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T W IC E A W EEK G resham O utlook VOL. 12. NO. M LEE EVANS LOSES WAREHOUSE AND GARAGE BY FIRE GRESHAM, MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON, JERSEY COW IS AWARDED MEDAL TUESDAY. DECEMHER 1», l»2á COUNTY AGENT MAKES HIS ANNUAL REPORT TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS $1.50 Per Year POTATO GRADING IS DISCUSSED AT BUREAU MEETING The Rev. J. Truedson announces the Flossie May St. Mawes, a registered following coming events on the p ro | Jersey cow owned by Geo. Law rence gram of the Powell Valley Swedish . and son of Springw ater, has been L utheran church: ' aw arded a gold medal by the Ameri The annual rep o rt of County Agent w ent. This year th e re w ere 32 adults Sunday, Dec. 24. Morning services can Jersey Cattle club for butterfat S. B. H all for Multnomah county g iv -| and 50 club m em bers who entered the | No evening service. Sunday “Potato Day”, as it w as observed Fire of unknow n origin completely | production. Starting ner year's test en to the extension service, Oregon potato certification work. 1 he adult school ut 10 and preaching at 11. last F riday at Damascus proved a j a t 8 years and 11 m onths of age, she A gricultural College, covers th e w ork class entered 180 acres of potatoes C hristm as m orning, December 25. destroyed the garage and warehouse com plete success. Much valuable in produced 743 pounds of b u tterfat and accom plished during the past year, and the club m em bers l l ’j acres, vesper services at 5:30 a. tn . of Lee Evans at T routdale early Mon 14,822 pounds of milk in 365 days. Her commencing December 1, 1921, and making a to tal of 191*2 acres. Of this Tlie W om an’s Home M issionary so- form ation on th e all im portant sub day m orning, together w ith two prac ! average was 5.25 per cent. D uring her ending December 1, 1922. The y ear’s . num ber 53** , acres passed the first in- , ciety w ill m eet in th e church on ject of potatoes was given by the v ar tically new tru ck s, one of three-tons year’s test she was exhibiteo at three activities Included work on soils, spection and . 3 4 acres passed the ThurjJ<,ay afterlloon> December 28. at ious speakers during the all-day ses- ■ : 2 o’clock. Upon invitation, Mrs. Carl sioti. Tlie main speaker was E. R. capacity, and one a tw o-ton truck I fairs, winning many prizes including drainage, crops, potato ce rtifica tio n ,1 second inspection. Jackm an, extension specialist and g rain certifleation, h o rticulture, dairy- Aside from th e reg u lar certiflca- jloste8S> the milking contest at O reshrm , fitted up as a school bus, also a Ford against all breeds. Her best month ing, poultry raising, m arketing, ex- tion w ork, five potato improvement , Ueccmber 31 New Y ear’s eve, the potato inspector. His topic was "Po sedan, some coal, hay, oil, gasoline and was April when she produced 1,S1S term ination of rodents I pests, clubs w ere formed in as many differ- Young People's society will hold its tato D iseases". The following is an F arm ers' ent com m unities w ith u m embership yearly festival, sta rtin g at 9 o’clock excerpt from his talk: tools. When th e fire was discovered a pounds of milk and 97 pounds of b ut stum ping dem onstration. Over 4000 acres of potatoes were part of the building had fallen in and terfat which Is the equivalent of 119 Week. Multnomah county farm , home ’f 30 grow ers. These clubs w ere or- p. m. and to continue until the New entered for seed certification in the within ten m inutes the rest had fallen pounds of butter. She carried calf dem onstrations and outlook for the ganized w ith the grow ers who w ere Year is welcomed in. A program of sta te this year. About 1000 acres or 25 Following is a condensed interested in seed im provem ent work, speaking and music will be given. in the m ass of flames, so th a t nothing 276 days during her test.—American future. Each farm er sta rted in with f ro m . , ,, , . ... per cent passed the first inspection statem ent of Mr. H all's rep o rt: w hatever could be saved. Four cows, Jersey Cattle Club. , .. , . . Popcorn and light refreshm ents will and about 500 acres or 1 2 4 per cent one-half to one acre of the best seed b passed th e second Inspection hut otr which had been tied in the rear of the Program of Work. available. Two field m eetings w ere e 80 1 this num ber, only about 250 or 6 '. per building, w ere found outside the place POULTRY SPECIALIST The church congregation will hold The program of w ork for th is year will pass the bin inspection tn TO DISCUSS FEEDING was chiefly concerned with th e im- conducted in each of th e com munities the yearly convention on T hursday, cent unharm ed, one w ith a piece of rope February. and each grow er Is hill selecting from j It w(n bp heW The g rea test trouble was caused by hanging to h er neck. W hether they Mr. H. E. Cosby, P oultry Specialist 1 provem ent of potatoes and of berry this area of carefully rogued seed • ........ the church and will commence ut 10 w hat is known as mosaic. To give a broke th e ir ropes and escaped or were growing methods. The potato im stock, for his seed for a sim ilar plot good exam ple of how th is disease can released by some person is uncertain. is to discuss Feeding of P oultry for provem ent work is one of the biggest o'clock. spread if preventative m easures are the coming year. T his potato crop The estim ated loss is $9300; $6000 W inter Egg Production at the two problem s in th is county, as a large not taken, the 50 club boys who planted w ork is creatin g a g reat deal of in insurance w as carried. dem onstration farm s in Multnomah I acreage la grown each year. The te re st a t th is tim e, but the real r e tional program was given, was held higli quality seed w ere mentioned, bi many cases these boys planted thefr M isfortune seem s to follow Mr. county on Friday, December 22. principal m arket outlet for them from sults w ill not be show n until another at tlie farm of H. G. Mullenhoff. potatoes next to the patches of their Evans. A few weeks ago he was in a The meeting in the forenoon will th is section is for seed stock in Cali- One other phase of the work was fath ers In which inferior seed was year’s w ork has been com pleted in collision w hich entaileu a damage of be a t 10 o’clock at th e J. H. Lindgren fornia. The average potatoes of the 5 ^hlg p r o j e c t th a t of the control of hem orrhagic used. The re su lt was the disease $500 on his school bus, which had just farm, on th e Boring road about five county are mixed in variety and quite septicem ia, which was handled with spread. An Inspection of the fields Grain Certifleation. been repaired when the lire destroyed miles southeast of Gresham. bady infected with various diseases ! the assistan ce of the sta te v eterin ar showed th a t w here the home grown it. A m onth ago someone entered his The meeting in the afternoon will which makes it necessary for more ) In th e g rain certification work, 16 ian. Five grade herds w ere inspected Inferior potatoes were planted in tlie center witli 100 per cent mosaic, tlie new house w hich is tinder construc be at 2 o’clock at the E. A. P riest constructive work to be conducted by acres of beardless barley passed the in w hich 31 individuals w ere vaccin good seed next to it contained 15 per way of establishing more strain s of 1 field inspection but was damaged by tion and stole all the builders’ h ard poultry farm a t Multnomah. Thia ated and four purebred herds w ere cent w hile fu rth e r out in the good plot ware, valued a t $125, of which no farm is located three blocks east of | b etter seed and strain s w hich are rain. T he 20 acres of H annchen bar- Inspected in which 60 individuals were tlie disease decreased to 9 per cent still fu rth e r away to 6 per cent. trace has been found. About the the Multnomah schoolhouse on Illehea m ore free from diseases and getting ley owned by R. Beadle passed the vaccinated. In n either case was and It was also found th a t w here certified same tim e th e new house was set on Way. Going by way of the Oregon them spread to the various grow ers fi^ld inspection but the laboratory there any loss afterw ards. seed was planted on the opposite side I te st has not yet been completed. fire, presum ably by someone who had E lectric the place is th ree blocks w ithin the county. A num ber of purebred anim als have of the field, an average of 40 per cent slept thf re for the night, as a bed of north of Ryan Place. The problem in berry cu ltu ral prac- Pure Seed D istribution, been located and brought Into the mosaic w as found. The disease had spread by p lan t lice from vine to sacks and excelsior was found on tices is very im portant inasm uch as a Tbe distribution of good seed was county and an outlet has also been vine. which tw o persons had lain and near CHRISTMAS CANTATA large portion of the county is develop conducted by th e location of th e best found for two carloads of grade stock. Tlie inform ation gained from such it was a scorched place in the floor. BY BAPTIST ( HOIR ing into the growing of sm all fru its strain s w ithin th e county and re fe r Among the dairy ca ttle brought into an experience is plain. P lan t good,- and away from some of the general ring tlie grow er to the source. The the county during the year were two certified seed, Isolated, not near FUNERAL IS HELD EDR ‘‘The Light of th e W orld” by Holten farm ing practices. Many general I flgtlres given are not accurate, b ut if H olstein bulls and two registered H ol another patch. Potatoes grown w ith in 150 feet of a field Infected with mo JOHN WESLEY PERRY is the name of the C hristm as cantata farm ers and beginners are sta rtin g in wrong will be on th e low side. Seed stein cows. saic cannot be certified hereafter. which the augm ented choir of the the berry growing industry, and it is potatoeg Were distributed to 46 grow- In th e livestock work the control of Wilt Due of Diseases. F uneral services for John Wesley Bethel B aptist church will sing next an outbreak of sw ine plague was made In some fields the vines die down Perry, who died at his home near Sunday evening, December 24. This im portant, for the perm anency of the ers wbo p iant ed 64 acres with an es- yield over the average of 2560 necessary w hich consisted In the vac early which Is an indication of a large Gresham on December 14, w ere held is a modern can tata published only industry, to establish them on the proper conditions and practices which Dusliels. Corn w as planted by six cinating of one herd of 50 head. The per cent of the disease known as wilt from the M ethodist Episcopal church last year. Its popularity and m erit is while in oth er fields an Inspection will insure the highest percentage of grow ers m aking an acreage of 50 personal Inspection of six other herds showed only a small per cent as some of P lea san t Home on last Saturday attested by the fact th a t in th e first was made and th e com m unication, j acres w ith an estim ated increase of of the plan ts w ero’green while others and were conducted by the Rev. Geo. season 13,000 copies were sold. It success. 75 tons of silage. Two grow ers plant- sent to nil of the hog raise rs in the were dead. Soil Improvement. Berrem an. Interm ent was in the follows the modern tendency in mosaic preventative Is to keep The work on drainage has consisted ed 25 acres of b arley and secured an county giving them w arning and su g tlie One P leasant Home cemetery. The follow church music which is to bring out fields free from weeds such as pig gesting ordinary precautions. This of the organization of the Section Line increase over th e average of 160 weed and lam b’s q u arte r as they h a r ing obituary was read: the message of the text while the m el resulted in no serious loss outside of bor aphis. The ground is also said to d istrict under th e sta te (bushels. John W esley P erry was born in ody and rnythm of th e music is al- D rainage - , _ ... ..,..«1, the one herd. become diseased w here diseased seed , Crop Disease M ork. Madison county, M issouri, June 2, lowed to blend In The choir has been drainage law. This d istrict involves I has been planted. Poultry. In connection w ith crop disease 1847. He moved to Illinois in his practising two or th ree tim es a week. 114 ow ners and influences the develop- E xperim ents have shown th a t In T hree com m unities were organized m ent of approxim ately 60 acres of w ork dem onstrations w ere conducted plunttng potatoes and especially late youth ami w hen 19 years of age join A m ost enjoyable C hristm as evening for poultry im provem ent work in ones, plant deep so they will not dry swam p land, located on either side of ‘ on oats and barley, using a solution ed tlie M ethodist Episcopal church. He is promised. the Section Line road about one and of copper carbonate and form alde- which were located th e dem onstration out. it has been also found to be use moved to Oregon 13 years ago and to one-half m iles west of Gresham . I11 ( hyde. T he resu lts indicate that, w hile farm s. Two meetings, during which ful to put lan d p laster on the cut su r Gresham four years ago. He was JOINT FARM BI REALS the topics of Feeding, H atching and face of the seed. It dries the cut su r united in m a rriag e to Adelia Baker in CALL SEUON D MEETING the organization of th is d istrict, a i copper carbonate seem s to increase Breeding, w ere discussed, w ere held face and retain s the m oisture. The prelim inary survey was conducted to j the vigor and grow th of the crop it experim ent, using this method, show 1867. To this union w ere born 11 on th e farm s of Mrs. A. L. Schiller, ed an increase of from 13 to 15 per The meeting of the Powell Valley determ ine the feasibility of the pro- had but little effect as to controlling children, 5 boys and 6 girls. Those L. G. Seifer, Mrs. J. P. Lynch and cent in the stand of potatoes. surviving, besides the widow, are Jos Farm Bureau which was announced , ject, a petition was draw n up for or- smut. The farm ers on whose farm s Corrosive Sublimate Itest. M. G am . Culling dem onstrations were for last W ednesday evening at the g anization and assistance given in the I the tria ls w ere m ade are H. G. Mul- eph of Alton, Illinois; Lilie of God In the field experim ents carried on held on the farm s of J. 11. Lindgren oats; frey, Illinois; W ill, Ben and Leslie of schoolhouse was not a com plete suc com pletion of the organization. It lenhoff, b arley; C. H. Stone th is year, using potatoes treated with anil P. Burgess. The total attendance corrosive sublim ate and o th ers treated Gresham and Mrs. Lizzie Heitzman of cess. Six mem bers of the Damascus has been allowed by the county court Roht. S trebin, oats. at all of th e m eetings was 250. with form aldehyde, the latter showed Horticulture, McMinnville, Oregon. He was a faith F arm Bureau were present and th ere I an ,| „( the p resen t date it has proceed- T he other poultry work accom th ree or four and sometim es more per w ere only a few more than th a t from ed to the point w here co n tracts on the Tbe principle work on ho rticu ltu re ful husband, industrious w orker, a plished was th e assistan ce given five cent of tlie disease known as rhfzoc- Civil W ar veteran and a patriotic cit the local organization present. The development are about to be let. This b a„ been devoted largely to the red tonia than th e form er. The experi farm ers in selecting breeding stock; m ent showed th a t the use of corro izen, know n for his honesty and in visiting m em bers tpld w hat is being land is, a t the present tim e, of value i ragpb erry , w ith some w ork on straw - furnishing two plans for construction sive sublim ate gives better results. tegrity and loved by those who knew done by th eir organization. No dett only for late sp rin g crops and p astu re , b e rr(eSi loganberries and a lim ited of poultry houses; diagnosing disease Demand for Certified Seed. nite action w as taken on account of j but w ben it is drained it will be val- am ount of w ork on tree fruits. The him. In spite of the fai t th a t many have there being so few present. A second u ab | e garden land. The estim ation of w ork bag bepn conducted through j troubles for 11 l,o“ l‘r y ’n ^n ,n d cu expressed the opinion that the work m eeting has been called for Jan u ary its value a t th e present tim e would two dem onstration farm s reg u larly Ing one flock of 600 birds. of seed certifleation will he overdone, Cooperative Marketing. 13, 1923. It is hoped the w eather will 1 be from $75 to $100 per acre, hut WOrking as dem onstrators. One was th e re Is a t present and probably al- The general attitu d e tow ard co way will lie, a dem and for certified be m ore favorable at th a t tim e to en- w hen drained it w ill be w orth about the farm of Ed. Spath, w here work ! courage a larg er attendance. was done on a com plete farm m an operative farm ing has not been very seed. As proof of th is statem ent, the $400 per acre. ent of Mr. Jackm an can be glv- during i the year. The disaster of statem T hree private drainage system s agem ent dem onstration consisting of good -------" doubt If certified seed will ever Modern Woodmen Elect Officers. ()Vprd((n(, .. Multnomah, W ashlng- w ere laid out during th e y ear; the soil m anagem ent, which includes fe r the D airy m en s League m ade work A special m eeting was held by the one, by the M ountain View F lo ral tilization, cover crops and m ulching, with the dairym en very difficult The , on and Clackam as counties will he D ou glas Fairbanks Modern Woodmen of G resham for the com pany, is a tile system covering 20 trellisin g , pruning and handling m eth m em bers of the P oultry association the only counties In W illam ette valley purpose of electing officers. Those acres. The tiling has been nearly ods. T he other farm is th a t of Lee are also m ore or less dissatisfied. The ¡that will have certified seed th is year 1 u l a t h i i ',„ ,n . .r i l l v c H er- , Y a k im a , W a s h in g to n , h a s o ffere d $a0 N(.t l ,„| Oemg I chosen were J. F. Jones, consul; J. A. com pleted a t th e p resen t time. Sheller. T his consists of variety tria ls only exception Is th e ( ooperatlve II. r , ¡Gray, advisor; F. Chalker, banker; A plan of drainage and grade stakes on cover crops, consisting of common ry G row ers association which has ex Brewing of Potatoes, A. F. H am m ar, esco rt; C. J- Lund w ere placed on a joint project includ vetch, H ungarian vetch, purple vetch, ceeded all expectations th is year in How deep should potatoes he plant- ed? was asked of Mrs. Jackm an. quist, clerk; J. E. Schenk, w atchm an; ing land on the farm s of Weiss, Gra- T angier peas and W indson beans. the successful work carried on. The activities along m arketing About five Inches d e e p was given as John Brown, sen try ; Fred Fieldhouse, din, Meyers and K ehrli, located one O ne-half acre plot of each was p la n t ................ r s - y s K tru stee; Dr. H. H. Hughes, physician mile east of Gresham . This project at ed. T his dem onstration is to last ...... . « waH an o th er question. Certain soli the present tim e has developed only over a period of th ree years. T he r e two m arketing organizations, tilt ’ I for the camp. to the stage of a surface d rainage by su lts of the first year w ere not of operative Berry G row ers and the Gre- con,ntions such as m oisture and tem- I . nF 0 . PROFESSOR the deepening of an open ditch, owing value due to th e fact th a t ail of the gon Milk P roducers associations. The , p era tu re was the answ er. In prepar- MOVES TO ENGLAND to the inability of th e four p arties to several varieties w ere com pletely w n r u w i t h the herrv grow ers organl Ing land for potatoes, It Is not a good policy to m anure ground tn the spring. Col. John A. Leader, form er com- , get together on a thorough * ° rk ln * w inter killed by th e severe freezing zation was th a t of assisting in the rr b | s t „, d<„1(. tn the fall It Is annual and sem i-annual meetings, | ( r)gb, plow under a cover crop m andant of «»* the Officers’ officers’ T T raining raining agreem ent. It com prises about 2, of la st w inter. The cover crops p la n t com piling from the resu lts of th eir i | f p don,. early. In the potato cer- ed th is fall on these plots are growing acres of wet land. I cam p at the U niversity of Oregon, work, some grow ers rogue A nother private system on the farm nicely and will show good resu lts at work from last year the com parative tlflcatlon out th eir patches eight or nine tim es I Mra I eader and their th ree sons, re tu rn s as received from the various ¡sailed for England from S t.Jo h n . New of C. H. Stone, of Fairview , was gone checking tim e In the spring. during the growing season. I Brunsw ick, on December 10, planning I over In a prelim inary w ay. Of» a Ito^ T he other work In connection with grades i t fru it received at the plant, Potato Factory to Aid Farmers. L. S. E llerm an. general m anager of . t h e i r home th ere perdía- of open ditches was established. The h o rticu ltu re consisted of tours. The and assisting In the establishm ent of to m am j development on th e p roject a t the | flrst one was ht,|d jn F ebruary and a grading system of fru it which was tbf, p o,„ p ro d u cts com pany, was also ne~L'y', »ner. h iv e made no plans to : p resen t tim e has reached the stage waB „ ,reiilglng dem onstration held put Into effect th is year. A ssistance | „ ne of the speakers. T his company y U O r e g o n a n T theh d ep artu re w here all the open ditches have been „„ t „ e Spa(h farrn. T here were 72 C ontinued on page 3 C ontinued on page 2 re u , f r a g reat deal of cleaned and made usable and about growerg present. The next one w a s ___ ■M - com pleted. 40 grow ers participated. An inspec- this w inter In two University of O re F ertilizer Demonstration. tion was made of th e cover crops ' gon plays presented in Guild T heater F or the m ost p a rt fertilizer work I planted !n the various fields and the I on the campus, “A lice-Sit-hy-the-FIre The following program has been announced for th e ded,ca‘o r’' p*er. = n.i -The S carlet Pim pernel.” I has reached a point w here dem onstra- j m ethods used in tu rn in g them under, j rise s of the new gymnasium of Union High School No. 2 of Multnomah colonel I eader came to Oregon ! tio n . on many of th e crops are un- A gtudy of cultivating tools was a so w h e n America entered the war. An necessary. However, one four-year , made on the trip. Six berry fields " UnThe exercises will be held In the new building Friday, December 22, W ild — — Catl officers’ train in g camp was estab- fertilizer dem onstration is being con- w ere vlsileJ. Laemmle a t 8 p. m., sharp. ducted cooperatively w ith the Depart- Dairy and Livestock Work. ! lished on the campus and Colonel PKGGKAM vertuti nf Roils oí O. A C. and A. G. ! n -ia v work dem onstrations were . V _a la- konrl IIA rp. .......... O rchestra Marian Clow . . Marian Clow Boys' Glee Club Boys’ Glee Club VIRGINIA VALLI .......... O rchestra ! trained the Oregon Home s ixive song . 7 MATT MOORE , . . .O rchestra made an honorary co.one. of the : in ,' re s u lt, wH. he fncUnb,. In the Sol. E. Schw edler farm at Hillsview P B ilgrim arcarolle, from T ales from Hoffman (Offenbach) f , school Olee Club JOSEF SWICKARD" H a rk ’ The H erald Angeis Him,; .M endeissohn). . . . < . . » * £ g le e Oregon m ilitia by act of the legisia- : Extension sp ecialist’s report. T b « ex - The in terest was good. Two breed m eetings of im portance, Th<' Dance of h u g ar-I lum (L. F. O rth ).......... Miss . 1919 trem e dry w eather som ew hat ham- . K atherine i Honey, tn n e v D D irector irector "colonel L eader Is a soldier by b ir th .: pered the resu lts on this project for aside from the reg u lar breeder’s m eet S h n r t T a l k ............ W C Alderson, County School S uperintendent ings, were conducted. The Jersey Chon Talk . . . W C ijiw ren ce ' halrm an Schm.l Board the thirteenth of a line of John Lead- th is year H S. Q uartet b reed er's picnic at W ahkeena falls ( :rw (n| , | | nl! s ta rs Are Laughing t rop prg who have ranked high In the . Production. ________ ________ , > Ixive (Ordway) ___ H. S. Q uartet Ki *» service He is the sixteenth y},#. potato certification work th is w.'is an all day meeting with a pro- ! W aterm illlon (W e sten n o ri)........................ ............. O rchestra ^ t e r of the Leader estate in ire- year h takeni up wfih s1 g reater gram judging <,= and dinner. V i c l o r ^ f , « . (M s s ^ s , ............. O rchestra in te rest by the g ro w e r, th an ft has T here w ere 70 In attendance. T he an - j W ar ......................................................................... O lrls’ Glee Club land. G irls’ Ole« Club ___ li en In previous years and m ore real n a a | Holstein to u r and picnic, at Ool«len Knight (R ic h )....................................................... .O rchestra HOLLY FOR SALE. 25 cents a p o n d , f.o n , lru c t| VP work Is being done by which tim e seven breeding farm s wer<' ! ^ „ t h e r n F ire Brigade (A s h e r)..................................................................... O rchestra 3 for 50 cents. Mrs. S. A. B u r r ,. grow ers on potato i,eed im p ro v e-1 visited and picnic dinner and educa- I Jollyflcatlon March (A sh e r)................................................................... Gresham, phone 545. Gresham Theater S a tu rd a y , Dec. 23 IN 6 Americano’ ITS GOOD S u n d ay - M onday December 24 and 25 HIGH SCHOOL GYM TO BE DEDICATED FRIDAY ¡13USE PETERS A‘UrtfVersal Production