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TUESDAYS
AND
FRIDAYS
G resham O utlook
VOL. 1«. NO. 37
T h rills and last-m inute sp u rts kept
th e large crow d th a t w atched th e sec­
ond day of run n in g and harn ess races
on edge from the opening of the races
u n til Jockey Cain piloted Lulu Woods
over th e finish line to win th e last
race of th e day. The half-m ile race,
w ith th re e entries, was the closest af­
fair of any of the five events. D ande­
lion stepped over the w ire to win from
L ulu Woods by less th an th e length
of a nose.
The atten d an ce at the dances on
both S aturday and Monday nights was
good and a g reat m any expressed the
w ish th a t th e dance hall m ight be left
th e re during th e fair. Tw o in te re st­
ing gam es of baseball w ere played be­
tw een G resham and Sandy, one on
Sunday afternoon on S tapleton field
w hich resu lted in a victory for G resh­
am , the score standing 7 to 4, and on
Monday afternoon a re tu rn game was
played, Sandy w inning out 11 to 7.
T his second gam e decided th e cham ­
pionship of eastern M ultnotnah coun­
ty.
The w eather Monday couldn’t have
behaved any better. The day began
w ith a light sprin kling of clouds
w hich la te r gave way to w arm su n ­
shine, but th e day w as nothing to com ­
p are w ith hum idity and th e sultry,
suffocating h ea t of Sunday, w hen the
th erm o m eter ra n to over 90 degrees.
Many diversions besides atten d an ce at
th e fair g rounds filled th e day for
G resham folk. Many reveled in the
added period of holiday re st and after
a b rief once over of the fro n t law n in
th e m orning hours, spent th e rem a in ­
der of the tim e in a porch sw ing w ith
a favorite m agazine w ith cooling po­
tions of ice cream from the corner
confectionery to help pass th e hours,
and ju st let th e re st of the w orld go
by.
A num ber from G resham attended
th e la rg e M ethodist g ath erin g at
Cham poeg, a goodly rep resen tatio n
from th e U ndenom inational faith
drove to B ridal Veil w here a picnic
d in n er w as held, the F o u rth w as m ade
th e occasion of fam ily reunions and,
jud g ing from th e ca r service of the
P o rtlan d E le ctric Pow er com pany, a
la rg e num ber m ust have found the
cool re tre a ts of E stacada. Dodge P ark
and C edarville m ost attractiv e. W eek­
end trip s to beach reso rts proved pop­
u la r and th e never-ending procession
of autom obiles qn Main stre e t and
Pow ell indicated th a t for a vast num ­
ber th e m ountains, loop and highw ay
held th e ce n te r of the stage.
Of course it was necessary for
som eone to w ork to co n trib u te to all
th is good tim e. T elephone g irls w ere
on duty, filling stations, drug stores
and confectioneries w ere open, also a
few o ther necessary lines of business.
T he Rose Maid cream ery w as busy
tilling ord ers to m inister to the needs
of th e overheated and th irsty . The
women at th e cannery enjoyed p ra c ­
tically all of th e day for them selves,
alth o ugh the w eighers and receivers
of b erries w ere busy m uch of the tim e
receiving b erries during th e a fte r­
noon. No doubt m any of the pickers
in the v arious patches
fervently
w ished d uring the day th a t the col­
onial fath e rs had deferred the signing
of th e ir illu strio u s docum ent of 1776
un til a la te r date, w h in th e G resham
ra sp b e rrie s m ight have been out of
th e way.
Much p ia ic i was beard everyw here
as to th» G resham band, m any d e c la r­
ing it w as g etting to be a band th a t
com pared favorably w ith m usical o r­
g an izations of long standing in larg er
C ontinued on page 4
#!..»(( I ’er Year
GRESHAM. MULTNOMAH COUNTY. OREGON. TUESDAY. JULY «, l»ä«
3-DAY CELEBRATION
A Letter from Daddy
Alaska Trip Reveals Gresham Pioneer Dies
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ATTRACTS MANY ?
Marvels of Scenery
After Long Illness
The glorious F ourth of Ju ly for the
year 1926 is now a m atter of history
and the 150th birthday of the United
States h as been fittingly celebrated
from th e sm all lad w ith a 10 cent pis­
tol and a box of caps to the happy
bride and groom who circled Coney
Island in an aeroplane.
As far as G resham is concerned, the
thing w as done to a tu rn . The big
celebration sponsored by the Ameri­
can Legion w as pulled off according
to schedule, and w hile the attendance
was far from satisfactory, those p res­
ent expressed them selves as pleased
with th e events of the th ree days.
T here w as a fine racing program , al­
though th e condition of the track was
not th e best.
T W IC E
A
W EEK
During the war, John S. Steven­
son, of Vineland, N. J., was gassed,
which caused his death. But before
“passing on” he wrote seventeen
letters to his son Dick, who is now
age five. Every birthday, until he
Is twenty-one, “Dicky” will receive
a lettew from Daddy, to guide his
steps in avoiding youths’ pitfalls.
The last letter will be sent him on
his wedding day.
GRESHAM PEOPLE VISIT
HISTORIC CHAMPOEG
G resham people who attended the
an niversary m eeting a t Champoeg
Monday w ere Dr. and Mrs. C. W.
H uett, Mr. and Mrs. Thom as Wiles,
Mrs. Marlon Johnson. Miss E lizabeth
Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Shipley,
Miss Mabel Shipley and Mrs. H. L. St.
Clair.
The g atherin g w as in com m em ora­
tion of the m eeting w h ifh was held at
th a t place on Ju ly 5, 1843, a t which
a constitution and code of laws for the
new A m erican colony w ere adopted.
G ustavus H ines, a M ethodist m ission­
ary and a leader in the affairs of the
infant colony, presided at th e m eeting
83 years ago, and had on th e previous
day delivered a p atrio tic address,
probably the first In the sta te of O re­
gon. It w as th erefo re fitting th a t his
nam e should have a large place In the
day’s program , and Dr. Jo h n P arso n s
of P ortland read a fine c h a ra c te riz a ­
tion of the m an. At th e close of the
address th e fact w as m ade know n th a t
A. W. Shipley of G resham w as a
grandnephew an d Miss Shipley a
g re a t grandn iece of G ustavus Hines.
T he two w ere called to th e platform
and introduced and w ere given a
h ea rty ovation.
Dr. W. W. Y oungson gave th e p rin ­
cipal address of th e afternoon. Fine
addresses w ere h eard both forenoon
and afternoon an d at noon th e several
hundred persons on th e g rounds sep­
ara ted into g roups for picnic dinner,
and m any acq u ain tan ces w ere r e ­
newed. Among form er G resham peo­
ple th e re w ere Dr. and Mrs. A. S.
Hisey and d au g h ter H elen, th e Rev.
and Mrs. M. B. P aro u n ag ian of Salem.
T he la tte r rep o rted th a t th e ir d augh­
te rs are in E urope, Miss Mary in
Rome w here she is tak in g a special
course for L atin teach er, and Mrs.
E sth e r B arnes in P aris, w here her
husband is th e rep rese n tativ e of a
New York paper.
Machine Damaged by Fire.
The O verland ro ad ste r belonging to
T. D. W eaver, of th e Rose Maid cream ­
ery, w as badly dam aged by fire at
about 3 o’clock th is m orning, th e loss
am ounting to at least $75. Mr. W eaver
has room s at th e residence occupied
by W. B. T w itchell and p ark s his m a­
chine outside, betw een th a t house and
the Brown residence. At about 3
o’clock th e Brown fam ily w as aw a k ­
ened by the cra ck lin g of flam es and
aroused o thers who im provised a fire
brigade and extinguished th e fire, but
could find no tra c e of anyone in the
neighborhood.
It is th o u g h t th a t
someone was tam p erin g w ith th e car
and dropped eith er a m atch o r a cig­
a re tte on the cushions. T h e ow ner
carried no in su ran ce for fire or theft,
though he w as well covered on all
o th e r classes.
If cultivation of young tre e s is
stopped in Ju ly in Oregon, grow th is
slow ed down and the tissu es are
properly hardened for the w in ter says
the college extension service. Rank
grow th is com mon am ong th e m ore
h ealthy of new ly planted tree s, but If
the tissu es do not harden a slight
freeze during th e w inter k ills them.
The vacation trip to A laska is
becoming m ore and m ore popular
w ith each succeeding year. It In­
cludes u nusual conditions and scenes
and for th a t reason has special re c ­
reatio n al value. At least tw o p arties
of G resham people have rec en tly had
th e pleasu re of a trip to A laska, and
all speak in highest term s of th e ex­
perience. One p arty , consisting the
Misses Emma B. Johnson and Evelyn
Metzger of the Outlook force, and
Mabel M etzger, W innifred Osburn,
P earl Ruegg and Florence Beers, took
th e trip to Ju n eau , Skagw ay aud
S itka, w hile Dr. H. H. H ughes, Miss
D ella H ughes and Miss K athryn
Honey m ade th e sh o rter jo urney to
Skagw ay and retu rn . The follow ing
b rief outline of th e experiences of the
first named party, gives b ut a h in t of
th e p leasu res of th e trip.
“We left S eattle on th e m orning
of Ju n e 16 and our first stop w as at
K etchikan, a t 1 o’clock Friday, June
18. K etchikan, our first stop, is sit­
uated on the w est coast of Revillagig-
edo Island, 657 m iles from S eattle, a
m odern, thriving place of 3,500 popu­
lation. K etchikan (a T hllnget Indian
w ord m eaning "th e city u nder the
E ag le” ) w as o riginally an Iqdian fish­
ing town in A laska. The city claim s
300 autom obiles but has only 10 m iles
of road and those are not good. T here
a re plenty of totem poles in th is place
b u t not so m any as in S itka. W’e
stayed in K etchikan un til 7 o'clock in
th e evening.
"On S aturday m orning a t about 1
o’clock we cam e into W rangell. Here
several of the p assen g ers got off to
see the place. S tores w ere closed hut
some of the sto re keepers got up and
opened th eir places of business to a c ­
com m odate th e to u rists. T h ere was
not much of in te rest at W rangel
H ere we had to set our tim e pieces
hack one hour.
“Our next stop was at P etersb u rg .
We w ent to visit th e can n eries, w here
they w ere cleaning crabs and shrim p.
T he m achinery had not sta rte d so we
did not see th e actu al can n in g p ro ­
cess. Mostly w hite people are em ­
ployed in the crab can n eries, but in
th e shrim p d ep artm en t Indian and
h alf breeds w ere w orking. At P e te rs­
b u rg th e re is not m uch to see, so they
have to play jokes on th e to u rists.
Most to u rists go to see the “red b ats,”
w hich are kept in a box and which
tu rn ed out to be brickbats. Most of
th e to u rists w ent to see them and gave
th e natives a good laugh. A fter leav­
ing P etersb u rg we saw a few sm all
icebergs and m any snow capped
m ountains. The scenery is w onderful
all th e way.
We arriv ed at Ju n eau on F riday
evening a t 7 o'clock and w ere m et by
Ivan W insor, Miss Jo h n so n ’s nephew,
who is in th e governm ent fo restry
service at th a t place. He and a friend
took our p arty to see th e w onderful
M endenhall glacier about 12 m iles out
from Juneau. M endenhall is a dead
g lacier h ut is still quite large. We
w ent close to it b ut not on it, as it is
dangerous because of m elting ice and
th e danger of giving way. T he Men­
denhall river heads u nder th is river
in tw o sh o rt falls. T here is an elec­
tric pow er p lan t h ere th a t th re e years
ago w as on the very edge of th e g la­
cier but now is m ore th an a q u arte r
of a m ile away. From here we went
to see Auk lake, a very scenic spot.
It Is a beautiful lake and one can see
th e snow capped m ountains
all
around. In th is lake a re m any yellow
and w hite pond lillies.
Ju n eau is at th e foot of m ajestic
C o ntinued on oage 3
W illiam M. B eers, for 43 y ears a
resid en t near G resham , passed aw ay
at his hom e Ju ly 2, aged nearly 68
years. He was born in Douglas coun­
ty. Iowa. Ju ly 25. 1858. On Ju ly 2,
1SS1 he m arried Miss A nnie Sum m er-
felt at M ariden, K ansas, who with
four sons and th ree d au g h ters s u r ­
vives him. Mr. Beers spent m any
y ea rs in the saw mill business in the
G resham and P leasan t Home d istricts.
His home d u rin g the g re a te r p art of
th e tim e was on his farm n ear Hogan
statio n . For m ore th an th ree years
he has been in ill h ealth and has been
a g reat sufferer from B rig h t’s disease
and atten d in g ailm ents.
Besides his widow. Mrs. Annie
Beers, Mr. Beers is survived by the
follow ing sons and d a u g h te rs: G.
E rn est, H obart and Mrs. Bessie Dixon
of P o rtlan d , W illiam , Mrs. E tta Hoov­
er and Mrs. Lucy Donley of G resham
and H enry of E stacad a, also nine
g ran d ch ild ren and th ree g reat g ran d ­
children. The follow ing b ro th ers and
sisters also rem ain: Mrs. C lem entine
M etzger of G resham , Zeek, F ra n k and
George Beers and Mrs. W. A. P ro cto r
of Sandy, Mrs. Violet Pfaff of P o rt­
land. Mrs. C atherine W eatherley of
Newberg and Mrs. E m m a Metzger of
Lodi, C alifornia.
Mr. B eers was a m em ber of th e In ­
dependent O rder of Odd Fellow s of
G resham , of G resham Rebekah lodge.
Golden R ule E ncam pm ent of Odd F el­
lows and of M ultnom ah Camp No. 77,
Woodmen of th e W orld.
F u n eral services w ere held Sunday
aftern o o n at the M ethodist Episcopal
church, w hich w ere largely attended
by relativ es and friends of the de
ceased. Dr. C. W. H uett had charge
of th e service. Dr. A. Thompson
preached th e serm on and th e Re*
David Cathey, an old friend and
neighbor, spoke of th e c h a ra c te r ot
Mr. Beers. Music for the occasion
was fu rn ish ed by a q u a rte t consisting
of C. E. R usher, Miss M artha H ag'
berg, Mrs. H. L. St. C lair and Leslie
W alrad w ith Miss Amy Cooper a t the
piano. T he pall b ea rers w ere John
and George S leret, George K enney. E
H. Kelly, C. H. L ane and Will Jo h n ­
son. In term en t was in the fam ily lot
in G resham cem etery, w here the
G resham Odd Fellow s lodge had
ch arg e of th e b u rial service. A w on­
derful a rra y of beautiful floral pieces
covered th e last restin g place of the
deceased.
F u n eral arran g e m en ts w ere in the
hands of G ates F u n eral home.
Wins Trip to Europe
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15 y ears old, of
David
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Lincoln H. S., P ortland, Ore., is
th e w inner of the League of N a­
tions essay contest, in which 459'i
co n testan ts w ere entered. He get a
fre e trip to Europe.
G RESIIAM IT ES VIEW
SUNRISE ON LARCH
T h ere's nothing like beginning the
day rig h t, especially the F o u rth of
July, according to a group of five
G resham people, including th e editor,
who journeyed to W aukeena falls,
hiked to th e top of L arch m ountain
and on Sunday m orning viewed the
dawn of the 150th an n iv ersary day of
our national independence.
T he p arty w as com posed of Emma
B. Johnson, S ara Dotson, M argaret
St. C lair, Floyd McKinney and H. L.
St. Clair.
T he hike w as sta rted a t W au-
keena falls about 6 in th e evening and
the top w as reached about m idnight.
The early dawn at th is tim e of year
aroused the h ik ers after a few hour?
rest and the view of a clear and beau ­
tifu l su n rise w as obtained from p in­
nacle rock.
T his rock Is th e goal of the h ik e r’s
am bition and to view the su n rise from
th is v antage point a t an altitu d e of
4025 feet is an experience to he re ­
m em bered and enjoyed long afte r the
soreness of m uscles Is forgotten.
Away north of east, a few m inutes a f­
te r 4 o'clock, th e king of day was
seen, rolling like a fiery ball, over
th e horizon line and spreading over
th e landscape a sheen of glorious
pink and gold. To th e so u th east tow ­
ered Mt. Hood, w hile to th e north
stood out In bold outline St. H elens,
R ain ier and Adams. F o rests of fir,
cedar and larch filled the valleys be­
low and an extensive view o t the
broad Columbia added th e ch arm of
w ater to th e scene.
A cam pfire b rea k fa st regaled the
h ik ers for the long descent and the
highw ay w as reached about noon and
home an hour later.
At th e top of L arch m ountain Is a
ra n g e r's cabin and a fire w ard en ’s
lookout tow er.
Card of T hanks.
We w ish to th an k th e m any friends
who have assisted us d u rin g th e long
illn ess and at th e d eath of our be­
loved husband and fath er, W illiam M.
Beers, by th e ir sym pathy and kind
acts and for the b eautiful flowers. We
would especially m ention G resham
Odd Fellow and R ebekah lodges.
Mrs. A nnie Beers, Mr. and Mrs. A.
F. Hoover, Mr. and Mrs. G. E.
B eers, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Dixon,
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Donley, Mr. and
C edar Ihior and Window Screens.
Mrs. H enry B eers, Mr. and Mrs.
Good screen s 2-6 x 6-6, $1.50. W in­
Wm. McKinley Beers, Mr. and
dow screen s and special sized doors
Mrs. H o b art Beers.
m ade to order. G resham W oodw ork­
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THE T R A F F IC —
The G resham Meat m arket, of which
A. J. W. Brown is p ro p rieto r, moved
into Its new q u a rte rs F rid ay evening
in th e Brown block on east Powell
street. W hile form al opeuing of the
shop will not ta k e place before the
com pletion of the en tire building, bus­
iness is moving along briskly and the
new shop was ready w ith a full d is­
play of m eat early S atu rd ay m orning.
W hile some possibly have questioned
th e sw inging out on the broad lines
recently in th is com m ercial en terp rise
undertak en by Mr. and Mrs. Brown,
w hich includes a m eat shop not
eclipsed by an y th in g in P o rtlan d or
even larg er cities, b ut to all such the
p ro p rieto rs of the G resham m eat m a r­
ket reply th a t nothing Is too good for
G resham and th a t th e ir faith in the
fu tu re of the tow n is unlim ited.
T he salesroom of th e new shop is
about 20 x 35 feet in size and is
equipped w ith a fine m arble counter
and glass show case. T he m eattrays
rest on sla ts over th e ice tubes, in su r­
ing p erfect san itatio n . The w alls are
tiled for a height of about five feet,
th en flanked by a two-foot m irro r
around the room. T he floor is of red
inagnicite, an en tirely new com posi­
tion o t cem ent and sm all m arble
chips, and this will be waxed soon to
p reserve its w earing q u alities as well
as being m ore san itary .
T he shop is also equipped w ith a
tra c k for unloading th e m eat from the
stre e t to the refrig erato r. T he two
fro n t windows of th e salesroom will
he enclosed la ter and refrig erate d for
the display of m eat. A second coun­
te r is to be added to th is room which
will he en tirely for cured and lunch
m eat.
Between the fro n t of th e m ark et and
the stock room a t th e re a r is a sm all
room, about 9 x 1 2 In size, but prob­
ably the nrfist im p o rtan t of all the.
equipm ent of the m eat shop. Tills Is
th e re frig e ra to r and a step into th is
sm all ap artm en t Is like com ing from
the w arm th of a Ju ly sum m er Into the
frigid atm osphere of the N orth Pole.
H ere the larg e supplies of m eat are
kept to be tra n sfe rre d to the show case
In sm aller q u an titie s and ready for
the custom er. A sm all office Is lo cat­
ed Just acro ss from the iee room.
An electric sau sag e m achine will he
one of the fixtures of th e re a r stock
room, which is 20 x 30 feet. In size.
The refrig eratin g system and th e re n ­
dering process for lard will be In the
basem ent. A full basem ent w ith ce­
m ent floor is situ ated u nder th e shop
and th e re will also be a basem ent u n ­
der tut) en tire building, although It is
probuhle th a t the cem ent floor w ill ex­
tend only under th e bu tch er Bhop.
When com pleted, the building will be
heated by u steam h eating system .
This new and m odern m eat shop Is
the last word In up-to-dateness of
equipm ent and san itatio n . T he m eat
is protected from the heat and from
any co n tact with flies o r verm in of
any kind. A new slicing m achine and
a new set of scales are added fu rn ish ­
ings of the sales room.
The p ro p rieto r of the m ark et recalls
the vast Im provem ents which have
taken place In G resham d u rin g the
past 16 y ears they have lived hero.
When Mr. and Mrs. Brown cam e to
G resham they resided In th e C harity
Sm ith house in T hom pson's addition,
the only house in th e addition a t th a t
time.
Bride-To-Be Honored hy Shower.
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YOUR
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RIGHT S ide
BACK TO T he t r a f f ic
Miss Mabry C u rrin w as honored
T uesday evening by a su rp rise m iscel­
laneous show er given her on the ap ­
proach of her m arria g e to F rank
G reenm an, of F airview , th e wedding
to bo an event of th e near future. The
bride-elect w as th e recip ien t of a
num ber of pleasing gifts. The evening
was passed w ith gam es and o th er di­
versions, followed by refresh m en ts of
Ice cream and cake. Those p resen t
w ere Mrs. W illard Jones, Mrs. Clyde
Ruegg, Mrs. F. V olbrecht, Mrs. E.
Schw edler, th e Misses E lizabeth and
Use Schw edler, Mrs. T heodore liru g -
ger, Mrs. F ra n k Hodge and d au g h ter,
June, Mrs. B. W. T horne, Mrs. Jam es
Elkfngton. Mrs. G eorge S leret, Mrs.
John S leret, th e M isses Mary, M ar­
g are t and Em m a Peck, Mrs. A rnold
Ruegg, Miss P e a rl Ruegg, Mrs. G.
Scherk, of M issoula, M ontana, Mrs. J.
S upple and d au g h ter, Joan, of P o rt­
land. Mrs. Je ssie Beneflel, of W asco,
Oregon, and th e Misses Mabry and
V irginia C urrin.
of the concrete w it h -
IT'S HARD ON THE FENDERS’ I !
D on't lay down the paper till you
have read the W ant Ads.
ICE CREAM SOCIAL
and DANCE
Farm Reminders.
W hile some Oregon dairym en feed
q u an titie s of silage to young calves
w ith success, says th e Oregon ex p eri­
m ent statio n , it is g en erally considered
b etter to encourage the eating of m ore
dry roughage by w ithholding th e sil­
age. T his develops cap acity and serves
as fu rth e r in su ran ce a g a in st soours.
Columbia Grange H all, Corbett
SATURDAY EVENING, JULY~10
Aaspiee* Columbia Grange
GRESHAM MARKET
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