Gresham outlook., July 15, 1924, Image 1

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VOL. 14, NO. 3»
G resham O utlook
GRESHAM, MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON,
TUESDAY, JULY
15,
TUESDAYS
AND
FRIDAYS
l# i4
$1.50 Per Year
BOARD WORKING HARD ON PLANS
BERRY INDUSTRY
FOR BEST FAIR EVER HELD HERE
HUNDREDS
UNUSUAL ATTRACTIONS
OFFICIAL SONG FOR
ARE COMING TO FAIR
COUNTY FAIR WEEK
HERE KEEPS
EMPLOYED DAILY
W o r ld ’s Record
This District Is Fast Becoming the Greatest
Berry Growing Section Anywhere
in the World Today.
FARMERS’ FIELD DAY
WILL BE SATURDAY
Next S atu rd ay Is the d ate of th e big
fa rm e rs’ field day and picnic, the ten th
an n u al event to be held during the
sum m er by th e farm ers of M ultnom ah
county. It is bucked by th e g range but
it is n o t by any m eans stric tly a
g ran g e affair, as all th e farm ers and
th e ir frien d s are invited to attend.
The m orning program will include
m usic by th e M olalla band and an ad­
d ress by J. D. Mickle, Oregon dairy
and food com m issioner, on “ Dairy
P ro d u cts vs. S u b stitu tes." A fter the
picnic d in n er from 12 to 1:30 a pro­
g ram of m usic and read in g s w ill be
given. Win. H. Boyer, su p erv iso r of
m usic for th e P o rtlan d schools, will
bo song leader. J. MacMIllian Muir,
m usical d irec to r for L incoln and
W ashington high schools and the Ceu-
te n ary -W ilb u r M ethodist
Episcopal
ch u rch of P o rtlan d , will preside at the
piano. Miss G ladys Jo h n so n will re n ­
der violin solos and Mrs. M arie A.
M organ readings.
In addition to J o r y ’s re a l big hon-
The fa ir has chosen a nam e for its
e a t-to g o o d n ess wild w est th rille r a t ­ g re a t ag g reg atio n of am u sem en t fea
tra c tio n s and B yers’ aggreg atio n of tu res, h as adopted a snap p y m otto
show s, a ll of w hich w ith th e horse and now’ h as added a song.
rac es w ill co n stitu te th e day and
The name chosen is ‘‘F ro n tie r Days
n ig h t p ro g ram s on th e rac e trac k , th e on th e R ange," as m a n y of th e fea
T he m agnitude of th e fru it In dustry
M ultnom ah county fair, opening here tu re s a re from th e P endleton Round in th is section is little realized, even der of Idaho. F ru it has also been sold
to W eiser, Idaho.
on Ju ly 29, w ill have one of th e c lea n ­ up, Including Indians, cowboys and by those who a re accustom ed to see
The figures for Ju ly are not yet
est, m ost diversified and e n tertain in g I rough rid ers, etc. It w ill be th e big- scores of loaded vehicles of v ario u s
available,
an d Ju ly is th e heavy berry
c a rn iv al and am usem ent a ttra c tio n s | gest th in g of its kind ever seen in th is kinds c a rry in g b erries and ch e rrie s or
m onth, w ith th e picking ju st p ast the
th a t has been seen a t an Oregon fair. p a rt of th e state.
who happen to see huge tru c k s and peak. Ju n e b usiness, how ever, w as en ­
T he com pany is called th e A llton's
T he m otto, or yell, is a p p ro p ria te to tra ile rs piled high w ith fru it w hich they couraging. S ales of fresh s tra w b e r­
B est C arnival a ttra c tio n s and includes th e c h a ra c te r of th e show s. I t Is full a re tra n sp o rtin g . A v isit to th e vari
ries am ounted to $1400 and of ch e rrie s
a fe rris w heel and m erry-go-round. of snap an d force. T his is it: “L et 'er ous places w here fru it is handled is a
to $8500. R asp b erries sold in Ju n e
W ith it w ill be given free acts, in clu d ­ Go! W hoopee!”
v eritab le eye-opener. T housands of am ounted to $4200 and lo g an b erries to
ing a high dive by Chas. S öderberg,
At the fa ir board m eeting la st n ig h t people are engaged in h arv e stin g th e $3 700. C u rra n ts and b lackcaps for
th e w o rld ’s cham pion high diver.
H. H. B ushnell, publicity ag en t for th e fru it crop in th is vicinity and in ca r Ju n e w ere light, to ta lin g only $257
Mr. A llton, president, and o th e r fair, p resen ted th e accom panying ing for it.
Much F ru it is B arreled.
re p re se n ta tiv e s of the com pany have verses to be sung to a late catchy
At th e G resham can n ery 380 m em ­
About 100 to n s of stra w b e rrie s w ere
been h ere d u rin g th e p a st few days tune. H e sta te d th ese w ere ju s t a few bers of th e Cooperative B erry G row ­ put into b arrels. T hese witli th e su g ar
m aking a ll arran g em en ts.
suggestio n s an d could be added to ers a re b rin g in g th e ir produce, w hich n ecessary to keep them , filled 615
T his is th e first season of th is c a r ­ alm ost indefinitely. T he o rig in al song is being han d led by the B erry G row ­ b arrels. T hese have all been sold
nival com pany in Oregon. They have is said to have n early fifty verses. ers P ack in g com pany, th e sam e 380 O rders a re in for 1500 b a rre ls of
T he follow ing p ro g ram of sports
w ill give an o p p o rtu n ity for a ll to
show ed in several cities th is sum m er T here o u g h t to be as m any a p p ro ­ g ro w ers organized to process, pack, rasp b e rrie s, and 1200 b a rre ls are
sell an d o th erw ise ca re for th e fru it ready. More th a n 2000 sacks of su g ar
p a rtic ip a te ;
u n d er A m erican Legion and other p a­ p ria te v erses m entioning th e fair.
of its m em bers. T hese g ro w ers have have been used in th e b arrelin g and
Prizes Offered.
trio tic auspices and a re highly recom ­
I ie E atin g C ontest— 12 y ears and
m ended.
T he O utlook w ants sev eral dozen ap p ro x im ately 1800 ac res of b erries can n in g to date.
under. 1st prize, $3 cash , A. E.
and fru its. E stim atin g th a t it tak es
E xley;
2d prize, »2 m erchandise,
C annery W orking to C apacity.
T hey a re a 100 p er cent A m erican good, snappy verses to add to th is fair
four p erso n s to pick an acre, 7,200
song.
T
hey
w
ill
be
p
rin
ted
on
a
slip
D ickson D rug Co., M ontavilla.
The can n ery is w orking to capacity
organization and are said to be free
p ick ers would be needed to p u t th e of av ailab le space, and so rtin g and
from all objectionable fea tu re s. T heir and handed out free a t th e fair and
R elay Race— Pom ona G range and
fru it into crates. At th e can n ery th e re filling ta b les a re crow ded in to every
song
lead
ers
w
ill
get
everybody
sin
g
­
outfit is exceptionally la rg e and fine.
F arm Bureau. C ontest for cup by C arl
a re 30 m en engaged in w eighing-in possible place, w ith sco res of women
ing them .
They will afford lots of clean am use­
Greve. Best tw o out of th re e won la st
Robert Legsndsr. of Newark,
recording, tru ck in g , an d h an d lin g th e busily engaged. Mrs. F ra n k Gibbs is
As
an
inducem
ent
to
s
ta
r
t
young
y ear by Pom ona.
N. J , one American champion, who
m en t for ch ild ren and adu lts.
broke the world’s record fry 3
and old w ritin g v erses th e Outlook b erries and ch erries, and from 120 to th e efficient floor wom an. She has
T ug of W ar— F arm B ureau and Po­
Queen Contest Planned.
130 w om en a re kept busy in th e m any
offers 15.00 in prizes, as follow s:
held th is position for several years.
m ona G range, six men on each side.
processes
of
p
rep
a
rin
g
th
e
fru
it
for
One of th e th in g s p u t on by the
F irs t p r iz e ............................ 11.50
About 10 to n s of ra sp b e rrie s a re be­
incbet.
F irst prize $1 each ; 2d prize 75c each,
canning, b a rre lin g or shipping. In
c a rn iv al com pany w ill be a queen con­
Second p riz e ....................... l.oo
ing p ut in to can s and processed here
donated by F arm B ureau and Pom ona
addition
to
th
is,
sev
eral
women
a
re
te st. T his is in charg e of Mr. Dyer.
T h ird p r iz e ............................... 75
daily. Many of th ese women a re from
G range.
busily engaged each day In th e office hom es of G resham and vicinity but
C andidates w ill be selected, backed by
F o u rth p riz e ............................. go
w ith th e accounting.
100 Yard D ash— Boys 16 y ears and
v arious o rganizations, and a queen and
And five p rizes of 25 ce n ts each.
m any a re from P o rtlan d and oth er
under. 1st prize $2 m erchandise, by
h e r m aids chosen by p o p u la r vote at
M anager Tow le and S u p erin ten d en t places and a re being sh eltered in the
T he verses m u st be w ritte n to go
A ylsw orth and M artin; 2d prize, $1.50
F ish e r have th e ir force w ell o rg a n ­ cam p n ear th e can n ery . T h irty -six
one cent a vote. T here w ill be two or
w ith th e tu n e of th e re c e n t p opular
m erchandise, J. W. E ckert, Rockwood.
ized. In th e office Miss C ora B. G reen, te n ts a re in use a t th e p rese n t tim e.
m ore of G resh am ’s m ost po p u lar g irls
I song, “ It A in’t Goifl' to R ain No m o’,’’
has th e su p erv isio n of th e se creta rial T hese a re all equipped w ith the neces­
as candidates and several from P o rt­
The close of th e schools does not
Egg Race, free for all, ladies— 1st
and m u st re a c h th e O utlook office on
w ork. Mrs. A lta M. G entry re g iste rs sities for cam ping.
land. T he one receiving th e m ost
reliev e County Club A gent K inder prize, $2 p a ir silk hose, M arkell &
or before F rid ay , Ju ly 25. C o n test­
people seeking em ploym ent and en ­
votes w ill be crow ned queen a t th e
from club duties, as indicated by the Co., P le a sa n t H om e; 2d prize, $1.50
a n ts may send in any num ber b u t th e
So far th is y ear th e re has been an
deavors to p lace them w here th ey will
fa ir and m any valuable prizes w ill be
follow ing re p o rt filed w ith th e Oregon box candy, W ithrow s.
O utlook w ill use its d iscretio n in m a k ­
acu te sh o rtag e of labor excepting for
w ork to th e best ad v an tag e and to the
A g ricu ltu ra l college:
d istrib u ted to th e high candidates.
T he sp o rts of th e day w ill finish
ing selections and only one prize will
th e first few days of th e season when
sa tisfac tio n of them selves and th e ir
w ith a p ro g ram of horse racin g . T here
T
his
re
p
o
rt
covers
a
period
of
25
go to a p erson. T he re su lts w ill be
hund red s cam e dally before th e real
OX TEAM WILL BE SHOWN
em ployers. Two y ea rs ago th is w ork
will be a sm all ch a rg e for th e grand
w o rking days.
published on F rid ay , Ju ly 25, o r T u es­
They becam e d is­
AT FIELD DAY AND EAIR day,
w as handled by Mrs. S. D. H arding, picking began.
stan
d and bleechers.
Ju ly 29.
Of th is n um ber 22% w ere sp e n t in
who la st y ear had ch arg e of sales on couraged because they could not m ake
th
e
field
and
2%
in
the
office.
T
he
of­
w
ages
and
w
ent
hom
e
to
discourage
An ox team , probably th e only one
th e P o rtla n d m ark et. T his y ea r no
GRESHAM WOMEN WILL
O FFIC IA L F A IR SONG.
o th e rs from com ing into th e b erry fice re p o rt is as follow s: F ifteen
in th is section of th e county, w ill be a [ There once w as a baby thin and sp a r e ;
sa les a re being m ade on th e m a rk e t
AID IN TICKET SALE
ca lls on agent, 18 official phone calls,
d istrict.
fe a tu re a t th e F a rm e rs ’ F ield Day
It w as yelllow , pale anti croupy ;
and Mrs. H ard in g has been prom oted
Mrs. J. N. C ianahan, Mrs. F ra n k
Some am using sto rie s a re told in 4 a rtic le s w ritten for p ress, 42 p e r­
n ex t S atu rd ay and a t th e fair. The But they brought It out to th e. Gresham to th e position of shipping clerk. She
sonal le tte rs w ritten , 9 c irc u la r le t­ P eak and Mrs. H. S. Clow from G resh ­
Fair,
connection
w
ith
th
e
em
ploym
ent
b
u
­
team w ill be driven by its ow ner, J. I
h as ch a rg e also of local sales and will
te rs w ith 139 copies mailed.
And It hollered, "Let 'er go ! W hoope-e !“
am atten d ed th e m eeting in th e B en­
A. D ouglass, who is living on the
supply o rd ers, from a hallock to a ton reau . A deaf m ute drove to th e c a n ­
T he field re p o rt: 697 m iles traveled son H otel Monday of cam paign ca p ­
n
ery
office
in
his
c
a
r
and
applied
for
Jo h n B u rn s place n ea r T ro u td ale, and Chorus—
o r m ore. A bout 15 big tru c k s a re
by auto, 7 new farm s visited and a ta in s and a s sista n ts engaging in th e
w ho uses his oxen for a ll th e team Oh, It ain ’t goin’ to rain no mo. no mo'.
used, m any of them w ith tra ile rs , to w ork as a b erry p icker. H e w as a s ­
to ta l of 30 farm s visited, 12 club m eet­ ch ild ren 's farm home benefit tic k et
Oh, it ain ’t goin ’ to rain no mo’,
signed
to
a
place
sev
eral
m
iles
aw
ay
w ork on his eight acres of corn. Mr.
But how In the world can the fair board tra n s p o rt th e fresh fru it to d istrib u t­
ings, atten d a n ce 106, 4 field m eetings, sale. They arra n g e d to sell tic k ets in
D ouglass and his q u ain t team led the
ing points. Six h undred and fifty-nine and w as given a sk etch of th e road he
tell
atten
d a n ce 35; 1 o th e r m eeting, a t­ G resham .
They each took several
w
as
to
take.
He
follow
ed
his
d
irec­
p rocession la st y ear w hich brought
to n s of b e rrie s and 55 to n s of c h e r­
That It ain't goin ’ to rain no m o’?
ten d an ce 35; 45 personal v isits, 3 dem ­ hundred tick ets. They hope to e sta b ­
th e queen and h er p rin ce sse s into
rie s have been co n tracted , and a larg e tions ex plicitly, tu rn e d In a t th e rig h t
Said the punkin big to the B artlett pear,
o n stra tio n s by agent, atten d a n ce 27; lish booths in pro m in en t sto res in
P o rtla n d for th e Rose F estiv al, the
p o rtion of th e o rd ers delivered, to farm and p ark ed his c a r as sk illfu lly
"Lemme teach you how to grow.
1 d em o n strated by sp ecialist’, a tte n d ­ G resham w here they will offer fair
as
th
o
u
g
h
he
w
as
fam
iliar
w
ith
the
ro y al p arty riding w ith him.
packing com panies in T he D alles,
For when you get to the Gresham F air
ance
10; 2 club d em o n stratio n s, a t­ tick ets, both th e day tic k ets and sea­
T hey’ll say its a great big show.
V ancouver, Salem
and
P o rtlan d . su rro u n d in g s. He proved to be a very
Mr. D ouglass cam e to T ro u td ale in
ten d an ce 20, and one club picnic, a t­ son tick ets, for sale before th e fair
It
ain’t
goin
’
to
rain
no
m
o’.”
sa
tisfac
to
ry
p
ick
er
and
his
em
ployer
Among th e big packing co n cern s r e ­
F e b ru a ry from H eppner, w h ere he
ten d an ce ’23. Of th e 22% days In the opens, 50 per ce n t of all rec eip ts to go
ceiving G resham fru it a re Libby, Mc­ expressed a d esire for m ore like him.
h as been for a few m onth w ith d augh­ “Oh, Gee ! I forgot my um berell.”
field, 12 w ere sp e n t at Oregon A gri­ to th e building fund of th e ch ild re n ’s
Said the girl to her latest beau.
Neil & Libby, Oregon P ack in g com ­
A fam ily of w ell-dressed people in
te rs . He has sons in P o rtla n d but
c
u ltu ra l college, atten d in g th e an n u al farm hom e a t C orvallis w here about
does not like eith er th e city o r the Said he, “Some things you never can tell, pany, N orthw est F ru it P ro d u cts com ­ a big c a r applied for picking and when
boys’ and g ir l’s sum m er session.
But It ain ’t goin’ to rain no mo’.’’
75 p are n tless ch ild ren a re now given
pany, W ashington B erry G row ers c o r­ offered places in sm all fields of from
e a ste rn Oregon country. He is b etter
T h e re w ere 54 delegates and re p re ­ a com fortable C hristian home and a
p o ratio n , besides a num ber of sm aller 2 to 10 ac res ex p ressed th e ir prefer
pleased w ith th e co u n try and expects The broncho sa t on the cowboy's hat.
se n tativ es from M ultnom ah county new co ttag e is needed to accom m o­
And the steers w ere ugly brutes.
fru it p ro d u cts com panies.
ence for a larg e field, w here they
to m ake good on his corn raisin g ven­
w ho atten d ed th e sum m er session for d ate m any m ore.
And
the
Injun
tall
w
as
dressed
In
a
shaw
l
would
n
ot
have
to
move
th
e
ir
cam
p
S ales of b e rrie s for th e fresh fru it
tu re . Seven ac re s are plan ted to th e
And a pair o f rubber boots.
boys and g irls. T h ro u g h the co u r­
Local people a re asked to p u rch ase
m a rk e t have gone to P en d leto n , B a­ so often. T hey w ent on w ith o u t a c ­
ta b le v arieties in successive plan tin g s
It ain ’t goin' to rain no mo’.
te sy an d cooperation of th e Board of th e ir fair tic k ets of th ese w omen and
cepting
em
ploym
ent.
ker, S pokane, W alla W alla an d o th er
and Mr. D ouglass hopes to have a con­
D irecto rs of th e G resham high school a s sist th is good w ork. T ick ets p u r­
Five h o rse rac e and show men and
tin u o u s crop for th e m a rk e t beginning
Mako your telephone e a rn you m ore e a ste rn Oregon and e a ste rn W ashing-
it w as possible to ta k e all th e m em ­ chased a t th e fa ir g rounds w iii not
by
connecting
It
w
ith
a
w
ant
ad.
ton cities. Including those on th e bor-
ab o u t th e m iddle of A ugust. H e fo r­
C o n tin u ed on page 4
b ers in tw o of th e school busses. Mr. aid th e home.
m erly lived n e a r Medford.
Rich drove one bus and P h ilip G ran
th e o th er. Mrs. Maxwell of G ilbert I Life-Saving Equipment Available nt
F.-T. A. WOMEN WILL
and Mrs. J. L ynch chaperoned the
Dodge Park.
HAVE BOOTH AT EAIB
busses.
P rom pted by th e drow ning of two
S ev eral new co u rses w ere given th e ch ild ren in th e vicinity of Dodge P ark
A com m ittee from th e M ultnom ah
m em bers th is year. The older boys recen tly . City C om m issioner Mann of
County Council of P a re n t-T e a c h e r a s­
had a very good course in black- P o rtlan d and L. 8. K aiser of th e bu­
sociations has com pleted a rra n g e ­
sm ith in g along w ith th e o th e r p ro j­ reau of w ater w orks have m ade ne­
m en ts for a booth a t the M ultnom ah
ects. T he g irls had a bread m aking g o tiatio n s for o b tain in g ad eq u ate life­
co u n ty fair In th e exposition building,
co n test, and a M ultnom ah county girl saving eq uipm ent th e re for th e p ro ­
also for a p rogram on T uesday, P. T.
won fo u rth place.
tection of sw im m ers. A lungm oter
A. day. The P o rtlan d Council of P a r ­
In th e stu n t show , In w hich every and ap p a ra tu s, to g eth er w ith a first-
en t-T e ac h er associations w ill cooper­
county rep resen ted a t sum m er school aid kit, life-saving buoys and a
a te w ith th e county council in the
Is asked to p articip a te, M ultnom ah s tre tc h e r will be kept a t th e park,
p ro g ram and th e booth display, w hich
co unty won second place, o ut of 15 w here they m ay be easily obtained If
w ill Include displays of m otion pic­
en tries.
needed.
tu re s. library, sta te k in d e rg a rten work
S everal local lead ers of th e county
and lite ra tu re . T h ere will be a hostess
B rig h t say in g s by m odern th in k e rs
< ’ o u t in u i'd o n p a g e g
are found in th e w an t colum n.
each day du rin g the fair, and a re st
room . They w ill fu rn ish coffee to the
P. T. A. w o rkers who w ish to bring
th e ir lunches pn T uesday evening at
6: :30.
A tten tio n is again called to the op­ adm ission tick ets, w hich sell at the
p o rtu n ity offered rea d ers of th e O ut­ re g u la r adm ission price of 50 cents,
Sneak Thief Operates in Gresham.
look to p u rch ase C hildren F arm Home 25 cen ts of w hich w ill go to the
A sneak th ie f entered th e sum m er
benefit tic k e ts th ro u g h th e Outlook of- 1 building fund of the ch ild ren ’s farm
hom e of C. R. M iller, located on the
lice by filling out the o rd er below and home a t C orvallis.
so u th side of th e Section L ine road,
m ailing to the Outlook. Call la te r and
betw een Main s tre e t and W allula
If th e m oney is enclosed w ith the
get your tic k ets— but o rd er now. The o rd er the tic k ets will be mailed.
avenue. Som etim e on or about the
O utlook has tak en some of th ese day
F o u rth of Ju ly , he gained e n tra n c e
DO IT TODAY.
th ro u g h the back door and proceeded
to c a rry off Mrs. M iller's golf clubs,
G resham Outlook
a flash light, a le ath e r case containing
D ate
1924
G resham , Oregon.
playing cards, a box of c ig ars, and a
n u m b er of o th e r sm all article s. The
I hereby o rd er
dally adm ission tick ets to the
fam ily w as ab sen t w hen th e th e ft oc­
M ultnom ah County F a ir—C hildren s F arm Home Benefit—at th e re g u ­
la r price of 50 cen ts each.
cu rred .
COOPERATIVE GROWERS ASSN. SUCCESS
LOCAL CLUB AGENT HAS
BUSY MONTH OF JUNE
AN OLYMPIC ON OUR HOME GROUNDS
HELP CHILDREN’S FARM HOME
BY BUYING FAIR TICKETS NOW
See th e b arg ain s listed in th e W ant
Ads.
L et m e help you solve your p a in t­
in g problem s. Todd, T he P a in t Man
tf
G resham , phone 1971.—Adv.
T he Bank of G resham pays 5 per
cen t In te re st on tim e deposits.—Adv
Adds add to your ad-vantage.
To be m ailed to nam e and ad d ress below
To be reserv ed at your office for me. I ag ree to call and pay for
sam e on o r before S atu rd ay , A ugust 2d
E nclosed $
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Name
Postofllce A ddress___
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