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GRESHAM OUTLOOK, HOLIDAY NUMBER
Friday, December 15, 1922
of the county, a te engaged quite ex- I 2?
tensively in growing general farm
crops.
Poultry.
GEORGE R. ANDERSON
J. A. LAUDERBACK 1!
W hile th ere a re no large poultry I =
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yards here th ere are num erous sm all
By G. N. SAGER.
dairy b arn to provide room for her ! flocks of from 100 to 1500 fowls. In
F or the inform ation of those who grow ing herd of registered Jerseys.
the aggregate the industry is quite a
a re not fam iliar with the location of
Jen n e Lind suburban tract, which factor in the assets of the community.
th is beautiful little valley we will is a sub-division of the original Jenne Among the leading fanciers are C. A.
sta te th a t it is situated 11 miles east donation land claim, was put on the E kstrand, L. W agner, Victor Riicula,
and south of P ortland, three miles m ark et som ething over a year ago by D. Savo, Aaron S pringer and Howard
beyond the city lim its and four miles P. P. Jenne, present owner. About Tltsel.
south and west of G resham and is one-half of the holdings have been
General Farming.
trav ersed by the F oster road. The disposed of and homes to the number
G eneral farm ing is still carried on
area of the valley proper is approx­ of 19 have already been established to a considerable extent. However,
im ately two m iles in width by three thereon. A g reat m ajority of the p u r­ the larg er farm s are one by one being
In length, and Is practically surround­ chasers of these tra c ts are people who subdivided into tra c ts of from one to
ed by low lying hills, ranging in a lti­ have positions or a sm all business in tw enty acres each. The new ow ners
tude from three to five hundred feet. the city and who are seeking to get for the m ost p a rt are giving th eir a t­
These hills In a m easure protect the aw ay from the exhorbltant taxes and tention to fru its and poultry raising.
valley from the severe winds th at high ren ta ls th a t make living in town A considerable acreage is being de­
some tim es prevail In adjacent te rr i­ well nigh impossible for those pos­ voted to tru ck gardening.
tory.
sessing sm all means.
Transportation ami Electrlr Lights.
The soil in this locality is u n su r­
Berry Plantations.
T he n o rthern border-land of the
passed in richness and productivity
The total num ber of acres planted valley is trav ersed by th e G resham -
anyw here in th e W illam ette valley to berries in th is vicinity is conserva­
and is particularly adapted to the tively estim ated at 200. The red ra sp ­ E stacada, and Bull Run lines of the
glow ing of fruits, (especially berries), berry leads with an acreage of more P o rtland Railw ay Light & Power
Two stations. Sycam ore
Alberts, w alnuts, and general farm than 100, straw b erries come next with Company.
and
Jenne,
afford
passenger and ship­
products. T his region is also well an acreage estim ated at 75. The re ­
ping facilities for this section of the
adapted and has many advantages for m aining acreage covers blackberries,
country. However, by far the g reater
dairying and poultry raising.
loganberries, cu rran ts, gooseberries
The w ater supply is am ple and is and blackcaps. A large m ajority of part of the traffic from this neighbor­
Gresham, Oregon, Rt. A
Phone 1083 =
derived from wells and springs. T hat the grow ers are m em bers of the Berry hood is taken care of by the motor
car
and
truck.
th e re has not been a case of sickness G row ers association w ith head q u ar­
The P. R. L. & L. Company has
occasioned by the use of im pure wa- ters located in Gresham . N otw ith­
te r in this neighborhood during a standing the ra th e r low prices re ­ extended its nower lines from Linne-
period of over 40 years attests its ceived for the fru it during the season mann Junction along P leasan t View
avenue, and from Jenne Station along
purity and healthfulness.
ju st past, the grow ers are shewing
Fully 75 per cent of the adjacent their faith in the ultim ate success of Jenne road, Sycam ore road and F os­
hill lands are as yet undeveloped, the industry by planting additional ter road w hich provides residents
along these thoroughfares with light
some of It is still covered with tim acreage.
and power.
her. However, the tim ber is being
Tree Fruits.
.
Roads.
rapidly converted into lumber and
Including apples, pears, cherries,
The
F
oster
road, which
ru n s
cordwood for which there is an ever prunes and plums, th e re is approxi­
through the valley, is paved from the
Increasing demand.
m ately 200 acres now in bearing. A
This hill land, when brought under very large per cent of this acreage city lim its of P o rtland to the Multno- :
cultivation, is very productive, in fact Is apples. Among the larger grow ers mah and Clackam as county line.
T hrough the action of the Clackam as !
It is better suited to the growing of of these fru its we would mention J. Z.
county
co u rt the F oster road, begin- '
nuts and the tree fru its than a re the Olson, F. A. Lehman, H. E. Poppleton-
nlng at the county line and running j
low lands.
f'has. Ericson, Will Richey, Law rence through to D am ascus, has been creat- !
The chief industries of the valley Stevens annd A. I). Olson.
ed a m arket road and co n tracto rs are
are fruit growing, poultry raising,
Filberts.
now busy delivering crushed rock for 1
dairying, and general farming. Con­
This n arrativ e would be incomplete the base p rep arato ry to hard surfac-J
sidering the adverse conditions under
w ithout reference to P ercy Giese’s ing next spring. All other roads
which these Industries have labored
filbert orchard. So far as we know throughout the valley are m acadam ­
during the past three years, it would
Mr. Giese is the pioneer in th is p a r­ ized or graveled.
indeed speak well for thos<i engaged
ticu lar line of the nut Industry in this
P leasan t Valley supports a general
In them to say th a t they have held
section of th e state. Mr. Giese re ­ m erchandise store and a garage. The
th eir own in a financial sense. How­
tired from active farm ing a num ber of form er is owned and operated by our
ever, It affords us g reat pleasure and
years ago, retaining a few acres of his
satisfaction to be able to say th a t the farm for a home. He determ ined Vo genial m erchant, C. C. Babbidge. The
latter is under th e m anagem ent of A.
people of our little valley have not
set out a portion of th is acreage to E. Oades who is ever ready to tak e j
only held their own but have made
W e believe in the future of Clackamas County,
Albert tree s as he said "to have some­ care of those who may be in need of j
substantial gains, as is show by the
and invite your business.
thing to play with."
his services.
many im provem ents th a t are In evi­
The venture has not only afforded
School.
,
dence throughout the neighborhood.
Mr. Giese a source of much pleasure
A year ago th e d istrict found it I
Iliilldliig.
and pastim e but has added m aterially necessary to add an o th er room to the i
More than 100 buildings of various to his bank account and incidentally school to ca re for the growing at- I '
kinds and sizes, ranging from chicken brought renow n to his name as Mr. tendance. The d istrict now has a [ '
houses to modern residences, huve Giese has come to be considered an three-room school which has met and
been erected during the past two au th o rity on th e subject of Albert complied with all requirem ents neces­
years. Of this num ber, 45 were domi­ growing.
sary for standardization. The en ro ll­
vices is not as good as they should of th
is neighborhood. The grange
gran g e form ing th is beautiful little valley
this
ciles ranging in cost from a few h un­
I>a fry ing.
ment at present is about 100. The , be for a com m unity of thi8 size. Thi
owns
its
hall
and
its
doors
have
a l­ from a w ilderness Into the m odern
dred, to live thousand dollars. Among
D airying is an o th er one of the lead­ school has th e cooperation of a work- however> ,B probably accounted for by
ways been open to th e social and ed u ­ com m unity th a t It Is today. Forty-
the more pretentious buildings we ing in d u stries of this section. Among ing P aren t-T each er association which
would m ention the homes of (1. H. the larg er o perators are H. Paulsen, meets tw ice a m onth for the consider­ reason of so m any having affiliations cational activities of the com munity. two years ago th e re w ere not to ex­
Richey, W. L. K esterson, T. R. Berry, Lutz B rothers, G. A. Bowen, C. Hem- ation of problem s of moment to all with churches of th eir p articu la r Much of the progress made in th is ceed two-gpore homes in the valley.
faith which they can attend in P o rt­ vicinity had its inception in the
T. E. Taylor, J. H. Nolta, Ben Nelson, rich, F. B orter and the Bliss Brothers. concerned.
Today th ere are upw ards of 200 homes
land or Gresham . The Sunday school grange.
Roy Miller, Jos. Lilly, W alter E del­ Besides th ere are quite a num ber of
w ithin th e confines of this sam e area.
Church.
however
is
b
etter
attended
and
the
man and Glen Harmon F. W. Hill, C. sm all producers who a re milking from
Forty-tw o y ears ago we w ere ten
Community Fair.
The sp iritu al necessities of the in te rest seem s to be grow ing from
A. E kstrand and Jus. Kelly each have six to tw elve cows. All of the larper nq^liborhood are being taken care of
L ast October 7th the first commu m iles from th e city lim its of P ortland.
m
onth
to
month.
expended several hundred dollars re ­ dairies have modern equipm ent for by the P leasan t Valley com munity
nity fair ever staged in the valley Today we a re less th an th ree miles
modelling
a id
modernizing their handling th e ir piod let.
Grange.
was held in th e grange hall. The ex­ distant. The road leading to th e city
church under th e m inistration of the
homes. Miss Nellie McKinley has ju st
The Bliss Bros., in addition to con­ Rev. E. G. Ranton. In point of num-
hibits consisted of over 40 varieties of at th a t date w as little m ore th an a
P
leasan
t
Valley
gran
g
e
has
long
tintshed building an addition to her ducting the larg est dairy in th is p art b tr s the atten d an ce
church ser- been a factor in the com m unity life g rasses and legumes, m any varieties tra il m eandering through a dense fo r­
of grains, fresh fru its of all kinds in est rough and tfheven in sum m er tim e
season, canned, preserved and desicat- and full of mud holes of uncertain-
ed fru its, and vegetables of the depth in the w inter time. The nearest
finest q uality galore, also poultry postoffice at th a t tim e was E ast P o rt­
and dairy products. T here w ere land. Some tim es we received our
m any beautiful pieces of needlecraft mail once a week, som etim es once a
Forty-tw o years ago the
on display. The exhibits of the school month.
clubs, both In products of the soil and beautiful little city of G resham was
I handiw ork w ere excellent. The a r tis ­ as yet undream ed of. Time has
tic settin g and arran g em en ts of the w rought w onderful changes in this
7 J ! exhibition brought forth many ex- brief span.
When we th in k of th e progress that
w? ' pressions of com m endation and ad-
Gifts for
Gift Goods
has been made ii^ th e realm of science
V« m iration from visitors present.
the
in
The success of the show exceeded in all of its m ultitudinous ram ifica­
Whole Family
•JÀ the most sanguine expectations of the tions, we are constrained to exclaim
Holiday Boxes
( N 1 prom oters, and was a splendid ex- W hat w ill the next two score years
| am ple -of w hat the sp irit of coopera­ bring forth?
tion will do in a community.
SI BOKDINATE GRANGES
Retrospection.
ELECT NEW OFFICERS
It has been the privilege of the w rit­
er of this som ew hat disconnected nar-
At the m eeting last S aturday, F air-
i rative to have w itnessed and to have view grange elected new officers who
! p articip ated in th e w ork of tra n s-
a re Mrs. Jean ette G rant, m aster; Mrs.
John Jonas, overseers; Mrs. E. R. D.
Hollensted. le ctu rer; Mrs. Wm. Sales,
chap lain ; Mrs. J. W. Townsend, sec­
re ta ry ; J. W. Townsend, stew ard;
Rev. E. R D. H ollensted. assistan t
stew ard ; Miss C lara Sales, lady as­
sistan t; Mrs. tlohn Mollar. Pomona;
Mrs
P eterson, C eres; Mrs. E arl
Townsend. Flora.
A com plete list of officers of the
Gresham grange, elected last S a tu r­
*Jlü.A ,irk
day are M. M. Squire, m aster; F rank
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Hodge, overseer; Mrs. H. A. Curry,
W om en's Fancy Boxed Em ­
lectu rer; Mrs. Geo. S leret; stew ard.
broidered H andkerchiefs In a t ­
Geo. Honey, assistan t stew ard; Mrs.
Our stock of Hoj-e is com ­
tractive Holiday Boxes,
A. Ruegg, lady assistan t stew ard;
plete,
latest
colors
and
styles
at
10«- to 50c
Mrs. Wm. H ornecker. chap lain; Mrs.
lowest prices.
M. M. Squire, se creta ry ; Geo. Leslie,
tre a su re r; Geo. S leret, g atekeeper'
Evelyn C urry. Ceres; M argaret Ani-
ker. Pom ona; Clara Mason, Flora.
At the December m eeting of Colum­
W est of Post office,
bia grange, officers were elected for
1923 who are W F. Henkle. re-elected
on Pow ell St.
m aster; Joe Dobing, overseer; Veda
Butler, lectu rer; C lara E Smith, re ­
He wish to thank our
elected. se creta ry ; Fred Benfield;
Minnie Pounder, chap lain ; Lewis Ben­
friends and patrons
field. tre a su re r; Fred K nieriem . re ­
for their past favors
elected assistan t stew ard; Wm Kay
Morgan, gatekeeper; Mary Northway,
and Wish them
C eres; Marie Evans, Pom ona: G lenora
B utler, F lo ra; F rances K nieriem .
PLEASANT VALLEY IS
THRIVING LOCALITY
ORIENT LUMBER CO.
PAINT,
NAILS
SHINGLES AND ROOFING
Clackamas County Bank
Wishes all it’s Friends and Patrons
3 itterrp (Christmas anti 9 ft)appv J2ctu Sear
PROTECTION AND ACCOMODATION
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The Christmas Store
The Holiday Goods you want are still in stock.
Our lines are still incomparable in
extent and variety.
Do Your Shopping Early
W e Have Everything
That the Market Affords
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TODD’S
Phone 1411
BARBER SHOP
your order for
Xmas Goodies
FELT FOOT WEAR
Brown, Gray, Oxford, Pink and
Green, matched ribbon and pom
poms, felt insole, cushion heel
95c to $1.75
WALRAD MERC. CO.
/ he House of Quality
Telephone 1411
Nut», Candies, Fruits,
and Vegetables,
Staple and Fancy
Groceries
.4 Merry Christmas %
and
.4 Happy New Year
KAZORS HON Fit
BATHS IN I ONNFt TION
Agency for National Laundry
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The county grange meeting was
™
well attended. T here were from 200
to 250 present during the day and
evening sessions.
R epresentatives
w ere present from all of the county
granges.
Money to lotn on real estate.
W. Thorne, at Bank of Gresham
Say It with a Want Ad.'