HOLIDAY NUMBER
SECTION THREE, PAGES 13 TO 20
T W IC E
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W EEK
G resham O utlook
VOL. 13, NO. S3
GRESHAM, MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER
14.
TUESDAYS
AND
FRIDAYS
1923
$1.50 Per Year
Ï EMPRESS LASS MAY TOP LIST
BAR ASSOCIATION
OF FAMOUS JERSEYS IN U. S.
02103831
Sound and Conservative Banking Results in
SAFETY AND SERVICE
to the Depositor
A Bank Statement that any man or woman can understand
Synopsis o f R eport o f C ondition o f
F IR S T
STATE
BANK
at close of business as of December 4, 1922 and December 10, 1923
The Bank Owes to Depositors
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.
.
Dee. 4, 1922
Dee. 10, 1923
$507,532.24
$580,037.80
™ iL°n8e7 L tlVe b an k er alw ays has th is indebtedness in
mind, and he a rra n g e s his assets so as to be able to m eet
any req u est for p a y m e n t
For this Purpose We Have:
1. Cash
$ 8,108.05
L egal c u rre n c y and coin.
II.
Cheeks on Other Banks
P ayable a t once.
.
.
.
.
HI.
Cash Reserve with Federal Reserve Bank
IV.
Cash with other Banks Approved by State
-
P ayable a t once.
V.
P ayable a t once.
State, County and Municipal Warrants
r Mostly school w arra n ts.
VI.
State, County and Municipal Bonds
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,
1922
1923
M arket value of w hich I s ................»190,686.80 $206,662.20
F ace value .............................................. 189,610.50
202,610.50
W orth th is m uch m ore th a n am ount
ca rrie d on b o oks........................... $
Mostly sh o rt term bonds.
III.
VIII.
1,076.30
I nited States Govenrinent Bonds
. $ 5,000.00
Other Bonds
Bank Building
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XIII.
13,000.00
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$ 31,194.55
11,500.00
29,814.15
30,808.40
21,844.31
23.905.75
1,751.80
2,001.45
189,010.50
202,010.50
19,050.00
14,000.00
73,019.02
105,200.05
194,211.35
195,201.1«
.
107,227.70
2,757.80
.
Furniture, Fixtures mid Equipment
Stock of Federal Reserve Rank,
San Francisco, California
O v e r d r a f t s .................................................
25,000.00
25,000.00
5,051.20
5,430.95
1,050.00
1,050.00
NONE
3.00
Claims Against Estates not yet Closed
Other Real Estate than that used for Bank Bldg.
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to meet Indebtedness to Depositors
$570,307.94
This leaves a Surplus of
-
.
02,835.70
3,214.57
21,555.27
$012,013.35
«2.005.55
W hich becomes th e p ro p erty of th e S tock h o ld ers a fte r th e
debts to th e depositors a re paid, and is a g u ara n tee fund
upon w hich we invite new deposits and re ta in those w hich
have been lodged w ith us for m any years.
The F irst State Bank, a member of the Federal Reserve Svsteni
nionte8tad h hed
1L05’ has been continually under the same m anage-
n»Hnc?th
enj? yed & steady and natural growth from the beginning.
During th at time, in order to better serve its customers, it has increased
its Capital Stock three times. It has all the facilities of a city bank in-
H va
d hatr°fi nVC8t?ient j Hnd at the sa,ne tinie has Inade an exhaus-
! v® ?tady of
w ants a »d needs of its patrons, thereby putting itself
in a better position to serve the local people than any city bank.
m
8tatT.m ent re,flects the fact that
has spared no efforts
to protect its depositors, using all of the safeguards thrown around
a city bank with much larger responsibilities.
- ... T i C Fi.r8t ? tate Bank a PPreciates the fact that it is due to the un
failing loyalty of the people of this community, and the confidence they
kav,? ,r,e P ? ^ d, in its institution, th a t enables it to carry as it does over
ONE-HALF MILLION DOLLARS DEPOSITS.
V Is- t!y * efore Resolved, That we, the Officers and Employ
ees of First State Bank, extend
dirtstntas (Srevtings
To our old friends, loyal and true; to our valued new friends,
and to those whose friendship we strive to deserve; we heartily wish
unmeasured happiness and good fortune throughout the coming years.
With grateful appreciation for all the favors received by us from
you, and for that priceless though intangible asset, your good-will,
which we prize beyond measure, we seek to merit your continued con
fidence, and aim to serve you helpfully in the future.
First State Bank
GRESHAM, OREGON
T he G resham B ar asso ciatio n was
form ed la st n ig h t a t a m eeting of
local atto rn ey s, the first organization
of its kind In th e county o utside of
P o rtlan d . C. O. S chneider w as tem
p o rary ch airm an and Alf. O. Nelson
tem p o rary se cretary . P erm an e n t of
ficers w ere chosen as follow s: C ircuit
Ju d g e George W. S tapleton, p resid en t:
C. G. S chneider, vice p resid e n t: Alf. O.
Nelson, se c re ta ry and W. J. C o o p er
tre a su re r. T h ese co n stitu te th e m em
b ersh ip of th is association.
G resham and th is section of th e
county a re fo rtu n a te indeed in having
th is group of capable, conscientious
men re p rese n tin g th e legal profession.
All a re men of experience and all are
of th e h ig h est m o ral caliber.
T he objects of th e asso ciatio n were
EM PRESS LASS,” WHO IS “SOME CLASS"
briefly stated by th e se c re ta ry as be-
B C. A ltm an 's E m p ress L ass o f . T his sam e
h eifer la st year as a a” ? ‘I t en co u rag em en t ° f « *«••«>. ef-
Ingleside. a th ree-y ear-o ld , seem s | senior tw o-year old. com pleted a
en ‘ l’a r and th e d eterm in atio n to do
destined to top th e y e a r's reco rd of all y e a r’s te s t in
A pril 1923 w ith -59 in everyth,nK pO88lble to develop G resh-
Je rse y s of h er class, and m ay become pounds of fat
and 12 995 nollnL
am and v ,c,n lty and th e 8Plendld coun-
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test. T his record places her second
J “ dge S tapIeton ha8 had m any years
D uring S eptem ber th is rem ark ab le In her class In the United S tates win "
*2 P ractice, for a num ber of
ning both a gold and s ille r m Z ial K 7 1
n
°n
C' rCU,t bench
cow led all Je rse y s rep o rted , 385 in from
the A m erican Je rse y C attie C
. u J i t t
all, by n early 14 pounds of fat, and led
her own class by 22 pounds of fat.
Mr A ltm an has reaso n to believe,
A ttorney S chneider is a young m an
E m p ress L ass freshened on Ju ly 25
e
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Wh°
haV<“
8ee"
h
er
who
wa8 raised in e a ste rn M ultno-
la st and on A ugust 1 sta rte d on h er
,t b k. , tb a t En’preS8 La88 «H l reach m ah, who has received his legal edu-
p rese n t y e a r's te st as a sen io r th ree
P<>Und8
Cat*°n *" th ® 8Ch° ° l8 of th e 8tate and
y ear old. H er reco rd so fa r is even b u tte J fa i ,nr T d
b u tte rfa t In th e p rese n t test, and may who has had several y ea rs' successful
b e tte r th a n th a t of la st year. It is
. b o , . 1000
lee
Oro-h<m
)t
as follow s:
n r ? e°n . “
th ® e‘Kht C' a88 reC‘ w lth a Kroup of atto rn ey s in P o rtlan d
Lbs. m ilk Lbs. fat.
th in
J e r 8ey8 except th e sen io r w here he has an office, spending th ree
A u g u s t ............................ 1563
79.71
S e p te m b e r ...................... 1731
th re e y ear old, w hich Is held by an days of each week th e re and th ree
99.71
O ctober .......................... 1787
2 i 2 h C° W’ Z „
I t P° Und8 ° f f a t' day8 ‘n G resham . Mr. S chneider has
98.94
November ...................... 1479
90.92
w hich reco rd Mr. A ltm an confidently been for a num ber of years recorder
T hus far in Decem ber, according to Z k d
h a ’ ? E m p ress L ass w ill and m unicipal Judge of G resham ,
Mr. A ltm an 's record, she is averaging su rely do It if she con tin u es h er p res-
Both th e o th e r atto rn ey s are some-
close to 50 pounds of m ilk a day, giv e" L
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" ° aCC‘d en t hap p e" 8 « h a t new to G resham . Both have had
ing an average b u tte rfa t te st of 6.14
Mr. A ltm an, who has been a very y ears of legal experience in N orth Da-
pounds per day. T his te st Is official ! ^ h 2 8in" . breader, . ° f Jer8ey8' 18 very k o ta and both come highly recom -
an d on account of h er high average en th u sla stlc oyer th e record m ade by m ended from th e ir hom e com m unl-
she is re-tested by th e A m erican J e r
'^ h e i'" * V'* C°rWie«.
ties. A ttorney Nelson cam e from
sey c a ttle club a t th e ir expense, as the
t., i h v
E m p ress L ass ex- Dunn C enter early in th e sum m er and
club, w ishing to be fair and accu rate, tends back six g en eratio n s on th e dam A ttorney Cooper a rriv ed only last
looks upon a p roduction of over 5.2
pounds of fat for tw o days in succes- th ese’
h<>
"'*!]! h l" fa'" '
8l° n ’ T ™ - t B
e T ‘Cl° n and th e re f° re | 2 l35WX hnd'se 18 Pr° Ud' ShB Wa,Kh8l and « t abH8hT<retrhemO” e r e e and re2
m akes a re-test.
MASONIC ORDERS STRONG
IN GRESHAM AND VICINITY
27,151.11
15,370.00
Some banks show these as an asset
w ith w hich to pay depositors.
XIV.
XV.
Total
XVI.
2,980.79
14,000.00
D epreciated 5 per cent each year.
XII.
«50.00
$ 31,893.28
1,000.00.
Including Postoffices and o th e r offices
Cost of building very m uch more.
XI.
5,405.80
4,052.70
Due w ithin six m o n th s.............
M unicipal, P rovincial, G overnm ent,
Dominion of Canada.
Due w ithin six m o n th s.......................$
.$ 20.786.65
20.786.65
Due w ithin one y e a r ...................
8,532.97
Not included in above.
Due w ithin tw o y e a r s ........................... 16,500.00
16,500.00
Not included in above.
A rgentine G overnm ent due w ithin I
six m onth ..................................
IX. Loans
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Secured by C o lla te ra l....................... $ $ 26
647 76
26,647.76
Secured by R eal E sta te M ortgages 1 13,352.24
L oans to M erchants, B usiness and
P rofessional m en .........................
27,965.23
27,965.23
L oans to M a n u fa c tu re rs..................... 16,775.05
16,775.05
L oans to F a rm e rs, D airym en and
Stockm en .......................................... 109,471.07
109,471.07
U nclassified ....................................
X.
$
$
GRESHAM LAWYERS
Masonic o rd ers form th e stro n g est
fra te rn a l o rg an izatio n s in G resham
and vicinity, being rep rese n ted by two
lodges, th e “b lu e” and th e “ w hite
w ith an ag g re g ate m em bership of
about 150, T hese lodges a re active
and aggressive. An im p o rta n t bus!
ness e n te rp rise now being planned is
a hall to be b u ilt to accom m odate the
larg e and grow ing m em bership
option has been tak en on th e A. C.
Guynup p ro p erty on Pow ell stre e t Just
w est of R a k er’s g arage. If th e deal is
consum m ated th is w ill be th e location
of th e new building.
T he lo t is an Irre g u la r rectan g le
having a fro n ta g e of 80 feet. The
south line is 70 feet long, th e east
line 190 feet and th e w est line ap
p roxim ately as long as th e east. The
p u rch ase p rice is $1300.
Officers of th e B lue lodge, elected
th is w eek, a re as follow s: W. M., A.
M eyers; S. W., E. W. A ylsw orth;
J. W„ W. W. M etzger; se creta ry , W. L.
C o rsag e; tre a su re r, C. J. L undquist.
T he ap p ointive offices have n o t yet
been filled.
T he officers of G resham C hapter
Royal A rch M asons have recen tly been
elected and a re as follow s: excellent
high p riest, W. R. Jo h n so n ; king,
H. J. P u lfe r; scribe. W. K. H am ilton;
se creta ry , Ja s. E lk in g to n ; tre a su re r,
Dr. A. W. B otkin; C. H., O scar Jo h n
so n ; P. S„ W. J. T odd; R. A. C„
Al. H am m ar; 3d veil, A. D ow sett; 2d
veil, C. M. Q ulckaall; 1st veil, John
G reenw ood; ch ap lain , W. H. Cong-
don; se n try , Roy Cannon.
SHOPPERS NEED NOT
SEEK CHRISTMAS
GIFTS ELSEWHERE
T he people of G resham and vi
cinity need not go elsew h ere for
C h ristm as shopping. T his is evi
dent to anyone who will ta k e th e
tro u b le to v isit th e v arious sto res
and shops w hich a re now display
Ing th e ir w ares so attractiv ely .
Never before have th e w indows
been so beautiful. It seems, or the
v ariety of goods offered so g reat
Drug, novelty and Jew elry sto res
fairly sp a rk le w ith gifts to please
th e connoisseur. Books, toys and
fancy a rtic le s a ttr a c t th e buyers
C onfectionery sto re s c a rry an un
usually fine line of holiday goods.
If one is looking for p ractical
gifts they may be found in abund
ance In th e dry goods and clothing
stores. Many splendid gifts In elec
trie ap p lian ces and h ard w are are
also offered. Even th e g ro cery
sto res a re bidding for th e holiday
trade.
C h ristm as sh o p p ers need not go
elsew here to buy.
GRESHAM GRANGE
ENJOYS GOOD YEAR
G resham g ran g e has bro u g h t to a
close a p ro sp ero u s y ear w hich saw
added m em bers and im provem ent In
g ran g e property. T he list of m em
bers, as chosen at th e re g u la r m eet
ing la st S atu rd ay Includes th e follow
in g ; m aster, F. C, H odge; overseer,
A. Ruegg; le ctu rer, Mrs. Sophie C u r
ry ; stew ard, Mrs. B a rb a ra S leret; a s
s is ta n t stew ard, G eorge H oney; c h a p
lain, Mrs. Wm. H o rn e ck e r; se creta ry ,
Mrs. Minnie S q u ire, gate keeper. Geo.
S leret;
tre a su re r. G eorge L eslie;
f eres, Mrs. Belle T h o rn e ; Pom ona,
Miss M arg aret A nlcker; F lo ra, Mrs.
A. V olbrecht; lady a s sista n t stew ard,
Mrs. Susie Ruegg,
G resham C hapter O rder of E astern
S ta r now has a m em bership of about
175. At a m eeting of th e o rd er held
th is week th e officers for th e ensuing
y ear w ere elected as follow s: w orthy
m atro n , Mrs. U. G. S m ith ; asso ciate
1 m atro n , Mrs. B. C. A ltm an ; w orthy
p atro n , U. G. S m ith ; co n d u ctress, Mrs.
C. J. L u n d q u ist; asso ciate conductress,
Mrs. M arie G o rsag e; se c re ta ry , Mrs. GRESHAM LODGE L. O. L.
C lara P u lfe r; tre a s u re r, Mrs. C arrie
ACTIVE ORGANIZATION
Cam eron. T he w orthy m atro n has
G resham Lodge L O. L. has a larg e
m ade th e follow ing ap p o in tm en ts;
m
em
bership and includes on its roll
Ada, Miss L etitia P u lfe r; R uth, Mrs.
I G ladys H oyt; E sth e r, Mrs. Josep h in e m any ° f the l,‘adlng mpn of G resham
¡H a le y ; M artha, Miss G e rtru d - Al-x and v lcln ,ty - T he list of officers Is a .
L a n d e r ; E lecta, Mrs. W. J. O tt; m ar- ' O,,OW8 rna8,er' Wm H. S tan ley ;
‘ sh al. Mrs. G ertru d e S ch an n o ; chap- rtepU‘y m a8tPr’ A,PX « “ '" ‘»on; W
re ta ry , H arry y HanUU,,n'
H am ilto n ; tre
tre a a su
su re
re . r,
lain. Mrs. B. L. W airad ; w arden. Mrs I j L
C. M. Q u lc k s .il; o rg an ist, Mrs. Clyde C , r ’ J1?, h , ; rh a p Ia ,n ' E E Chipm an
irecto r
R uegg; sentinel, B. F. D ah lh a m m e r.' KU3r< lan ' riy d e M cM urry; d directo
of cerem onies, J. A. Gray.
i In stallatio n of th ese officers will
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Wpdnp" day
» • - 1 Subscribe for th e G resham Outlook
cem ber 26, by th re e past
Mrs. 0 . J. Brown will be th e
officer, Mrs. C a rrie Cam eron,
lain and Mrs. C. Powell th e
m atro n s.
in stallin g
th e chap-
m arsh al,
I now and get th e splendid holiday
! num ber which will be Issued on De-
1 member 14. You will also receive th e
j paper al1 of 1M4- al1 to r U -SO.
Miss F lo ren ce Honey, a past o rg an ist.
T he ch ild ren w on’t need to be called
will have ch arg e of th e m usic.
I on C h ristm as m orning.
tu rn ed to his form er hom e to se ttle up
his affairs there.
Mr. Nelson held th e positions of
sta te 's atto rn e y and U nited S tates
com m issioner for D unn county for
sev eral y ea rs and w as five y ears coun
cil for th e N o rth ern Pacific R ailw ay
com pany in Dunn county.
Mr. Cooper took up legal w ork in
1911, afte r ten y ea rs in th e banking
b usiness. H e w as adm itted to th e bar
in N orth D akota in 1916. He has
been active in th e affairs of his home
city, being on th e council fo r a n um
ber of y ears and city atto rn e y for
seven years. A rran g em en ts have been
m ade for a su ite of room s in th e Bank
of G resham building w hich is being
rem odeled. T he room s will be ready
for occupancy ab o u t the flrHt of the
year.
ODD FBLLOW LODGE IS
MAKING GROWTH
G resham Odd Fellow s lodge Is one
of th e oldest In th is p a rt of th e coun
try and has enjoyed a stead y grow th,
adding a n um ber of new m em bers
d u rin g th e p ast few m onths. It has
its own hall on Pow ell stree t, w hich
has been th e hom e of th e lodge for a
q u a rte r of a cen tu ry . F or d istric t
p urposes th e G resham lodge w orks
w ith Boring and E sU cad a lodges. Of
ficers for th e en su in g year w ere elec t
ed th is week as follow s: noble grand,
H a rry Jo h n so n ; vice gran d , Cecil
M etzger; se creta ry , C. A H ill; tre a s
u re r, Roy H. Gibbs. T he appointive
offices will be nam ed in the n ea r fu
tu re.
Officers elected by the Rebekah
lodge a t its m eeting th is week are
noble gran d , Mrs. H arry W arden;
vice gran d , Mrs. E lsie M llleson; sec
re ta ry , Mrs. C h risten s H um ason;
tre a su re r, Mrs. A. McManus. In sta ll
ation of officers will be held on the
second Monday evening in Ja n u ary .
EI NERAL IS HELD EDR
LATE WARD II. ( RAMER
T he fu n eral for th e late W ard H.
C ram er who w as killed at S ch iller
statio n la st Monday m orning when he
was stru ck by an E stacad a c a r was
........
_ ethodist
.........
held ....................
a t th e M
Episcopal
j ch u rch T h u rsd ay , th e Rev. A. 8. Hlsey
officiating. G resham Masonic lodge
had ch a rg e of the fu n eral. In term e n t
w as in th e Mt. Scott cem etery.
Mr. C ram er w as born In L afayette,
New York, A ugust 17, 1853. In 1875
he moved to W yoming and in 1884 to
M ontana, n ear B illings, w here he en
gaged In stock raisin g . On Decem ber
17, 1890, he m a rried Mrs. E rm inle
Owens, who su rv iv es him. The fam
ily moved to E llen sb u rg , W ashington,
In 1904 and to G resham In 1921. Mr.
C ram er was a m em ber of th e E lle n s
b u rg M asonic lodge. Two siste rs are
In New York, a b ro th er In Los An
geles an d one a t Billings.