T W IC E W EEK G resham O utlook VOL. 13, NO. 55 GKESIIAM, MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON, CITY COUNCIL GIVES DRAINAGE PERMIT PICKLE SEASON IS NOW AT ITS HEIGHT TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS KRIVOY, SEPTEMBER ", 1»23 OREGON IS GREAT STATE; STORY THRILLS JKOWEKS HILL ARMS IN COUNTY GRADE SCHOOL OPENING DELAYED ‘‘P ick les a re sc arce all over th e T he potato g ro w ers of M ultnom ah U nited S ta te s,” says R. W. Stafford, (F ro m th e O regon Blue Book) large as New E ngland, w hich it o u t­ county w ill to u r th e county on S a tu r­ th e v eteran pickle m an, and p resid en t riv als in n a tu ra l resources. Oregon au E m pire day fatern o o n , S eptem ber 8, u n d er th e E ngland, w ith about th irty -fiv e m il­ d irectio n of At its re g u la r m eeting la st T uesday of th e Oregon P ick le & C anning com ­ T he sta te of Oregon co n tain s 96,699 County A g ricu ltu ral pany. To see th e sco res of g rea t On account of delay in th e com ple­ lion population, com prises only th ree - A gent S. B. Hall. evening th e city council g ran te d a sq u a re m iles. tion of th e school building It is likely ta n k s all tilled to th e top w ith pickles fifths as m uch are a as Oregon. W ere fra n ch ise to th e Zion E vangelical T he g ro w ers in th is county have th a t th e G resham g rad e school w ill It is so vast th a t if It w ere d raw n E ngland as la rg e as O regon, she church, J. E. M etzger and Wm. R. at th e com pany's p la n t h ere would I been devoting m uch tim e to seed im ­ B ecker to c o n stru c t a sew er to c a rry m ake one w onder if th is facto ry could into a belt th irty -tw o m iles wide the could su p p o rt m ore th a n h alf the provem ent w ork in cooperation w ith not begin before O ctober 1, according off storm w ate r from th e ir property. not satisfy th e dem and of th e whole belt w ould extend from Boston on p resen t pop u latio n of th e United th e county agent. A num ber of field to th e m em bers of th e local school board. C. E. Stockton, th e co n tra cto r, T h is w ill be about 800 feet long and cou n try . But Mr. Stafford say s th e to ­ the A tlan tic ocean acro ss th e co n tin ­ States. tria ls wjll be visited w here several says th a t th e room s w ill be ready for Oregon is a food-producing state, w ill end ju st inside th e fa ir grounds ta l o u tp u t of th e p lant, la rg e as it is, en t to A storia on th e Pacific. W ere different s tra in s of B urbank potatoes use at th a t tim e, provided no fu rth e r and such a re th e are a an d reso u rce s in a storm sew er w hich the fair a s ­ is only a drop in th e bucket as com ­ a re being tried out th is y ear to de­ in te rru p tio n h in d ers th e w ork. T he th e Oregon b elt lengthened into a rib ­ of th is em pire th a t th e re can never sociation is contem plating building. pared to th e to ta l pro d u ctio n of term in e th e ir yielding q u alities and circu m stan ce w hich m ade it im possi­ pickles all over th e co u n try . bon th re e an d e ig h t-ten th s m iles be a fam ine w est of th e Rocky m o u n t­ It w ill be of co ncrete tile, cem ented ad ap tab ility to th e v ario u s soils in ble to com plete the building a t the H ow ever, th e local fac to ry is sh ip ­ wide it w ould en circle th e globe at ains as long as Oregon is on the th e county. to g e th er to m ake a w ate r tig h t d ra in ­ appointed date w as th e delay of build­ th e equator. map. H ence th e g rea t stu d y in O re­ age canal, and w ill have a flve-foot ping th o u san d s of b a rre ls of genuine The p arty w ill leave on th e to u r e rs ' h ard w are, which w as received W ere Oregon divided in to estates gon is Oregon itself. dills m ostly to th e e a ste rn m ark et. fa ll from th e Zion E vangelical p e r­ from Mr. H all's office at G resham a t 1 th re e days ago, a full m onth la te r Not all th e cucu m b ers go into the of tw o h u n d red and fifty-nine ac res sonage to th e fair gro u n d s entrance. Primeval Oregon a Wonderland o'clock p. m., S atu rd ay . th a n it w as co n tracted for. T his has each, th e e sta te s, a m ile in length ta n k s by a long w ays, b u t all th e T he specifications for th e tile provide P rim ev al Oregon w as a w onder­ M embers of the seed im provem ent been a g reat handicap w hich has held th a t it sh a ll be not less th a n eight availab le space u n d er cover is now and tw o-fifths as wide, placed end to land in w hich th e re w ere rep tiles inches or m ore th a n ten. T he e n tire filled w ith ta n k s an d new ta n k s a re end, w ould form an em erald chain big enough to toy w ith elephants. club w hich is cooperating w ith Mr. up w ork In th e various lines, but an cost of the p ro ject w ill be borne by being placed in th e open. T hese ta n k s co n n ectin g th is p la n et w ith th e moon. L ater th e palm , th e ban an a, th e ju n - H all in th is w ork are L. H. Stone, effort si being m ade to ru sh it By p lacing th e kingdom s of H olland, gled fo rest flourished w here now M. G. Woodle, R. W. W ilson, Edw ard th ro u g h as fast as efficiency will w a r­ th e th re e p ro p erty ow ners concerned. hold from 80 to 200 b arrels. Belgium , M ontenegro and S ervia, th e grow th e fir, th e pine and th e cedar, C. W ilson, H. F. W lhlon, F. E. W eath- ra n t. It w as decided by th e council to T he picking season is now a t its rep u b lic of S w itzerlan d , and th e w hile elep h an ts, m hstodon, cam els, erw ax, B. C. A ltm an, F. N. Lasley, Mr. Stockton has nine ca rp e n te rs on co n stru c t cem ent d rain s and cross height but w ill probably la st th re e or sta te s of M assach u setts, C onnecticut. the rh in o cero s, th e hippopotam us, the B ert M cCreary, W illard B liss, G. N th e flnsihing, w orking on the Interio r w alks on Pow ell s tre e t at th e in te r- four w eeks longer. sections of F lorence and W ilson T he picking season is now a t its Rhode Islan d , D elew are an d V erm ont big ground sloth, and m any o th er huge Sager, A lbert Troge, S. B. H all, H. W of th e building. Six men a re pushing stre e ts, w hich w ill provide a fine, u n -I height b ut w ill probably la st th ree side by side on th e m ap of th is state, an im als belonging to tro p ic al and su b ­ Lynch, Robert S trebin, S. M. Davis. th e p la ste rin g u nder John M artin of it can be seen th a t Oregon is an tro p ical clim es lived here. These W arren Jack so n , Guy H. R obertson. P o rtlan d who has th e su b c o n tra ct for broken w alk from th e S. S. Thom p­ or four w eeks longer. th a t w ork. The roofing is being done son p ro p e rt to W allula avenue. T he p ick ers a re of good quality, em pire. facts a re easily read in »he rich fos­ C ounties L arg er T han S tate s KELSO by G riffeth * H ansen of St. Johns, An extension of 30 days w as gran ted says Mr. Stafford but th e acreag e is sil beds of Oregon. M assach u setts could easily n estle who a re keeping four m en busy. They p ro p erty ow ners to com plete side­ very la rg e th is y ear and p ick ers are Aborigines Were Worshipers T he K elso school will open S eptem ­ expect to finish th e o utside w ork w alk im provem ents ordered by the sc arce w ith th e re s u lt th a t g ro w ers in th e W illam ette valley, or in one of P rio r to th e com ing of th e w hite council in th e sp rin g w hich w ere to can n o t keep up w ith th e gro w th of th e th e la rg e r Oregon counties. M assa­ man, Oregon aborigines possessed dif­ ber 10 w ith Mrs. M arg rette M iller of w ithin th e next th ree days b u t have have been finished by Septem ber 1. A cucu m b ers and they are allow ed to be­ ch u se tts an d Rhode Islan d to g eth er feren t relig io n s, including ph allic A lbany as p rin cip al and Mrs. E lla som e in te rio r w ork In connection w ith could be included in H arn ey or M al­ w orship, fire w orship, sun w orship B aum back as p rim ary teach er. Sev­ th e lan tern room and some o th e r m i­ larg e num ber of w alks have been come too large. era l needed re p a irs have been m ade nor req u irem en ts. T he p a rts of th e b u ilt and m any m ore a re now under M any th o u san d s of d o lla rs a re being h eu r county. E ith e r of th ese coun­ w orship of anim als, v en eratio n of h u ­ in clu d in g new fro n t steps. tie s is la rg e r th a n M ontenegro or roof fro n tin g th e stre e t a re ot S p an ­ co n stru c tio n and it is likely th a t all paid o ut m onthly for cu cu m b ers by m an effigies, and la ter th e w orship of Mrs. M arg rette M iller, who su c­ ish m etal tile and th e rem ain d er ot v ario u s o th e r kingdom s th a t have th e g re a t sp irit called T alap u s, em ­ w ill be finished in th e specified tim e. th e local factory. ceeds Miss C aroline V aeretti as p rin ­ sh eet m etal. E z ra T hom as lias th e T he need of a sidew alk along th e C ucum ber picking is ard u o u s, back flourished; h ence Oregon is n o t only bodied in th e coyote and beaver. cipal of th e K elso school, w ill move p ain tin g In ch a rg e and will have men fill on South R oberts avenue w as break in g w ork, It seem s to be h a rd e r an em pire b ut h as co u n ties as v ast T he fo lk -lo re of th e Oregon a b o r­ to K elso th e first week in S eptem ber enough on th e Job to keep up w ith the as kingdom s. b ro u g h t to th e atten tio n of th e coun­ for th e o rd in ary w h ite perso n th a n for igines, rich in m yths, legends and T h ere is a score of co u n ties in O re­ creativ e sto ries, has been com pared and will occupy th e house in w hich ca rp e n te rs who a re doing the finish­ cil and it w as voted to o rd er one built the av erag e w iry little brow n m an along th e ea st side of th e fill by Dr. who g en e rally utilizes h is w ife and gon any one of w hich is la rg e r th a n w ith th a t of th e G reeks p rio r to th e th e H enry E ri fam ily fo rm erly lived. ing. T he A ugust m eeting of th e W om­ Rhode Islan d , o r sixteen co u n ties any age of H om er. It w as th e ir u n w ritte n A. Thom pson who ow ns the property. ch ild ren in th e w ork. M aterial for th e new building has a n 's club w as held a t th e hom e of of w hich is la rg e r th a n th e sta te of T he follow ing bills w ere read and T h ere seem s to be a fu n n y side, been bro u g h t from m any sources. Di­ book of Genesis. Mrs. F. R athke, th e follow ing m em ­ ordered paid: how ever, to th is toilsom e o ccupation D elaw are. M illions of people could m ension lum ber cam e from the m ill of Geological Changes b ers being p re se n t: M esdam es E, F ra n k W ostell, sa la ry ______ $100.00 and it reliev es th e m onotony som e­ occupy th is v ast area. Yet th e popu­ B ru n s L um ber com pany of Sandy, W hen we consider p rim eval Oregon K. C. R oberts, su rv e y in g ______ 16.12 w hat of cucum ber picking to m ake lation of O regon is less th a n one as th e bed of an an cien t sea, th en as H erz, M. K ligel, Baum back, P eterso n finishing lum ber from K autz M anu­ D. H ite, T. Dunn, J. Dunn, R. Jo n s J. H. M etzger, s a la ry __________ 15.00 play of it, a t le ast to th in k how funny m illion. fac tu rin g com pany, P o rtlan d , b rick dry land occupied by re p tile s w hich rn d , A. H aw orth, M atthew s, Obie An Oregon co unty h as fifty tim es as Ja s. P ete rso n , la b o r___ _______ 10.00 it is a fte r all. and tile from th e C olum bia B rick w ere follow ed by tro p ic al flora and Hempe, and th e follow ing v isito rs In v esto rs S yndicate, sinking w orks a t H ogan statio n , g lass and Sherd D avis, who Is said to have m any people as an o th er co unty w hich fau n a; la te r as a region covered w ith f u n d _____________________ 63.00 quite a cucum ber p atch , is one who is tw en ty -tw o tim es la rg e r in are a. snow and ice of th e g lacial p erio d ; Mrs. Ed. L ittlep ag e, Mrs. Ned Nelson glazing from the W. P, F u lle r com ­ In te re s t on bonds. ______ __ 500.00 ap p a ren tly can see th e fu n n y side and T his m eans th a t H arn ey county, w ith and th en occupied by th e flora and Mrs. D ietl, Mrs. D ahl, Mrs. Voigt pany of P o rtlan d and h ard w are from Jo n e s L um ber Co., su p p lie s__ 1.70 has w ritte n down his ex p erien ces and ap p ro x im ately th e a re a of P ale stin e , fauna of th e p rese n t te m p e ra te clim e, Mrs. D. J e rg e r and Mrs. E schebeck th e B uilder* H ard w are and Supply C ran e Com pany, supplies . 6.96 th o u g h ts in poetic form for th e O ut­ h as m ore th a n a th o u san d tim es as and we ta k e in to ac co u n t th e scope A d elightful aftren o o n w as sp e n t w ith com pany of P o rtlan d . m uch land per ca p ita as th e rap id ly of tim e n eccessary to b rin g about singing an d in stru m e n ta l m usic. Re A. W. M etzger & Co., supplies 2.35 look as follow s: T en room s a re being finished for grow ing M ultnom ah county, a signifi­ th ese changes, we conclude th a t O re­ fre sh m en ts of coffee, cake, lem onade Jeff R obertson, la b o r__________ 4.00 CUCUMBER PIC K LES. cla ss purposes. Besides th ese th e re and sandw iches w ere served. The c a n t fac t to hom eseekers. C ucum ber pickles a re easy to ta k e; G. A. Cox, sa la ry 125.00 gon is a very old p a rt of th e w orld club voted to proceed w ith th e plans w ill be p rin cip al's office and recep ­ D. P. M illikin, s u p p lie s .... ........ 1.00 T h ere's no b e tte r ta s te and no b ottle S tale L arg er T han New E ngland aw aitin g carefu l re se a rc h and d ili­ to break. for building a playshed for th e tio n room, te ac h ers room w ith k itc h ­ J. T. S tillions, labor ........... 8.65 T he d o cto rs allow them in m oderate Oregon is one and a h alf tim es at. g en t study. school. T he n ex t m eeting w ill be at en e tte adjoining, re s t room , lavatories T he $60 donated by A m erican Le­ doses, th e home of Mrs. R obert Jo n srtid on and a splendid au d ito riu m w ith room y gion P ost No. 30 w as accepted by the Even for p a tie n ts w ith tu b ercu lo sis, stag e and la n tern room. P rovisions th e fo u rth T h u rsd ay In Septem ber. council at th is m eeting. It is to be Though n ot very good for p ersons a re m ade in every room for book cases T he Misses G ertru d e and F lorence used for p u rch ase of ilags and o th e r s i t 'c They a re easy to ra ise b u t h a rd e r to Kligel e n tertain ed some of th e ir for and w ardrobes. T he la tte r will be d ecorative m a terial. pick. m er schoolm ates a t a d elightful party sep arated from th e class room s by lift p artitio n s, th e outside of w hich w ill EVANGELICAL CHURCHES j W hoever it w as p ut pick in th e pickles D. E. Tow le, m an ag e r of th e B erry son, th e rem oval and d estru c tio n of W ednesday aftern o o n of la st week be b lackboards. T he In terio r of th e T hose p re se n t w ere M ildred J a rl TO UNITE IN SERVICES S ure m ade a big nick in my nickles. G ro w ers P ack in g com pany, gives th e fru itin g can es in all rasp b e rry room s will be painted w hite. T he ex­ ‘ ‘ “ ¡He cam e to my p lace w ith a sm ile on tim ely h in ts to local g ro w ers th ro u g h p la n tin g s is recom m ended in a recen t M arie B aum back, D orothy Nelson te rio r Is being finished w ith stucco, his face T he an n u a l m issio n ary services w ill the Outlook in th e follow ing open le t­ sta te m e n t issued by h o rtic u ltu rists at E unice Jo n sru d , D orothy Jo n sru d th e finishing coat of w hich w ill be And had me fill o ut a co n tract. be held a t th e Zion E vangelical I'll w atch for h is num ber and w ith a te r an d includes a clipping from the and th e hostesses. D elicious refre sh th e New Y ork S tate A g ricu ltu ra l E x ­ w hite. C onsiderable w ork w ill be ch u rc h next Sunday a t 11 in th e cucum ber Pacific C oast P ack er, dated Geneva, p erim en t S tatio n a t G eneva. T hese m en ts w ere served and th e aftern o o n n ecessary on th e g rounds a fte r the m orning and 2:30 in th e afternoon, in I'll haul off and h it him k ersm ack. passed p le asa n tly w ith m usic and New York, A ugust 31, on th e su b ject old can es a re no longer needed by the both E nglish and G erm an, w hen th e rem in iscen ces of happy school days building o p eratio n s a re finished, to P ick-les is rig h t, I pick p ick les a t of sum m er p ru n in g w hich seem s to be bush and may h arb o r d isease o rg a n ­ level and grade. Enough e a rth will be K elso ch ild ren who w ill e n te r the Revs. M. Bass and J. C. B itter and ism s o r in sect p ests w hich m ig h t in ­ as ap p licab le in th is locality as it is n ig h t; ta k en from th e re a r of th e building, fect th e new grow th, d ec la re th e sp e­ Union high school a t Sandy are, Dor th e ir cong reg atio n s of P o rtlan d and I pick in th e m o rn in g before it is In New York. cialists. T he rem oval of th e old can es o thy N elson, E dw ard Nelson, H ow ard w here th e ground is high, to give su f­ th e Rev. F. S ch aer of M ilw aukie w ill lig h t; We a re fo rtu n a te in secu rin g a sup- i w ill also give m ore room for new ficient slope to th e g ro u n d s in front. w orship w ith the local congregation. I pick a fte r b rea k fa st, I pick afte r ply of fancy H u n g aria n vetch seed at gro w th th e n ex t season. P eterso n , R uth B aum back, H elen G eorge T ach ero n has been busy for noon, Special m usic w ill be ren d ered a t both H em pe, Jo h n H em pe and A lice I r ­ “In th e sp rin g th e can es of red I pick all th e day w ith th e su n on my a rea so n ab le p rice and w ish to u rge w eeks rep a irin g and reflnlshing the services. In th e m orning the choir back. the sow ing of th is v ariety both as a , rn ap b erries should he cut back to a vin. se ats from th e old building. He has w ill sing “Love and P o w er” by If 1 pick a w hole day I get a full sack 'd e sire d fru itin g height, u su ally th ree E d g ar H ite w ill en te r th e Benson cover cro p in th e b erries and m ore es­ r fo u r feet from th e gro u n d depend- also been to th e T erry school and put Gounod. At th e aftern o o n service th e Of pickles— not nickles. T he nickles pecially as a field crop so th a t we i o lug P o ly tech n ic an d Dock H ite will also on th e vigor of th e b u sh ,” say s th e I lack. c h o ir w ill re n d e r “All N ations Shall re tu rn to th e Benson. Jim H ite, who th e seats th e re In good shape and all may be able to se cu re n ex t y e a r’s sup- sta te m en t. “ Black ra sp b e rrie s r e ­ W orship T h ee” and H enry K arpen- W hen pickling pickles pick pickles ply from local g ro w ers instead of buy-j