GRESHAM OUTLOOK HOLIDAY NUMBER, TUESDAY, DECEMBER
Reporter Visits Multnomah Farm;
G resham Library Is
Finds 363 Persons Cared for There f
Community
^loniah county fa ir was an o th er d e
p a rtu re th a t w as well received.
The book w agon display under the
direction of Miss N onna Lee Peck
showed m uch th o u g h t and careful
p rep aratio n .
Miss Thom pson, ch ild ren 's lib ra
ria n from E ast P o rtlan d branch,
was present a sh o rt tim e ago and
gave in stru ctio n to the grade
school ch ild ren as to the use of
th e lib ra ry catalog and other
points of Information.*
Good book week was recently
observed when lists of books s u it
able for various school g rad es and
ages w ere p rep ared and placed be
fore the public. T w o-thirds of the
books req u ested during th at week
w ere selected from the prin ted
lists. New periiulical su b scrip tio n s
are added to the lib rary frequently
one of th e la test being a h ealth
m agazine, one of the forem ost in
America today, "H ygeia."
(By Mrs. Mary E W elch.)
the c a re of th e n early 400 persons
I have visited n ea rly a ll kinds of here. An assem bly room, seating
P erh ap s one of th e g re a te st en
public in stitu tio n s, including the about 300, is equipped w ith stage, joym ents to he derived in a world
drop c u rta in and w ings and here th a t is supposed tq, be full of sin
outside of an Insane asylum and
from tim e to tim e cred itab le am a- and sorrow is th e d elightful hour
th e dungeon in a sta te p enitentiary
te u r perform ances are p ut on ' spent by th e fireside in th e p eru sal
but visited the M ultnom ah county w hich a te much appreciated. Re- of a good book. L ikew ise th a t hour
farm n ear T ro u td ale for th e first llgious services a re held every day j8 „o t w asted th a t is spent in the
tim e sh o rtly a fte r T hanksgiving of the y ear by rep rese n tativ es of reading room of a lib ra ry with
P erh ap s it was on account of the various P o rtlan d denom inations ' selection of the b e s t th e re is in
Som etim es th e old people com plain , m agazine, sto ry book or referen c
proxim ity of the T hanksgiving sea
of "too m uch ch u rch ," but atten d - | w ork.
son, but as I left the w arm com
ance Is not com pulsory and no
shoul<1 o th e r plea8U rel be denie(i
fo rta b le
room s
and
spacious
doubt th is in stru c tio n would be sbould
h ealth or m igfortune
grounds, I experienced a selfish g reatly
m issed w ere it discontin- com pel a person to spend tim e shut
feeling of g ratitu d e th a t my aged
ued.
aw ay from th e busy w orld, as long
p are n ts w ere com fortably situated
E vidently Mr. and Mrs. D. D. as the gift of sight and th e ability
an d I resolved th a t rig h t after
C h ristm as I would begin saving all Jackson, th e su p e rin ten d e n t and to com prehend rem ain, such a per
my sp a re change so th a t I m ight m atron, a re the rig h t perso n s in son need not be lonely w ith the
never be obliged to go over th e re to the rig h t place. As Mrs. Jack so n w hole realm of lite ra tu re before
passed th ro u g h the w ards she had hint in th e guise of a book.
reside perm anently.
Im p o rtan t g ath erin g s are held in
a
brig h t sm ile and a ch eerfu l w ord
G resham has reason to be proud the lib ra ry com m ittee rooms front
H elpless old age alw ays m akes a
Som etim es efforts put of its splendid public library tim e to tim e. T he W. C. T U. is an
tug a t th e norm al h e a rt strin g s, es for all.
forth
m
eet
with com plaints ra th e r founded in 1903 and placed under o rganization w hich m eets th e re
pecially when m any individuals are
grouped together, and I m u st con than appreciatio n , and the poor th e supervision of tjie P o rtlan d li reg u larly , also com m ittees p e rta in
fess as I w alked thro u g h th e wide farm is no exception. V isitors are b ra ry late in th e fall of 1911. The ing to the fa rm e rs' gatherings.
Mrs. Irm a Ansley is the p resen t
co rrid o rs I felt a m ist com ing over alw ays welcome, especially at m eal dedication of the p resen t building
my eyes, a frog of. some kind in my tim es w hen they can see for them - w hich w as m ade possible through lib rarian . D uring the year she suc
selves th e excellent m eals th a t a re | the op eratio n of the C arnegie libra ceeded Miss E lizabeth Hales, who
th ro a t and te a rs aw ay down deep.
Not th a t I saw any actu al suffering, served. T h ere a re 43 m ilk cows on ry fund, took place M arch 1. 1913 secured a position in lib rary work
in fact, th e re d idn't seem to be any. th e farm and th is assu re s an T he beginning of the G resham li in th e east. Mrs. Ansley has the
The place is com fortable, even cozy abundance of fresh m ilk for the b rary w as a very m odest one w ork at h eart and is p ain stak in g in
in spots.
It is clean, sa n ita ry tables. E ach person can have a Com pared w ith the 4500-volumes her efforts to p lease p atrons of the
ch eerful and hom elike and, w hile q u a rt of m ilk to d rin k every day if h ere at p resen t, with a circu latio n lib rary ami at all tim es prom ote its
m any of th e inm ates are ill m uch he or she so desires. A fine ch ick for 11 m onths of the fiscal year w elfare.
E llis Davidson is the lib rary ja n
of th e tim e, everything possible is en d in n er w as served the inm ates am ounting to 20,875, it w as ex
done to allev iate pain, probably to on T hanksgiving, and C hristm as trem ely m odest. Ear^v in Novetn itor who keeps th e room s ami
a m uch g re a te r ex ten t than is pos dinner w ill be featu red w ith tu rk ey ber, 1903, 50 volum es w ere secured prem ises in p erfect condition.
and all th e fixin’s.
and placed In a re a r room over the
sibie in m any homes.
postoffice, w hich was located in the
A
pow
er
house
ad
jac
en
t
to
the
At the tim e of my visit th e re
Subr's Flower Farm
w ere 363 persons a t th e farm of m ain building co n tain s the steam room now occupied by L en ard 's
Doubles Year’s Output
whom 46 w ere women. T here w ere g en e ratin g p la n t w hieh h eats the ta ilo r shop. H ere a stove, table
hanging
lam
p
and
six
wooden
various
buildings
of
the
place
by
36 confined in th e tuberculosis sa n
Mr. and Mrs. J. Suhr, who have
itarium a q u a rte r of a tnile w est of m eans of fuel oil. T he la u n d ry is ch a irs com prised the sole article s a th riv in g flower farm on th e Base
of fu rn itu re . But it w as a begin
th e m ain building. A w ell equipped located in the pow er house.
Line road a m ile east of the 12
About 225 ac res of choice land ning, and d u rin g 1904 the c irc u la
d isp ensary occupies a prom inent
mile
co rn er, rep o rt a successful
place in th e building w ith every a re com prised in th e farm acreag e tion of volum es am ounted to 567. year ill th e ir business, and th at
On
Ja
n
u
a
ry
31,
1908,
th
e
re
were
possible facility for m edical and The place is p a rtia lly self-su p p o rt
th e ir stock in all the m ain lines
su rg ical convenience. All moves ing, from $8,000 to $10,000 a year about» 400 volum es in the lib rary has doubled. T he patro n ag e a c
and
th
is
num
ber
w
as
g
rad
u
a
lly
in
along w ith clock-like precision. being realized as a n et gain from
corded them has been very g r a ti
T h ere a re a num ber of w ell-defined farm products. Over h alf of the creased d u rin g the follow ing four fying ami th eir circ le of business
years.
ru les for the n ecessary ro u tin e life im m ense grocery bill for th is large
friends has g rea tly widened. The
In F eb ru ary , 1912, th e present
of the place, but a p erusal of these fam ily could be paid from th e sale
aising of flow ers is still th e ir
ru les brings out the fact th a t m uch of the produce, acco rd in g to avail site of th e lib ra ry w as secured and g rea test pleasure.
th
e
building
erected.
T
h
ere
is
a
leniency is show n th e aged and able figures.
The past year has seen larg.
sick ones and im p a rtial ju stice to
A laughable incident was the de fro n tag e of 100 feet on Main street num bers of p la n ts and bulbs
all. More pity w ill be felt fo r the sc rip tio n of how th e sn o rers are and 145 feet on F o u rth . A lawn shipped th ro u g h o u t th is co untry
u n fo rtu n a te s w hen it is know n th a t segregated. They have a sleeping w hich is k ep t in first class shape and to other lauds. An o rd er of
SO per cent of them are m entally room all to them selv es w here they th e year aro u n d adds to th e a t rh u b arb roots w ent to the P h ilip
deficient.
m ay saw logs all n ig h t eith er in trac tiv e n ess of th e location.
pine Islands. R hubarb, by the way
R ecreation is not lost sig h t of in discord or harm ony as they choose
T he a rc h ite c tu ra l designs of the has been one of th e ir best lines,
G resham lib ra ry building have though hardy
ch ry san th em u m s,
been m uch com m ented upon, and fine p eren n ials and rock p lan ts
MUTUAL I’ HONE CO.
illu stra tio n s of th e building show have been in creasin g ly popular.
REGISTERS PROGRESS
ing ex terio r and in terio r, appeared
P erh ap s th e m ost im p o rtan t event
in a referen ce book by a leading li
“T FK E IN .’
Didn't Want to Walt.
w hich has tra n sp ire d d uring the
b ra ria n of th e United S tates. It
“W e’ll tak e in a show —and d in
p ast y ear in connection w ith the
has been w ell kept up in every n er.”
Public Meeting of Listeners,
M ultnom ah & C lackam as M utual
p articu la r,
outside
woodwork
"W here w ill you m eet m e?”
Auditorium, Dec. 16.
"On the co rn er of th e public li
T elephone com pany w as th e deal
painted and in te rio r w alls re-tin ted
A m eeting of g en e ral in te rest to when n ecessary and other details b rary a t 8 o'clock.”
consum m ated in early November
"F ine— w hat tim e will you be
w hereby the com pany represen ted all who "receiv e” over th e radio looked after.
th e re ? ”
w
ill
be
held
a
t
th
e
public
au
d
ito
r
by local in te re sts becam e su b
T he g ratify in g num ber of 1468
m erged in the Oregon T elephone ium in P o rtlan d , T h u rsd ay eve. persons are now patro n izin g the
com pany, a new organization of ning, D ecem ber 16, a t 8 o'clock.
library. N ecessarily th is does not
w hich S tate S enator C harles H all
It is the m eeting of th e P o rtlan d include those who visit th e read in g
of M arshfield is president, and E arl B roadcast L isten ers
association room or use th e lib ra ry for p u r
V. G ates vice president.
E lection of officers w ill ta k e place poses of referen ce, b u t indicates
The Oregon T elephone com pany, a t 7:30 and a public m eeting and the num ber of read ers by as m any
w hich is capitalized for $600,000 e n te rta in m e n t a t 8.
ca rd s on file. P erso n s of all ages
plans a very extensive re c o n stru c
A g en e ral resum e of th e activi v isit th e lib ra ry room s, from the
tion program covering th e en tire tie s of the association since its in tin y to t on th e co rn er who cannot
s
local system . K. A. M iller, p re si ception la st M arch 23 w ill be yet read b ut who loves th e b rig h t
dent and m anager of th e com pany heard.
S p eak ers
w ill include p ictu res, th e tiny ch a irs and tables
s
h ere for the past two years, will Mayor Geo. L. B aker, p resid en t J. and th e w arm th and sociability of
continue in th a t position. B. A. M. M ann, Lew is I. Thom pson, th e com fortable rooms, to the high
Miller is vice presid en t and Miss ch airm an of the tech n ical and leg school stu d e n t p rep a rin g an essay
Mayme H oss, se cretary .
islatio n com m ittees and others. A or th e retire d sch o lar who w ishes
T h ere are now 1131 subscribers splendid a rra y of
e n te rta in e rs to keep his m ind a le rt by a p re
on th e G resham line, of w hich 946 from the various sta tio n s will fea scribed co u rse of reading.
W ish in g you a
are G resham p atrons, and 185 S an tu re th e m eeting w ith m usical and
T he activ ities of th e G resham
V ery M erry C h ristm a s
dy. C orbett and D am ascus are p ri vaudeville pro g ram s. T h ere will public lib ra ry are not confined to
vate corp o ratio n s and independent be no adm ission ch arg e so invite th e read in g room o r th e d istrib u
a n d a T ru ly
of th e local exchange. C orbett has your radio frien d s and neighbors tion of volum es.
At in terv als
H ap p y New Y ear.
120 su b scrib ers and D am ascus 83. and in th e in te re st of radio and b et th ro u g h o u t th e y ear im p o rtan t
C orbett has now fully recovered te r radio recep tio n d u rin g 1927 m eetings a re held w hich a re of
from th e effects of a rec en t w ind tu rn out en m asse and fill th e au d i g en eral in te rest. L ast w in ter the
storm w hich sen t prectically all torium to capacity.
lib ra ry sponsored a read in g club
th e lines th e re out of com mission.
It is stated th e re are over 25,000 w hich w as both in te restin g and in
Locally, thsv com pany rep o rts a sets in g re a te r P o rtlan d . The ob stru ctiv e. Mrs. V irginia Bacon, ad
fairly prosperous year w ith rec o n je ct of th e association is to im viser in a d u lt education gave a
stru ctio n plans being gradually ef prove radio reception In P o rtlan d num ber of ta lk s w hich w ere much
fected so as to give b etter service. and vicinity and m em bership is appreciated.
C onsiderable w ork has been done solicited. J. E. M etzger is a local
In Ju n e of th is year a baby clinic
in th e Pow ell V alley d istric t east m em ber of the association.
w as held w ith a good attendance.
of th e C h ristensen garage, also a
In stru ctiv e lectu res to m others and
GRESHAM, ORE.
'If th e re w as only one road to scoring of th e babies proved to be
line serving 10 su b scrib ers over
success
it
would
be
u
n
d
er
g
overn
S ch iller’s hill tow ard D am ascus
profitable to a ll concerned.
The lib ra ry exhibit at the Mult-1
m ent co n tro l.” Very true.
has been added.
Line re p a irs a re in charge of W.
S. E v erett, who is assisted by Ed.
Sell and B. C. Rady. Miss O ra
Sweek helps w ith th e clerical w ork
of th e office and those em ployed on
the sw itch boards are L illian
M arkw art, E lla B aker, Mrs. Inez
W ilson, Mrs. k . C. R oberts, Mrs.
Sam Sm ith, F lorence L indquist,
Mrs. Vada Stubbs. S arah Metzger
and O ral Sweek. D uring th e year
th e ra n k s of the o p era to rs have
been depleted by the d ep a rtu re of
tw o young ladies, Miss B ernice
Beers and Miss Irm a G ates, who
decided to accept th e position of
“ listening in” for life to w hat th e ir
b etter halves m ight have to say.
Radio Messages
14, 1926
GAS FOR COOKING IS
she re tu rn s to the kitchen at the | tim e ia such a real kitchen orna-
BOON TO HOI SEH | \ I.S proper tim e th» dinner will be m ent th a t the housew ife is proud
Ju st w hat will th e m odern gas
range do for me th a t my old range
will not? is a question many a
housew ife ask s and it is easily
answ ered, according to Jo h n H
H artog. com m ercial m an ag er of
the P o rtlan d Gas & Coke Co.
"The m odern sm oothtop type of
gas ran g e saves tim e." T he p re s s
ing of a button puts th e gas range
into im m ediate action, no kindling
of a stubborn blaze, no w aiting for
the developm ent of a cooking heat.
The < ta c t required heat is in s ta n t
ly obtained and the p rep a ra tio n s of
b reak fast are tran sfo rm ed from a
vexatious burden into a p le a su r
able incident of the m orning.
Drudgery Is Renim eli
At th e lunch hour cookery is an
equally easy duty, adds Mr. H artog.
For the form al m eal of the day. the
drudgery is removed. E arly in the
afternoon all dishes may be p re
pared for the stove and placed in
the one oven, heated by a b u rn er
which is governed by a reg u lato r
w hich is set at any desired te m p er
atu re. The housew ife may then
give her atten tio n to oth er m a tte rs,
knowing to a ce rtain ty th a t when
ready to be served.
! to show It to h }r friends.
T he new sm oothtop type of gas
Q uite
different
from
being
ran g e w ith speed b u rn er saves asham ed to let them see an old,
money. Its ad ju stm en ts a re so a c w ornout sheetirou box. the kind
c u ra te and produce such depend th a t decades ago passed as a cook-
able re su lts th a t th m inimum of I stove.
The new sm oothtop type of gas
gas can be used. Or, in cooking on
top, when a k ettle is brought to a ran g e is the re su lt of much ex p e r
im enting, has been developed by
boil on full heat, it is removed to
A m erican ingenuity, and Is a mod
the sim m ering b u rn er w here it will ern method th a t leads to ecunomy,
be kept at exactly the boiling point system am f cleanliness.
—a g reat saving in fuel. It is im
possible to heat the liquid in an
Just Wild Uiout IL
open vessel h o tter th an boiling
F riend—“I h ear your husband is
fond of golt'.”
point.
Wife—"Is he fond of it?” I'll
One b u rn er serves the new oven say so! Y esterday he told me It
in w hich many article s may be was lucky for me th a t we w ere
cooked at the same tim e, the exact m arried before he took up the
g am e!”
required am ount of heat being su p
plied by an autom atic reg u lato r.
The W ant Ad w ay is the w ay to
The new ran g e m oreover in success.
sp ires justifiable pride in th e pos
Now things under “Classified.”
session of an efficient, dependable,
m odern u tility which at the same
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P h o n e su b sc rip tio n s to 1561.
For Christmas
and ever after
The New
Orthophonie VICTOR
/ he Q i/l that keeps on Giving
Greetings!
Sing hey! O sing hey!
For C hristm as Day!
W hat m a tte rs any w eath er
When h ea rts a re w arm ,
And faces gay
And all a re b rig h t to
g ether.
Gresham
Beauty Shoppe
M usic! A lte r all w hat
gift c a n b rin g m ore g e n
u in e p lea su re th a n m u
sic? T h e New O rth o
ph o n ie V ictro la, m u si
cal m arv el of th e age,
fu rn ish e s th e finest m u
sic fo r th e hom e. H e a r
th e O rth o p h o n ie Vic
tro la play th e w o n d e r
ful new V ictor records,
m ade th e new V ictor
way.
Prices ra n g e from $85 to $300
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G. M. DAVIDSON
Exclusive Victor Agent
All the late Victor records always in stock
GRESHAM
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BAILEY’S
Barber Shop
Smart Fellow.
P o stm an—"H e re 's a le tte r for
you— it has a black border.”
"Oh, my poor fath e r is d ea d !”
“But you h aven't read it y et!"
" I know, but he's dead. I recog
nize his h andw riting."
HahlL
Speed Cop— "H ow fa st w ere you
going?”
"Y ou'll have to ask my law yer.”
Phone Want Ada. to 1H1.
Toy Town now Open
tiring the kiddies, it will be a treat for them
Hepp’s Racket Store
Phone 1236
Gresham
He u itl be open evenings beginning Dec. 18
’Mongst the gifts from Santa
T oys— a n d joys, by a ll m eans, fo r th e little to ts w ho aw ait
th e co m in g of S a n ta C laus. And m ay th e ir C h ristm a s he a
h a p p y an d a m erry one. A m ong th e g ifts how ever, sh o u ld
rep o se a little berihboned token w hich m ay n o t m ean so
m uch now to th e young a n d c a re fre e but to be had, can be
m ade th e so u rc e of m uch h a p p in e ss in th e y e a rs to com e. W e
sp e ak of a ‘‘S a v in g s Account Hook” w hich every y e a r is be
co m in g a m o re and m ore p o p u lar gift.
Open a savings account for th a t boy or g irl and you a re tak in g a
step w hich can easily Influence th e ir whole lift to one of th rift and per-
sonal well being, $5 or $10—o r even $1 will open an account a t our
bank, and as a nucleus of a bank account it can in sp ire th e young Into
p aths of saving, fitep In any day and m ake th a t Initial deposit. We will
m ake o u t a new book In the boy's or g irl’s nam e—to be m ailed w ith
special C h ristm as card In colorful a r r a y —au d you will have given the
best of C h ristm as gifts.
You need ha»e no fear that It will not I m - continued. Our
record* «how that fully !(.'» *>er cent of such account*
opened here are today must healthy and growing.
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