Gresham outlook., March 17, 1925, Image 1

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G resham O utlook
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VOL. 15, NO. 5
GRESHAM, MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON,
TU ESD AY , MARCH
TUESDAYS
AND
FRIDAYS
17. IÖ25
$1.50 l’er Year
SENIOR CLASS WORKS
SCHOOLS OF COUNTY ARE ADVANCING,
Is Gresham to Be the Gateway
SAYS COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT
to Mt. Hood ? Action Is Needed
H A R D ON M l N H I N O l l
ANNUAL SMELT RUN
ATTRACTS CROWDS
The 1925 class of G resham Union
high school Is flnding th a t life Is nor
one co n tin u al bed of roses, financially
speaking, th ese days as they face the
Record crow ds trav elled to T ro u t­
u n ce rtain ty of being able to p roperly
finance th e ir an n u al school produc dale on Sunday for th e first day of th e
an n u al sm elt ru n In th e Sandy river.
tion, "T he M uuhluotu.”
On «count of the h igh cost of labor, It seem ed th a t all th e co u n try side
coupled w ith th e unexcelled q u ality of turnpl1 out and th a t all P o rtlan d
th e p ap er and lith o g rap h in g w hich go rushp<1 to ,hp scene. T h ere w ere
Is Gresham to be the gateway to Mt. Hood? Is the eastern into th e m akeup of th is p o p u lar school 8m p,t thprp a plenty, b ut th e g re a te st
part of Multnomah county to let the opportunity slip by to route a n n u a l, it is reaso n ab ly ce rtain th a t a I 8lRhf of 8,1 wa9 th e crow d. O ne-w ay
the w estern end of the Mt. Hood Loop highway over the most deficit can n o t be avoided u n less the traffic over th e Sandy boulevard had
direct road to Portland? Roads are sometimes changed and frien d s of th e school rally to the sup been decreed by th e sh eriff's office, in
ch a rg e of traffic on th e county roads,
p o rt of th e book.
then a new gateway is made.
w ith re tu rn ro u te by w ay of o th e r
T
h
ere
a
re
214
fam
ilies
rep
resen
ted
Citizens of Gresham and vicinity are much concerned over
in th e school an d no doubt th is will ro ad s to P o rtlan d . D uring the a f te r ­
the m atter of th e location and improvement of the Mt. Hood m ean 100 per cen t over th e top, or th e noon tw o solid lines of ca rs c re p t
Loop highway.
sale of 214 M unhinotus, but as it has along from F airview to T ro u td ale,
At the last m eeting of the Commercial club a representative been ca refu lly com puted th a t a t least moving at a sn a il’s pace, w hile a line
was asked to make inquiry of the county commissioners in re ­ 300 copies m u st be sold to m eet th e of c a rs w hich had not gone so fa r as
T ro u td ale retu rn ed , d riving on th e
gard to this road and it was learned that along the new survey expense of editing, th e re still rem ain s edge of th e pavem ent and in somo
th e ta sk of secu rin g n early 100 su b ­
from the Powell Valley road at the W right place to the Orient scrip tio n s to th e an n u al.
places e n tirely off. O ccasionally c a rs
school right of way for approxim ately three miles HAS NOT T he cost of p roducing the an n u al com ing in from th e side roads bound
BEEN SECURED.
class book is m et in four w ays, first for th e riv er drove along th e rig h t of
th e pavem ent, m aking four lines of
For the g reater part of this distance the proposed route th e receip ts of th e ju n io r play of the traffic.
Officials In ch a rg e of d irectin g
parellels the right of way of the Portland Electric Power com­ preceding year, th e rec eip ts of th e traffic estim ated th a t 50,000 p ersons
sen io r class play of th e c u rre n t year,
pany’s Bull Run line and will be of m aterial benefit to adjoining th e am o u n t received from th e adver­ visited th e Sandy riv e r on Sunday.
property holders, placing them upon one of the great highways tisin g co ntained in th e an n u a l and Many p arked th e ir c a rs as far as a
of the country and at the same time obviating the fu rth er divid­ th e money received from su b scrip tio n s m ile aw ay and w alked to th e riv er,
c a rry in g th e ir catch back in boxes,
ing of their land.
to th e book itself. T his cost am ounts
baskets, p ails or o th er recep tacles. All
No effort seems to have been made by those living along this to aro u n d 3.50 for each an n u al and as m a n n er of nets w ere used, including
th e su b scrip tio n p rice is but 1.75, it
proposed route to settle the location of this scenic road.
can readily be seen th a t u n less a con­ th e bird cage. W ith a good n et and
Pressure is being brought to bear to have the road follow certed effort Is m ade to boost th e c ir­ a boat la rg e num bers could be dipped
west through Boring and on into P ortland over the Foster road, cu latio n to the req u ired num ber to a t a tim e. A G resham m an who fished
m aking a direct route over the new Ross Island bridge. At this m ake the proposition a paying ven­ In th is w ay took out 91 a t one dip.
Many fished for th e novelty of It and
time a sign at the intersection of the Boring road invites tra f­ tu re , d isa ste r w ill resu lt.
m any wuded Into th e w ate r w aist deep.
L e tte rs to th e n um ber of 70 have
fic to take this short cut to Portland.
T hose who cau g h t th e sh in in g b eau ­
been sen t out to th e alu m n i of th e two
ties for sale m ade a handsom e profit
T h a t’s why the question a t the top of this article.
p receding y ea rs and th is seem s to be
T h a t’s why if this should come about Gresham m ight save m eeting w ith g ratify in g re su lts so far on th e d ay's work.
L arg e crow ds lined th e banks of tho
as evidenced by th e ea rly re tu rn s, and
on the salary of a traffic cop.
riv er Monday and today, though not so
As to the route of the proposed highway from the bridge at it is stro n g ly u rged by th e rep resen la rg e as on Sunday. T oday’s ru n has
tiv e s of th e class th a t fo rm er s tu ­
the W right place, and turning along the new survey between ta
been the heaviest of any day, and p e o ­
d en ts and frien d s of th e school r e ­
the points just mentioned, the road must be graded the entire spond to th e call and send in an o rd er ple can dip from th e b ank all th ey
distance, much of it cleared of stumps and brush and the road for th is h ig h -class piece of w ork w ant.
K n a rr & Son, who have a co n tra c t
built on soft foundation. Added to this a portion of the ground w hich can prove b ut th e rem in d er of for sup p ly in g 50 to n s of sm elt to th e
happy
days
th
a
t
a
re
p
ast
and
w
hich
used may have to be purchased from the owners.
govern m en t h atch ery a t Bonneville,
ill g rea tly fa c ilita te th e w ork of
F arm ers and business men along the old Powell Valley road w
have six or seven m en dipping all th e
p u ttin g th e p ro duction on a solid
tim e and th eir tw o tru c k s a re ru n n in g
are much in favor of m aking it the highway and the board or financial basis.
day and night. They have aread y su p ­
county commissioners may conclude to follow this route as the
T he class w ill g rea tly ap p reciate
plied 20 tons.
road is of practically the same distance between the points first any and all help w hich m ay be given
mentioned, has the required width, runs in the same general them in th is direction.
Right of Way South of Bull Run Electric Line
Is Still Unsettled and Other Routes
Are Possible.
GRESHAM MODERN TWELVE-ROOM GRADE SCHOOL.
In th e 26th biennial re p o rt to th e city of P o rtlan d , at a cost aro u n d
su p e rin te n d e n t of public in stru c tio n of $266,000. E ight of th e b uildings are
th e sta te of Oregon to th e 33d leg isla­ equipped w ith au d ito riu m s and sp a c­
tiv e assem bly, ju s t closed, is found a ious playgrounds. T he school boards
m ost in te re stin g rep o rt of W. C. A lder- a re ad h erin g s tric tly to th e ru lin g to
son, su p e rin ten d e n t of school for I ere ct no new buildings un less th e dis-
M ultnom ah county, concerning th e j tr ic t h as an un d isp u ted title to the
condition of r u ra l schools in th is property.
county.
It w ould have req u ired a w ide per-
P re fa cin g his re p o rt Mr. A lderson spective 20 y ears ago to have foreseen
says, “ T he public is slow ly aw akening by w h at leaps and bounds th e consoli­
to th e idea th a t the one-room school dated, school idea w ould grow , w ith
belongs to th e pioneer era, w hen the its accom panying school b u sses for
fa rm e rs reaped w heat w ith a scythe, th e conveyance of th e pupils. E ag erly
th resh e d it w ith a flail and hauled it j the ch ild ren board th ese m o d e m
20 m iles to m a rk e t th ro u g h mud half | "c h ario ts," w hich ro ll along as fast
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ONE OF MULTNOMAH COUNTY'S SCHOOL BUSSES.
w ay to the hub. W ith th e adv en t of as a ra ilro a d tra in fo rm erly ran.
good roads and im proved m ethods of T h re e y ea rs ago b u t tw o schools w ere
tra n s p o rta tio n , com bined w ith a con­ providing tra n sp o rta tio n fo r pupils,
stru c tiv e cam paign of education, the but a t p re se n t th e re a re eig h t d is­
one-room school is being g rad u a lly tric ts, beside high school d istric ts
direction, is already graded and has the solid base so necessary
elim in ated .”
w hich fu rn ish a m eans of conveyance
T he T e rry school w as abandoned to neighborin g schools. One d istric t to stand the heavy traffic and in addition would elim inate the
tw o y ea rs ago, th e pupils being tra n s - purchased and m a in ta in s th e bus trouble and expense of obtaining the right of way.
p o rted to th e 12-room graded school w hich is driven each day by th e school
An appropriation lias been included in the county budget for
a t G resham , and th re e other d istric ts prin cip al, for w hich she receives an improving the Powell Valley road for some distance east of the
w ith one-room schools w ere m erged additio n al rem u n e ra tio n of $20 per j c i t y l i l n i t s o f G r e s h a m .
in to one four-room stru c tu re at C or­ " T h T sta n d ard for te a c h e rs ’ ce l i f t - i
A num ber of the citizens of Gresham and the Commercial
b ett. T he G resham grad e school bu ild ­
is g rad u a lly
being raised , c l u b are in favor ot the latest survey and have asked Chas. Cleve-
ing w as erected in 1924 a t a cost of cates
$67,000. It is ty pically m odern, con­ th ro u g h o u t the ru ra l schools and each land to interview the property holders along the new route and
ta in s 12 room s and larjje auditorium I y ear sees a m ark ed im provem ent in finally determ ine if there is a possibility of securing this right
equipped w ith stag e and com plete th is respect. The co u n try school is
of way for this end of th e Mt. Hood Loop highway.
FAIRVIEW GRANGE HAS
BASKETBALL TEAM
HI RTH DA Y (E L E ItR ATION
G UESTS AT BANQUET
HOT LUNCHES ARE SERVED
sta g e se ttin g s w here am ate u r th e a tr i­
ca ls a re held, also it h as a moving
p ic tu re a p p a ra tu s and produces froi”
tim e to tim e w holesom e and ed u ca­
tio n a l film e n tertain m en ts. Recently
a play shed has been enclosed and r e ­
roofed w hich provides am ple recrea
tio n a l room for th e n ea r 400 pupils
en rolled.
T he R ussellville school of six room s,
erected at a cost of $30.000, is setting
an ex em plary pace in th e m a tte r of
serv in g hot lunches at noon to the
stu d e n ts. H ere appetizing soups and
o th e r sim ple nourish in g foods are
served to the eag er ch ild ren a t a m od­
e ra te cost and th e re su lts a re plainly
n o ticeable in m ore efficient work.
E leven m odern school buildings
w ere erected in M ultnom ah county
d u rin g th e y ea rs 1923-24. outside the
F airv iew g ran g e celeb rated its 21st
The A m erican Legion b ask etb all
1 b irth d a y la st S atu rd ay at th e city hall
team and m an ag ers w ere g u ests a t an
w ith n ea rly every m em ber and m any
excellent b an q u et M onday evening at
v isito rs p resen t. T he re g u la r session
Mrs. W ithrow 's dining room.
w as held in th e forenoon, w ith George
A n um ber of G resham b u sin ess men
P alm iter, w o rth y m a ste r of th e st^ te
g ran g e of Oregon, T. J. K rueder, c o u n ­ ap p reciativ e of th e su ccess of th e
ty deputy and J. G. Kelly, m a ste r of team and th e fav o rab le com m ent
Pom ona g ran g e, p rese n t as g u ests of heard th ro u g h o u t th e county, w ere
i honor.
M asters F ra n k Hodge, of hosts.
An ex cellen t m eal co n sistin g of fried
G resham , F red C rane, of Rockwood,
M. H. W heeler, of M ultnom ah and sp rin g chicken, potatoes, gravy, hot
J Theo. Roy, of R u ssellv ille, w ith th e ir ro lls, relish es, coffee and p a stry w as
w ives, also th e m ayor and city of- j consum ed and th o ro u g h ly enjoyed by
ficials of F airv iew w ere p resen t. Two ,,le follow ing g u ests: M anagers E. J.
| larg e b irth d a y cakes w ith 21 can d les tiru g g e r and L. T. St. C lair, p lay ers
AT R U SSELLV ILLE SCHOOL
and b ea u tifu lly deceorated in the F an ch er, Booth, Bailey, S hafer, A lt-
stock, Southard, P u lfe r and L unday
conform ing m ore n ea rly to th e r e ­ g ran g e colors, th e p ro d u ct of th e skill
H is honor, Mayor Chas. C leveland,
of
Mrs.
Jo
h
n
Jo
n
a
s,
graced
th
e
long
q u irem en ts th a t te ac h ers have a t
w as p rese n t in th e roll of to a stm a ste r
tables.
Mr.
P
alm
iter
voiced
th
e
least tw o y e a rs' teach in g experience,
ami a fte r an in te re s tln g 'ta ik about the
w ith norm al g rad u atio n . T h ree d is­ th o u g h ts of th e com pany p resen t when
he
w
ished
a
continuous
p
ro
sp
erity
for
j
v a' UP ° f ath letics to both men and
tric ts now g ra n t a bonus to te a c h e rs
th e F airv iew grange.
T he visiting wo,nen a r|d U>e c o n tra s t betw een an-
who ta k e accredited w ork a t som e in ­
m a ste rs m ade ap p ro p ria te speeches c 'e n t and p rese n t day a th le tic s he
stitu tio n du rin g the sum m er. B etter
for th e occasion. The flag salu te w as f a " ed upon th e p a rtic ip a n ts of th e
sa la rie s a re also an added inducem ent
given a t th e opening of th e aftern o o n | ban,in et for short*npeeches, th e sh o rt-
to secure th e services of train ed In­ program and th e S ta r S pangled B a n -1 P8t’ ypt mo8t fo rcefu l o t whicli w as de-
stru c to rs.
i livered by Leo Bailey who afte r greet-
Miss N orm a Lee Peck, fo rm erly in ner w as sung. Mrs. L. A. H arlow and
I ing th e to a stm a ste r, team and busi-
Mrs.
.1.
A.
L
arsso
n
of
T
ro
u
td
ale
sang
ch a rg e of th e G resham b ran ch of the
) ness men, stated th a t he cam e th e re to
pubbc lib ra ry , is now in ch a rg e of th e a duet, a solo w as ren d ered by Mrs.
¡eat and he was a m an of action and
Eva
Stone,
read
in
g
s
by
Mrs.
Jessie
M ultnom ah county r u ra l service book
i
not w ords.
w agon, a d e p a rtu re of th e L ib rary M iller an d a v ery In terestin g read in g
The team as a w hole in th e ir ta lk s
given
by
Mrs.
S
hepherd
on
th
e
early
association of P o rtlan d to b rin g w ith ­
| laid m uch of th e ir success to th e able
h
isto
ry
of
F
airv
iew
gran
g
e.
V
isiting
in th e reach of th e resid e n ts of th e
I coaching of Mr. S h afer who also Is
outlying se ttle m en ts th e ad v an tag es m em bers also m ade a p p ro p ria te r e ­
ath letic coach at U reshain high school.
m
ark
s
on
th
e
occasion
of
th
e
a
n
n
i­
and p leasu res to be derived from co n ­
A fter th e team had been called upon,
tact w ith the best in lite ra tu re . The versary.
Mayor Cleveland Introduced each of
C ontinued on page 4
e business m en of whom th e re w ere
GRANGE ENlERTAINMENT th
ten presen t.
AT FAIRVIEW
I HIDA V
The F airview tr a n c e is plan n in g to
en te rta in a host of its m em bers and
frien d s a t a free public en tertain m en t
to be given in th e city ball next F ri­
day evening. T he p ro g ram w ill be In
j ch arg e of L. C arro l Day of P o rtlan d
who will b rin g w ith him his stu d en ts
who will give vocal n u m b ers and se-
, lections on th e piano, g u ita r, m ando­
lin and exhibition solo and group
| dances.
T he ad d ress of th e evening w ill be
given by Jam es Kelly, m a ste r of Mtllt-
! nomah county Pom ona grange. Many
are expected to atten d and all will be
NEW CORBETT CONSOLIDATED ORADE SCHOOL.
welcome.
LEGION EDSEN LASI
GAME TO SILVERTON
T he A m erican Legion team suffered
a 23-33 defeat at th e hands of th e 811-1
verton A. L. team F rid ay n ig h t in a
gam e played at 8 llv erto n . It w as th e |
final w ind-up, for th e locals, of th e I
m ost su ccessful b ask etb all season
ever enjoyed by G resham , th e team
having won th e ch am p io n sh ip of Mult-
nom ah county hy tw ice defeating i
O range B. city league cham pions.
D uring the season the L egion team
played 16 gam es, 12 of w ihch they i
won.
FAIRVIEW P.-T. A. HAS
INTERESTING PROGRAM
P RD MIN E N T I’D RT LA N D E R
WEDS GRESHAM TEACHER
An u n u su a lly larg e num ber of la ­
dles w ere p resen t a t th e m eeting of
the F airview P a ren t-T ea ch e r associa
tion held March 6 In th e sch o o l­
house. T his larg e atten d a n ce was due
to th e aw ard in g of a prize of a largo
bowl of goldfish to th e room w hose
p upils had th e la rg e st num ber of p a r ­
en ts or v isito rs at the m eeting. T he
prize wus given to Mrs. T e g a rt's room,
w hich had 12 visitors. Mrs. S tone's
and Miss B ourgeois' room s ran a close
second w ith 10 v isito rs each and Miss
King w ith seven.
T he follow ing in stru c tiv e program
in ch a rg e of Mrs. A. L. Stone w as
m uch enjoyed: W altz song (C h lrbir-
b ln ), by seventh and eighth g rad e s;
poem s recited in unison, by seventh
and eighth g rad es; class w ork in civil
governm ent, by eighth g rad e ; su b ject
from C hi,d W(,|fare Magazine, read by
Mrs. M ary H ollensted; solos, "D ay
D ream s of Youth,” "W hen He Gave
T H R E E WAY REAL ESTATE Me You, M other of Mine,” by Mrs. Eva
DEAL MADE IN GRESHAM Stone. An in te restin g ta lk was given
One of th e m ost im p o rtan t real es­ by Mrs. W ashburn of P o rtlan d on
ta te tra n s fe rs in recen t y ears In th e Bible stu d y in the public schools.
A fter th e program th e u su al b u si­
b u sin ess d istric t of G resham took
p lace la st week, w hen Mrs. Nora ness m eeting w as called by th e p re s i­
W ithrow bought th e M urphy building dent, Mrs. M oller. An Invitation from
on Pow ell stre e t and Dan M urphy an d t he County Cou,,cl1 to nttend
mppt
Jo e P aten eau d e b ought th e W ithrow Ing to be held a t Maplewood S a tu r ­
building. Mrs. W ithrow Im m ediately day, M arch 21, w as read and It w as r e ­
took an option on her form er building quested th a t as la rg e a num ber of
for five y ea rs for th e co n tin u atio n ot m em bers of F airview P a ren t-T ea ch e r
h er re s ta u ra n t and confectionery, an1 association atten d th is g ath erin g as
sold th e M urphy building to A. J. W. could go. Mrs. L. H. S tone and Mrs.
Brow n. Brow n ow ns his m eat m a rk e t John Mahaffey w ere appointed to p ro ­
p ro p erty and th e sto re adjoining It on vide th e p rogram for th e next m e e t­
th e w est, and th e new acquisition ing.
A w edding of in te re s t to num erous
frien d s of th e brid e is th a t of Miss
E dith S tephenson, fo rm er in stru c to r
in th e G resham Union high school, to
Jam es A. O rm andy, of P o rtlan d , the
event ta k in g place S atu rd ay evening
a t T rin ity ch u rch , P o rtlan d . MI sj
Della H ughes, sis te r of Dr. H. H.
H ughes, of G resham , w as th e only a t ­
te n d a n t of th e bride, and H arry Or
m andy, St. Jo h n s fu rn itu re dealer,
acted as I l l s b ro th e r's best man. T h t
serv ice wa« read by Dr. A. A. M o rri­
son before m em bers of the Im m ediate
fam ily and Intim ate friends. Mr. Or
m andy is th e g en eral p assen g er agent
of th e S outhern Pacific railw ay. HI*
wife is a g rad u a te of th e U niversity
of W ashington and a m em ber of Alpha
Gam m a Delta. A fter a sh o rt w edding
trip th e couple w ill resid e at 601
W eldler stree t, P o rtlan d .
gives him a v alu ab le b u sin ess site
w ith a fro n tag e of 100 feet, w here he
p lan s to co n stru c t a m odern business
block in th e n ear fu tu re.
It Is understood th a t P aten eau d e
nd M urphy bought th e W ithrow
building p u rely fo r Investm ent.
i
H eel'leii K c e rs e d In l ine Fence Case,
’ W. J. Cooper, who rep rese n ted the
J plaintiff In th e case of L au d erh ack
' b ro th ers vs. W. O. C alvin in the m at-
! te r of recovering o ne-half th e cost of
! n line fence w hich L au d erh ack b ro th-
' era had b u ilt betw een th e tw o p ro p e r­
Foxy W orkers Kake Sale.
t i e s , an n o u n ces th a t th e decision of
T he Foxy W orkers Sew ing clu b w ill
bold a bake sale a t th e A. W. Metzger the ju stice co u rt w hich decided In
favor of Calvin has been rev ersed and
sto re, S atu rd ay , M arch 21.—Adv.
¡th e defen d an t is now obliged to pay
Window Cleaning
For expert window cleaning see K ' for his sh a re of th e fence to g e th er
TaJInia, or leave o rd ers w ith John with th e co sts ac cru in g from th e law -
i suit.
Brow n, G resham , phone 2501
ANNOUNCEM ENT
M iss M. E. Baldwin of Portland
w ill open ti rut-class
DRESSMAKING PARLORS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25
F ir s t M a l e B a n k B u ild in g , G r e s h a m
F ir s t S t r e e t o p p o a it e T e l e p h o n e O ffice.