Gresham outlook., December 15, 1925, HOLIDAY NUMBER, Image 17

SECTION THREE
Holiday Number
New», Editorial and Local
G resham O utlook
T W IC E
A
W EEK
VOL. 15, NO. S3
GRESHAM. MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON.
BUSINESS CONDITIONS ARE VERY GOOD,
SAY MEN INTERVIEWED BY OUTLOOK
B usiness men of G resham a re p rac -
tieally a u nit in th e opinion th a t p ro s ­
p erity is abroad. T he fact is told to
them in d o lla rs and cents. Increased
dem and for prod u cts of all kinds tells
its own sto ry as w ell as paym ent of
o u tstan d in g accounts. T he tu rn o v er
of stocks has been heav ier th a n in
m any y ears and farm ers a re putting
money into savings accounts in in ­
creased volume.
H ere is th e way
som e of th e m e rc h an ts of th e city tell
about business conditions.
O scar John so n of th e O scarette,
confections, lunches, fru its and the
like said. “I consider th e busin ess o u t­
look good. I have been in business
h ere but four m onths b u t du rin g th a t
tim e th e re has been a steady increase
in volum e."
T aber P harm acy, C. N. T aber and
W illiam Thom , p ro p rie to rs.
"W e
opened up for b usiness h ere on Ju ly 3
and tra d e has been picking up ste a d ­
ily,” said Mr. T aber. "W e a re p re ­
sc rip tio n sp e cia lists and ap p re cia te
the grow ing confidence of th e people.”
E astm an L um ber com pany. "B u si­
ness has been exceptionally good w ith
u s during th e y ear,” said O. A. E a s t­
m an. “We have sold m ore lum ber in
th e la st 12 m onths th a n any year
since before th e w ar. So encouraged
a re we th a t we w ill estab lish a p la n ­
ing m ill ab o u t J a n u a ry 1 in our y ard s
by th e Mt. Hood depot.”
Guy D. Jones, jew eler, said th e h o li­
day trad e has been very good, in fact
b e tte r th a n any tim e d u rin g th e five
y ea rs he h as been in busin ess here.
A ylsw orth & M artin, m en ’s fu rn is h ­
ings. "W hile b usiness has been n o r­
m al w ith us for th e y ea r.” said J.
R. M artin.
“T he
holiday
trad e
h as been the best we have en ­
joyed d u rin g th e th re e y ea rs th is firm
h as been together. T he C hristm as
tra d e has com e e a rlie r th is y ear th an
h eretofore show ing the people have
m ore money to spend and a re doing
th e ir C h ristm as shopping early. We
a re glad to note th a t G resham people
a re doing th e ir tra d in g a t home, as we
feel they should for they can get goods
of equal q u ality h ere th a t they can
in P o rtlan d and prices a re as low or
low er."
Botkin & Johnston, g ara g e ow ners
an d S tar ca r d ealers, expressed sa tis ­
faction w ith th e volum e of b usiness
th e y had enjoyed and extended g re e t­
ings to all th e ir custom ers.
H am lin & H oss of th e G resham g a r ­
ag e have been to g e th er tw o y ea rs and
said b u siness has been satisfacto ry .
I
G resham Meat M arket, A. J. W.
Brow n, p ro p rieto r. "W e have th e old­
1 est m eat m a rk e t in G resham ,” said Mr.
Brow n, “ having been in b u sin ess h ere
15 years. The m ark et w as estab lish ed
, 25 y ea rs ago. B usiness has been ex ­
cep tio n ally good d u rin g th e la st year
| and we hope in th e n ea r fu tu re to have
b e tte r facilities for th e h an d lin g of
m eats and a m ore in v itin g p lace to r e ­
ceive our cu sto m ers whom we th a n k
for th e ir p atro n a g e.”
M. C. W ebster Motor com pany d e­
J clared business satisfac to ry and th a t
they a re looking fo rw ard to a p ro s­
perous new year.
Ivy F illin g S tation, T. R. H ow itt,
p ro p rie to r, declared they had no kick
com ing. "W e opened on D ecoration
day b ut o u r volum e of b u sin ess has
been no fu n eral procession. W e a re
satisfied and g rate fu l to o u r c u s­
tom ers," w as th e way th ey p u t it.
G resham B attery S tatio n . M. E. A lls-
house, p ro p rie to r, said "F ro m n o th ­
ing, we have grow n un til we a re doing
a b u sin ess en tirely sa tisfac to ry and all
w ithin ju s t a few m o n th s.”
A. W. M etzger & Co., rep o rted a
health y in c re ase in b u sin ess for th e
year and voiced th e ir sin c ere a p p re ­
ciation of th e p atro n a g e of th e people
of G resham and vicinity.
G resham Feed & P roduce company-
sta te d th e ir in c re ase in b u sin ess w as
en tirely satisfacto ry .
Jo h n Brow n, rea l e sta te and m o rt­
gages. " I have no co m p lain t to m ake.
T he year 1925 has been sa tisfa c to ry ,”
w as th e expression of th e judge.
C arl Dahl, shoe d ealer and re p a ire r,
said he had no com plaint to offer and
had enjoyed a good year. H e voiced
C h ristm as g reetin g to all.
G resham D rug Co., A. D ow sett and
Joe P aten eau d e, p ro p rie to rs, said th e ir
b u sin ess h as increased noticeably
d u rin g th e y ear and th ey believed it
w ill co n tin u e to grow d u rin g 1926.
"W e have added m ore sp ace to our
sto re room d u rin g th e y ear w hich te lls
its own story. We w ish our p atro n s
a M erry C h ristm as and a H appy New
Y ear,” th ey said.
Bank of G resham , K arl M iller, c a sh ­
ier. "T h e B ank of G resham h as e n ­
joyed a h ealth y grow th d u rin g th e
y ea r,” Mr. M iller said. “ Its to ta l r e ­
sou rces a re g re a te r th a n th ey have
ever been w hich reflects th e p ro sp e r­
ous condition of th e com m unity. It
is in te re stin g to note th a t th e two
ban k s in th is city have to ta l deposits
of $982,173.89 and th a t G resham
(C ontinued on page 5)
TUESDAY. DECEMBER
ONE OF GRESHAM'S THRIVING INDUSTRIES
TUESDAYS
AND
FRIDAYS
15,1925
#1.50 Per Y’ear
0. A. C. EXTENSION WORK IN COUNTY
IS HELPFUL TO FARMERS, HOUSEWIVES
By S. B. HALL, County Agent.
i com ing spring. Seed flax and fiber flax
T he C ooperative E xtension w ork in w«re tried o ut th is year. T he seed
M ultnom ah county, as conducted by
D ial proved m ore profltbie than
th e extension service of the Oregon D>® fibe.' flax but is not to be recom -
A g ricu ltu re college, co o p eratin g w ith m ended u n til a m ore definite m a rk e t is
M ultnom ah county and th e United secured.
S ta te s d ep artm en t of ag ric u ltu re . Is
T he p epperm int oil d em onstration
handled th ro u g h th e county extension gave a very profitable re tu rn th is year,
office located in G reshatn. The active T h ere was a 100 p ercen tage increase
w o rk ers from th ese h e a d q u a rte rs are : in acreag e of pep p erm int th is year
S. B. H all, county a g ric u ltu re ag en t; i and th is crop w ill no doubt prove to
W. 1). K inder, county clu b agent, and be a v aluable cro p on c e rta in low
M iss V aletta Macaw, office assista n t. lands of th e county.
T he work of the local force is re in ­
The potato seed im provem ent w ork
A p a rt of th e G resham p la n t of th e Oregon P ick le C anning Co.,
forced from tim e to tim e by th e v a ri­ th is year m ade rap id progress. W ork­
one of th e th riv in g in d u strie s w hich adds th o u san d s of d o lla rs to
ous extension sp ecialists who work ing on a tu b e r index m ethod several
p ay ro ll of th is com m unity. See a rtic le on page 2, section 1.
o ut from th e sta te ex tension office at , sm all lots of potatoes w ere p rac tica l-
C orvallis.
I ly freed from disease. From these
GRESHAM GRADE SCHOOL CHRISTMAS TREE IS
T h ere a re th ree m ajor lines of work ; s>malI plots th e re will be about 400
( REDIT TO ('(EMM UNITY
ADMIRATION DE ALL being follow ed. F irs t is th e ag rlcu l- bush els of alm o st disease free seed
tu ra l extension w ork, th e m ain object av ailab le for p lan tin g next year.
A M erry C h ristm as and a H appy
T he re su lts of th e pest th re e y ea rs'
T ow ering 48 feet above th e pave­ of w hich is to bring about a b etter
New Y ear to all. T his is th e sp irit of
m ent, G resh am 's first
com m unity a g ric u ltu ra l condition by stim u latin g cover crop d em o n stratio n s resu lted in
th e G resham g rad e school w here 392
C h ristm as tree w as hoisted into place b etter farm p ractices, b e tte r seed, b et­ th e r ‘com m endaton of hairy vetch for
happy, w holesom e and brig h t-faced
S atu rd ay forenoon am id a steady te r and m ore efficient live stock, and cover crop p la n tin g s in sections of the
boys and g irls a re striv in g to do w hat
county w hich a re subject to freezing
dow npour of rain w hich would have b e tte r m ark etin g conditions.
th e ir p are n ts and te a c h e rs would have
sorely taxed th e patien ce of a less
T he boys' and g irls' club w ork is d u rin g th e w inter. T his variety of
them do. Of th is num ber 203 a re boys
loyal bunch of citizens. Much fav o r­ th e second of th e w ork. The p rin ci­ vetch is very h ard y and m akes a rapid
and 189 g irls. T hese a re d istrib u ted
able com m ent is being h eard on ail p al object of th is w ork is a develop­ sp rin g grow th. A large percen tag e of
th ro u g h 12 room s, about an average of
sides in reg ard to th e fine, sy m m etri­ m en t of th e boys and g irls of th e th e cover crop p lan tin g s th is la st fall
30 to each teach er.
cal tre e w hich w as secu red a t th e ex ­ county In a p rac tica l way. giving them w as m ade w ith h airy vetch.
In d airy in g a cow te stin g asso cia­
Besides th e p rin cip al, C. M. Q uick- pense of m uch h ard w ork for th e an o p p o rtu n ity to have a b e tte r u n d e r­
sail, th e room s a re presided over by C h ristm as celeb ratio n in G resham . A , stan d in g of a g ric u ltu re and home tion has been organized jointly with
A rrangem ents
th e follow ing body of in stru c to rs: Ida com petent com m ittee, u n d er th e direc- ! m aking, and to develop th e ir in te rest C lackam as county.
w ere m ade for th e conducting of the
N brdine, Alice Leekley, G ladys Hoyt, tion of W. S. E v erett of th e local tele- 1 and ap p reciatio n along th ese lines.
second tu b e rcu lo sis clean up te st
H elen H oss, C h ristin e Jo h n s, G race phone com pany, placed th e larg e tre e j
T he th ird p hase of th e w ork is th e w hich is in p ro g ress at th e p rese n t
Lane, V irginia
B roughton, Adele in to position. T he bottom is well b a l­
S chenk, B uena Stone, P e a rl H ayden, lasted by sand bags and tow ard th e hom e econom ics w ork, w hich is de­ tim e. A la rg e num ber of pu re bred
signed to aid th e farm w omen of the ( dairy an im als have been sold by the
R achel Chezem and Mary K rueger.
c e n te r of th e tre e guy w ires w ere fa s t­
county b y g iv in g them an o p p o rtu n ity dairy breeder8 and purchagod by , be
T he pupils occupy 12 n eat, w ell- ened and placed acro ss to safe su p ­ to know th e la te st and ea sie st m ethods
v en tilated room s and are divided into ports, so th e tre e is p rac tica lly as s e ­ in g arm e n t c o n stru c tio n , household local breeders th ro u g h th e activities
th e extension office. T he to ta l of
A and B classes, except th e 8th g rad e, c u re as if it w ere grow ing in its p r i­ m anagem ent and vonvenlences. and of
about $1„ 000 w or„ ,
anlmalB have
as th e re w ere no failu re s in th a t m eval sta te in the forest.
n u tritio n values w hich w ill aid in (lie changed hands.
g ra d e la st year, m aking all Sth grad e
Much cred it is due A. B runner, who b e tte r h ealth of th e farm e rs fam ilies.
Two cooperative vegetable m a rk e t­
pupils full y ear stu d en ts. H ow ever, resid es w est of G resham , for th e do­
T he extension office is com pleting a
tw o have com e into school recen tly n atio n of th e tree, a g reat deal of his very busy year. F ollow ing th e a g ri­ ing o rg an izatio n s w ere com pleted d u r­
who are m idyear pupils an d it is pos­ tim e and last, b ut not least, of a gen ­ c u ltu ra l econom ic co n feren ce of last ing th e year. T he T ro u td ale C ooper­
sible th a t two or th ree o th e rs m ay be ero u s co n trib u tio n of good hum or Ja n u a ry a p ro g ram of w ork w as de­ ative Celery association and th e Co­
able to p ass th e g rad e a t m idyear. In w hen it becam e n ecessary to pull veloped w hich included th e recom ­ o p erativ e L ettu ce and C auliflow er a s ­
all o th er g rad es m id-year prom otions down a p o rtion of his fence w hich he m endations of th e various com m ittees sociation. T hese have passed th ro u g h
w ill be Ja n u a ry 18.
w as left to rebuild a t his leisure. of th e conference. T hese recom m en­ th e ir first m a rk e tin g season su ccess­
fully and have m arketed about $70,-
D uring the y ear som e im provem ents A round 20 or 30 men. and boys gave d ations set fo rth th e m ost im p o rtan t
| Ooo w orth of vegetables on m a rk e ts
u
n
stin
tin
g
ly
of
th
e
ir
tim
e
S
atu
rd
ay
to
have been m ade on th e building w hich
th in g s n ecessary to be done to bring j (,u t„lde of
8ü te
a re ap p reciated by pupils in th e low er a ssist in g ettin g th e tre e to G resham , i ab o u t a m ore profitable a g ric u ltu re in
in
the
d
istrib
u
tio n of stum ping pow ­
T he program for th e occasion is th is section.
room s and by th e m em bers of the
der
45,000
pounds
of pow der has been
N ational G uard com pany, w hich occu ­ p ro g ressin g evenly and w ill co n sist i J u s t a few of th e im p o rta n t p ro jects dlstrlb u tp d to 140 farmt>r„. A nother
m
ainly
of
m
usical
num
bers.
It
w
ill
1
pies a b asem ent room for its arm o ry , |
w hich have been w orked o ut to some i
' begin prom ptly at 7 o'clock and is ex- conclusive re su lts a re as follow s: Vlc- . c a r load of 28,000 pounds Is due to a r ­
and th e play shed for d rill room.
rive about th e first of th e year anil
! pected to la st b ut an hour.
lory oats w as introduced in th e county
T he school board co n sists of A rth u r i
Much cre d it is due F. L .ivii.ck and and grow n in com parison w ith th e lo­ o rd ers are alm o st com plete for a n o th ­
D ow sett, ch airm an , Jan ies E lkington.
Ills h elp ers for th e fine effect produced ! cal varieties. In each of th e live field e r 25,000 pound car.
J. V. Cogswell and C. J. L u ndquist,
T he w om en's w ork has been con­
in th e b rillia n t illu m in atio n of th e ! p la n tin g s th is v ariety of oats proved
clerk . Mr. D ow sett is rou n d in g out
ducted
by th e home d em o n stratio n
tree. T h ree hundred red and yellow | very satisfacto ry . In each case w here
his 21st y ear as a m em ber of th e lo­
and g reen lig h ts w ere stru n g in a j a co m p arativ e yield w as secured, th e sp ecialists in m ost of th e com m uni­
cal hoard.
way to b rin g out the strik in g beauty V ictory o ats out yielded th e local ties of the county. N utrition schools
T he building is kept clean by the
have bean held in nine com m unities
of th e tree.
stra in s. S everal fields of g rain w ere d u rin g the year. Clothing schools in
trie d and tru e ja n ito r, G eorge T âc h er­
certified th is year. T his Included Vic­ five com m unities, m illinery in four,
on, w ho now is in his six th y ear of
tory onts, S hadeland Clim ax oats, d ress form in four, household m anage­
service.
H auncheii barley and C olsess barley. m ent In two. T hese schools varied in
T h ree b u sses are used to tra n sp o rt
A num ber of field d em o n stratio n s on length from one to five days.
ab o u t 12« boys and g irls from the
T he Outlook w ishes a h earty
a
lfa
lfa w ere p lan ted th is year. In
C
h
ristm
as
G
reeting
to
all
who
in
hom es a m ile or m ore from th e b u ild ­
T he Boys' and G irls’ Club w ork has
any way have helped to m ake pos- 1 each case a good stan d w as secured
ing. One of th e busses is obliged to
com pleted th e m ost successful year of
sible th is 24-page H oliday issue.
and they prom ise good re su lts for next
bJl)tory
coullty. T he enro ll-
m ake tw o trip s each way daily for its
We have tried to m ake th e rea d ­
y ear. S everal of the field d em o n stra- m #nt
, hft
t R haM ,.V(.r bp,.n
load.
ing m a tte r re p re se n ta tiv e of th e
Mona p lanted in 1924 yielded tw o and
com pletlon8 werp extrem ely
T he activ ities of the g rad e school
p ro g re ss and th o u g h t of th e locali­
som e th ree cu ttin g s of a lfa lfa hay th is hJgfc ru n „ ,ng 97.g% of tb e to ta l en-
ty in all good th ings. T he large
a re m any. Six county clubs have been
sp ace tak en by a d v e rtise rs is re p ­
organized w ith a m em bership of 97.
y e a r'
rollm ent.
rese n tativ e of th e ir loyalty and p ro ­
Follow ing th e recom m endations of
-
T h re e of th ese a re cooking clubs, th e
g ressiv en ess. H elp us show our
th
e
conference
a
still
la
rg
e
r
num
ber
of
Ol|Uook
W
aIlt
ad
„
w
l„
belp
you „ „
first w ith a m em bership of 17, of
ap p re cia tio n to them .
p la n tin g s will be m ade d u rin g th e tbp way to success.
C ontinued on page 4
Jjohbap (^reetingsi
tëreettngô
All the officers and w orking force of th e b an k join in w ishing
the m any patroDS of th is bank an dour m any frie n d s a very M erry
C hristm as and a New Y ear w ell filled w ith good h ealth , h ap p in ess
and success.
We w an t to co o p erate in every possible way w ith th e people of
th e com m unity to win la rg e r success th an ever before.
If our
service w ill help you solve some problem o r w ork o ut som e plan,
be su re to te ll us about it.
We look fo rw ard to th e New Year w ith m uch p le asu re
S u rely
it has m any good th in g s in sto re for all of us. If we can help our
friends to enjoy g re a te r p ro sp erity we sh a ll feel th a t th e Y ear has
been w ell invested.
FIGURES THAT SPEAK LOUDER THAN HDRDS
Make This a Thrift Christmas
T he stre n g th of ou r hold upon public confidence is c le a rly r e ­
flected in the stre n g th of the figures in th e statem en t show n below
w hich is put in such shape th a t it can be und ersto o d by any m an,
woman or child.
We th a n k ou r frien d s for th e b usin ess they have given us and
hope th a t th e fu tu re w ill bring us still la rg e r o p p o rtu n ities for
service and cooperation.
S tatem ent of Condition as of th e close of b u sin ess D ecem ber 11, 1925
WHAT WE OWE.
U ep o 'lts—R ep resen ts the am ount deposited in checking
and savings accounts in th is bank by m ore th a n 3000 people
in E a ste rn and M ultnom ah C o u n ties................................................$623,581.90
( a p ita l—S u rp lu s and undivided profits!
T his is a protection fund th a t belongs to sto ck h o ld ers only
w hen all obligations of th e bank have been p a id ..................... 68,631.59
T otal L ia b ilitie s........................... $692.213.49
WHAT
WE OWN.
( ash in our v au lts and due from approved b an k s. . .
. . .$ 31,459.46
R eserve—Am ount held by F ederal R eserve Bank, a fu rth e r
protection to d e p o s ito rs.....................
........
29.647.88
Ronds— A m ount invested in F ederal R eserve Sto< k. M unici­
pal and o th e r high grad e b o n d s...................................................... 358,614.',2
Money L oaned—-To th is B ank's custom er» on first class se ­
cu rity most of w hich is due in 90 days or less
239 23C.49
Hank llnilding. F u rn itu re and F ix tu res Including postofln •
fixtures. T his p ro p erty is ap p raised as having an actu al
value of $40,006, c a rrie d on our books a t ............................. ..
30,395.27
O ther Real E state—T his re p re se n ts real e sta te o th er than
the bank building and has been very co n serv ativ ely ap ­
praised at $25.000 c a rrie d on our books a t .................................
2,860.67
For your benefit with each
Satin ;s Account opened with
us, we give one of
Liberty Bell Home Banks
it will mean independence
for* you.
T otal C re d its ............................... $692.213.49
Tota. Resources, or th e am ount av ailab le to pay, $623.581 90
.deposited by our p atro n s.
FIRST STATE BANK
t STRONG MNk
Gresham, Oregon
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better X m as
present could
tjou ghte than
an account at
this B a n k ?
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OBkNIIAM, OKKOON
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