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T W IC E A W EEK G resham O utlook VOL. 14, NO. ¿1 HIGH SCHOOL WILL OPEN SEPTEMBER 8 TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS GRES1IAM, MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 26. 1924 Demands Redress Boost the Home Town Sudanese Restless 150 TONS OF PEARS SHIPPED FROM HERE T h ere a re stra n g e folks resid in g in m ost ev’ry place, T he date tor th e opening of the high And th e q u eer th iu g s they do are a frig h t; T he han d lin g of B a rtle tt p ears by Some boost o th e r tow ns, call th e ir own a “d isg race— ” school has been se t for S eptem ber 8, Not a th in g done a t hom e is ju st rig h t; th e B erry G row ers asso ciation has an d a lre ad y m any in q u irie s a r e com B ut of all th e s tra u g e people a fellow could m eet. been accom plished w ith m uch sa tis Should he tra v e l th e land up and down. ing to P rin c ip a l R. E. C annon co n faction to th e g ro w ers and o th e rs A re th e ones w ho w an t all kinds of sto res down th e stre e t. who have benefitted by th e fact th a t ce rn in g req u irem en ts and conditions And th en buy all th ey can o u t of town. m ore th a n one h undred and fifty from prospective stu d e n ts o r th e ir T hey w ill stock up iu su g a r an d stock up in tea. to n s of th is fru it have been sh ip p a re n ts. Mr. Cannon h as given out Buy th e ir d ru g s an d th e ir d ry goods elsew h ere; ped from h ere d u rin g th e p ast few S q u an d er gas by th e gallon, fak e b arg ain s to see, th e follow ing g en e ral in stru c tio n s, w eeks a t a fa ir price. A le tte r to th e Or do n ate th e b u s-m an th e ir fa re ; w hich w ill be of in te re st to m any: T hen th ey te ll you how b ack w ard th e ir "w retch ed " tow n seem s; m em bers and frien d s of th e asso cia Not a sign of im provem ent is nigh; tion has been sen t by th e m an ag e "W e sh a ll offer seven co urses in T hey have w aited to see it coine up to th e ir d ream s— m ent w hich re fe rs also to th e prob high school th e com ing y e a r: college Yet th ey still go elsew h ere w hen they buy. lem of th e p ru n e m ark et, th e h an d p re p a ra to ry , scientific, com m ercial, B ut w hen Ja c k h as th e croup, o r th e coffee’s clean down, ling of fuel by th e asso ciation and m a n u al a rts , hom e econom ics, a g r i T hen, so q uick to th e sto re th ey can fly. o th e r problem s. F ollow ing is th e c u ltu re , and th e gen eral course, T h a t th e y 're glad th e re 's a d ru g g ist and g ro ce r in tow n, le tte r: "R eg istra tio n day for a ll fresh m en W here, in need, th ey can ste p in and buy. “To th e M embers and F rie n d s of an d new stu d e n ts en terin g th e sopho B ut suppose all th e ir neighbors ju st follow ed th e ir b en t; H unted elsew h ere hom e p rice s to b eat; th e A ssociation: m ore, ju n io r and sen io r c lasse s w ill W ash in g to n — M rs. S tan H arding, Soon th e re 'd be in each w indow a sig n -card "F o r R ent,” London— M aj. Gen. S it Lee S lack, "T h e pear h arv e st is w ell advanced be a ll day F riday, S eptem ber 5 from B ritish jo u rn a list, w ho w as kept A nd th e g ra ss w ould grow up in the stree t. B ritish com m ander in th e Sudan, in a Soviet prison, in 1920, on and we a re pleased to have been of 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. T he stu d e n ts who h as asked fo r rein fo rcem en ts to c h a rg es o f esp io n ag e b ro u g h t by Oh, give us m ore folks who w ill boost th e ir hom e tow n. serv ice to th e com m unity in th e m a r e n te r th e sophom ore, ju n io r and se n m aintain o rd er a t A th a ra , w here M rs. M a rg u e rite H arriso n , an Seek to find so m eth in g good th ey can sa y ; k etin g of over 150 to n s of B a rtle tt ior classe s who have reco rd s from the B ritish g a rriso n w as fired upon A m erican. E n g lish sta te sm en now I t co sts less to sm ile a fte r all th a n to frow n. by n ativ e tro o p s. G en. S ta c k ’s p ea rs a t a fa ir p rice b u t th e p ru n e a n o th e r school should b rin g th ese dem and re p a ra tio n fo r M ra. H ard And faith an d good ch eer alw ay s pay; photo is show n above, in g ’s in carceratio n . re c o rd s w ith them . m a rk e tin g problem Is a m ore difficult If all p u ll as one, b e tte r days th e n w ill daw n— one and a t th is w ritin g w e have not "W e have som e people ask in g for But rem em ber cold cash gives th in g s sn a p ; LEGION TEAM DEFEATS So w e'll boost w ith o u r ton g u e an d our tra d e th e hom e tow n. been ab le to find a sa tisfac to ry outlet. help from high school stu d e n ts but it MONUMENT ERECTED TO Make h er nam e b rig h te r still on th e m ap! DARKIES 3-2 IN KITH H ow ever, we have n ot given up and should be rem em bered th a t any high REV. ALEXANDER BEERS ' D. R an d P ierce in th e Canby H erald. school stu d e n t m u st have tim e to p re In w h at proved to be th e best gam e we a re still w orking on th e problem Im p ressiv e cerem onies atten d ed th e p a re school w ork, and th o se w ishing by fa r played on th e local diam ond and will ask all who a re in te reste d to high school stu d e n ts to w ork for dedication of th e m onum ent to th e th is y ear, th e lo cals took th e Colored m eet o u r board of d irec to rs a t the room and board should fu rn ish some m em ory of th e la te Rev. A lexander Bees in to cam p, Sunday, by a 3 to 2 ca n n ery at 2 p. in. on S atu rd ay , the s o rt of rec re atio n , as p re p a ra tio n for B eers, w'hen la st S atu rd ay , A ugust 23, score. T he gam e ended in th e 10th 30th, to co nsider th e q u estion and school and additional w ork outside of over 200 frien d s g ath ered a t his grav e in n in g w hen w ith th e sco re tied two pass on th e in fo rm atio n th a t we w ill school should be supplem ented w ith betw een th e h o u rs of 6 and 7 o’clock. all, B, Q u isen b erry slam m ed one of offer and com e to a definite conclusion w holesom e en tertain m en t. T he home Mr. B eers, who w as a w ell know n R obinson's fa st ones o ver th e ce n te r- as to w h at is best to do. “T he fuel problem is grow ing m ore an d th e school need to w ork tp g eth er G resham boy, died n ea rly th re e y ears field fence for a hom e ru n . Two o th er ago a t th e age of 59, No su itab le serio u s in th is locality an n u ally . fo r th e b est in te re sts of th e student. M ahom et in a ttem p tin g to p erfo rm a e r, is co n stru c te d of concrete, arch hom ers m ark ed th e gam e, w hen In th e Wood Is of p o o rer q u ality and h ig h er "C oncerning tu itio n of high school m em orial had been placed a t his fo u rth . P a rk s lifted one of S to ck to n ’s stu d e n ts, p a re n ts had best see the grav e u n til ab o u t a w eek ago w hen m ira cle com m anded th e m o u n tain to type, 69 feet high and su sta in s a head sla n ts over th e left field fence an d In in p rice th a n la st y ea r and th e best p rin cip al p erso n ally concern in g r e Mrs. B eers secu red a b eau tifu l g ra n com e to him . W hen it did n o t move of 45 feet. T he back w ate r created by th e fifth, R obinson drove one Into fir wood saw ed and sto red co sts n e a r th e dam covers 27 acres. ite head piece. I t w as h e r in ten tio n he said "W e w ill go to it.” q u irem en ts. rig h t field for fo u r bases. T he locals ly a $10 bill p er cord. T he fuel ties to have a few n e a r frie n d s in to w it From th is po in t a steel conduit, “We believe we have a splendid tied th e sco re in th e ir h alf of th e fifth we are h an dling a re probably th e best In th e m odern m ira cle m an goes to fac u lty re p re se n tin g th e h ig h e st type ness th e erectio n of th e sam e, b u t th e th e m o u n tain an d c a p tu re s th e energy nine feet in d iam eter, c a rrie s th e w a w ith h its by S tockton an d H opkins wood value offered as they can bo de of citizen sh ip and it is o u r aim to m em ory of h e r h u sb an d Is so g rea tly resid e n t in th e forces of n a tu re th e re te r a little m o re th a n six an d a half and B. Q u esin b erry 's sacrifice fly livered saw ed an d sto red for $8.50 for choose te ac h ers th a t a re qualified to revered th ro u g h o u t th e ra n k s of F re e and m akes th e m o u n tain com e to him m iles to th e top of a to w erin g cone- w hich scored Stockton and H opkins. a full cord. A still b e tte r value Is M ethodism , n o th in g b ut a la rg e public shaped m o u n tain called C ripple Creek h an d le th e subjects we w a n t ta u g h t. Stockton held th e d ark le s h itless found for w inter In our S u p erio r Rock by d istrib u tin g its en erg y w h ere it m em orial serv ice w ould sa tisfy th e ir knoll. It looks as If th is conspicuous j from” the” ’ fif'th 'u n tl? the" ? e „th “ w hen S p rin g s coal. T his coal Is clean and H igh School T ra in in g Needed. w ill serve h is m u ltifario u s purposes. friends. peak so re g u la r in shape an d so fa- Rhode8 8,ngled b u t w as o ut a tt t . sem i-hard, b u rn s free, is very free "S tu d e n ts w ho a re h e sita tin g about F ra n c is P a rk m a n said, "T h e re is a vorably located, w as left am ong th e , ng to p llfer 8econd Th(, loea,B g a r . from su lp h u r fum es, la sts a long In 1893 th e Rev. Mr, B eers and w ife re tu rn in g to school should rem em ber located a t S eattle, founding th e Se s p irit of en erg y in th e m o u n ta in s and m o u n tain lik e h ills for th e p u rp o se for it is im possible for them w ith o u t a nered fo u r h its off ef R obinson from tim e, and Is easy on th e stove or f u r a ttle S em inary, w hich la te r becam e it im p a rts itself to all w ho ap p ro ach w hich it is used. fo u r-y ea r high school education to th e fifth to th e te n th b ut tw o double nace as it is a m ild slow b u rn in g coal S eattle Pacific College. F o r 23 y ears th em .” T he co n d u it c a rrie s th e im m ense plays cu t them off from an y sco res especially adapted to th is clim ate and e n te r college, norm al, law school, H e w as th in k in g only of th e q u ick m edical school, ph arm acy school, he contin u ed as p resid e n t of th is en ing of im p u lses th a t com e to the volum e of w ate r n early to th e pointed j u n til th e te n th w hen Q ulssy won th e produces a sm all p er ce n t of ash. We school, w atch in g it grow from a a re d elivering th is coal d irec t to you to p of th is kn o ll w here is b u ilt th e gam e. d en tal school, o r m ost any school. g raded and academ ic in stitu tio n to a tra v e le r w hen a fte r w eary days of su rg e tan k , ab o u t 31 feet in d iam eter, , T h e Legion team co n trib u ted one from th e c a r a t $13 p e r ton in sacks. H igh school stu d e n ts should also bear stro n g college w ith fu ll accred ited d e s e rt tra v e l he ap p ro a ch es th e cool show ing above th e peak and ex ten d in g double play, w hen in th e fifth, a fte r If sacks a re w anted fo r sto rag e $1 00 in m ind it is alm o st im possible to se cou rses. H e th en re tu rn e d to th e a c and v erd e n t slopes of th e m ountains. m any feet dow n to th e su p p ly line Rhodes had singled. M itchel h it to e x tra per ton is charged. If th e coal c u re a position on a new sp ap er o r In a P a rk m a n n ev er th o u g h t of th e elec tive w ork of th e m in istry , from w hich, w hich cuts th ro u g h the m o u n taiu n ear S tockton who forced Rhodes a t second is ta k en d irect from th e ca r th e price b u sin ess office w ithout a high school tric en erg y to be developed from *he th how ever, he had never been en tirely is $11.50 per ton. We a rc booking o r e top. | a „d th rew M itchell o ut a t first. ed ucation and w hen it com es to com loosing of p en t up m o u n tain strea m s p etin g w ith th e ir com rades who have se p arate d , an d continued in th is w ork forced th ro u g h g e n e ra tin g m achines F rom th e bottom of th e su rg e ta n k T he locals co n trib u ted five e rro rs d ers now for th e th ird ca r. S am ples u n til death. finished the high school co u rse they an eight-foot penstock descends to th e alth o u g h none of them w ere costly of th is coal can be seen a t th e c a n T he follow ing m in iste rs spoke b rief of m a n ’s designing. a re handicapped. G resham Union high pow er house below, a len g th of over and th e d ark ie s m ade 2. S tocky w ent nery. If you w ill ca ll for a sack of T h ro u g h th e co u rtesy of th e P o rt ly of th e ir asso ciatio n s w ith him and th is coal and try it you w ill be con school has th e la rg e st high school land E le ctric P ow er com pany, it w as 1300 feet, on an an g le of ab o u t 45 de th e full ro u te and stru c k o u t 10 as vinced th a t for w in te r use you w ill cam pus in th e state, has full eq u ip also of his ca p ab ilities as dedicated th e r a r e p rivilege of th e ed ito r of th e grees, giving a 980 foot head. a g a in st 4 for R obinson. m en t for every sub ject they teach, has to th e cau se of C h ristian education: O utlook, accom panied by F re d L. Mc- T he pow er house, w hich Is th e first To d ate th e L egion team has won g et m ore com fort for less m oney th a n D. M. H igbee, of A lbany, T. H. M arsh, splendid buildings, excellent sa n ita ry u n it of th e p lan t, Is 65 by 70 feet, h alf 12 o ut of th e 17 gam es played th is you have been g ettin g in th e past. Connel, a c o n stru c tio n en g in eer of How ab o u t th e cover crop for th e conditions, w ell lighted, heated, and of S eattle, B. F. S m alley and L. C aldw ell, Idaho, to v isit th e Oak th e size it w ill u ltim ately be. y ea r for a p er cen tag e of 705. Not so B elcher, of P o rtla n d an d D. M. C athey b erries? We have th e seed and It is v en tila ted cla ss room s and in fact H ere is housed a 35,000 h o rsepow er bad for bush b all and co n sid erin g th e G rove h y d ro -electric developm ent of stu d e n ts have th e best o p p o rtu n ity of G resham . J. J, R ob ertso n of th is th e com pany on th e u p p er C lackam as P elto n v e rtic a l reactio n w ate r w heel, w retch ed su p p o rt they g et from th e tim e to p lant. T his is a good tim e of th e y ear to secu re your sto ck y ard s or possible. E ig h th -g rad e stu d e n ts some place recalled th e boyhood life of Mr. riv er. T he p a rty w as esco rted by D. g en e ratin g 22,000 volts of elec tric hom e folks. tim es d iscontinue th e ir school w ork. B eers on th e farm an d his d e p a rtu re C. Z ink of th e traffic office of th e elec energy. T h is Is said to be th e h ighest N ext S unday th e locals ta n g le w ith sheep c o rra l fertilize r w hile it is dry. I t is som e accom plishm ent to have for a school in N orth Chili, New York, tric com pany. head rea ctio n tu rb in e In th e w orld th e fa st M ultnom ah S tatio n team on You w ill get all th e w ate r you need We have sam ples and g rad u a ted from th e eighth grade. Too in q u est of an education as a p re p a ra today. th e hom e g rounds. T he gam e w ill be la te r free. T he com p an y ’s elec tric c a r line tion for his life w ork. In cid e n tally it prices and th e m ore we can o rd er a t m any eig h th -g ra d e stu d e n ts feel they Camp 8, of th e H urley-M ason com called a t 2:30, as u sual. T h e lin eu p In ends a t F arad a y , 35 m iles from P o rt one tim e the ch eap er we can buy. ca n n o t com plete th e high school w as a t th is school w h ere he m et th e land. F rom h ere a Shay en g in e c a r pany, Is located a t th e pow er site. S u n d ay ’s gam e w as as follow s: co u rse but th e w orld dem ands tra in lady who la te r becam e his wife. Mrs. rie s w orkm en, m a te ria l an d supplies T his is also th e op eratio n sta tio n of G resham ________ P o s i t i o n ____ Bees Come in and ta lk It o v er.” ing and th e high school is th e so rt of B eers, who is now p re c e p tre ss in th e over a sta n d a rd ra il line to th e dam th e p roject. T he c o n stru c tio n com Q ulssy, B ................c ................... M itchel tra in in g req u ired . Sacrifices a re Los A ngeles Pacific J u n io r college, and in tak e, 65 m iles from P o rtlan d . pany is ab o u t th ro u g h a s th e w o rk Is H am lin, J .............. 1................... M organ REPUBLICAN FORCES GETTING ORGANIZED som etim es n ec essary and situ atio n s h a s very in te re stin g ly w oven th ese T he elev atio n a t th is p o in t is about p rac tica lly com pleted an d soon th e ir S tan ley ................. s ........................ Mills H am lin, E ............m ................... S tevens som etim es m ake it ap p e ar im possible th re a d s to g e th e r in a n a rra tiv e en r 2100 feet. cam p w ill d isa p p ea r. In Its p lace the Q ulssy, E ..............3 ................... Rhodes T he county c e n tra l rep u b lican com titled, "T he R om ance of a C o n secrat b u t it can be done and every eighth- T he dam is in th e Oak G rove fork e lec tric com pany w ill h av e its o p e ra S q u ires ................. r .................... H olm es m ittee h as opened offices for th e cam ed L ife”, w hich has enjoyed a wide am lin, F .............. 2......................... G reen g rad e stu d e n t can finish a high school of th e C lackam as riv er. I t is 190 feet tion offices and resid en ces of its em- H sale. S tockton ............. p ................ Robinson paign a t room 222 O regon b u ilding co u rse if he is m ade of th e rig h t kind H opkins ............... 1 ...................... P a rk s w ith Jo h n L. Day, co unty ch airm an , C o n tln u ed on p ag e 2 W herever Mr. B eers w en t he left a from one p recip ito u s b an k to th e o th of stuff. T he fact is, we need to m ake in charge. A w om en's h e a d q u a rte rs m onum ent to his m em ory. Besides th e a little sacrifice and have d e te rm in a has been estab lish ed in connection S eattle college buildings, a t P o rtlan d tio n in o rd er to bring o u t th e best w ith th e m ain office. a p arso n a g e and en larg ed ch u rch th a t is in us. Some of the b est m en H ere th e cam paign w ork is being building, also in O akland and B erk e an d w om en we have a re th o se who planned and ev ery th in g possible w ill ley, C alifornia, new ch u rc h p ro p erties have w orked u nder th e g re a te st dif be done to b rin g about rep u b lican vic a re c o n sta n t rem in d ers of his labors. ficulties. to ries in th e fall elections. E fforts T he sto n e rec en tly p u t a t th e head Increased Enrollment Promised. w ill be co n c en trated upon th re e ob of his grav e h ere is a handsom e s il In d ica tio n s point to in creased en jects especially, as o u tlin ed by C h a ir ver g ray g ran ite, ab o u t four feet high, ro llm e n t and we a re expecting the m an Day a t an en th u sia stic m eeting w ith th e sim ple in sc rip tio n of his la rg e st atten d a n ce in th e h isto ry of held a t th e new h e a d q u a rte rs la st nam e, y ear of b irth and d eath, and th e school. People have moved into T h u rsd ay night, nam ely, th e election th e w ords, “ Yea, sa ith th e S p irit, th e d istric t and stu d e n ts a re com ing of Coolidge as p resid en t, th e election th e ir w orks do follow th em .” from o th e r counties. L ast year we of C rum packer as co n g ressm an and had stu d e n ts from P en nsylvania, C ol th e election of Tom K ay as sta te orado, N evada, Idaho, and six co u n POWELL STREET PAVING tre a su re r. Of course, th e se a re not HAS BEEN COMMENCED tie s of Oregon. Seventy stu d e n ts o u t the only objectives of th e county ca m side Union H igh school d is tric t a t paign b u t they a re th re e of th e m ost W ork h as a c tu a lly com m enced in ten d ed our schools, for w hich we p re p a ra tio n for th e paving of Powell d esirab le, It Is believed. drew ab o u t $7,500 from th e several s tre e t from Main s tre e t to th e east In th e co unty c e n tra l o rg an ization, co u n ties from w hich they cam e as line of South R o b erts avenue, a d is besides J. L. Day as ch airm an , a re w ell as having some p a re n ts pay tu i ta n c e of abo u t 350 feet, o r a block and found Chas. E. H enshaw , se c re ta ry , tion. Thos. R. H am er, sta te com m itteem an a half. C rushed rock has been spread Cafeteria Asks for Supplies. and F ra n c e s B lakely, tre a s u re r. over th e stre e t and a big c a te rp illa r We hope som e good public sp irited road g ra d e r is being used to fill and All rep u b lican s, both m en and citiz en s w ill do as did Mr. C h riste n level th e s tre e t p re p a ra to ry to sp rea d women, a re Invited to v isit th e co u n son, W. P. Sm ith, Mr. N aylor, Mr. ing th e hot stuff. ty h e a d q u a rte rs a t th e ad d ress given W oods. Mr. L aw rence, Mr. McMillan, above. T he w ork is being done for the Mr. H ouse and o thers— tell us they county by th e W arren C onstruction T he O utlook has obtained a supply have potatoes, tom atoes, cucum bers, com pany, th e low est bidder, for $3,- of Coolidge p ic tu res an d b u tto n s for c u b a g e , apples, c a rro ts o r o th e r e a t 000, a figure slig h tly below th e e sti free d istrib u tio n . C all and get them . ab les we m ay have for the ask in g and m a te of th e co unty road m a ste r. The T o ck erh lll D ahlias. com ing for them . Such su p p o rt la st county will h ear th e cost of paving A d isp lay of Tu< k erh lll d ah lias w ill y ear m ade th e ca fete ria se lf-su p p o rt a s trip 18 feet wide in th e m iddle of be m ade by Mrs. V era T u ck e r a t W al- ing and enabled us to p u rch a se some th e s tre e t an d th e p ro p e rty ow ners ra d 's sto re, F rid a y and S atu rd ay of dish es w hich we needed very m uch. will pay for th e p o rtio n betw een th a t th is week. O rders w ill be ta k en for sp rin g delivery.—Adv. W’e sh a ll be pleased to come and get s trip and th e cu rb . A ccording to an an y th in g we can use in th e ca fete ria agreem en t betw een th e a u th o ritie s of R egular com m unication of G resham an d th e dom estic science class w ill G resham and th e county, th e highw ay, h ap ter No. 117, O. E. S. in th e Ma- can w h at m ig h t p erish before we w hich is now a co unty ro ad , will be onlc hall, T uesday evening, S eptem ber 2 a t 8 o'clock sh arp . All m em could u se it. tu rn e d over to th e city of G resham bers a re urged to be p rese n t as th e re Hnllding« and Lrnnnd* Are Rend). a fte r it is paved for fu tu re m a in te will be special w ork. By o rd er of the C. E. R u sh er h as w orked all su m nance. W orthy M atron. m er in and about th e building and ft Signed. CLARA P U L FE R , S ec’y. is read y for th e opening m orning w ith Window rieanfng Plano Toning. new d resse s of paint, v arn ish and oil. F or ex p e rt window clean in g see S. P lano tu n in g $3. P lan o and o rg an People speak to us ab o u t th e ap p ear- T ajtm a, or leave o r d e n w ith John rep airin g . F red B. Jones. P h o n s o r Brow n. O resham . phone 2501. C on tin ued on page 4 d ers to Outlook, 15$ I, or TA bor 895X OAK CROVE HYDRO-ELECTRIC PLANT IS ENGINEERING MARVEL