Gresham outlook., November 13, 1923, Image 1

G resham O utlook
T W IC E
W EEK
VOL. 1.1, NO. 74
GRESHAM, MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON* TUESDAY, NOY EMBER 13.
VALLEY YOUNG
PEOPLE ARE MARRIED
LOCAL POULTRYMEN POWELL
SIGN NEW CONTRACT
A num ber of th e poultrym en of this
d istric t signed th e new c o n tra c t w ith
th e Pacific C o-operative P o u ltry P ro
d u cers at a m eeting called for the pur
pose of ta k in g up th e m a tte r la st
T h u rsd ay evening a t th e G resham
g ran g e hall, and o th e rs a re consider
ing th e m a tte r. It w as felt th a t too
little in te re st w as m anifested in the
organ izatio n by poultrym en of th is
vicinity and special effort w ill be
m ade to se cu re m em bership here.
Reuben P eterso n , son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. P eterso n , and Miss Mabel
Staffeuson, d au g h ter of Mr. and Mrs.
S. M. Staffenson, w ere m arried at the
hom e of th e b rid e's p a re n ts on la st
Sunday aftern o o n , Novem ber 11, th e
Rev. Mr. G reen of P o rtlan d officiating,
using th e rin g cerem ony. T he young
people w ere attended by Miss F ried a
P eterso n , siste r of th e groom , and
Newell F an ch er. T he sim ple c e re ­
mony w as w itnessed by only th e im ­
m ediate fam ilies of th e co n tra ctin g
p arties. A buffet lunch w as served
follow ing th e cerem ony. T he w ed­
ding gifts w ere b eau tifu l and costly.
Both young people w ere w ell know n
in th is vicinity. T he groom is a g ra d ­
u ate and th e b rid e a form er stu d en t
of th e Union high school at G resham
They will go to housekeeping at once
in the house belonging to Mrs. E sth e r
A nderson.
Minnesotan to Court of St. James
NELLIE CALKINS, SCHOOL
GIRL. BIES SUBBENLY
N ellie M arie C alkins, youngest
d au g h ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. C alkins
of G resham , died suddenly a t her
hom e F rid ay night. November 9. She
w as 15 y ears old and w as b o rn at
Ione, Oregon. Ju ly 14. 1908.
T his com m unity is saddened by th e
sudden death of th is young girl, a
pupil in th e eighth g rad e of th e G re sh ­
am school.
She com plained in th e m orning of
not feeling well, but w ent to school as
usual. About 11 o'clock she w as ex ­
cused and w ent home. She was under
th e d o cto r's ca re b ut stead ily grew
worse. She had tw o sev ere con v u l­
sions and w as in m uch pain un til n ear
th e last. She w as conscious u n til
n ea r d eath, conversed w ith m em bers
of h e r fam ily and assu re d them of
h er read in ess to die.
T he d irect cau se of h er death w as
c e reb ral em bolus, a blood clot on th e
brain. An autopsy show ed a serio u s
stom ach d istu rb an ce, w ith h em o r­
rh ag e. W hat caused th is rem ain s un
determ ined. A ru m o r has spread th a t
she w as h it in th e reg io n of the stem
ach w ith a basket ball w hile at play at
school. It tru e, she said noth in g about
th is to h er p aren ts.
T he fu n eral will be held th is afte r
noon at 2 at th e M ethodist ch u rch , th e
serm on being p reached by her p asto r
E ld er F ra n k Bunch of G aston. B u rial
w ill be a t Mt. Scott cem etery.
T he sixth, seventh an d eighth g rad es
of school w ere dism issed on acco u n t
of th e fu n eral. T he p a llb ea re rs w ere
chosen from her asso cia te s and w ere
th e follow ing: R alph and Ray W ads
w orth, G rant McMillan. Cftrl Zim m er
m an, Jam es Babcock and L aw rence
Kegley.
TUESDAYS
AND
FRIDAYS
$1.50 Per Year
CONDITIONS LOGANS
SEEMS IMPROVED
In an in te restin g le tte r to the berry
g ro w ers of th is d istric t D. E. Towle,
m an ag er of th e B erry G row ers P a c k ­
ing com pauy, gives encouragiug re ­
p o rts of th e lo g an b erry situ atio n and
advises those having acreag e of th is
b erry to give them th e best care, as he
looks for b etter conditions th an have
prevailed d u rin g th e past th re e ? ears.
Mr. T ow le's le tte r follow s:
“ In com pliance w ith th e suggestion
in th e la st lette r, I will devote th is
An active cam paign is being c a rrie d
effort to gazing th ro u g h th e cry sta l
on in all com m unities covered by the
ball at th e lo g an b erry situation.
Pacific C o-operative P o u ltry P ro d u c­
"T h e re a re som e local featu res of
ers, w hich involves a series of local
w hat has been a really bad condltiou
m eetings and an educational cam paign
th a t show b rg ih ter. T he canned prod­
by m ail and oth er ad v ertisin g m eans.
u ct has cleaned up nicely, especially
T he new c o n tra c t w ill have som e ra d i­
th e sy ru p goods w hich clea rs the
cal changes from th e old. It w ill be
decks for n ex t year. It m ay not be
fo r a period of five y ea rs w ith an a n ­
g en erally know n b u t it is tru e th a t
CIVIL
WAR
VETERAN
n ual w ithdraw al privilege. T he ow n­
th e re is no fru it canned th a t is m ore
ANSWERS
LAST
CALL
ersh ip o r con tro l of a m inim um of 200
uppetizing th a n our local logatis w hen
h ens will be req u ired for m em bership.
packed in a 70 deg ree su g a r syru p
N orm an L. Sm ith, a Civil W ar v et­
T he c u rre n t issue of N orthw est eran and a pioneer resid e n t of G resh ­
w hich n eu tra liz es th e acid and m akes
P o u ltry Jo u rn a l co n tain s the follow ­ am , passed aw ay a t his hom e th is
a very p alata b le d esert fruit. One
ing com m ents on th e im portance of m orning a fte r a lin g erin g illness, aged
cau se of p reju d ice a g a in st th e logan­
co-operative efforts of poultrym en:
b erry is a m istak e a ll can n era have
87 years. He is survived by th e fol­
m ade of packing in low g rad e sy ru p s
“H undreds of poultrym en who are low ing ch ild ren : P ercy, of E stacada,
w hich give a p roduct th a t w ould r e ­
n o t m em bers realize th e trem endous Victor, of W asco, Roscoe of Condon,
cu t an old file, and stra n g e as it may
value of having an egg m a rk e tin g a s ­ Mrs. T. C. Tow nsend of G resham and
seem , it is h ard to n eu tra liz e th is
sociation w hose aim s and purposes Mrs. G eorge Shaw of F airview .
a rid by adding su g a r a fte r th e initial
a re for gen eral b etterm en t, but are
F u n eral arran g e m en ts w ill not be
cooking. T he logan is an extrem ely
w illing to ride along on th e co -o p e ra­ m ade un til th e a rriv a l of th e children.
T he nam ing of form er S enator F ran k B. Kellogg of Minnesota by
ta r t b erry an d req u ires a lot of su g a r
ITesident Coolidge, to replace George H arvey as American Amlatssador
tive vehicle w ithout fu rn ish in g any
to England, has stirred the progressives in Republican ranks. They
to keep it su ccessfu lly in the can for a
of th e m otive pow er.
say It is a lam e duck" appointm ent and is leading to foreign entangle-
subterfu g e, every possible m eans of
long period of tim e and w ith slow
H ow ever, u n d er th e necessity of
menta. Above U a most recent p ictu re of Mr. Kellogg and wife.
b elittlin g th e w ork of th e association
shies,
re su ltin g in a larg e p ercentage
signing up 250,000 h ens to in su re the
and of befogging th e rea l issue will be
of loss by going bad in th e cans.
co ntinuance of th e association, it is
used by th e p riv ate d ea le rs a g a in st it. HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS
UIIII KEN THIEF IS
"As to th e outlook fo r dem and and
going to be ab solutely vital th a t a
A lready a le tte r co n tain in g som e m is­
GIVE M il l! PLEASURE
TREED AND SHOT
prices th e prospect is fair for th is lo­
g re a t m ajo rity of th e large p roducers
leading p ro p ag an d a is in circu latio n
cality as we have th e assu ra n c e from
sign th e m a rk e tin g agreem ent, or
Two fine p ro g ram s were, given last
from th e Oregon Egg D ealers asso cia­
H enry C. W ihlon y esterd ay sh o t a G RESHAM LIES VISIT
one la rg e p ack er th a t they w ill w ant
th e re w ill be no association. T his de­
week
d
u
rin
g
th
e
noon
h
o
u
r
w
hich
tion in w hich th ey pose as th e saviors
50-pound wild cat In th e woods sev­
a larg e to n n ag e an n u a lly and would
cision as to the size of the sign up
IN
EASTERN
OREGON
of th e in d u stry , th a t it would have w ere received w ith m uch p le asu re by eral m iles east of G resham and in so
p refer to buy in o u r te rrito ry as they
n ecessary for con tin u an ce is one of
th
e
stu
d
e
n
t
body
and
a
n
um
ber
of
gone to th e e te rn a l bow wows had it
doing rid th e A rm stro n g n eig h b o r­
g*t best re su lts by u sin g our local
Mr.
and
Mrs.
L
eslie
St.
C
lair
and
th e m ost im p o rta n t step s th a t has yet
not been for th e ir bénéficient in te r- v isito rs who cam e In to enjoy them . hood of a chicken thief.
fam ily spent th e w eek-end w ith Mrs product. We also have a p rospect for
been tak en tow ard m aking it a really
ention, th a t th ey stan d alw ays “ready The first w as on T uesday, w hen A. R.
Mr.
W
ihlon
w
as
assisted
by
Bob
St.
C lair's b ro th er. Lee Shaw and a b etter dem and from th e Juice and
g re a t organization, and th e re is every
and anxious to give th e p ro d u cers all K irkham , a te n o r sololHt of P o rtlan d ,
S
trebln
and
his
fo
u
r
hounds
who
fam
ily, and on th e ir re tu rn brought e x tra c t people. One P o rtlan d concern
reaso n to believe th a t th e p o u ltry p ro ­
inform atio n and all assista n ce w ithin gave nine num bers. His p rog ram w as
picked
up
th
e
fresh
tra
il
of
th
e
cat
hom
e Mrs. H. M. Shaw who has been has reorganized Its b u sin ess and has
d u cers in th e trib u ta ry te rrito ry will
th e ir pow er for the purp o se of en a b l­ fine and he exp ressed his own p le a s­
n
ear
Mrs.
L.
C.
A
rm
stro
n
g
's
on
the
visiting
th ere. Mrs. H. L. S t.C la ir Increased its c a p ltla and expects a
rea lize th a t an unorganized m a rk e t
ing them to raise b e tte r flocks, p ro ­ u re in ap p e arin g for th e stu d en t body.
canyon road y esterd ay m orning.
and d au g h ter M argaret w ent w ith th e la rg e expansion of its business w hich
would be a calam ity indeed, and will
It
is
hoped
th
a
t
his
services
m
ay
be
duce m ore and b etter eggs, and r e ­
For a w eek o r m ore Mrs. A rm stro n g o th e rs as far as W asco and from th e re w ill c re a te a dem and for a large to n ­
affiliate them selves w ith a m ovem ent
ceive th e h ig h est p rices eggs com ­ obtained again. On F rid ay M ilton A.
had been m issing ch ick en s from her drove to A thena, 146 m iles fu rth e r, to nage and If th e local tra d e can be o i-
th a t is th e only solution to th e poul-
M
iller
o
f
P
o
rtlan
d
gave
a
splendid
m and, not only In o a r state, not only
flock. Up to S atu rd ay she estim ated visit w ith Miss W inifred S t.C la ir, who ganlzed m ore com pletely It will help
try m a n ’s m a rk e tin g problem s.
in th e east, b u t in all th e m a rk e ts of ta lk on peace, laying stre s s on th e
about 25 had been taken. T he convic­ is teach in g in th e A thena high school to bring th e p rice hack to a profitable
“T he association h as dem onstrated th e w orld," to quote from th e la st d estru ctio n of w ar.
tion grew upon h er th a t an an im al of They visited Mr. and Mrs. E lm er F stag e and w hile we would not ailviBe
very effectively d uring th e last year p a ra g ra p h of th e ir letter.
On last F rid ay n ig h t th e K ilb o u rn e
some kind w as th e m a ra u d e r b u t she Goodwin at M ilto n -F reew ater on S u n ­ Increasing th e acreage, we would re c ­
w hat can be accom plished w ith an
“ P oultry m en who know th e rea l s it­ Q uintette, a ta len ted fam ily of m u­ had failed to see it.
day and saw th e w onderful M cLaugh­ om m end tak in g good c a re of th e p re s­
efficiently functioning
organization uation, how ever, rea lize
w hat has sicians, ap p eared in th e high school
S unday Mr. W ihlon w ent h u n tin g lin high school, said to be th e m ost e n t acreuge, as the p ro sp ect for fair
and th e re is every reason to believe been th e big facto r in stab ilizin g th e gym nasium as th e first num ber of a
th a t th e sta n d a rd set w ill be reached P o rtlan d m a rk e t, and th a t th e ir best lyceum course to be sponsored by th e for th e an im al hut did not get a shot com plete In eq u ipm ent In th e w hole re tu rn s seem s assu red if we have
w ithout serious difficulty. But it will In terests a re served by an o rg an iz a­ stu d e n t body of th e high school. An at it. Monday m orning, how ever, Mrs n o rth w est. Mr. Goodwin is su p erin good w eath er fo r h arv estin g and can
not tie done w ithout a fight, rest a s­ tion of th e ir own, w orking for them ap p reciativ e au dience accepted the A rm stro n g h eard a com m otion am ong tendent of th e consolidated d istric t get th e fru it picked at th e rig h t stag e
her chickens and w ent to investigate including 15 d istric ts an d all the of rip en ess. T his is very im p o rtan t
sured of th a t. E very argum ent, every 3S5 days in th e y ea r.”
n u m b ers given. T he proceeds of th e
She w as soon face to face w ith th e a n ­ g rad e schools in them , and Byron and is a co n tro llin g fac to r In q uality
en tertain m en t w ill be kept in th e
im al. who stood and looked a t h er and Conkle is p rin cip al of th e high school. production, as th e o v er-rip e logan
lyceum fund and used for e n te r ta in ­
th en took to th e brush. She called Mr T he la tte r, a b ro th er of Mrs. Jam es does not drop from th e cane like th e
m en ts th is year. “We feel we can n o t
W ihlon who w ith S treb ln and th e la t­ S terlin g , has been serio u sly ill b u t ex ­ ra sp b e rrie s, w hich m akes it very d if­
ta k e sufficient tim e from o u r stu d ies to
te ’s dogs soon had th e ir q u a rry In pected to re tu rn to his school w ork ficult to h arv e t th e crop w ithout pick­
put on all th e e n te rta in m e n t we need ” hand.
today.
ing th e o v er-rip e fru it, and m aterially
said P rin c ip a l R. E. C annno, “and
low ering Its value for canning. T his
Mr. W ihlon, who is an ex p e rt shot
n o thing hut first-class n u m b ers w ill
is a good season of th e y ear to rem ove
' and experienced h u n te r, says th is w as .1. O. WILSON NIGHT
be given by outside people.”
a ra th e r larg e wild c a t for th is sec­
AT MULTNOMAH ( AMU th e old canes, w hich should be burned
“We w ish to th a n k a ll those who tion and it is q u ite u n u su al for them
prom ptly to p rev en t disease infection.
p atronized th e lyceum num ber la st to ap p e ar in a w ell se ttle d locality.
F rid a y night, Novem ber 16. will he T he young can es should be left on th e
F rid a y evening and feel repaid for o u r
T he fu r, w hich is said to be a fine J. O. W ilson night a t M ultnom ah ground u n til th e early sp rin g and
efforts by th e splendid m an n er In one. becom es by a ru le of h u n tin g th e
Cam p No. 77, Woodmen th e W orld, should be tra in e d on th e w ires a fte r
w hich th e audience received each p ro p erty of Mr. S trebln. T h ere is said
and an effort Is being m ade to get th e d an g er of fro st is p ast and before
num ber. The concen su s of opinion to be a b ounty of $5 on wild cats. If
m any m em bers from th is locality to th e buds s ta r t to open.
Prices on Ducks, Geese and Turkeys will be announced
w as th a t everyone received th e ir th is is th e ca se it w ill do u b tless be
"T h e plan of p ru n in g back to six or
atten d cam p th a t night. T h ere are
later. Bring in your Hens and Springs at once.
m oney's w orth and w ere glad th ey a t ­ claim ed by Mr. W ihlon. Mrs. A rm ­
over 100 In G resham and vicinity and eig h t feet and leaving a g re a te r num ­
tended,” said Mr. Cannon.
stro n g will a t least have th e sa tisfa c ­ m any o th e rs In n earby tow ns and lo­ ber of can es is conceded to be b etter
N egotiations a re In p ro g re ss w ith tion of know ing th a t th e th ief which calities. A show y badge h as been p ro ­ th an leaving can es from ten to fifteen
th e W illam ette U niversity Glee club invaded h er pens has m et his fate and vided w ith th e legend W ise Owls feet long. T his will re su lt In la rg e r
Phone 1103
Gresham, Oregon
to ap p e ar som etim e in Ja n u a ry . T he I will tro u b le her no more.
from the Woods. J. O. W ilson Is clerk fru it th a t can be h arv ested q u ick er
high school glee clubs and o rc h e stra I
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of th e cam p and one of th e head m a n ­ and ch eap er and th e fru it has a higher
will ren d er a program In the n ea r fu- G O O D ROOK W E E K
ag e rs of th e o rder. Any local m em ­ value. So let us p ru n e for less b erries
N O V E M B E R I l - l s , 1)123 bers who wish to atten d and have no of la rg e r size and b e tte r value. T he
tu re . T he ch o ru s of 75 voices will be
accom panied by th e o rch e stra. This
past th ree y ea rs have been full of dis­
C h ild ren 's Book Week once m ore w ay of going should co m m unicate
w ill be a “ P op” co n cert affair and
with the Outlook office and an effort ap p o in tm en t and loss for th e log an ­
I
d
irec
ts
otir
atten
tio
n
to
youthful
read-
I everyone is Invited to be p resen t. The
b erry grow er as well a s o th e r farm -
1 ing and Invites us to p ause on our u r ­ will be m ade to provide tr a n s p o r ta ­
d ates will be announced soon.
rs but th e sig n s of th«- tim es would
tion.
gent w ay long enough to co nsider the
Union High achool, "T he High
lead us to conclude th a t th e w orst Is
needs of youthful m inds. T hose m inds
' School w ith th e B est School S p irit In
They say success com es in cycles. p ast and m aybe If we stick we will
w’hich a re in th e pro cess of develop­ Yep, but m ostly try -cy cles!
! th e S tate ,” is p lan n in g big th in g s, one
win."
m ent, influenced for good o r 111, by
I of w hich is to have th e b est colored
every th o u g h t and Idea w hich finds its
LOCAL VOING MAN
' q u in te tte in th e United S tates ap p ear.
w ay to them . Minds w hich a few
REGISTERS AT 0 . A. (’.
| T his q u in te tte ap p e ars in lyceum for
y ears hence will d irect sta te and n a ­
' $25o and th e high school is in terested
tion and d eterm in es th e m oral sta n d ­
Em al A nderson, son of Mrs. O. N el­
in giving th a t much to have th e q u in ­
a rd s of home and com m unity. Now is
son of B oring, who w as g raduated
te tte appear. F u rth e r announcem ents
th e tim e to tra in them for citizenship
from th e G resham Union high school
later.
and lead ersh ip , and for them to learn
In
th e sp rin g of 1922, is now reg istered
As soon as th e ra in s set in and the how to ev alu ate rig h t and w rong. Now
On all Chevrolet models
as
a fresh m an in th e school of a g ri­
gravel gets In th e p ark in g space back Is th e tim e those im pressio n ab le m inds
c u ltu re, acco rd in g to a re c e n t le tte r
of th e school, th e re will be definite a re open to suggestion and su sc e p ti­
to th e O utlook from O. A. C
ru le s laid down w hereby no c a rs will ble to example.
Mr. A nderson Is a t p rese n t tak in g
be p arked off the pavem ent in fro n t of
Let us not u n w ittin g ly place in
i
cou
rses in g en eral a g ric u ltu re which
th e schoolhouse. T he L etterm e n s' club th e ir hands lurid, su p e rse n satio n al
, will serve as a base to his la te r tra ln -
of th e school will police th e grounds, u ltra -su g g e stiv e ta les of im possible
| Ing In som e of th e specified lines of
direct th e p ark in g , and o th erw ise d i­ ad v en tu re, crim in al achievem ent or
| a g ric u ltu re , such as cro p production,
re c t th e p atro n s. T h ere is a splendid sen tim en tal ru b b ish —tale* w hich In­
tre e su rg ery o r livestock and dairy
p ark in g place back of th e building cu lca te in ch ild ish m inds false sta n d ­
c a ttle m anagem ent.
w hich is elec trica lly lighted and e n ­ a rd s of judgm ent, selfish, v ain -g lo ri­
T he school of a g ric u ltu re th is year
ables one eto d riv e alongside of the ous am bitions or ch eap ideals, and
has
an en ro llm en t of 404 out of the
gym nasium , unload passenger* and w rong a ttitu d e s tow ard home, p are n ts
to ta l 2883 en ro lled in th e Institution.
d riv e to th e p ark in g space. F u ll ex- j and law enforcem ent. R ath er let us
p ian atio n will be m ade later.
give them lite ra tu re so conceived as
COMINO EVENTS,
to in sp ire th e finest ta ste s, th e h ighest
l-egtnn an n u a l d ance T h anksgiving
Notice to A lte ista .
m oral sta n d a rd s and loftiest am b i­
Any person p ark in g in fro n t of a tions.
fire plug will be fined
W. C. T. U. social and en te rta in m e n t
( om it, I oiinril of I’.-T. A. Will Meet.
G. A. CGX. M arshal
November 23.
T he re g u la r m eeting of th e C ounty I
f o a l! ( « a l! (n a l!
Council of P aren t-T ea ch e r association
The Mission circ le of th e H aley Itap-
"My S hare In Making H ighw ays
F or coal see B ürten W alrad, G resh ­ w ill be het» at th e G ilbert school on |
Distributor for Chevrolet M otor Cars
i
tls
t ch u rch will have a b az aa r on Sat-
Rafe”
was
the
essay
which
won
first
am . phone ________________
1411.
next Saturday, November 17. There prize for Theodors Poole, 13. of l o o ­ j n rday evening, D eecem ber 8.
W ilLanl S to ra g e Batterie**.
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Phone 2331
Gresham
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Wanted for Thanksgiving Trade
FAT HENS, 5 pounds and up.............. 23c
FAT HENS* over 4 pounds................ 18c
FAT HENS* under 4 pounds.............. 15c
SPRINGS.....................................20c to 21c
GRESHAM PRODUCE CO.
CHEVROLET
Michigan Miss W ins
New Low Prices
Touring Car
Roadster
Coupe
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$635.00
625.00
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830.00
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990.00
Delivery
Commercial Chassis
610.00
Sedan
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Utility Express Truck Chassis
515.00
675.00
SHERMAN McCARTER GARAGE