AMERICAN LEGION CELEBRATION
DREW IMMENSE, HAPPY THRONG
COUNTY FAIR WITH
ATTRACTIONS NEAR
BALI. TEAM
TWICE VICTOBIOUS
| T he A m erican Legion ball to ssers J
j w ere tw ice victors in th re e days w hen I
| th ey defeated C orbett, Ju ly 4th, 4 to 3
TWO FATALITIES
MAR WEEK-END
OF THE FOURTH
and th en w alloped Boring. "Sunday,
In point of num bers .participating,
F re e-fo r-all pace, p u rse $1000—
;
14 to 6. Both gam es w ere easy to '
F
irst,
Mack
F
itzsim
m
ons.
Ed.
D
enni
in th e good order of th e crow d a tte n d
: w atch and th e C orbett gam e especial- i
son,
o
w
ner;
second,
H
al
Brow
n,
J.
J.
ing an d in th e continuous pro g ram of
j ly so because th e issue w as in doubt ! Two fata lities in th is section m arred
K adderly, ow n er; th ird . P rin c e Zo-
ev en ts w hich provided som ething if
un til th e la st ball w as cau g h t and the !
w eek-end of th e F o u rth , b ringing
lock, H. W illiam son, o w n er; fo u rth ,
in te re st from th e beginning of the F loram el, T. F. Sw isher, ow ner
| last m an out.
; sorrow to tw o fam ilies and num erous
G resham sta rte d th e firew orks In friends. Both victim s w ere ch ild ren
p ara d e in th e m orning to th e la st tim e, 2:15, by Mack Fitzsim m ons.
| th e first in ning when a fte r tw o w ere
stra in s of dance m usic a t night, the
P arad e Was S hort and Snappy.
j aged 14 years. Both lo st th e ir lives in
down they p u t over th re e ru n s. In ,,
F o u rth of Ju ly celeb ratio n staged by
T he p ara d e on the p rin cip al stre e ts
the
th
e
th
ird
Inning
w
ith
th
e
two
on
bases.
j
th ® w“ te rs ,lear »»>> Run. one on th e
G resham P ost A m erican Legion stan d s of th e city w as good, though not as
F
J.
H am lin th rew th e ball over th e | r o o u u r rth
ln and
anil one
one on Sunday. Both
o u t as one of the best ever held here. m any p articip a ted as w ere expected.
c a tc h e r's head and tw o ru n n e rs scored w er« ch ild ren of w ell-know n fam ilies
A fine address, th o u g h tfu l and in Comic, civic and com m ercial floats,
for C orbett. G resham ag ain counted of Ibe P lea san t Home d istrict.
sp irin g , w as given by W. L air T hom p a flag d rill team , a band an d th e drum
in th e fo u rth and C orbett in the
Jo h n S ester, son, of Mr. and Mrs. A.
son of P o rtlan d on a topic ap p ro p ria te co rp s of th e P o rtlan d P o st A m erican
eighth.
S ester of L usted, lost his life In the
to th e day and th e occasion. Ju d g e L egion gave v ariety to th e occasion
W inters, p itch in g for th e Legion had Sandy riv er, a t th e confluence of the
S tap leto n spoke briefly and several and m ade an in te restin g scene. The
T he am u sem en t fea tu re s qf th e M ult w orthy e n terp rise and would be prop
w onderful su p p o rt and th rew a p retty Bull Run. on the F o u rth . D eath w as
selections w ere supg by th e M iller & aw ard s of th e judges w ere as follow s:
nom ah county fair w ere given an of erly conducted and w as w orthy of th e gam e too. He had 11 strik e o u ts as
due to shock or h ea rt failure, acco rd
T racey q u a rte t of P o rtlan d . M ayor
C om m ercial division, City Bakery,
su p p o rt of th e relig io u s organiza a g a in st eight for Woodward.
ing to those who w orked to re su sc ita te
K. A. M iller presided a t the m orning first; A ylsw orth & M artin, second; ficial nam e and a snap p y slogan w as tions.
adopted a t la st n ig h t’s m eeting of th e !
Sunday an im provised team took the him a fte r th e body w as recoVered, as
p rogram .
A. J. W. Brow n, hono rab le m ention.
R eports w ere m ade by v ario u s com
W hen th e p rogram w as finished
Civic division, G resham postofflce, fair board. T he w ild w est fea tu re s m ittees, all show ing th a t th e ir w ork Boring nine into cam p by a score of no w ater w as found In his lungs.
14 to 6. It w as not a bad gam e to
th e re w'as gen eral sc u rry to suitab le first; city council, second.
A gnes Söderberg, d au g h ter of Mr.
a re to be know n as “F ro n tie r Days on was w ell in hand and th a t all would
w
atch as th e score w as several tim es and Mrs. H. Söderberg, who recen tly
places for fam ily and group picnic
Comic division, R ak er & Son, first; th e R ange.” T he slogan, a c h a ra c te r be In read in ess w hen th e big fair
tied up un til th e sixth Inning w hen It moved from P le a sa n t H ome to Bull
p a rtie s and h undreds of p ersons en A. W. M etzger, second.
istic cowboy expression, "L et 'e r Go! opens th ree w eeks from today.
stood 8 to 6 for G resham . T he Legion Run, w as drow ned in th e rese rv o ir of
joyed th e sandw iches and barbecued
F irs t S tate Bank d rill team in flag
Many of th e buildings a re being im boys counted six tim es in th e seventh
W
hoope-e!”
w
as
given
an
Introduction
beef served by th e com m ittee.
th e Bull Run pow er p la n t on S unday
d rill, first; n est egg w ith Ja p an e se
proved, the drivew ays and w alks are
I t is estim ated th a t eight th ousand ch ild ren , second.
and a try o u t on th e F o u rth , w hen in being p u t in good shape, e x tra ground and eighth and held Boring scoreless afternoon. E va H eneberg, 14, com
panion of Agnes, w as rescued by the
p erso n s saw the h orse races and other
A la rg e num ber of G resham b u si th e p ara d e th e re m arch ed ab o u t 50 has been leased for au to park in g , th e a fte r th e sixth.
F. H am lin, th ro w in g for G resham fath e r of th e drow ned g irl and re su s
sp o rts in th e afternoon. More th a n a ness men and o th ers m arched in the
fa ir boosters, w earin g b uckaroo h ats rac e tra c k Is being electrified and th e had 11 strik e o u ts to his cre d it as citated.
th o u sa n d autom obiles w ere parked p ara d e w earin g th e b uckaroo h a ts and
and
b rig h t silk scarfs, and yelling in fences reco n stru cted .
a g a in st eight for tw o B oring h eavers
aro u n d th e race co u rse and g rand b an d a n n as ad v ertisin g th e com ing
I»led Neeklng to Save Friend.
T he board has u n d erta k en p lan s to
N ext S unday th e locals w ill m eet
Jo h n S ester died seeking to save his
sta n d and bleachers w ere packed to county fair, "p io n eer days on the cowboy fashion.
provide bleecher space on th e infield
capacity. Foot races in whifch young ran g e .” They w ore th e h ats during
Rev. A. B. Snyder, re p re se n tin g th e of th e rac e tra c k and g re a te r con th e Rose City Independents, a team friend. R ussell M iller. J o h n ’s chum ,
and old m ight join w ere p u t in be the day and a ttra c te d m uch atten tio n . council of ch u rch es of w hich body he venience for autos. T he experience com posed of young high school s ta rs got beyond his depth and Jo h n , who
tw een th e heats of the racin g program .
K. C. R oberts, ch a irm an of th e com is executive se creta ry , ap p eared b e of th e F o u rth show s th a t th e g rand from th e v ario u s P o rtlan d schools was a good sw im m er, tried to rescue
T he h o rses w ere in good form and all m ittee on parade, exp ressed his a p fore th e b oard la st n ig h t to m ake a stan d and b leech er seatin g capacity This should be a fast gam e and easy him. Both w ent down. Bob M iller,
th e rac es resu lted in close finishes.
preciatio n of th e good w ork w hich p erso n al in v estig atio n of th e c h a ra c w ill be alto g eth er Inadequate d u rin g to w atch because th is P o rtlan d a g g re older b ro th er of R ussell, sp ran g to the
gation does not believe it can lose. rescu e of th e tw o boys and w as
An in cident w hich m arked the rac es w as done in connection w ith th e p a te r of th e show s to be p u t on a t th e th e fair.
T he gam e w ill be called a t 2:30 sharp. seized and dragged down. By a su
w as th e w ith d raw al a fte r th e second rade, and his th a n k s to a ll who p a r fa ir th a t he m ig h t re p o rt to his coun
M eetings of th e board and of com
prem e effort he ex tricated him self.
h e a t of th e 2:25 pace of Q ueen Malvis, ticipated.
cil. On his re p o rt would depend th e m ittees w ill be of alm o st nightly oc
SEVERAL
MINOR
HURTS
M
eantime a pole had been th ro w n out
owned by Jo h n Bloom of Salem , a fte r
attitu d e an d action of th e ch u rch es in curence from now on and nothing will
Bursting Firecrackers Cause
MARK LAST WEEK END by F red M organ an d as th e b ro th ers
she had w on th e th ird place b u t
reg
a
rd
to
aid
in
g
th
e
sale
of
tic
k
ets
in
Near Riot.
be om itted from th e p la n s to a ttr a c t
show ed th a t som ething had gone
S everal m inor accidents o ccurred in camo to th e su rfa ce they g rasp ed the
A boy, a p p a re n tly b u rstin g into aid of th e ch ild ren 's farm hom e and th e la rg e st atten d a n ce to th e fair and
w rong. T his valuable m a re died the flam es a t all his pockets and striv in g th e fair. F ro m in d icatio n s Mr. Sny p ro p erly c a re for th e in creased a t G resham over th e w eek-end w hich r e pole and w ere d raw n to safety. Jo h n
n ex t m o rning of w hat w as said to be fra n tic a lly to em pty his pockets of d er w as satisfied th a t th e fair w as a tendance.
su lted in broken bones and bruises. did not come up and it w as 45 m in
spasm odic colic. F ollow ing a re th e firecrack ers, s ta rtle d th e crow d w hich
None of them ap p e ar to be serious, utes before th e body w as recovered.
re su lts of fhe rac in g events:
though all w ere painful. T he local In Medical alii had been sum m oned from
filled th e g ran d sta n d d u rin g th e LOCAL l O l ’ M i PEOPLE
VANDALS TEAK DOWN
the n earby crow d of p icn ick ers a t
ju re d p erso n s a re doing well.
. 2:25 pace, purse $500— F irst, Amy races. D espite th e serio u sn ess of th e
TAKE M AIIItlAUE VOWS
FLAGS AND BUNTING
On th e evening of th e F o u rth th e Dodge P ark and a pu lm o ter was
Bond, H. W illiam son, o w ner; second, situ atio n , th e sig h t w as so am using
brought, b ut death had probably come
T he m a rria g e of Miss M ary E llio tt
C lara H al, A. Abbott, o w ner; th ird . th a t those w ho saw his predicam ent
W as it d isresp ec t to our n atio n 's c a r of C. A. M att of 1059 E ast 28th
Queen Melvis, Jo h n Bloom, o w ner; a t first laughed, th en th e w ord w ent d au g h ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. L. colors, d isreg ard of p ro p erty rig h ts or stre e t. N orth, P o rtlan d , and driven by alm o st w ith th e first plunge into th e
cold w ater.
fo u rth , Miss P o rtlan d , G eorge L. P a r out th a t some m an had touched off E llio tt, and E dw ard N ew m an H am il ju s t p u re cu ssed n ess w hich led som e M attie Je n sen of E stacad a, crash ed
Jo h n w as know
known n to have a w eak
ton,
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Ed.
H
am
ilton
into
th
e
telephone
pole
a
t
the
F
irs
t
one to te a r down flags and bunting
k er, ow ner. B est tim e, 2:23, by Amy th e ro ck e t p ro tru d in g from th e boy’s
h
e
a
rt
and
had
never been a ro b u st
pocket, and disapproval w as show n of M on'avilla, fo rm erly of th e L usted used in decoration on business houses S tate Bank co rn er, w recking the rig h t
Bond.
child. He is survived by his p aren ts,
neighborhood
and
B
ull
Run,
w
ere
fro
n
t
w
heel
of
th
e
c
a
r
and
throw
ing
2:20 pace, purse $500—F irs t, G eorge by yells and hisses. M arshal Cox,
of G resham on th e F o u rth ? These a re
an older b ro th er, W ill, and a sister,
H. W ilson, H. W illiam son, o w ner; sec who investigated th e affair, found w it m a rried on S atu rd ay evening, Ju n e 28 som e of th e q u estio n s puzzling those a sm all boy, B ern ard Jen sen , bodily
Mrs. H ector M organ of McMinnville,
a
t
th
e
hom
e
of
th
e
b
rid
e's
p
a
re
n
ts
at
th
ro
u
g
h
th
e
w
indshield,
cu
ttin
g
a
deep
ond, Lady Lincoln, Ed. D ennison, ow n nesses, N els Rodlun a n d o th ers, who
who lo st th e ir d eco ratio n s some tim e
e r ; th ird , E dna M., Mrs. J. J. K adder- said they saw a sm all boy touch off the Pow ell Valley. T he cerem ony w as F rid ay n ig h t follow ing th e celebration gash in his arm and cau sin g bruises. Oregon. He w as b o rn on th e home
farm w here his p a re n ts have lived for
ly, o w n er; fourth, M ary Luck, John explosive, eith er in a sp irit of m ischief perform ed by th e Rev. E. G. R anton In
H epp’s R ack et sto re lo st a la rg e T he w om an fainted. Both w ere given m any years.
He had received his
L uck, ow ner. B est tim e, 2:18, by Geo. or in revenge for being teased. Mr. th e p resen ce of a few n ear relativ es flag, th e S an ita ry m a rk e t a sm all one, m edical a tte n tio n h ere and sen t to
schooling
In
th
e L usted school and
and
friends.
T
he
bride
w
ore
a
w
hite
Cox w anted it m ade public th a t none
H. W ilson.
th e L. A. W ack sto re and th e G resh P o rtlan d by an am bu lan ce w hich a r th e G resham union high school, w here
sa
tin
d
ress
and
ca
rrie
d
a
show
er
bou
rived
ab
o
u
t
10
o'clock.
T
he
accident
of
th
e
m
en
on
R
a
k
er
&
S
on’s
c
a
r
had
F re e-fo r-all tro t, p u rse $500—F irst,
am Outlook had b u n tin g sto len and at
he had com pleted th e fresh m an year.
B ailie B, Mrs. J. W atts, ow n er; sec anything to do w ith th e affair ex cep t quet. T he young people w ere a tte n d th e la tte r place an effort w as m ade to w as th e re s u lt of an explosion of one
F u n eral services w ere held on S u n
ed
by
Miss
R
uth
E
llio
tt,
sis
te
r
of
th
e
of
th
e
tire
s
w
hich
caused
th
e
c
a
r
to
ond, T he Obvious, G eorge L. P a rk e r, ing to ta k e up a collection for th e boy
te a r down th e flag, w hich w as so se
day aftern o o n In th e G resham B ap tist
o w n er; th ird , Perio, Z igler & M isner, w ith w hich to rep lace th e tro u se rs, bride, as bridesm aid and R o b ert C or cu rely fasten ed th a t th e vandal or sw erve to one side unexpectedly.
They w ere conducted by
Jo h n Brow n, Justice of th e peace ch u rch .
o w n ers; fo u rth , Bonfire, H. A. Golden, w hich w ere ru in ed . W illiam Jo h n b ett of P o rtlan d .
v andals w ere un ab le to get it down.
ow ner. B est tim e, 2:20% , by H allie B. son, th e boy, w as not serio u sly burned.
T he w edding cake, w hich w as de The d eco ratio n s w ere to rn from th eir for M ultnom ah d istric t and local real F ra n k Gill and George M iller of P o rt
land. T he p all b ea rers w ere P ercy
scribed as w onderfully fine, w as m ade fasten in g s, leaving ragged s trip s on ty dealer, m et defeat In a tu ssel w ith
his Ford la st S atu rd ay , d islo catin g his C arlson, Jo h n Flem ing, H enry B rink,
for th e occasion by Mrs. H am ilton of th e aw nings.
ig h t w rist and b reak in g one of th e E rn e st Meyer, R u ssell M iller and Dale
M ontavilla, 90 y ea rs old, g ran d m o th er
T he valu e of th ese deco ratio n s w as
bones o f th e fo rearm Just above th e A ltm an, all frien d s and high school
of th e groom.
n ot g re a t b u t th e ow ners exp ress a w rist.
m ates of Jo h n . In te rm e n t w as In
Mr. and Mrs. H am ilton a re a t p re s
feeling of d isg u st for anyone who
D ouglass cem etery.
D
ouglass
Johnson,
th
e
9-year-old
en t tak in g ca re of th e Ed. E llio tt farm would so fa r lose his self resp ect and
Father R escues Child, Loses D au g h ter
T he d em ocratic convention, w hich anim osities th a t have been en g en a t Pow ell V alley b u t expect to m ake his reg ard for the rig h ts of o th ers as son of Mr. and Mrs. O scar A. Jo h n so n
W hen Agnes S öderberg an d Eva
had
both
bones
of
his
rig
h
t
arm
brok
th e ir hom e in P ark ro se .
to steal th e n atio n al colors, emblem
h a s developed into a stru g g le , took its dered. N either could hope to win the
H aneberg w ere plunged from th e fra il
n
ea
r
th
e
w
rist
on
la
st
S
atu
rd
ay
of order and good citizenship.
87th b allo t before ad jo u rn m en t y e s te r nom ination n ex t fall.
NOTICE TO WATER USERS.
w hen he w as h it by a c a r driven by r a ft w hich they had built, Into th e w a
L aF o lle tte h as been nom inated by
One m ig h t alm o st as w ell ste al a
day and resum ed th e b allo tin g th is th e rad ical pro g ressiv es, and, though
Roy M cC arter on South R oberts ave te rs of th e artificial lake of th e P o rt
N otice is hereby given th a t no w a Bible.
nue. T he boy had d arte d acro ss the land E le ctric P ow er com pany, above
m o rn in g w ith S m ith gain in g over Mc nom inally a rep u b lican , he has been te r w ill be allow ed for sp rin k lin g of
stre
e t from behind a p ark ed car. He th e Bull Run pow er p lan t, w hile his
Window Cleaning
Adoo. A ccording to th e la te st in endorsed by th e so c ialists and w ill I law ns betw een th e h o u rs of 9 p. m. and
own d au g h ter drow ned Jo h n S ö d er
5 a. m. O rdered by K. A. M iller,
F or ex p e rt window clean in g see 8. w as n ea rly ac ro ss th e stre e t and had
fo rm atio n ea rly today no one of th e m ake co nsiderab le in ro ad s in to th e | m ayor of th e city of G resham , on a d
berg rescued h er com panion. A bout
one
foot
on
th
e
cu
rb
w
hen
he
w
as
hit,
T
ajlm
a,
or
leave
o
rd
ers
w
ith
John
ra n k s of both m ajo r p arties.
vice of th e W ater B oard of P o rtlan d . Brow n, G resham , phone 2501.
tw
o h o u rs elapsed before th e body of
leading candidates w as n ea r th e r e
ap p a re n tly by th e fender.
It m ay be a good th in g for La F o l
th e little g irl w as discovered. It w as
q u isite tw o -th ird s to se cu re th e nom i- lette to have ta k en th e stan d he lias.
b ro u g h t up from ab o u t ten feet of w a
n ation. T he convention adjourned , R w ,n hc)p tQ c ,ear th e po„ tlc a , a t .
te r by G eorge M iller, S tan ley Bacon
la st n ig h t as a m ark of sym pathy w ith m osphere for him to d eclare him self.
and E rn e st H aneberg, th e la tte r a
P re sid e n t and Mrs. Coolidge on th e I ^ ¿ h
m \ h e e x t r e m e m in o rité he
b
ro th er of th e rescu ed g irl. G rap-
d eath of th e ir son.
has been a th o rn e in th e flesh in
p le rs had been sum m oned from P o rt
An a tte m p t w as m ade to b rin g ab o u t W ashington and been able w ith a few |
land and hud com m enced w ork w hen
an ad jo u rn m en t to an o th e r tim e and follow ers from both partle8 to lm .
th e neighbor* w ere su ccessfu l In g e t
p lace b u t th is fell throug h. An effort ! pede legislation and bulldose th e law- |
tin g th e body. R alph G anger of Bull
w as also m ade to induce McAdoo to m akers.
Run dove so m any tim es to tr y to And
w ith d raw b u t he rep u d iated th e su g
W hoever is nom inated by th e dem o
th e body th a t he w as n ea rly overcom e
gestion and p rac tica lly said “N ever.” c ra ts th e re is c e rta in to be a h ard and I
and It w as n ecessary to ta k e him home
T he convention, how ever, h as r e b itte r cam paign, and, though th e r e - |
and give him trea tm e n t.
leased all delegates from th e ir pledges | ” "-g
^ '^ s c t f c a l i y
Jo h n S öderberg, fa th e r of th e dead
so th a t th ey m ay vote as they choose. c e rta in for th e rep u b lican nom inee,
girl, is flume boss for th e pow er com
T h ere a re indications of a tendency th e re a re liable to be political e ru p
pany. He moved with his fam ily only
to com prom ise on a can d id ate a c ce p t tions w hich it w ill ta k e y ea rs to settle
few days ago to Bull Run from
able to both factions. It may be G lass and m ay cause la stin g ch an g es in po-1
P le a sa n t Home. Agnes w as a g ra d u
of V irginia, it m ay be D avis, it m ay be litical p arties.
a te In th e la st class from O rient
R alston, it may be som eone else.
school No. 6, Jo in t, located at O rient.
Gresham Grange Will Picnic.
It w ouldn't be su rp risin g to see Gov
F u n eral services for th e little g irl
F ollow ing a b rief b u sin ess session |
e rn o r A1 Sm ith, of New York, nom i
w ere held th is aftern o o n from th e
of th e G resham g ran g e on next S a t
nated.
P le a sa n t Home M ethodist ch u rch . In
If th a t should resu lt, or If McAdoo u rday evening, Ju ly 12, w hich will be I
te rm e n t was in Mt. S co tt cem etery.
should ta k e a sp u rt and w in, it is be held in th e hall, th e g ra n g e rs and
lieved by carefu l o b servers th a t eith er th e ir fam ilies w ill re p a ir to th e grove
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