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MULTNOMAH COUNTY FAIR AUC, 3 TO 8. BEST DISPLAY EVERY WAV! GET READY! GET 5 ■ YEAR TICKETS! TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS G resham O utlook VOL. 1«. NO. 41 GRESHAM. M 1W O M A 1I COUNTY, OREGON. TUESDAY. JULY 20, 1020 Booster Parade to Leave Here Thursday, 10 a.m,, Portland, Luncheon at 12 SPEECHES AND SPORTS GOOD V.T YIELD HAY T h ere w as a flue tu rn o u t S atu rd ay ■ nt th e tw elfth an n u al celeb ratio n of I ta n n e r s ’ field day held u nder th e a u spices of the M ultnomah Pomona T W IC E A W EEK $1.50 Per Year NAME OF QUEEN NOT MADE PUBLIC Who will be queen of the fa ir? T his I ( is a question often asked as th e date Possibly th e atten d an ce would have ap p ro ach es for the opening of M ultno been g re a te r had it not been for the mah co u n ty 's big d isplay of th e p ro d fact of th is being g ran g e day at the ucts of th e farm and home. T he Iden G ladstone Chautauqua and no doubt tity of th e royal m aiden who will ru le some availed them selves of th e privil- over th e g ath erin g is still kept a deep WANTED—50 decorated autos Madison stre e t to 12th; 12th to | ege of visiting the C hautauqua at this to en ter th e booster parade next secret by the few who are a rra n g in g S ta rk : S tark to Second: Second to time. T he ch airm an of the day, J. G. for th e co u rt functions. The nam es of T hursday, Ju ly 22. R eport early A lder; A lder to B roadw ay; B road Kelly, presided in his usual efficient th e q ueen's m aids a re also w ithheld to O. A. E astm an or B. L. W alrad. w ay to th e Benson hotel w here at 12 and genial m anner. H. W. S trong put from th e public, though it is said th a t o'clock th e b oosters w ill m eet the th e pep of a b rass band into his com The big pro -fair booster, 100 per civic clubs of P o rtlan d at a 75 cent th e ir nam es and p ictu res w ill be given m unity singing- w hich w as accom in the daily p ap ers of Sunday, A u cent, parade w ill be staged th is week luncheon w ith speeches, m usic, vaude panied by Maud Landis. As usual the gust 1. At th a t tim e the queen will T hursday. T hirty-tw o autos were ville, etc. Follow ing th is, a t 1:30 G resham band distinguished itself by issue h e r proclam ation to h er sub signed up for th is parad e originally o’clock, th e s ta rt home w ill be m ade su p erio r playing and everyone enjoyed je cts of a week. planned for Monday. On account of w ith a wide circu it th ro u g h th e east the m usical num bers ren d ered th ru o u t arran g e m en ts in P o rtlan d it w as nec side of th e city. The queen and her m aids have been the day. essary to change the date to T h u rs chosen from several counties, her M otorcycle o u trid e rs have been W. W. Deal, n ational g ran g e ch ap day, the 22d. It is hoped all th e cars a rran g e d for who w ill pilot th e p a lain and m a ste r of th e Idaho sta te royal highness com ing from Jefferson, signed will be able to en te r for the rade. grange, delivered the ad d ress of the w hile h er m aids re p re se n t U m atilla, com ing T h u rsd ay —and m any more. C lackam as, W ashington and M ultno It is desired to m ake a good show T he opening day of th e M ultnom ah County fair is now only tw o w eeks off. m orning, afte r w hich a b ask et lunch m ah counties. They w ere chosen by B anners w ill be furnished by the ing. The p arad e w ill be m inus the was enjoyed. Mr. K elly spoke booh T h at m eans th a t th e re is an alm o st in su p erab le ta sk ahead of G resham to get com m ittee. T" addition, a few strea m noise, band. In d ian s and clowns. th e county club ag en ts of th e ir re afte r th e g ath erin g w as called to o r e rs or light decorations should be It will be noted th e re Is a slight ready for th is big an n u a l event, th is year to be bigger in a ttra c tio n s and in spective counties and w ere approved der in th e afternoon, giving a h isto ry used to deck out th e ca rs and m ake change in tim e from th a t announced atten d an ce th an ever. by th e ir cham bers of com m erce. All G resham is fo rtu n a te in being th e home of the M ultnom ah county fair. of the o rganization of th e fair and a re said to be typical A m erican g irls, them a ttractiv e. E ach au to ow ner in la st F rid a y ’s Outlook. T he lu n ch said in a few y ea rs th e board hoped to should use his judgm ent about this. eon w ill be at 12 noon, in stead of 1 as We have reaso n to be m ore proud of It th is year th an ever because of Its adm it everyone free of charge. He born in Oregon of A m erican parents. Autos w ill assem ble a t th e m ain announced. H ence the p arad e will be m agnificent new building, en larg ed grounds and plans for extensive and All are experienced rid ers. C. O. en tra n ce to the fa ir grounds a t 9:30 betw een 11 and 12. p erm an en t im provem ents. More money and su b stan tia l influence is back of spoke of th e need of cooperation in S chneider of G resham h as been chos th e m a tte r of disposing of th e five- a. m. T he s ta r t w ill be m ade a t 10 Now le t’s go! Shine up th e old bus th e fair th is year th a n ever before and m ore m oney and effort is being spent y ear tickets. T. J. K reuder, president en as prim e m in ister and Mrs. Chas. sharp. and du st off th e new c a r and m ake to m ake th e fair rep rese n tativ e of th is g re a t county and section of our of the fair board, also spoke along Cleveland w ill have supervision of the A ssem ble at east end of H aw thorne every sq u are foot of its shiney s u r g reat state. g irls w hile here. If th e plans for im provem ent get th e su p p o rt locally and from P o rtlan d th is line. A violin solo by W. D. K in bridge at 11. The parade thro u g h the face reflect th e 100 per cen t loyalty of T he queen an d h er retin u e and re p der, accom panied by Mrs. K inder, w as dow n-tow n section of th e w est side th is p a rt of th e county and beam forth they should th e w ork will be sta rte d th is fall. T h at w ill m ean th a t u pw ards rese n tativ es of th e fa ir will p ara d e in much enjoyed and they w ere obliged w ill follow. an irre sistib le invitation to P o rtlan d to of a hundred th o u san d d o llars w ill be sp e n t h ere and m any men employed to respond to an encore. Adolph Oer- P o rtlan d on A ugust 2, and will he In T he follow ing is the probable route visit th e g reat exhibits and e n te rta in d u rin g th e next few m onths. T he d irecto rs a re m en of vision and a re ready win, d istric t m an ag er of th e W ood G resham for th e evening of A ugust 3. of p arade: m ents h ere beginning T uesday, Aug. 3. to u n d erta k e th e big th in g s w hich they believe th e public dem ands and will men of the W orld, rendered a vocal T he coronation will be on W ednesday support. solo and w as tw ice recalled. D uring afternoon. YOUTHFUL DELINQUENTS MRS. E. D. HOLGATE I t is bound to be a success w ith such m en as Ju liu s Meier, Joe Dunne, an Interval in the sp o rts, A lbert 8. ARRESTED IN GRESHAM HAS SEVERE ACCIDENT J. O. W ilson, not only in terested but actively assistin g , not to m ention m any Goss, m a ste r of the W ashington sta te TWO-WEEKS’ TOUR of our own m ost su b stan tia l citizens and business men who a re devoting th e ir Seven boys, ran g in g in age from 10 ENJOYED BY QUARTET A m ost d istressin g accident occurred best tho u g h t and unselfish efforts to the en terp rise. It is m ore of a success grange, addressed th e audience. His to 16 years, w ere a rrested late S a tu r in the com m unity Monday forenoon talk w as rig h t to th e point and ju st now th a n ever before in its n ea rly 20 y ea rs of history. Roy C rabtree, P ercy P u lfer, Miss day evening and taken into custody, when Mrs. E. D. H olgate, w ho resides People outside of G resham a re tak in g a genuine In terest. P o rtlan d is w h at th e a g ric u ltu ra l folks needed to L etltia P ulfer and Miss A deline A llen- and rem ained in the city jail for the on th e Base L ine road ab o u t a h alf rouse them to action. L ester Sche- giving financial -assistance. It is now up to th e people of G resham , and of der, of P o rtlan d , have retu rn ed from night. They w ere taken to P ortlan d m ile w est of th e Tw elve-m ile co rn er th is vicinity, to whom the fair m eans so m uch, to show th e ir in te re st and ieen gave several read in g s w hich fa ir a tw o-w eeks' to u r of C anadian points the follow ing m orning and placed un- fell from a load of hay w hen th e hors- ly b ro u g h t down the g ran d stan d . give its u n d erta k in g s th e ir unqualified support. der jurisdiction of th e juvenile co u rt I es becam e frig h ten ed and su stain ed a A m ost Interestin g set of sp o rts had and the Oregon beach reso rts. They A re we as a com m unity doing our p a r t? . T h ere is a conviction th a t and Monday w ere taken before Judge bad fra ctu re, both bones of th e rig h t been arran g e d , presided over by M. M. w ent to V ancouver, B. C., th en ferried G resham is not h e a rt and soul for th e fa ir; is not as en th u sia stic as It should acro ss to Nanlmo, on V ictoria Island, R ichard Deich for a h earin g of th e leg ju s t above th e ankle, be for th e plans for im provem ent; is not responding as h ea rtily as it should Squire, 8. B. H all and W. D. K inder. 75 m iles n o rth of V ictoria. T hree case. The boys, who all have co u rt B lasting w as in p ro g ress on the in th e p u rch ase of tickets. H. W. S tro n g and Miss M arian R o b ert days w ere sp en t a t th e la tte r place, records, w ere detected at th e C. C. L anglitz farm w hich adjoins th e Hoi- I t ’s high tim e, citizens, we woke up to a realizatio n of our o p p ortunity son proved to be th e m ost im p artial from w here they ferried to P o rt A n Y ager home in the act of stealin g a gate pro p erty and an u n u su a lly loud and responsibility. of judges. Jim m y Moore won th e geles, W ashington. From P o rt A n b ottle of m ilk. They w ere escorted to ch a rg e caused th e h o rses to break A m ajo rity of th e board of 25 m em bers have been m eeting often baseball b at as th e prize in the sack geles th ey m otored to L ake C rescent, th e city jail by N ight M arshal P ilan t, ' aw ay and s ta rt to ru n and Mrs. Hol- T his w as donated by Elsie and p u ttin g them selves into th is g rea t un d ertak in g . T hey believe they are race. then followed th e Hood canal. At to g eth er w ith a m otley a rra y of bi- g ate w as th ro w n to th e ground. She The now n earin g th e realizatio n of som e of th e ir hopes. W hat they w ant to know L angley & Son, of Fairview . Ilw aco they ferried acro ss th e m outh cycles, blankets and o th e r bedding w as brought to a su rg eo n ’s office in w heelbarrow race, In w hich a boy is is th a t th e local people are back of them to a m an in th e ir endeavors. of the Colum bia riv er to A storia, then and cooking utensils. H ere they w ere G resham im m ediately w here th e bones th e vehicle and an o th er hoy the p ro G resham should be 100 p er cen t for th e fair. T h at m eans everybody have from th e re visited Seaside and o th e r m ade as com fortable as possible. w ere se t and late in th e aftern o o n she a season tick et—a five-year season tick et, and get en th u sia stic ally behind peller, w as won by D elbert Exley and beaches. W ith two men who had been depu- w as doing as w ell as could be expect- E lb ert W elssenfluh, com posing one every effort to boost and ad v ertise th e fair and p rep a re for it. W hile going acro ss th e C olum bia tized by Mr. Schneider, th e boys w ere ed. X -ray was tak en of th e bones and team and A lbert Sm ith and Lynn T h a t m eans th a t th e city w ill be fittingly decorated for th e event they w itnessed a m ost u n u su al sight. ta k en to P o rtlan d Sunday m orning, show ed everything w as in good shape. T h a t m eans th a t th e stre e ts w ill be cleaned up of ru b b ish and weeds and i Cressey as th e second team . The M illions of w hale b ird s anti sea p ig W hen n ear the courthouse one of the Mrs. H olgate w as tak en to th e Thom as every convenience and com fort possible extended to those who visit the city iz*‘s w^ e phon°KJ“ ph records given hoys, who had previously been an in- san itariu m from th e d o cto r’s office and d u rin g th e fair. y p>y J- E. M etzger. T he high Jump was eons hovered over th e w ater. The m ate of th e reform school, broke w ill rem ain th e re for a few days, T h a t m e a n s th e r e w ill b e n o " i r n e e b e r . » I w o n bV Paul B uckner, of Fairview | captaln of ,h e te rry said th is w as the L s te r ” for t h J ¿ 7 ' hut - m a n and child | w;,s „ ,n i first Instance known of th e ir leaving a w a y fro m th e d e p u ty a n d led him a “ ---------------------— booster" for th e fair w ild chase before being ru n down. | left it parked for a sh o rt tim e. As far ed by Pom ona grunge. T he centipede 1 Bea ^o r Hm,,Ber bodies of w ate r T hat s w hat it m eans to be 100 per cen t for th e county fair. race, five boys nstrld e a rail, w as won “ n,) tlp th<)UKht *helr presen ce m ight T he boys, who had been cam ped near as know n th e c a r h as not yet been re- Let G resham as a city, and every b u sin ess place, and every citizen form a tre stle in the vicinity of the low er covered. The sam e evening a rep o rt by Elwood D uncan, E lb e rt W elssen- accounted to r by a huge school of a solid fro n t of loyal su p p o rt and h ea rty co-operation and show P o rtlan d , sa rd in es u n d er th e su rface. At P o rt depot, claim ed th ey had th e consent cam e from th e W alter M etzger Buick fltih, D elbert Exley, George Dletl and which is being appealed to m ore and m ore for assistan ce, th a t G resham is 100 A ngeles th e p arty saw 44 vessels of of th eir p are n ts to come to G resham , agency on Main stre e t of th e presence p er cen t for th e M ultnom ah county fair. Enos V olbrecht. b u t it is ce rtain th is w as not th e tru th , of lo iterers at th e re a r of th e build- At the conclusion of th e centipede the Pacific fleet of b a ttle ships, In A m achine belonging to L orren H ar- ing. T here is alm o st conclusive evl- race Mr. Goss gave his ad d ress w hile cluding both su b m arin es and des AGED PIONEER OF ris, of Brightw ood, w as stolen S atu r- dcnce th a t th ey w ere p rep a rin g to DELEGATE ELECTED TO about 25 specim ens of young A m er tro y ers. ANNUAL CONFERENCE TINS VICINITY PASSES! ica wiggled and tw isted for a ch ance i ... . day night from one of th e m ain thor- m ake off w ith some autom obile equip- 7 ~ I hantuiiqna ( nntlunes to A ttract. o u ghfares of G resham w here he had m ent left th e re to get ut th e ra sp b e rry pies In front At a society m eeting of th e F ree W illiam A. MacKenzie, aged 75 of them Many from th is vicinity are a tte n d At last to th e ir g reat relief M ethodist church S atu rd ay evening y ears, w ell know n in G resham and be concluded his talk and th e boys ing the C h au tau q u a pro g ram s nt G lad D. M. C athey w as elected a delegate vicinity w here he lived for u pw ards of lined up for th e pie eating contest. stone P ark and a re rep o rtin g m ost in to the an n u al conference w hich will 50 y ears, died in P o rtlan d Monday. About th e most ludicrous sight in h is te re stin g and profitable featu res. But convene W ednesday, Ju ly 28, on the Ju ly 1ft. He farm ed for years the old tory is a sm all boy try in g to devour two m ore dpys rem ain n ite r today of j cam pgrounds four m iles w est of P o rt- Pow ell donation land claim no rth w est th is y e a r’s session. T his evening's I land on th e P o rtlan d -B eav erto n high- of G resham , w hich he still owned at his pie w ith his hands behind him. D elbert Exley was aw arded th e first program will be of special In terest to way. th e sam e location of th e cam p as th e tim e of his death. H e is survived prize of »2 and Louis M atazot th e sec colored people, as th e m usic will be la st year. J. A. Bushong w as elected by tw o d au g h ters, Mrs. E lizabeth ond prize of $1. furnished by th e C recendo q u a rte t and a reserv e delegate to th e g ath erin g Jo h n so n and Miss G race MacKenzie, The crab race was won by th e sam e o th ers, who, will sing Negro s p irit and Mr. Cathey was also elected Sun- both of P o rtlan d , w ith whom he had boys as In th e pie eating contest, only uals. The sp eak er will be Mrs. E. D. day school su p e rin ten d e n t for the m ade his home for the past six th e ir position as to prizes w as re- j C anady of P o rtlan d , asso ciate editor com ing year. j m o n th s since leaving G resham . versed. T he ladies' potato race was of T he Advocate, a n ew spaper for co l A num ber from th is vicinity are F u n eral services w ere held th is af won by Alice Shelley, C aroline W het- ' ored people. She is a u n iv ersity g ra d p lanning on atten d in g the cam pm eet- tern o o n at F inley's chapel, afte r which done and Nellie Johnson. But two u ate and a law yer. H er subject will ing which begins on W ednesday of th e body was brought to G resham prizes had been offered In th is, but be "A m erica's g re a te st problem ." The th is week and closes A ugust 1. Bis cem etery for in term en t. The p a ll B. O. Boswell cam e fo rw ard with a schedules for W ednesday and T h u rs hop W alter Sellew from New York b ea rers w ere G eorge S leret, E. E. jh lrd prize of 50 cents. Mrs. W. D. day a re given as follow s by th e Ban- will be in atten d an ce d u rin g the en tire W elling, D. M. R oberts, O. W. T arr, K inder led h er team to victory In th e j n er F o u rie r: session of the cam pm eeting and will Jim Stott and It. Beadle. Mr. MacKen ladles' relay race, each receiving 25 ' “ W ednesday Is Oregon A g ricu ltural preside nt th e an n u al conference. zie, w hile quiet and u nassum ing in his cents. T he team consisted of Mrs. F ollege day, with th e C arillon T rio ap- E vangelist Ralph M ilton, from the m anner, w as m ost favorably known K lnder, Mrs. Helen Camp, Mrs. E lbert Pe a r lng In th e afternoon and evening W ashington conference, will also bt and had m any friends In the com m u Stone and Mrs. Poole. , w ,,h M adallne S u san k a Dwyer, con- I he man who goes to sea in a tub is no more foolish 1 present. nity who will re g re t to learn of his If th e re is an y th in g fu n n ier th an a ' tr a Bo, singing. In th e afternoon than the man who starts on his vacation without the passing. boy eatin g a piece of ra sp b e rry pie It I th e re will be a lectu re by Dr. Fred Used Car Business Started. necessary and convenient items that insure his personal Is a woman try in g to drive a nail and C. C lark and in the evening F ra n k Get Five-Year Tickets Now. comfort, whether it be at the sea shore, in the mountains Chris Allen has sta rte d into the m issing It th ree lick- out of five. Mrs. Branch Riley will talk. He will de J. V. Cogswell, who Is in ch arg e of used au to business in G resham and or on an automobile tour. Guy R obertson and Mrs. M argaret liver the le ctu re th a t has caused th e th e sale of the Uve-year tick ets for i for his purpose has leased th e 70-foot W heeler both finished at th e sam e eyes of all th e east to be tu rn ed to th e M ultnom ah county fair, rep o rts front on W est Powell stre e t belong tim e, so an o th er tria l had to be made w ards Oregon. Mr. Riley p rom ises to g ratify in g success In P o rtland. Many ing to th e G resham Masonic lodge and to determ ine the w inner, w hich r e s u lt draw one of th e record crow ds of the in q u iries for the tick ets come from has erected a sm all building thereon ed In the prize being aw arded to Mrs. i season. H is w onderful w ord p ictu re G resham and vicinity and Mr. Cogs to sto re ex tras. Mr. Allen will en W heeler. T his was a v an ity case of th e co ast co u n try is a gem. It ( amp Stove Cooking Utensils well w ishes it to be know n th a t they gage in the au to w recking business aw arded by the Mt. Scott D rug com j should be heard by every citizen. ( amp Red Fishing Tackle and will sell used c a rs and p arts. He may be obtained from the county pany. "T h u rsd ay th e closing day exercises Tent Guns and Ammunition club agent, W. D. K inder, and from is p u ttin g up a 1 2 x 1 2 building with Much en th u siasm w as show n over will ta k e place a t from 11 to 12 Pack Sack Golf (’lulls, etc. v ario u s business houses in G resham . co rru g ated sheeting for the use of th e th e 15-yard dash w hich w as p u t on by j 0 clock, w ith sev eral ta lk s. T h is is Thermo* I’.ottle Hunting knives business. Mr. Allen w as a form er Gresham Beaaty Nhoppe I th e th ree m a ste rs of as m any g ran g es, M a o n lc '•**>' and Al K ader tem ple of Flashliirht Watch resident of G resham , then was in V er ev ery th in g in th e line of cosm etic J G eorge A. P alm iter, of Oregon, A lbert J p o rGand will put. on th e p rogram For Pocket knife (ant«»-n C ourteous and efficient 8. Goss, of W ashington, a n d 'W . W real life th is Is said to be the thing. nonia for a year or m ore, but has th erap y . Razor Water Rag lately retu rn ed to G resham to reside. tie a tm e n t. Mrs. Lois S t.C la ir, F irst Deal, of Idaho. Goss Is sm all and ' T h ere w ill be choruses, q u a rte ts and S tate Bank building, phone 1841. lithe and easily left his p u rsu e rs In solos and N ancy Lee T reese, th e bird G re sh a m —Adv. Headquarters for Earwig Leaflets Available. th e dust. Oregon took second place girl, will ap p ear. T he Masons will In su ra n ce funds for farm Ioans. No j A nnouncem ent has been made by com m ission or brokerage. Very easy [ and Idaho th ird . In th e Jar filling con continue In ch arg e d u rin g th e evening Camper's equipment, hunting and angling licenses te st Robin T h ay er cam e in first. Theda and will p ut on s tu n ts and fea tu re s H. C. A tw ell, su p e rin ten d e n t of the term s. B. W. T horne.— Adv. Holm es, second and L au ra Johnson, su re to enliven th e la st h o u rs of the earw ig co n tro l bureau, of th e Oregon Why have a lot of th in g s around you ¡th ird . In th e tug of w ar T J K reu- C h au tau q u a.” sta te board, th a t a four-page leaflet describing th e E uropean earw ig will ™ ........... ................. Plano T ailing. ' opposing team led by Dave P ackett. be m ailed free to anyone asking for It. Ad. Plano tu n in g »3 50. P lano and o r Phone 1421 Gresham, Ore. Mr. A tw ell may be addressed at 101 gan rep airin g . F red B. Jones, 2«2S List your wants in the classified Don’t lay down the paper till you 4»th s tre e t 8E., P o rtlan d , phone TAbor 1 C ourthouse, P ortland. columns. have read the Want Ads. 8952, or G resham 1661.—Adv. GRESHAM’S OPPORTUNITY Don 7 Take Chances Vacation Needs L. L. Kidder Hdw. Co.