging to Ray Em ily n ear G resham and vicinity on W ednes learn of th e death of Andrew McAl
season; h alf in th e early spring and although this is co n tra ry to the
pieces of stovepipe.
C orbett. T he sp ectato rs w ere con day, T h u rsd ay , F rid a y and S aturday
The stu m p to be burned is com
lister, early th a t m orning, from com th e o th e r h alf a t blossom ing tim e. teaching of th e past years. He ex
ducted to stum ps th a t w ere in th e of th is week to m eet g roups of local
T he average crop gained was 4 48 plained th a t the p ru n in g of cherry
pletely covered w ith sod and d irt and
various stages of burning. One could g irl’s club leaders and a tte n d m eet plications follow ing influenza. The packed crates to 10,000 plants.
a sm all place is chipped a t th e base
trees resu lted in b e tte r f ru it; th a t
look down th e pipe and see th e in ings of several of th e g irl’s clubs in im m ediate cause of his d eath was
T he experim ent show ed th a t heavy w here heading In Is done, th e low er
of the stum p to be fired, and a fire is I
side of th e stum p and it was like the county.
blood poisoning which sta rte d in a ap plications of n itro g en , in this case
b u ilt in It, using kindling and some
looking into a ro arin g fu rn ace fire.
W ednesday m orning a call will be knee which he in ju re d some m onths in th e form of n itra te of soda, p ro buds, which o rd in arily rem ain d o r
b ark to insure a good fire. T he fu r
m ant will develop and fru it spurs
All (hose who doubted th a t th is m ade a t tli^ Hillsview and C edar
ago and which had never com pletely duces the heaviest yields. Difference will ap p ear every few inches Instead
nace is th en placed over the fire w ith
m ethod would work successfully, schools w here th e local leaders are
in soil here may cause som ew hat d if
th e longest 2-inch pipe in serted for
w ere convinced when they saw th e teachers. In th e aftern o o n , a m eet healed. He was ta k en to a P o rtlan d feren t resu lts b ut not to a g re a t ex of one o r two feet ap art.
d ra ft and a stovepipe a t th e top of it.
The trees brought by Mr. Lewis
fires inside of th e stum ps.
ing will be held a t 2 :0 0 in C orbett hospital for tre a tm e n t and was ten t. D espite the tu rn in g u n d er of
Only one length of stovepipe is o rd i
were
num bered and nam ed and plac
F ive m in u te "s tu m p ” speeches d istrict at th e borne of Mrs. G. N. b ro u g h t back to his hom e on S a tu r organic m a tte r such as clover and
n arily used but if m ore d ra ft is
ed in th e hands of Mr. Thorne.
McKay.
day, w here he passed o u t of his s u f - , o th e r sim ilar cover crops, and added
needed, a n o th e r length may be added. w ere given by several men. Gov
T he G range m eeting was conduct
On T h u rsd ay m orning a call will fering early th e next m orning.
application of n itra te of soda pro
T he 2-inch pipe furnishes th e d raft e rn o r O lcott was expected to be p res
ed in th e usual way. A business
be
m
ade
at
th
e
Buckley,
Rockwood
Andrew was born in P o rtlan d on duced g re a te r resu lts. •
fo r th e fire and is pushed fu rth e r in en t but he was unaccountably de
m eeting was held in the m orning and
J. T. Ja rd in e , d irecto r of and W ilkes schools. in th e a f te r Ja n u a ry 19, 1909. He is survived by ! T he b erries produced by heavy n i
as th e fire ea ts into th e stum p. By tained.
a reg u la r Griyjge d in n er was served
noon
at
1:30
a
group
m
eeting
will
i his m other, two sisters, Mrs. Elgin ! tra tio n were not as firm as th e ones nt noon. T he afternoon lectu re hour
th is m ethod a hole is b u rn t througn th e Oregon S tate E xperim ent s t a
be held in th e G resham g rad e school i Kirkwood and Miss Genevieve Mc- raised from mixed fertilize r ground.
th e stum p. As soon as th e fire has tion was th e first one to ta lk . He
assem bly hall. T h ere will be local | A llister, and th ree b ro th ers, W illiam , Since q u ality is th e prim e req u ire com menced w ith th e singing of th e
said
th
e
m
ain
functions
of
th
e
ex
b u rn t th ro u g h th e opposite side, the
opening song.
lead ers p resen t a t th is m eeting from Tjam es and George, th e la tte r being* m ents some su p erp h o sp h ate and su l
fu rn ace is ta k e n aw ay and th e end perim en t sta tio n was to discover and
As th e program was to be devoted
Lynch,
G
ilbert,
P
leasan
t
Valley,
his tw in. His fa th e r and an older f a te ,o f p otash was p u t in th e com to trees, th e roll call was answ ered
covered w ith d irt and sod. A hood is te st out th in g s th a t will be useful
F airv iew , O rient, Lusted and Powell b ro th e r died a few years ago, before bination In o rd er to overcom e any
placed over th e hole a t th e opposite to th e people. T here are 56 of these
by read in g brief sta te m en ts re g a rd
Valley.
sta
tio
n
s
in
th
e
U
nited
S
tates.
Most
th e com ing of th e fam ily to G resham possibility of producing an Inferior ing trees of Interest. T his Included
side with a stovepipe at the top and
F rid ay afte rn o o n , a m eeting will in 1915. Andrew was a happy, in- berry.
th e s h o rte r 2-inch pipe inserted. This of th e g ra in s used today have come
reference to th e W ashington Elm.
be held in west P o rtlan d at 2:00.
from
th
is
source.
He
said
he
be
P o tash should not be used too
jd u strio u s boy, fond of th e th in g s th a t
converts th e stum p into a stool.
the L afay ette and th e G. A. R. elm,
T he purpose of these m eetings is a norm al boy likes. He was a fa ith heavily, how ever, as an excess of It
F rom now on less care is needed as it lieved th a t lan d clearing is th e m ost
and the McDonough oak, which was
to m ake definite plans for dem on ful a tte n d a n t a t Sunday school and will produce a seedy berry.
im
p
o
rta
n
t
developm
ent
of
all.
is only necessary to keep th e fire
nam ed for th e founder of th e school
The Oregon sta te experim ent s ta stra tio n s and special fea tu re s for J a m em ber of th e Boy Scouts.
One of th e advan tag es th a t stra w
from b reaking out. By th is m ethod
system of St. Louis and th e fam ous
w ork th ro u g h o u t th e year.
Miss
The fu n eral was held yesterday af- b erries has over o th e r b erry crops Is Cyprus in th e first botanical garden
th e stum p will burn evenly and con tion has been keeping in touch .with
Cowgill has d em o n stratio n k its show ternoon a t th e M ethodist Episcopal th e feady m ark et. T h ere Is nearly
tin u e to burn u n til it is all burned m ovem ents fo r th e past 12 years
in the United States. A tre e was also
ing special m ethods for the work.
th
ro
u
g
h
P
ro
fesso
r
Scudder.
It
is
church, w hich was filled w ith sym alw ays a sufficient dem and to cover nom inated by S enator McNary for a
aw ay. T he ground w ill then sink
The sew ing clubs have m ore m em pathizing friends of th e fam ily. The th e yield so th a t they can be sold
down alm ost level and th e stum p will th e hope of all those w orking on this
place In th e H all of F am e fo r trees,
bers th a n ever th is year.
In fact Rev. A. S. Hisey spoke w ords of com readily. T he early b erries th a t are
I
p
roject
th
a
t
th
e
cost
of
clearin
g
can
co n tinue to burn by the c h a r pittin g
they a re la rg e r th an any o th e r form fort and adm onition from th e text. sold between May 18 and May 31 established by th e A m erican F o res
be
decreased
sufficiently
so
th
a
t
m ethod u n d ern e ath the g ro u n d until
try association. T his tree is a w al
rough land can be cleared at a re a of club. T h ere a re 21 sew ing clubs
"W h ere your tre a su re is, th e re will bring a much b e tte r price th an those n ut p lanted n ear Salem by Mrs. E u
all th e rootg have disappeared.
in th is county and a com plete m em I your h e a rt be also .” Music was fur- ready fo r m a rk e t a m onth later. The
sonable
cost
and
w
ith
less
effort.
One of Ihe w onderful fe a tu re s of
genia Iireynian In 1853 and bears
T he Oregon extension service was b ersh ip of 198.
; nished by a q u a rte t consisting of Guy early berry has been know n to bring many bushels of w alnuts. T he well
th is new way of disposing of the
T
h
ere
are
n
in
e
cooking
clubs
In
tw
ice
th
e
price.
T
he
price
d
u
rin
g
i D. Jones, Miss Mabel Shipley, Mrs.
¡<\irnps is th a t th e roots are burned ! represen ted by th e ir d irecto r, P aul
known Royal Ann ch erry tree was
th e county w ith 79 m em bers en ! A. S. Hisey and Dr. H. H. O tt. Miss th e 1920 season was very good and In
o ut also. E xperim enting has prove,! i V. M aris, who next occupied th e
not fo rg o tten as it was one of 800
rolled.
1921
when
all
farm
products
sold
at
! G ertru d e A lexander presided at th e
th a t 99 per cent of them can be got stum p platform . This d em o n stra
brought across the plains.
A n o th er form of club Is th e Home organ. T he selections sung w ere a reduced price, straw b e rrie s still
ten out.
O ther good fea tu re s are tion was th e eig h th of a series of
A llusion was also m ade to th e in
M
aking
club.
T
h
ere
a
re
tw
o
in
th
e
brought
good
prices.
"P recio u s Jew els” and "O nw ard
th a t th e ground is left in good condi dem o n stratio n s in th e s ta te during
d u strial and h o rtic u ltu ra l value of
tion and does not have to be stirre d th e past two m onths in six counties. county w ith 15 m em bers. T he one C h ristian S oldiers,” both fav o rites of
o u r trees. A new in d u stry is to bo
up by much g rad in g as when o th e r T he extension service in ten d s to con a t O rient is u n d er th e lead ersh ip of Andrew , and "Does Je su s C a re ? ” The MERVIN R. GOOD WINS
ORATORICAL CONTEST developed In th e n o rth w est utilizing
m ethods a re used. T he fire does~not tin u e them u n til th e people g et Mrs. Geo. T u ck er, and th e re are grade school was closed for th e a f
o u r fir tree s to a g re a te r ex tent th an
eight
in
th
e
club.
Miss
Jen
n
y
E.
ternoon and th e sixth g rad e and o th
in ju re th e ground e ith e r as only a thoroughly accustom ed to th is m e th
ever. T his will be accom plished by
Mervin
R.
Good,
a
g
ra
d
u
a
te
of
very sm all am ount of it is burned od. T he Z ysett system is typical of F lem m ing has ch arg e of th e Home ers atten d e d In a body. T he Boy
th e new process of ex tractin g tu rp e n
union
high
school,
rep
resen
tin
g
O
re
M
aking
club
a
t
R
usselville
w
hich
has
Scout tro o p acted as g u ard of honor
th a t is close to th e stum p and w hen th e w ork w hich th e extension se r
tine, rosin and by-products from
vice o p e c ts to carry on for th e bene seven m em bers.
and assisted In th e arran g em en ts. gon A g ricu ltu ral College won first Douglas fir pitch. Those products are
fit of the farm ers.
stra tio n w ere m ade by 8. B. H all, The pall bearers w ere W illiam and place in th e Btate In terco lleg iate o ra to be utilized in p aints an d varnishes
Geo. N. Q uail, secretary of th e
county agent. H e appeared before R obert Booth, Louis M auldlng, Alden to rical co n test held last F rid ay even and In th e production of paper.
ber of com m erce, said th a t
Pussy willows were n ot forg o tten
AÛE OF HUBBY-TO-BE li- ta le had , liam
five of the leading business clubs of Miller, E dw ard S chw edler and Victor ing, M arch 10, a t th e Pacific College,
su p erin ten d ed stum p pulling,
P o rtlan d last w eek and m ade an an Adix.
His topic was "O ur B ro th er by th e as little C ath erin e M etzger gave an
and has files in his office filled w ith nouncem ent of th e event.
The body was laid to re st In M ult B altic Sea.”
in terestin g reading w hile she carried
It p ro
nearly every kind of clearin g device
duced th e resu lts Intended as a large nom ah cem etery beside th e fa th e r and
Ted Goodwin of E ugene Bible U ni a bunch of "p u ssies" In h er hand
b u t th e one being d em o n strated Is rep resen tatio n of P o rtlan d men were b ro th er and th e little m ound was
versity, speaking on "Ixiyalty and H er encore, “T he R iver" was well
th e first one th a t seems feasible to
present. T he com plete tu rn -o u t was heaped w ith b eau tifu l flow ers, the L aw ,” won second place, and F ran cis given and received. Miss M yrtle
him.
He rep resen ted th e cham ber so good th a t Mr. H all declared th e g ifts of loving friends.
E T aylor of Pacific U niversity took R usher sang m ost acceptably and re
of com m erce by saying th a t it is w ill resu lts to be well w orth th e work
th ird w ith a speech on “T he W inning sponded graciously to an encore. Miss
W hat you w ant, when you w ant it,
ing to sponsor th e w ork. T h e ' fact
Vida Cem er, who accom panied Miss
T ide."
req u ired In p rep aratio n .
aB you w ant it— W an t ad. it.
th a t th e farm er can keep th e stu m p s
Rusher, on sh o rt notice favored th e
burn in g w hile doing o th e r farm
audience w ith two very Interestin g
w ork is an o th e r very good fe a tu re of
child stories. The G range hopes to
th is system .
see m ore of Miss Cem er. Miss M artha
P rofessor Scudder said he would
H agberg sang two songs with Miss
feel im m ensely disappointed if every
NONSENSE,YOU’RE ALWAYS
I WANT TO GET
F lorence Honey at th e piano. The
one did not u n d erstan d th e m ethod
UP DOC, I’M
music and readings w ere g rea tly en-
S IC K ’WHEN I
a f te r all exp lan atio n s had been giv
! Joyed by th e Grange.
NOT SICK.
S A f SO.
en and also shown. He said a b at
tery of fo u r fu rn aces will keep one
LADIES AID WILL GIVE
man busy all th e tim e, and th a t rain
ITS ANNUAL LUNCHEON
does not in te rfe re with th e bu rn in g
Follow ing its usual custom , th e
of stum ps.
L adles' Aid society will give Its a n
A num ber of d istinguished visit
nual St. P a tric k ’s Day luncheon on
ors stopped d u rin g th e day to see the
i next F rid ay at th e O range hall. The
b u rn ers at work. One of them was
luncheon will be served a t noon. In
Sam uel W. L ancaster.
th e aftern o o n a sale of aprons and
T he D upont people gave a stum p-
fancy articles of all kinds will be
blow ing d em o n stratio n to in tro d u ce
held. The follow ing Is th e m enu;
th e ir new Pacific dynam ite. A n um
Boiled Ham
ber of stu m p s w ere loaded w ith
Escalloped Potatoes
S trin g Beans
stick s of pow der and set ofT w hile
Perfection Salad
th e spectato rs stood on th e side of a
Sponge Cake with W hipped Cream
hill w ith th e stu m p s in th e valley
Coffee
below. All th e splendors of a 4th
of July celebration could n ot su rp ass
C ard of Thank*.
Mathildc McCormick. 16-year-old
th e w ondrous sig h t when th e line of
We wish to express o u r deep gra-
daughter of Harold McCormick, oi
stum ps w ent up in th e a ir sim u lta n
; titu d e to all o u r kind frien d s for th e ir
the International Harvester Co.,
eously. A tall snag had been d y n a
many kindnesses d u rin g th e illness
and grand-daughter of John D.
' and d eath of o u r son and b ro th er and
m ited. At th e discharge It quivered
Rockefeller, has gained content of
for the many lovelv flo ral pieces
her parent* and the announcement
fo r a m om ent and then a g re a t crash
Mrs Mary M cAlister end Fam ily,
made of her engagement to Max
was heard an d then an o th e r as It
Mr. and Mrs E. B. Kirkwood.
Oaer, Swiss riding master. Guesses
stru
c
k
a
snag
n
ea
r
by.
are now many as to Oser’t age.
9CZ rua
See
the Buckeye brooders at L. L.
All a rran g e m en ts for th e dem on-
Some say S7, and others 48.
‘ K idder Hdwe. Co.’s store.
Over "00 people w ere p resent d u r
ing th e day and m ore th a n 500 w ere
p resent w hile th e Zysett stum p b u rn
ing system was being d em onstrated
la st S aturday aftern o o n a t C orbett.
N early one-half of th e persons pres
e n t were P o rtlan d business m en who
w ere Interested from an educational
sta n d p o in t and also on account of th e
la rg e am ount of logged off land in
J
jütSSES MANY AS TO
You Can’t Keep a Good Man Down.