Gresham outlook., December 16, 1924, HOLIDAY NUMBER, Page 4, Image 4

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BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ CLUB WORK
HAS GROWN DURING THE YEAR ?’
By W. D. K IN D ER .
Club w ork In
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M ultnom ah county
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yeceived to° la ‘e to r th e g irls
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the city of P o rtlan d . T h ere a re a few p ro jec t for 1925.
sm all tow ns in th e county and there-
Cooking,
fore m ost of th e club w ork ca rrie d on
Of th e en ro llm en t o f*80 m em bers in
is beneficial to th e r u ra l com m unities,
Since F e b ru a ry 1924 th e re has been
organized in th e county 52 clubs con-
slating of a g ric u ltu ra l and hom e eco-
nom ics projects.
cooking th e boys and g irls w ere di-
vided ,n t0 elKbt clubs, re p rese n tin g
elgbt com m unities. Cooking w as m ade
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ye“ r by ‘he addition ot
PrUne bfead d em o n stra‘lon work.
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T he y e a r’s w ork from F eb ru ary 1
livestock.
to D ecem ber 1 for th e county club
T " e m aJ°rlty ° f th e livestock now
ag en t reads as follow s: g en e ral ac- ° wned by th e boys al>d Kiris is pure-
tiv ities: 14 Junior Judging and dem- l>red 8tock’ C alf club w ork is ln-
o n stratio n team s train ed , 421 farm s ! cre asin < 8teP by step each year. We
visited in conducting extension w ork dnd tb a t if tb e boy o r Kiri b as Bome
356 hom es visited, 351 office calls, m oney *" a Kood P urebred ca lf th a t
371 telephone calls, 35>4 days spent inter<’st can not help but come out.
In office, 184% days spent in field, 674 Pbe boys and Kiris grow ing out pens
individual le tte rs w ritten .
7our piKs for m a rk e t p u rp o ses cam e
T here has been a to tal en ro llm en t of tb r ° Ugb *"
8hape’ T hey received
111 m em bers of w hich num ber the
ex trp “ ely go°d Price for th e ir
follow ing have been engaged in th e h,»gS
th ® 88 0 held d u rin g th e Pa-
follow ing p ro jec ts:
sewing,
i 01. c f ic In tern atlo n al L ivestock exposl-
cooking, 80; hom em aking 29- c a n l ! T ” 1' T he prlces ranged from one to
ning, 6; garden, 41; potato, 15- calf ‘h™* CeDtS ab° Ve th ® m a rk e t p r,ce
35; pig, 31; corn, 7; poultry, 58-
Poultry.
sheep, 7; rabbit, 1. Of th e 441 m em ­
Many of th e p o u ltry boys a re g et­
bers enrolled 375 m em bers finished tin g in to th e w ork v ery extensively,
th e ir w ork; thus m aking 91 per cent as a la rg e portion of th o se in the
com - pletions ...
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th e v»uuiy.
county.
pouu
r y p ro ject a re ca rin g for and i
ltry
he total cost of the w ork in all ; m anaging la rg e flocks of producing
projects w as $7,955.63, th e to ta l value birds. A larg e num ber of th e boys
* 88 , l 3 -23!>-25 and tb e to tal Profit having chicks la st sp rin g a re grow ing
£ ‘ 2’
these b ird s out and a re p re p a rin g to
he work was ca rrie d on in approx put them th ro u g h th e w in ter of egg
im ately 20 com m unities w ith the aid production.
of 53 local leaders. W ithout the local
S lteen.
n u t'c lu h w r k " ° Ul11 be irapo88ible to
Sheep club w ork h as been slow In
T h e fi't met”
T * F ' ' FY exten8*ve,y’ ( developing, but g rad u a lly we a re
un divided" tim e ' l " h " ^ g ‘Vl"K tb e ir I w orking the S h ro p sh ire sheep into the
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J ir m 2 S .,
P .n g th e bOyB c°u n ty . The m ajority of th e sheep
Is rem rk I l '
m ' Var OU8 Pr °Jects Club m em bers this year ow ned pure-
is rem arkable.
M aterial on projects bred anim als,
was sent to these people from the
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sta le club office a t the Oregon A gri- ( „ .
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O ardpn,,,g
cu ltu ral College
Owing to th e extrem e d ro u th of the
T he Local Leaders in M ultnom ah ’
lh e , fleld CFOp8 dld ao t d° " « » •
Santa Claus Headquarters
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U e have converted a section of our store into
a veritable SANTA CLAUS WORK SHOP in
order to display all the toys that have been left
by the jolly old fellow for the kiddies of this com­
munity.
here are a few suggestions
Mama Dolls - - - - (59c to $4,49 Games
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Toy Dishes ' ' i . i v ,c,’" 50c Mechanical Toys -
Mechanical Train Sets 79c to $4.98
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10c to 50c
25c to $1.00
And that LASTING TOY
county have w hat is called a local T h ® garden8 did not prod” ce a g re a t
lead ers’ organization, consisting of the i d*“ ’’ S° me K° ° d potatoe8 w ere pro
leaders of th e various projects T his dUC®d *" 8P“ e ° f th ® dFy conditions
organization has Its by-law s and con- bUt W<>F® " Ot “ P tO 8 tan d ard ’ Tbo
stltu tlo n and m eets a t a stated period I C° rn CF° P8 W0F® V®Fy P° ° r 1,1 mOsf
when the problem s co nfronting the old ' 9cctl° 118’
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.. as th e new ones a re j
Livestock Judging.
leaders
as w ell
A g re a t deal of in te re st w as tak en
w orked out.
A pproxim ately 375 club m em bers th is y ear in th e stock ju dging con-
exhibited th e ir w ork a t the county tests. Many to u rs w ere tak en over
fa ir held in G resham d u rin g th e la t­ ! the county w here good stock w as
te r p a rt of July. Over $900 w as won ! availab le for th e boys and g irls to
In prizes by the club boys and g irls I judge.
exhibiting. L ater th e prize w inners
R a b b it
of the county fair exhibited th eir
One sm all boy living in tow n w as
w ork a t the sta te fair at Salem , w in ­ interested in rab b its and having pure-
ning cash prizes am ounting to $233.
hreds, cared for and exhibited them
Many of th e boys and g irls ex h ib it­ in a m an n er becom ing well bred a n ­
ed th eir farm crops and livestock at im als.
th e Pacific In tern atio n al exposition
Mummer .Session.
held at P ortland In November. The fat
F ifty -th re e delegates from M ultno-
stock belonging to m em bers was sold mall county enjoyed th e privileges,
a t a prem ium price. M ultnom ah coun- good tim es and o p p o rtu n ity to learn
ty boys and girls cam e home w ith $397 new th in g s a t th e two w eeks’ sum m er
from sales of th eir fat stock, and cash school for hoys and g irls held In Cor­
p s e s am ounting to $375.
valll8 d u rln g Ju n e . Two ,a rg e 8chool w ork and m any of them w ould like to w ould send th e young m an th a t
a c t as local lead ers them selves.
b u rn ed his b arn s to th e F ord tra d e
io «Mowing is a brief resum e of busses conveyed the m em bers to and
It is th e aim of th e co unty club school.
each p roject by Itself:
from th e 8Caslon.
ag en t an d his h elp ers to have a b e t­
More tra d e schools and m ore F o rd s
te r en ro llm en t w ith a la rg e r p e r c e n t­ m ig h t m ake ja ils less num erous.
Mewing.
8 ta le CI||b L eaders.
in ,
'i ’., al e n r‘,lln" “ t 1,1 sew ing was
Much cred it is due th e efficient sta te age of com pletions th a n ever before,
101. divided am ong 14 clubs, tak in g in club lead ers of Oregon for th e show - to live up to th e club m otto, “To Make
E avesdropping a t th e ru ra l te le ­
13 com m unities. Sew ing has alw ays ing the boys and g irls m ade, as it is th e B est B e tte r and Sm ile as You Go." phone is m ore p rev a len t th an ever
‘ Roses rich and ro ses ra re , roses
been e popular pro ject am ong the through th e tr w illingness to Cvoperate M ultnom ah co unty will try to live up say s a F airv iew w om an. I t is said
to form one g ran d d isp lay gai
roses
ev e ry w h e re ;" not a w alk b o r­
and th e ir far-sig h ted n ess th a t th e club to th e ideal th ro u g h th e com ing year. th a t one sign of eav esd ro p p in g is th e dered w ith them , but 60 ac re s of them . w hich will a ttr a c t th e atte n tio n of
llonieinaking.
w ork can be c a rrie d on in th e m a n n er
receding tone of th e sp e a k e r’s voice, About fo u r m iles ea st of G resham , in n ever-ending p rocession of to u r
Ford's Phllanthrophy.
T h ere w ere only tw o clubs In th e It Is over th e state.
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Some one h as “cu t In.” A cting on th e C edar d istric t, and sk irtin g the In connection w ith th is th ey w ill b
honieinaking p roject th is year, due to
A young m an, 18 y ea rs old, se t fire th is h in t, th e w om an w ho h ad h er su s­
w orld-renow ned C olum bia riv e r h ig h ­ an office on th e highw ay. T hese ph
Outlook for 1925.
the lack of know ledge of the project.
to seven b a rn s on H en ry F o rd ’s estate picions aro u se d said to h er frien d
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A lready a num ber of clubs for next last A pril. H e w as convicted, and o r­ su d d en ly : “Some one is listening. way, is th e la rg e st ro se farm in th e
Many requests from over the county
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have come in to organize home m a k ­ y e a r’s w ork have organized. T he en- d in a rily w ould h av e been se n t to In sta n tly , from now here in p artic u la r,
ing for next year.
, j thu siasm of th e co rp s of te ac h ers over spend his ea rly m anhood in some p r is ­ in a stra n g e voice, cam e an in d ig n an t agem ent of th e M ountain View F lo ra l
ihe. PUrP° 8e of tu rn ish in g
com pany, a Arm com posed of Jacob
Ith e county is som ething th a t has on u n iv e rsity of crim e.
ex clam atio n :
“I ’m n o t doing any Feser. of P o rtlan d , who h as ch a rg e of tifleial irrig a tio n for th e farm , gar.
( «lining.
j never been w itnessed before, as each
and ce rtain of th e sh ru b b ery , a
H en ry F o rd ap p ealed to th e co u rt, su ch a th in g .”
Hue to lhe B otullnus poisoning the ' and every te ac h er feels th a t clu b w ork
th e P o rtlan d n u rsery , an d Otto G rie­
foot dam w as b u ilt n ea r th e b arn
and
had
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canning m aterial had to be revised I is a p a rt of th e ir re g u la r ro u tin e of
B rig h t say in g s by m odern th in k e rs sel, who su p e rin ten d s th e develop- P ast sum m er, a pum ping
tion, g u a ra n te e in g th a t he, Ford,
m ent of th e farm near G
resham Thev e le c trtn .n
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also o p era te a th ird n u rse ry farm n ear ,
before an o th e r season to in su re w,
L innem ann statio n , w hich is on a con­
d u rin g th e d ry period.
sid erab ly sm a lle r scale, how ever, th a n
th e one in Cedar.
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OREGON’S LARGEST ROSE FARM
IS LOCATED NEAR GRESHA
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1291
Gresham, Oregon
T he floral com pany p u rch a sed th e
Conrad farm of 135 ac res a little over
four y ea rs ago and Im m ediately began
plans for th e developm ent of an im ­
m ense floral g arden to be com posed
p rin cip ally of roses. To th a t end they
I aim to se t o ut each y ear from 25 to 30
| ac res of ro se bushes u n til th e m axi­
mum acreag e sh all have been reached
Besides th e 400 v arieties of roses, the
farm has over 200 kinds of evergreen
sh ru b s and h ard y p eren n ials for beau-
j tifying law ns.
W hen called upon recen tly , Mr.
G riesel and his a ssista n ts w ere busily
engaged in pack in g larg e b o x e s 'w lth
ro se bushes, a carlo ad of w hich w as
being p rep ared for sh ip m en t to New
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h0,„ ab0M,02S
bushes. They a re sen t an n u a lly from
th is farm to p rac tica lly every sta te it,
th e union, also to B ritish C olum bia
th e extrem e e a ste rn sta te s being p ar
tlc u la rly an x io u s to p ro cu re th e w est-
ern stock. C ustom ers th e re say these
ro ses a re so u g h t on account of th e ir
stu rd y roots. T he clim atic condiHons
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rm any. T hey first served an ap-
P • nticeship of th re e y ears and la te r
specialize,! in floriculture an d laud-
scap e g ard en in g in a college co u rse
They a re o p tim istic over th e fu tu re of
th e rose in d u stry . They have w onder-
ful plans in m ind for developing th e ir
field« ad jacen t to th e highw ay by 9et-
tin g out som e of every v ariety of r o s .
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• MO.\ HOME ITEMS
OF LOCAL INTERE
By W ALTER RAMSER.
Ole Rodlun h as ab o u t 600 sacks
especially fine p o tato es to sell ft
th e splendid crop w hich he had I
y ear F o r th is season of th e year
w eath er has been v ery fav o rable
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M„„ ot U . , . rme„ „
fwM|X l ’¿ r Sehw edler celeb rated ;
tw elfth b irth d ay on S unday. Decc
ber 7- a n d a few of h e r school chu
m ade th e day very p le asa n t for h
C ath erin e M etzger and B etty Thoi
D d u rn e T w ith " n a,Ded ° Ver " ight 8
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' 1 8e on tb e «ehool I
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<h covers th ls section. I
m ! Yea ", !‘n g , ° n ,y th e best
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Quickly and efficiently don» h .
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An o rd ers prom ptly a tten d "
l° re g a rd |e*s of size.
OEORGE SHAW P ho n e 229 F airviei
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