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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
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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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ON THE
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.
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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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