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About Gresham outlook. (Gresham, Multnomah County, Or.) 1911-1991 | View Entire Issue (July 24, 1925)
PAGE FOUR GRESHAM o rT lO O K , FRIDAY, JULY RAKER & SON W ELCOME Phone 1301 Make our store your headquarters during Fair Week Gresham Visit Our Bis E x h ib it which will be found as, usual at the M ULTNOM AH COUNTY FA IR ICE CREAM All our latest models on display CONFECTIONERY Special R uxtell Demonstration \\ e Bid You W elcome llllllllllllilllllllllll VISIT OUR BIG GARAGE AND SALESROOM — •{«<- . -i. v ,. GRESHAM DRUG CO. Lincoln Fordson T h e R L A /U .t Store Powell Street Gresham WHICH IS THE DUMMY! GOING UI’. IS THIS JEALOUSY! La-dees and G ent-le-m en.— In tro d u cin g Hi Jo hnson, 18 y ea rs of age and 8 feet ta ll. Hi w as not nam ed Hi because he w as high. Not a t all. W hen Jie w as nam ed Hi, his m other did not know he w as go ing to be high, but w anted him nam ed Hi anyw ay. N evertheless, Hi is high and still grow ing. H is frien d s are now w ondering how high Hi will be w hen he gets his grow th. T he o th er m an in th e p ictu re does not count. H e is sim ply a m ere m an p u t th e re to show how high is Hi. T h ere seem s to be con sid erab le co m plaint on th e p a rt of several m ore or less handsom e m em bers of th e fair board, because F ra n k Jo n es who has been selected to head th e e n te rta in m ent com m ittee in sists on ap p earin g in “soup and fish,” a t th e v ario u s fair fu nctions, w hile th e m ere w orking m em bers of th e m an ag em en t have to ru n aro u n d in th e ir wild w est cos tum es. D on’t w orry, boys. Rough m en from th e w ide open spaces are all th e rag e now anyhow . Anybody An o u tstan d in g fe a tu re of th e M ult can w ear a d ress su it b ut it ta k es a T he m ain en tra n c e of th e fair big liat to m ake a hit w here men a re nom ah County F a ir th is y ear w ill be ground is fast tak in g shape and as m en and th e women a re governors. th e rodeo w hich w ill ta k e place in sum ing p ro p o rtio n s of a th in g of or fro n t of the g ra n d sta n d each evening n am ent as w ell as utility. It is ex w ith a s tu n t or tw o d u rin g the race pected th a t by S atu rd ay n ig h t th e program in th e afternoon. s tru c tu re w ill have been com pleted S ervices w ill be held as u su al S u n F eatu red in th is program is W ilm a w ith possibly a few ti/iishing touches day ut the Sm ith M emorial P re sb y te rian ch u rch w ith a serm on by th e M oncrief, an 8-year-old g irl from to he added Monday. T hielen and p asto r at 11 o'clock and Sunday school H aines, Oregon, who Includes in her Angell, arc h ite c ts and landscape gar at th e hour of 10. The p asto r, the rep e rto ire rid in g gaited horses, rid in g d en ers, have ch a rg e of the w ork of T he big Ell F e rris wheel, one of the Rev. E. R. D. H ollensted, Is m aking tric k horses, h u rd le jum ping, etc. building the e n tra n ce and u nder th e ir p la n s for a sh o rt vacation to be spent T he tiny Miss is a prim e favorite nine splendid riding devices w ith the at Rhododendron. su pervision also w ill be en tru sted the w herever she ap p ears. L evitt-B row n-H uggins show s a t the Follow ing is a com plete list of rid e rs beautification of th e grounds. Ac M ultnom ah county fair, July 28. T ak e a tip —try the W ant Ads. and p erfo rm ers p a rtic ip a tin g in th e cording to the p la n s of S ecre tary Pul rodeo: Ben Ju ry , of Coffeyville: Bob fer, w hen th is w ork is com pleted, the H all, of Los Aftgeles; A1 B iscaro, Ok eye w ill be delighted w ith a fine v ista lahom a City; Dale Case, M issoula, of landscaping, enhanced w ith beau M ontana: Rube Hogg, Union, O re teous flow er g ard en s an d sh ru b s of gon: F ra n k Sm ith, Los A ngeles: Ed. v arious kinds w hich will not be su r Coffleld, w estern N eb rask a; Alice passed by any like pictorial asp ect to W ilson, W alia W alla; Ja ck Coffleld, be seen anyw here. A lfred H arnm ar is W yom ing; W ilkie W ilkins, P en d le in ch a rg e of th e ac tu al co n stru ctio n to n ; Cleve D eardorf, V ancouver, W n.; w ork on th e en tran ce, including the M anager Milt R uukle of the "Law and O utlaw ” show in conference Dick McCullough, P rin e v ille; Monk ’ sto n eto n e stucco w hich is to form the w ith him self. Avery and the o th er m ule, Rexford, finish of th e piers and arches. W hen R unkle engaged a fam ous Italian a rtis t to m ake th e life size M ontana; Pat Woods, E n te rp rise , O re The" en tra n ce is to be 120 feet in w ax rep licas of som e of th e fam ous outlaw s, crim in als and United gon; P aul W ln terstein , P en n sy lv an ia; I length and 35 feet in height, s u r S tates m arsh a ls, the a rtis t finished up th e job by “ta k in g ” his boss and Tony Vey, Echo, O regon; Ed. Woods, m ounted by four flagpoles from which p u ttin g him in w ax also. W ith R unkle sta n d in g on a base sim ilar to E n terp rise, O regon; H uston Moore, I w ill float th e s ta rs and strip e s and th e one occupied by th e dummy, it is som etim es difficult to determ ine Echo; L orena T rickey, P rin e v ille ,, ; fair b an n ers. At each end of th e w hich is w hich. Sid Steele, T u eten carie, N. M.; Doe- , colonnade is an archw ay w hich will Hayes, P in e Ridge, S. II.; Bob Brown, be for th e use of foot passengers, BIG SHOW WILL different connections a re m ade every Pueblo; Tom Silvers, W oodward, w hile tlie th ree a p e rtu re s througli the BE WELL LIGHTED tim e th e show sets up and all in th e O kla.; K enneth K ennedy, P endleton; ce n te r w ill be for autom obiles. R oad sh o rt space of th re e hours. Si Slioope, Miles City, Mont.; Jess ways will be co n stru cted as rapidly as A m ile of copper cab le and m ore A special electric pow er p lan t con Shoope, Miles C ity; N orm a Ketzel, | may be down to the m ain th o ro u g h th an ten m iles of w ire is used to con ta in in g two 25 K. W. and tw o 50 K. W. K lam ath F alls; Eddie McKinley, fares of th e grounds. Considerable vey electric c u rre n t to th e various tra n sfo rm e rs is c a rrie d on a huge Shaniko; Andy Alton, N orth P latte, d irt has been brought to the prem On top of th is w agon is Neb.; Slim H arris. Anim irfllo, T ex as; ises by T. B. Bidwell, co n tra c to r for divisions of the L ev itt-B ro w n -H u g wagon. P a t M cCarthy, C algary, Alta, C anada; 1 the county paving work w hich is now gins Shows. Over tw enty thousand m ounted a tow er from w hich connec Guy Case, Union, O regon; G rady in p ro g ress on ea st Pow ell street, and light globes com bine th e ir individual tions are m ade w ith th e city lines. Enough “ju ic e ” is consum ed each Rolls, B aker, O regon; Jo h n Kennedy, th is is being utilized in m aking a 12- b rig h tn e ss to m ake th e show a g litte r day by th e big show to lig h t a sm all P rineville. inch till at the front of tlie en tran ce. ing fairy lan d . Over th re e hundred city for a week. in addition th e re will be 40 U m atilla | L ater g rav el w ill be added and afte r Indians under Chief G ilbert M inthorn. the g rad in g has settled w alks w ill be .V^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ZZZZ/ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ co n stru cted . It is tho u g h t th a t th is ' PLEASANT HOME w ork will not be finished ea rlie r th an In Our Grocery Department The Sunday school of the P leasan t a y ear from the p resen t tim e. It is proposed to hold a public dedi Home M ethodist ch u rc h will m eet Sunday m orning ut 10 a. m., followed cation of th e new arch w ay en tra n ce by th e w orship hour at 11:15. The to th e g ro u n d s on T uesday at 2 p. m. pasto r, th e Rev. E. G. R anton, will A su itab le program is being arran g ed preach on the su b ject, "T he S ecret of i for th is occasion. O scar T horen secured th e co n tra ct S eren ity ." T he E pw orth L eague will Lumber and Ruildinp Material meet at 7 o'clock in th e evening u n . last week for the w ork of building der the lead ersh ip of Miss F ran ces the new b leach ers w hich are to be Cook | co n stru cted outside of th e g ran d stan d . Mrs. M artin Lennart* left T h u rs They a re to be 150 feet in length and day m orning en ro u te to Milwaukee, i 10 feet high. It is also expected th a t will give you W isconsin, w here she will visit her these se ats will be in read in ess for m other and o th er relatives. She ex th e beginning of the race tra c k events of the com ing week. pects to he gone about u m onth. In Our Hardware Department C onsiderable co m plaint is being W hat you w an t, w hen you w ant I' m ade th a t it is im possible to obtain as you w aut it— W ant ail it. rooms for use d u rin g th e week to ' i come. If those who have room s for ■ rent, eith er housekeeping or single lurtiished room s, would confer with eith er S ecre tary I’u lfer or Mrs. H ans L arsen at th e F air co rn er. F ifth and SWEET CREAM Main, no doubt arran g e m en ts could be and m ade satisfac to ry to all concerned. : Mrs. L arsen rep o rts th a t any num ber II Rid ) on .Make Our Store Your Headquarters of perso n s ap p ro ach her every day "(irexham Maid” During Fair Week. with th e q u ery as to w here they may J obtain su itab le lodging q u a rte rs. Rodeo and Indians New Archway Imposing; Will Add Excitement Dedication on Tuesday FAIRVIEW MULTNOMAH COUNTY FA IR NUMBER 2 Is to be found in our Big Store where our large stocks are on exhibition from week end to week-end all the year round. Eastman Lumber Co. EVERYTH ING IN FO O DSTUFFS A Full Line of Hay, Grain, Feed Everything for the Kitchen and Home Builder SCE ICE CREAM Supplied A. W. METZGER & CO. Quality and Service Phone 1451 Feed 1381 QUICK SERVICE BEST GRADES LOWEST PRICES Dally Sweet ( ream Shippers Wanted GRESHAM CREAM ERY CO. Phone 1381 Mamie— "F a th e r, why d o n 't you grow som e h air on your h e a d 7“ F ath e r— "W hy d oesn't g ra ss grow on a busy s tr e e t7" Mamie—"Oh. I see. It c a n 't grow up th ro u g h th e concrete." "D idn't you h ea r about I t f "No." "But It happened in your neighbor- I hood." "I know—but my wife's been away .. 1I ¿ ¿ •I us figure your Estimates Phone 2121 MACK DOES THE ELECTRIC WORK