Gresham outlook., December 22, 1925, Image 1

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VOL. 15, NO. 85
GRESHAM, MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON,
I G RESH A M UOSTOEEK E
MEN’S CLOTHING STORE VICTIM
WILL OBSERVE HOLIDAY
OF ROBBERS SUNDAY NIGHT W idespread app ro v al has greeted th e
TUESDAY,
DECEMBER
LOCAL MAN WINS
HANDICAP SHOO I
¿¿,1935
TUESDAYS
AND
FRIDAYS
91.50 Per Year
COUNCIL RAISES WATER RATES:
TRACT BOUGHT FOR RESERVOIR
H ats off to Bert M etzger, w inner of
recent an n ouncem ent of th e p o stm as­ the first prize, a 20-pound tu rk ey , in
One of th e m ost darin g w holesale J Monday m orning, her sto ry checked te r g en eral th a t th e re w ill be no m ail
the grand A m erican Legion m iss-and-
A new schedule of w ater ra te s for system has been in effect for several
th e fts com ing to the atten tio n of local up well in all d etails and It is p rac tl- deliveries on C h ristm as Day.
out han d icap shoot at th e P o rtlan d the city of G resham w as adopted at years.
o r county officers for some tim e past cally c e rta in she u n w ittingly w it-
Almost w ithout exception the A m er­ Gun club, Sunday.
A nother im p o rtan t item disposed of
is »hat of th e robbing of th e A ylsw orth nessed th e whole affair.
ican public has ag reed w ith the in h e r­
No one w as m ore su rp rised th an B ert th e ad journed session of th e council ay the council m eeting w as in reg ard
& M artin clothing house early Sunday
As n ea r as can be ascertain ed th e ent ju stice of th e ru lin g w hich gives
him self w hen he stood up ag ain st m eeting on W ednesday evening of last to the plans for the erection of th e
evening, th e thieves escaping in u ( men m ade way w ith a dozen of th e to the arm y of postal em ployes some
many of th e best shooters of th e gun week, which will add a burden to the w ater tank. The eng in eers su b m itted
F ord sedan, tak in g w ith them approx- i best suits. T hat they w ere discrim i- of the holiday p riv ileg es enjoyed by
club and tak in g th e blue rocks from householder, but w hich lias been ihelr specifications for th e w ork, in ­
im ately $500 w orth of first-class cloth nating in th e ir ta ste s is evidenced by oth ers, but so long denied them.
difficult angles, w ent down the line deemed n ecessary to cover the cost of
cluding tan k , base and pipes, co nnec­
ing belonging to the firm.
th e fact they threw several of th e
Of co u rse the ru lin g ap p lies to th e until it becam e a contest betw een him-
If they had been selecting an a u s ­ ch eap er g arm en ts on the floor and com ing C hristm as, being in the n a tu re ! self and P. V. Rexford, who finally th e w ater to th e city. T he new rate tions and valves, and o rd ers have beeu
given to ad v ertise for bids, to be
picious tim e for th e com m ital of the even tram p ed over them and selected of an experim ent, the success or fail
w ent out on a difficult angle shot. will he $1,75 for a m inim um of 400
opened Ja n u a ry 13, for th e building of
robbery, they could not have chosen suits of high class m aterial. T h ere i tire of w hich w ill d eterm in e the pro
Metzger, having won th re e tu rk ey s cubi« feet, and an additional 22 cents
the reserv o ir. A su itab le site for th e
b etter. D uring th e evening co n sid er­ w ere th ree of the la test sty le o v er­ cedure next year.
previously, donated the 20-pound bird per hundred cubit feet up to 15,000
M ructure w as p urchased a few w eeks
ab le tro u b le w as experienced w ith th e coats am ong th e loot, four su it cases,
The p o stm aster g en eral was enabled back to th e Legion to be shot for by
cubic feet, th ese rate s to apply to re s ­ ago from W. F. Honey, on the hill w est
lig h tin g of th e city, due to th e burn in g shoes, sh irts and o th er articles. It to ta k e th e co u rse he did as a resu lt
10 men, tlie event being won by R ex ­ idents w ithin the city. T hose resid ­
of W allula avenue about opposite the
out of a fuse
n ea r Main and may be possible th a t $500 will not of th e success of early m ailing cam ­ ford
ing outside tiie city will be charged Sm ith residence.
D ivision stree ts, w hich left th e G resh- J cover th e loss, but at least it is th a t paigns conducted in past years th ro u g h
The tw o-day shoot, w hile not the $2.25 for th e first 300 feet and an in ­
At the end of the c u rre n t m onth
am populace ra th e r u n ce rtain as to 1 much.
the preqp and th e “m ovies" and over financial success hoped for by the Le­
crease
of
20
per
cent
for
ail
am
ount
Jo
h n M etzger’s services w ill cease as
th e outcom e. The lights flickered for
E n tra n c e to th e sto re w as gained I the radio, w hich had th e effect of mov- gion, was well attended and paid b et­
above th at. A special ra te to facto ries j collector of w ater ren ts at his stand
a period, then w ere dimm ed alm ost to through a re a r window about six or ing the peak of holiday m ailing back
te r than w as expected w ith -su c h an using larg e am ounts of w ater lias been in Cecil M etzger's grocery, and th e
th e point of extinction, finally going eight feet above the floor. The w in ­ far enough to ju stify th e experim ent
inclem ent day Sunday. F orty-eight determ lned upon.
' w ater accounts will h ere after be paid
out alto g eth er for a m inute or so. It dow, w hich was fastened w ith a catch
Officials of the d ep artm en t who are tu rk ey s and 10 ham s w ere disposed of.
Two im portant reaso n s are given a t th e Bank of G resham . It w as de-
m ust have been d uring th is tim e th e on the inside, was pried loose, th e w atching th e experim ent closely hav
P rizes and w in n ers in th e m iss-and-
sto re w as burglarized. In fact a lady j thief stepp in g onto the top of a h ang the utm ost confidence th a t it will go out handicap, in addition to the 20- for th is d rastic Increase in rates. One eided to eat down the cost from 5 to 2
in G resham sa t at h er window in th e ing p ress, from th e re to th e floor. Sev- th ro u g h w ithout hitch and th a t C hrist pound gobler w ere, Rexford second. is th a t th e city of P o rtlan d has in- per cent for th e collection and Mr.
dim light, for several m inutes, w atch- > eral hundred dollars w ere in th e safe, m as Day of the fu tu re w ill be a day of 10 gallons of gas donated by W. P. •reused its ra te s to all w ate r d istric ts Metzger declined to co n tin u e serving
ing th e operatio n s of two men at w ork but th is w as unm olested. The firm rest for th e postm an and the postal T u erek ; th ird , E. J. Ja eg e r. 10 g a l­ and m u n icip alities using Bull Run w a­ for tlie low er percentage. T he new
ter, w hich ra te s have been In effect w ater rates am t th e change from Metz­
in th e store, saw them load larg e ca rrie d no in su ran ce to cover th eft, so clerk.
lons gas donated by Ivy F illin g s ta ­ since the first of December. On the
g e r's sto re to the bank will be m ade
q u a n titie s of clothing, including suit the goods rem ain a com plete loss,
To accom plish th is purpose,—be tion: fo u rth , B. L. Denton, p air of
cases, um brellas, etc., Into th e sedan.
The sheriff's office w as im m ediately lieved to be a laudable one— th e Amer gloves from I.. A. W ack & Co,: fifth, R. basis of th e old rates, the w ater de­ on Ja n u a ry 1.
Tlie com m ittee on public p ro p erty
saw them drive aw ay and thought th e notified by Deputy Sheriff Squire at ieati public m ust m ail holiday tokeus H. Luethe, box apples from A. W. p artm en t of th e city of G resham has
w hole p erform ance w as but a m a tte r G resham and w ere on th e scene of th e and g ree tin g s in tim e for delivery at Metzger * Co.; sixth. J. L. Stafford, been ru n n in g behind to th e am ount of rep o rted th at tlie w ork of resh in g lin g
$260« a year, w hich am ount has been th e city hall by E astm an L um ber com ­
of a custom er p u rchasing an u n u su al- 1 b u rg lary w ithin a sh o rt tim e. They least before the close of business on
carton cig arettes from D. M. R oberts: draw n from the g eneral fund to cover
pany was p rac tica lly com plete. It also
ly la rg e order and th a t Mr. A ylsw orth - w ere able to obtain sev eral im p o rtan t Decem ber 24.
seventh, E. H. H arris, box cig ars by tlie deficit, w hich is a d irect tux upon
w as w aiting on them . The m an she | clues, as finger p rin ts and foot p rin ts,
reported th a t the p ro p erty belonging
If th e re is any ap p reciab le mail left G resham D rug Co.; eighth, A1 Ham-
saw loading the things into the sedan but aside from this, have nothing to over for delivery on D ecem ber 26 it m ar, gallon pickles by J. L. Stafford: the p roperty ow ners. In all m unici­ to A rth u r D ow sett, adjoining tlie city
pal governm ents it has been d e te r­ hall property, w as not for sale.
an sw ered very well th e gA ieral de­ w ork on. Mr. A ylsw orth had his will m ilitate ag ain st the chances of
ninth, A. P helps, box candy by W ith­ mined th a t tlie cost of w ater system s
A stre e t light on Main stre e t n early
scrip tio n of A ylsw orth, about his build clothing sto re robbed seven years ago postal w o rk ers for a sim ilar holiday row 's C onfectionery;
te n th , C. W.
should be met by re tu rn s from the wa- opposite Cecil M etzger's residence.
and w earing a light overcoat sim ilar at about th e sam e tim e of the year, his in 1926.
Loughry, necktie by A ylsw orth Ai Mar-
te r sold, w ithout the Im position of a w as ordered moved to A stre e t and
to the one he usually w ears. W hen loss being about th e sam e as at th e So here's a good chance to apply
ton; eleventh, E. II. K eller, gallon
direct tax.
, Main, a sh o rt d istan ce n o rth of its
new s of the robbery w as m ade public present.
the Golden Rule.
pickles from J. L. Stafford.
Some of th e item s of expense of fur- present location,
The shoot, w hich th e Legion hopes
nishing w ater, aside from the w hole-
An accounting firm, on its own in ­
HIGH S( I,DDL MILL HAVE
will become an an n u al event, was
HOME-COMING UROGRAM m ade possible th ro u g h th e eourtes., of sale cost of th e w ater, are th e laying : itiative, subm itted figures in reg ard to
of pipes, pipe fittings, in stallin g of m e­ au d itin g th e hooks of th e city of
the P o rtlan d Gun club officials and the
te rs and th e services of a w ater com ­ G resham and agreed to au d it th e
Dull c a re is scheduled to fly out the
If'e thank you for your patronage
back door of G resham Union high u n tirin g efforts of O. N. Ford, m anager m issioner. In addition to tills In th e books for th e p ast four y ea rs on a
of th e club. Mr. F ord say s th a t S u n ­ case of G resham is tlie erection of a
and wish you all
school n ex t W ednesday beginning at
basis of $25 a day, the to ta l expense
day was ttie w orst day In th e history w ater tan k at a cost of $30,000, in te r­
12:40, th e occasion of th e hom e-com ­
not to exceed $200. As a second p rop­
of th e club th a t th e re has been a shoot
est on w hich aiDounts to $1500 a n ­ osition they will au d it th e books every
ing exercises w hich w ill be p artici
pated in and w itnessed by as many and he w as ag reeably su rp rised and nually. A direct tax upon p roperty th re e m ouths for $25 a q u a rte r. It
Ipeased to see th a t th e Legion w as so
holders to raise $2000 a y ear for a lias not been decided w h eth er th e
g rad u ates of the school as can be in ­
w
ell supported.
and a
duced to atten d . " P E P ” will be th e
sinking fund for tlie re tire m e n t of the council will ta k e ad v an tag e of eith er
slogan.
j original cost of in stallin g tlie w ater of these offers.
MILD WIN! ER ( Al SES
P rin cip al Cannon d o esn 't care a rail
SUM M UR PLANTS I'D BLOOM
w hether anyone stu d ies th e re st of the
day or not. A nything from a w hisper
As a ru le folks th in k of Ju n e as the
to a w ar whoop w ill be welcome,— m onth of roses, iris and poppies, w hen
any th in g to b reak th e m onotony. S er­ they a re at th e ir best, -und n atu ra lly
iously speaking, it m ay be possible w hen it gets along to C h ristm as and
Will ile sse l, of the Ilessel Im ple­ veloped h o rsepow er for every m inute
vet to induce Bill F ritz to dance, and New Y ears, one begins to don w inter
m ent com pany, local W illys-O verland of the long grind.
if he can rally his old standbys, Ray furs and console one's self w ith indoor
dealer, is all puffed up over th e news
G R E SIIA M , OREGO N
The m otors w ere sta rtl'd sim u lta n ­
S trong and H enry Lundy, and get a geranium s and o th er potted plants.
of a recent te st made in P a ris the re ­ eously ami w ith wide open th ro ttles.
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su b stitu te for Eddie Schenk, w ho is But out h ere In Oregon w here the
su lts of w hich have put th e K night They were kept ru n n in g at top speed
now in New York, th e re is no saying u nusual often happens th e natives
m otor far in tlie lead. Tlie news r e ­ until they broke down, eith er th ro u g h
w hat m ight happen. P roviding th eir think nothing am iss when n a tu re r e ­
p o rt of the te st Is as follow s:
o v er-heating, w ear on th e moving
voices hold out and th e audience verses herself.
In
a co n test Just conducted by th e p a rts or sh eer inability to stan d the
doesn't all leave, some o p eratic se­
At the p resen t tim e so m any roses M otordrom e N aclonal, In P aris, a severe pace.
lections may be forthcom ing.
a re in blossom as to excite no p a rtic ­ Knight m otor won on every point, in-
At the end of th e first seven days
T here w ill be o rch e stra, band, and
u lar atten tio n . It is tru e th a t the eluding a co n tin u o u s pow er develop­ of ru nning, only a few of th e original
glee club num bers, ta lk s and ex p eri­
blooms a re not as fra g ra n t nor the m ent, m otor cooling, m echanical e f­ e n tra n ts w ere still running.
ences.
Miss D oris Z im m erm an, of
buds and p etals as choice In fo rm a­ ficiency and freedom from w ear, ac­
At the end of th e ten days, th e s u ­
P o rtlan d , w ill be p re se n t and sing. If
tion as in th e proper season, hut they cording to w ord received by Pat Blake, p erio rity of the K night m otor w as so
th ere is an y th in g m issing, you would
are th e re Just the sam e w ith coloring m anager, W illys-O verland Pacific Co. convincingly d em o n strated th a t th e re
have to look in th e encyclopedia to
nil detail as w hen th e shining sum ­
The te st called for 2411 hours of con­ w as no doubt in the m inds of the en g i­
find it. Mr. Cannon says, "If your
m er skies sm iled down a welcome.
tin
u o u s ru n n in g at m axim um horse- neers who had w atched th e e n tire test.
To our old friends, loyal and true, to our
business in te rfe re s w ith your being
For the full 240 hours, th e K night
John
Lee,
residing
on
th
e
Powell
i
pow
er with no ad ju stm en ts allow ed
present, q u it your b usiness." P re si­
valued new friends and to those whose friend­
alley road near Buckley avenue r e ­ d u rin g tlie en tire period. P ractically m otor steadily delivered tts full 650
dent Coolidge will be invited by radio
ship we strive to deserve; we heartily wish un­
to be p resen t, u n less p ressin g affairs p o rts an tris in bloom. T hoae who every type of gasolinp m otor built at horsepow er w ithout a fluctuation In
measured happiness and good fortune through­
at the cap ital should req u ire his p re s­ know th e h ab its of th is d ain ty flower, the present tim e w as rep resen ted and the Indicating dial. At tlie end of the
know th a t th e Decem ber Iris is quite the findings of th e test w ere fo help ru n It was sh u t o f f Then, w ithout any
ence in W ashington.
out the coming years.
tlie F rench governm ent determ ine the j ad ju stm en ts of any kind, was Imnie-
It would be im possible in a brief a rarity .
Y esterday th e Outlook telephone m ost efficient and reliab le type of mo- d lately sta rte d again and when the
space to give th e nam es of all who
th ro ttle whs opened up it show ed the
will a ssist on th e program , but it i tinkled m e rrily and Mrs. C. It. Allen, I to r to use in a irp la n e co n stru ctio n .
prom ises to be a full one, and not who lives several m iles ea st of G resh- I The search w as for lig h ter, stro n g er, ' foil 660 h o rsepow er w ith o u t the
m oonshine eith er. T hose who do not am, said she had an O rien tal poppy in faste r pow er p lan ts with Increased slig h test sign th a t tt had been d eter-
care to speak will not be unduly urged full blossom , a m ost un u su al offering lifting pow er and with d em o n strated lo rated In the slig h test by the run.
ability to stan d up u nder th e m ost G eneral m otors com pany w hich con-
t o do so. A prom ise has been m ade to for any tim e la te r th an th e m iddle of
.Mildred M cGregor th a t she will not July. About a m onth ago th is species g ru ellin g service. The m otors were tro ts the Yellow T axicab com pany Is
of poppy evidently th o u g h t, in flower belted to heavy Iron blocks and oper- in stallin g K night m otors In all yellow
be called upon.
language, th a t sp rin g had arriv ed and ated ag a in st a dynam om eter w hich taxicabs, w hich Is an o th er fact proud-
Gresham Beauty Shoppe
accordingly put forth a new stalk . On gave an a c c u ra te reading of the de- j ly pointed to by the local dealer.
TZZZL
TZZZZ.
every th in g in the line of cosm etic this sta lk th e re a re now th re e fine I ------------------------------------- -------
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therapy.
C ourteous an d efficient buds, one of w hich has Just b u rst Into
m tiiiiiiirc iH iiitiiiiiin iu iiiiin H U H iin tm iin iiiiiii
trea tm e n t. Mrs. Lots St. C lair, F irst
S tate Bank building, phone 1841. bloom. It is a b right o ran g e red and I
as perfect as any seen In July.
O resham .— Adv.
A Merry Christmas
Happy and Prosperous
New Year.
Most (duelling Motor Test
Proves Silent Knight Is Best
L A. WACK & CO.
HEPP’S RACKET STORE
“The store that always gives you value'
fô rrrttm is
Several Names Are Added
to Phone Directory Just Issued
jo p 't fo rg et the ad v e rtise rs when
B rig h t say in g s by m odern thinker»
you need an y th in g In th e ir line.
are found In th e w ant colum n.
To Our Friend» and Patrons
At th is tim e of th e y ear when the C h ristian peo­
ple of our g rea t nation put forth th e ir best efforts to
m ake th e ch ild ren happy and ad m in ister to th e com ­
fo rts of those less fo rtu n a te , we a re rem inded of the
m any frien d s who by th e ir loyal su p p o rt th ro u g h th e
y ears of ou r labortCam ong them have m ade a happy
C hristm as possible.
At th is season of the year, as we th in k and know
of th e m any nations to rn by conflict, th e ir peoples
In poverty and suffering, we cannot help hut be r e ­
minded th a t th e all-seeing eye of the g re a t C reato r
has ever been upon us and our belief In C h ristian ity
h r s ail to do w ith th a t sp irit of "Peace on ea rth ,
good will to m en” th a t prevails today.
BASKETBALL
II Ilf II Sellimi Gy m
WEDNESDAY NIGHT, DEC. 23
GRESHAM AMERICAN LEGION
V».
WESTERN I LECER IC
w.
'i,. Walrad Mercantile organization one
and all. join in th a n k s to you and extend to you and
yours our sin c erest w ishes for a
DANCE
Happy Christmas anti Prosperous New Year
( ili
hai l
T ROI I DALE
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26
WALRAD MERCANTILE CO.
B. L. WALRAD. Manager.
CK1RA Y’S orchestra
Dancing every o th e r S atu rd ay
evenlf.g.
Gentlemen tlJMl
Ladies Free
A lthough th e new telephone d tre e - I H is phone is as h eretofore 1671. J. E.
tory published early tills m onth has M etifcer’s G resham F u n eral P a rlo rs
only rec en tly been m ailed to th e sub- ia ll* d ,o KP? lnto ,h e book- H l* Btoro
telephone is 1901,
sc rib e rs It has become n ecessary to I
semi out a slip adding 14 new nam es ! T h ree new fea tu re s w ere introduced
in tli» new telephone d irecto ry for the
to the list. T his Is p artly offset, how- convenience of su b scrib ers. One is an
ever, by five phones disconnected.
ad v e rtise rs. A nother is a
T he slip w id th will be se n t to all I special su p p lem en tal list of T ro u td ale
su b sc rib ers in a few days will contain | phones, and a th ird is the placing of a
one or two im p o rta n t co rrectio n s. A | blank page in th e fro n t for reco rd ing
nam e, th a t of Jam es H. S terlin g , was I new nam es, ch an g es and freq u ent
accidentally om itted from the book. 1 c a lls to be rem em bered.
Edwin ,M. Robinson a rriv ed th is
m orning from Cleveland, Ghlo, to at-
I tend the fu n eral of his fath e r, W. E.
Robinson, w hich was held th is a fte r­
noon at th e P o rtlan d crem atorium . Mr.
Robinson was able to reach G resham
j th is m orning only th ro u g h the cour-
' tesy of the railw ay com pany which
held his train for him seven hours a t
i Spokane. A fter a brief visit w ith his
! relativ es here, he will re tu rn to C leve­
land.
Until von get used to it Oregon
seem s to have a very q u eer clim ate—
w inter all sum m er and sum m er all
w inter.
Pedigree Blank'..
The Outlook has a supply of pedi­
g ree blanks, useful for dairym en,
stor k and poultry raisers. L arge, very
useful, at 5 ce n ts each, 25 for 85c.
Additional Want Ad«
T he m o s t p ersisten t effort ever u n ­ SW ISH D A IRYM A N w a n ts to re n t a
farm su itab le for d a iry
N ear G resham
d ertak en is being made a t W ashing­
p re fe rre d
F o r Inform ation phone Mike
K
sh
rll,
Gr«-«ham
S21
ton to b reak down prohibition. Many
»AI.U l > r » v cow, will freshen
bills call for m odification of th e Vol- I O m l iddle
of J a n u a ry .
Js m e a M cGraw,
i'le
a
a
a n t Home. n ear Scenic sta tio n .
sted act and th e resuhm lssion of the
O WOOD F IT T E R » w anted
E. T.
question to the sta te s or to th e people. TW
C anny. G resham , phone 13ft.