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From Santa Claus—(Special to Outlook by Radio)—Reserve for Me 20 Pages Next Friday's Holiday Issue; Report at Once Names of All Kiddies T W IC E A W EEK G resham O utlook VOL. 12, NO. 82. LOCAL MEMBERS TO JOIN W.O.W. PARADE GRESHAM, MULTNOMAH UOUNl'Y, OKEG'»N. ( Ol VI ILS TO JOIN IN FARM BUREAU MEETING TUESDAY, D E IIM B IR PATRONIZE HOME MERCHANTS ! th is m e e tjn g as it p ro m ises to be a very im p o rta n t one. W hile th e te r r i- to ry of th e D am ascu s o rg a n iz a tio n lies in C lack am as co u n ty , it is in su ch clo se to u ch w ith M ultnom ah co u n ty th a t th e D am ascu s re p re se n ta tiv e s liave decided to jo in h a n d s w ith farm b u re a u m em b ers in th e n eig h b o rin g co u n ty . It is ex p ected th is union w ill be fo rm u la te d W ednesday evening. A good tu r n -o u t w ill h elp in m any w ays. Four Teams to Perform. F o u r team s of th e deg ree staff w ill ta k e a c tiv e p a rt in th e in itiatio n . A sp ecial sile n t fancy d rill w ill be put on by th e d eg ree team of M ultnom ah cam p. P ro sp e c t cam p d eg ree team w ill have c h a rg e of th e c a n d id a te s and a ls o w ilt acl as u sh ers. A la rg e rad io set w ill be in sta lle d In th e a u d ito riu m and a t a c e rta in h o u r d u rin g th e ev ening th e m em b ers w ill be ad d ressed by I. I. B oak, head c o n su l, w ho w ill be sp eak in g into th e tr a n s m itte r s of a b ro a d c a s tin g sta tio n in S an F ran cisco . Big m eetin g s w ill be held a t th e sam e tim e in S an F r a n cisco and D enver, w ith th e sam e kind of p ro g ram in th e o th e r cities. T h e in itia tio n an d ce le b ra tio n w ill be th e close of one of th e m o st su c c e ssfu l ca m p a ig n s for m em b ers w hich th e W oodm en of the W orld ever have co n d u cte d in th is d is tric t an d it w ill he un d o u b ted ly th e la rg e s t c la s s of c a n d id a te s ever in itia te d in to auy o r d er of th is s ta te a t one tim e. In G resh am and v icin ity th e re a re n e a rly 200 m em bers of th e W oodmen of th e W orld. Many of them a re m em b e rs of M ultnom ah Cam p No. 77 of P o rtla n d , w hich h as th e d istin ctio n of b eing th e la rg e s t cam p of th e W ood m en, and p robably th e la rg e s t sin g le lodge of an y fr a te rn a l o rd e r In th e w orld. It now h as n e a rly 6,000 m em b ers. Its n e a re s t riv al is G olden G ate C am p of S an F ran cisco . An effort is b eing m ade to have a la rg e d eleg a tio n of m em bers from th is lo c a lity a tte n d th e p a ra d e an d d em o n s tra tio n n ex t S a tu rd a y night. BASKET BALL LEAGUE TO MEET TIU RSDAY T h e m eetin g of th e B ask et B all L eag u e w hich w as to have been held la s t w eek a t th e O rien t g ra n g e h all w as po stp o n ed on a cco u n t of th e w e a th e r. It w ill be held on T h u rs day ev en in g of th is w eek, D ecem ber 14, a t thp O rien t g ra n g e h a ll. Six co m m u n ities expect to fu rn ish team s in on e league. T hey a re G resh am , O rien t. T ro u td a le , S p rin g d ale, C o rb ett an d B oring. T he A m erican L egion boys w ill fu rn ish a team in G resh am Great l.aw Enforcement Mass - M eeting. T h e Rev. J. W. H erw ig of P o rtla n d w ill d eliv er a law en fo rcem en t a d d ress a t th e M ethodist E p isco p al ch u rc h . G resh am , S unday, D ecem ber 17, a t 7:20 p m. P e rh a p s no p erso n is m ore ca p a b le to sp eak upon th e su b ject th a n Mr. H erw ig. H e is know n th ro u g h o u t th e c o u n try as a fe a rle ss le a d e r and is n o t a fra id to a tta c k la w le s sn e ss w h enever found. I t is e x pected th a i h is m essag e w ill be "red - h o t.'’ Mr. H erw ig in s is ts th a t th e peo ple w ho believe in law an d o rd e r have a duty to p erfo rm and m u st th o ro u g h ly back law en fo rcem en t officers in th e ir w ork. E v ery citizen of G re sh am should a tte n d th is m eeting. A th re e -re e l m otion p ictu re, “ S afe g u a rd in g th e N ation.” w ill be show n a t th e close of th e a d d ress. T h e p ic tu r e h a s a s tro n g law en fo rcem en t ap p eal. T he hig h ly ed u catio n al value c a n n o t be o v erestim ated an d no c iti zen c an see th e p ic tu re w ith o u t h a v ing h is civic co n scien ce stirre d . As th e ap p e a l Is for law e n fo rc e m ent an d on ac c o u n t of lim ited s e a t ing c a p a c l’y, ch ild re n u n acco m p an ied by th e ir p a re n ts w ill not be ad m itted . R em em ber It Is 7:30 o'clock. Come e a rly to get a seat. T h e c h u rc h e s of th * c ity w ill u n ite in th is m eeting. N T E D — E very boy and g irl to ave a X m as p re se n t put u p In a eat C h ris tm a s box w ith o u t cost, all F ir s t S ta te B ank. G resh am , reg o n . fo r in stru c tio n s. Subscribe now for the Outlook and your P o rtlan d Dally. NEW HIGH SCHOOL IS NEARIN’« COMPLETION It is ex p ected th a t th e new U nion H igh school at Bandy, w hich Is to be used fo r a h ig h sch o o l an d g ra d e school com bined w ill be re ad y fo r oc cu p an cy by C h ristm a s acco rd in g to w ord m ade p u b lic by th e school board. T ills n ew s Is w elcom e to both te a c h ers and p u p ils as th e p re s e n t q u a rte rs a re crow ded. T he d a te of th e d e d ica tio n of th e b u ild in g h a s n o t been a n nounced. o th e r seaso n s. P eople liv in g in a lo cality should reg ard th e sto re s of th e lo cality as ; th e ir ow n, an d th in k of th em as "o u r s to re s.” T hey a re n e c e ssa ry an d add t0 (be co n v en ien ce an d life and flnau- c ial g ro w th of th e n eighborhood. B ut th ey c a n n o t p ro sp e r w ith o u t th e co • o p eratio n of hom e o w n ers and resi- d en ts of th e locality. ASTORIA OLDEST (TTY IN OREGON A storia. O regon's oldest city, h as a ro m an tic p ast. Since th e tim e of its founding to th e tim e of th e la st fire, th e re has alw ay s been an u n u su al a ir of p ro g ressiv en ess and a le rtn e s s p re s ent. T he e arly population included people follow ing m any p u rsu its. T h ere w ere fu r tra p p e rs , boatm en, H udson Bay officials, fo r it w as once the seut of Jo h n M cL aughlin, fa th e r of O regon; gold m in ers from C alifo rn ia and A laska and e arly s e ttle rs w ho cro ssed th e p la in s and founded new hom es on th e fe rtile soil of C latsop county. L um berm en and fisherm en also cam e in larg e num bers. At one tim e A sto ria w as u n d er the B ritish flag. It w as la te r th e first postoffice w est of th e R ockies. It w as founded in 1811 by Jo h n Jaco b A stor c h a se s and th e n w onder w hy your w ho estab lish ed a fu r-tra d in g post th e re . hom e sto re s have su ch sm a ll stocks Former Fire Disastrous. ! a re sQ QUt of d ate A storia co n tin u ed to grow and L e tg be fa jr L e rs apply th e L et's th riv e . F ish erm en plied th e ir tra d e o u r b u y in g . L ef8 and th e splendid h a rb o r bro u g h t m any Golden R u le m ake .th e hom e tow n m e rc h a n t feel th a t we a re w ith him to th e fu lle st ex te n t of o u r ab ility . H is C h ristm as w ill be h ap p ier a n d so w ill ours. COUNTY CLUB AGENT ( ’Ll TUHES WIRES TO TO REMAIN IN COUNTY STOP FALL: KILLED Miss E th el M. C alkins, co u n ty club O scar E dw in C arlso n , sou of Mr. 1 and Mrs. G us C arlso n of P le a s a u t ag en t, is to c o n tin u e h er w ork us club j H om e, w as in s ta n tly k illed la s t F ri lead er in M ultnom ah county. H er r e day w hen h e c lu tch ed a t som e w ire s q u e st for a sm all in c re a se In s a la ry to to stop h is fall from a roof. T h e cover expenses w as g ra n te d by th e e le c tric ity fro m th e h ig h ten sio n w ires tax com m ission w hen th e co u n ty bud- proved fa ta l. Y oung C arlso n h ad Ket w as accepted. T he b u d g et w as p assed by th e co u n ty com m issioners been em ployed fo r th e p a st tw o y e a rs , . .. , ... , . ___ * 1 som e tim e ago h u t it h a s ju s t been s c a t th e s ta te fish h a tc h e ry a t B onne- cepted by th e tax com m ission, ville. T h e h eav y sn o w s th is w in te r W hen Miss C alk in s ask ed fo r a w ere th o u g h t to be lodged to o heavily little la rg e r a p p ro p ria tio n to cover FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15 on th e ro o fs of th e b u ild in g s and expenses, h er re q u e s t w as indorsed IS POTATO DAY young C arlso n w as s e n t u p on th e : by th e various re p re s e n ta tiv e s of the roof to shovel th e snow off. W hile j county. A m ong o th e rs in te re ste d In F rid a y , D ecem ber 15, is th e day set th u s o ccupied, his feet b eg an to slip ' clu b w ork and anx io u s to see Miss asid e by th e D am ascu s F arm B u reau and tie c lu tc h e d at th e e le c tric w ires, C alkins rem ain in th e co u n ty w as R. as P o ta to Day. T he day w ill be d e an d w as k illed by th e stro n g e le c tric a l S abin, a fa rm e r living n e a r B oring, voted to th e d iscu ssio n of th e g ro w shock w hich he received. 1 He has k-‘pt In clo se touch w ith d u b ing of p o tato es. All p erso n s in te r Young C arlso n w as b o rn in M itchell, w ork and realized th e difficulty of ested a re ask ed to m e e t a t th e C. 8. South D akota, on O cto b er 22, 1892. finding som eone w ho could c a rry on M udge h a ll in D am ascus. He and his p a re n ts h av e lived in th e th e club w ork so su cc e ssfu lly as the An a ll-d a y sessio n w ill be held. P le a s a n t H om e ■ d is tric t for th e p a st p re s e n t county lead e r h as done. Som e in te re s tin g sp e a k e rs w ill be 17 y ears. D u rin g th e W orld W ar he T he new s th a t Miss C alk in s is to p re s e n t and ta lk on p o tato es am ong [ e n j a n d serv ed as b u g le r in thf> rem ain in th e c o u n t/ w ill be good whom w ill be E. R. Ja c k m a n , s p e c ia l C oast A rtille ry w hich w as statio n ed new s to th e clu b m em bers. M any of ist from O. A. C., w ho w ill ta lk on in C alifo rn ia. B esides his p a re n ts, he them have ex p ressed th em selv es by “P o ta to G ra d in g ”. S. B. H all, M ult is su rvived by tw o b ro th e rs. saying th ey did not know w hat club nom ah co u n ty a g e n t w ill a lso be one F u n e ra l se rv ic e s w ere h eld M onday w ork w ould be w ith o u t her. of th e sp e a k e rs. aftern o o n a t 1 o 'clo ck a t th e P le a s a n t L u n ch w ill be serv ed a t noon. A ¡ Home B a p tist ch u rc h . T h e Rev. D. Q. ( I RR1NSYILLE WOMAN co rd ial in v ita tio n is ex ten d ed to e v e ry B arry p reach ed th e serm o n . In te r- BURIED IN GRESHAM one to be p re s e n t at th is m eeting. It melR w as a t D ouglas cem etery . p ro m ises to be one of in te re s t as w ell ______________ T he Rev. H. B ru eu ag el w as called upon S a tu rd a y to co n d u ct th e fu n eral as b eing in s tru c tiv e . ¡MILLIKIN BRINGS HOME HUGE LEMON of Mrs. E lizab eth L in g elb ach , a pio Wise Children. n eer re sid e n t of C u rrin sv ille . R equiem T h e c h ild re n a re w ise r now th an W hen D. P. M illikin re tu rn e d y e s m ass w as said a t E sta c a d a and th e th ey used to be, b u t th e n th e w orld is te rd a y fro m h is tr ip to s o u th e rn T ex body w as b ro u g h t to G resh am w here m uch w iser, too. S ev eral m o n th s ago I took my little as. he b ro u g h t w ith him a huge it w as in te rre d in St. J o s e p h 's cem e g irl, age eig h t, on m y knee and told lem on, a s la rg e as a good sized g ra p e tery . h er th a t fa irie s had b ro u g h t a little fru it. I t Is of th e p o n ta ro s a v ariety M rs. L in g icb ach w as born in E au- s tra n g e r to o u r hom e. It w as a little boy an d w as going to be h e r b ro th e r. an d m e a su re s 17% in ch es one w ay C laire, W isconsin, 53 y e a rs ago. She She hopped dow n off my knee and ! and 18 in ch es th e o th er. W hile th is | s su rv iv ed by h er h u sb an d , V alentine sa id : v ariety is o f a good q u a lity , it is n o t . L in g elb ach , an d seven ch ild re n . One "Oh. g im m e a sta m p ! I m going to g ro w n to an y g re a t e x te n t a s it is too ] d a u g h te r and a s is te r a re n u n s in the » » -» « » onri toll him " w rite b ro th e r T om m y an d tell him ; la rg e for co m m ercial p u rp o ses. B eaverton co n v en t an d both w ere in B ro th e r T om m y w as a t a b o y s’ I .................. school. So, I sm iled, gave h er th e Mr. M illikin w as on a b u sin ess trip a tte n d a n c e a t th e fu n eral. stam p an d c u rio u sly w atch ed w h at to M ercedes, T ex as, in th e low er Rio M oney to loan on real e s ta te . B. she w ro te. T h is w as h e r le tte r : G range valley, w h ere he o w ns seven "Dear lo m tn y : You have 1° 8 t' a c re s w ith in th e city lim its. He w as W. T h o rn e , a t B an k of G resh am . Send m e th e q u a rte r. I t ’s a boy.’ — T h e K ab ieg ram .________________ 'a w a y se v eral w eeks,________________________ I'h o n " su b s c rip tio n s to 1561 #1.50 l’er Year 12, 1»22 la rg e d eleg atio n of D am ascu s T h is is th e seaso n , p e rh a p s m o re t Jf y o u r m e rc h a n t h a s not p u t in a a im B u ita u m em b eis w ill be Preb ’ th a n an y o th e r, w hen b u y ers sh o u ld ( stock c o m m e n su ra te w ith th e re q u ire eu t a t a co m m u n ity m eetin g w hich is be urged to give th e ir first c o n sid e ra m en ts and d e sire s of h is p a tro n s th e N ext S a tu rd a y , D ecem ber 16, in to be h eld W ednesday evening, De tio n to th e hom e m e rc h a n ts. It th ey ch an ces a re he trie d it once, people P o rtla n d , w ill o ccu r th e big dem on cem b er 13, in th e Pow ell V alley a re w o rth p a tro n iz in g a t any tim e w ent elsew h ere to buy, th e m e rc h a n t scho o lh o u se. 8. A. R offerts, se c re ta ry s tra tio n of th e W flbdmen of th e W orld lost m oney an d is a fra id to v e n tu re of th e D am ascu s o rg an izatio n , w ill th ey a re e n title d to y o u r holiday w hen it is expected th a t th o u sa n d s of again. tra d e . h av e c h a rg e of th e m eeting. m em b ers and c a n d id a te s w ill be in th e In m ost c a se s they h av e an tic ip a te d Very few m e rc h a n ts w ill.fa il to r e T he m eetin g w as c a lled a t th e sug- line of p a ra d e m arch in g to th e p u b lic | g estio n o{ th e v lsitiu g ia rn i b u reau y o u r needs an d have gone to e x tra ex spond if you let them know w h at you a u d ito riu m w h ere u p w ard s of 10,000 m em b ers, w ho w ill te ll of th e w ork pense an d tro u b le to p ro v id e to r y o u r w ant an d show a p u rp o se to co o p er m em b ers a re expected. 1 acco m p lish ed d u rin g th e p a st y e a r by w ants. S tric tly h o lid ay goods a re a te w ith them . All cam ps of th e W oodm en of th e , , W orld of P o rtla n d , n o rth e rn O regon ' th e ir o rg a n iz a tio n an d d .scu ss w avs w o rth little o r n o th in g a t an> o th e r It Is so easy to go to th e big city and so u th w e ste rn W ashin g to n a re list- in w h,ch th e D am ascu s F arm B u reau tim e of y ear. H ence th ey m u st be , w here sto ck s a re b ew ild eriu g ly larg e ed to p a rtic ip a te in th is g re a t event. an d th e Pow ell V alle y F arm B u reau sold w hen sea so n a b le o r th e m e rc h a n t ' and it m ay be p ric e s a trifle low er, T h e p a ra d e w ill s ta r t from E lev en th can co o p e ra te in th e w o rk to be c a r- su ffers a loss. A lo ss a t th is seaso n l'o u see so m an y p re tty th in g s you a nd A lder p ro m p tly a t 7 p. m. T h e ried on d u rin f^ th e co m in g y ear, m ak es it h a rd e r to keep up a good j c a n 't help but buy. You probably in itia tio n of tw o th o u san d c a n d id a tes It is hoped a la rg e n u m b er of Pow - ell V alley m em b ers w ill be p re s e n t a t I an d d ° a P ro fitab le b u sin ess a t over buy. You c a rry hom e y o u r p u r w ill be held in th e au d ito riu m . M ayor B ak er w ill give an a d d re s s of w elcom e an d the m ain a d d re ss of th e ev en in g w ill be by W alter M. P ierce, g o v ern o r-elect of O regon. T h e re w ill be bands, d rill team s, o f ficers. c a n d id a te s and m em b ers in th e lin e of m arch . C a n d id ates w ill com e from m ore th a n 40 cam ps of th e o rd e r, P o rtla n d su p p ly in g m ore th a n 1500. A side d eg ree w ill be c o n ferred by a p ick ed team . TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS sh ip s and people th u s adding to the population. T hen cam e th e blow, the g re a t tire of 1883, w hen a saw m ill on th e w a te rfro n t cau g h t on fire. T he fire sp read u n til it w iped out sev eral blo ck s of w h a rfs and residences. T h is situ a tio n w as m ade w o rse w hen a band of ruffians sto le som e liquor and took the city by storm . D rinking and p lu n d e rin g of houses continued th ro u g h o u t th e night. O rd er, how ever, w as finally resto red . T h is d isco u rag em en t did not stop th e people from building up a la rg e r and b e tte r city. T h is has been sp e c ially tru e d u rin g th e p ast few years. F in e schools, c h u rc h e s an d business b u ild in g s have been co n stru cte d . I’o rt te rm in a ls th a t a re of th e b est have been built. T he city is also noted for its beau tifu l hom es. New s tre e ts have been b u ilt and paved, and a new pipe line estab lish ed to bring in a la rg e r su p p ly of m o u n tain w ater from B ear cre e k to the city re s e rv o irs is now be ing com pleted. T h is b rief sk etch gives only a sm all p o rtio n of th e in te re stin g h isto ry of A storia. To th in k th a t th e h e a rt of su ch a city lies In ru in s is h ard to believe. T he people, how ever, a re a l read y ra lly in g an d w ill soon be m ore an x io u s th a n ev er to w ork w ith r e new ed vigor to rebuild th e city. It I’ iijs to Advertise. T he value of an ad In th e classified colum ns of th e p aper w as b ro u g h t to th e a tte n tio n of th e O utlook by an ! a d v e rtise r who paid 35 c en ts for one in se rtio n and on th e stre n g th of the add sold tw o in cu b ato rs and tw o brood- , ers an d had calls for th ree in cu b ato rs and fo u r brooders a fte r he had sold out. Tw o h u n d red chickens w ere sold in th e stre n g th of th e sam e ad. UNANIMOUS VOTE IS GIVEN TO BUDGET T he school budget w as approved by th e u nanim ous vote of th e special m eeting called last S atu rd ay to co n sid e r th e m itie r . As school m eetings i go th is -vaj w ell atten d ed , th e re being 13 votes cast on th e q u estio n at Issue. S everal school p a tro n s cam o in too late ”e r th e vo tin g but rem alu ed for i r in .o . r ia l d iscu ssio n of school m a t te rs oi Intel est to ail. A s ih e re su lt ot th is vote, tl e school xi.ird is a u th o iiz d to p u rch ase th e tw o a cres Cf land ad jo in in g th e p re s en t school' g ro u n d s on th e w est. T his will give th e d is tric t a tr a c t of four a c re s, c e n tra lly located, well d rain ed and ad m irab ly su ited for th e e n larg ed school p ro g ram w hich w ill of n eces sity be c a rrie d o u t in th e n e a r fu tu re. A fter th e sp ecial b u sin ess of th e day w as atten d ed to. C h airm an A rth u r D ow sett of th e school board invited d iscu ssio n of any school questio n s. T he need of g re a te r facilities for c a r ing for th e gro w in g school seem ed to be u p p erm o st in th e m inds of all. An in fo rm al vote show ed th e se n tim e n t of th e m eeting to be in favor of a new build in g at th e e a rlie s t possible dates. it w as stated by Mr. D ow sett th a t a m odern, 16-room building, w ith a s sem bly and th e u su al cloak room s and office w ould co st ap p ro x im ately $50,- 000. T h re e -fo u rth s of th ese cla ss room s a re needed now , said Mr. Dow sett, as every av a ila b le space in the p re s e n t s tru c tu r e is In use. se v eral g ra d e s a re ab o u t to th e lim it of size for c re d ita b le w ork and w ill need to be divided soon. T he school is In c re a s in g about a room a y ear and w ill probably m ake a g re a te r gain from now on. T he location of a new building w as discussed so m ew h at and th e con cen su s of opinion seem ed to be th n t the play shed should he moved back and th e new building placed in such a po sitio n th a t it w ould c e n te r ab o u t w here th e play shed is and extend p a rtly on the site of th e p re s e n t building and p a rtly on th e new gro u n d . T h e w hole m a tte r w ill be b ro u g h t before th e v o ters of th e d is tric t a t a m uss m eetin g w hich w ill be called liy th e hoard som etim e in F eb ru ary . C o ttrell com m unity ch u rc h L adles' Aid b a z a a r, F rid a y evening, Dec. 15. W anted Loan*. $900. 70 a c re s on m ain road in C lack am as county. $4500. 80 a c re s in M ultnom ah c o u n ty. $1000. Im proved p ro p erty in G resh am . B. W. THO RNE, a t B ank of G resham . » s Annual $ Holiday $ Nutúbrr I GRESHAM OUTLOOK Our Annual Paul Revere Issue of Friday, Dec. 15 Containing Stories of Community Progress, Christmas Leatures, Greetings, Christmas An nouncements, Correspondence, Pictures, Etc., Etc. Orders taken for extra copies while they last. 10f per copy, wrapped and mailed. Form « w ill close T h u rs d a y N ig h t. A ll m a tte r fo r this issue should reach the O u tlo o k by th at I £ I tim e. Holttiay (Outlook ■» FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15 P N r. E 1561 rn H u O .N noi «