HOLIDAY NUMBER
Section Three— Eight Pages
T W IC E
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-W E E K
G resham O utlook
Dr. H. H. H ughes, fc>cal h ealth
officer, m ade th e w elcom e a n
nouncem ent th is m orning th a t t i e
q u a ra n tin e on G resham w as raised.
No new cases have developed, said
th e doctor, and th e re a re no au s
picious cases. It has now been 12
days since any could have been ex
posed by th e one case and danger
from th a t source is passed.
“Tell th e folks they can com e ta
G resham w ith no m ore danger than
elsew here,” said Dr. H ughes. I t is
considered th a t tho se going to
P o rtlan d to m ingle in th e shoppiu?
crow ds or to atten d show s a re in
g rea ter d anger of being exposed to
disease th a n they a re ,in G resham .
G resham stre e ts an d sto res have
presented a stra n g e appearance
d u rin g th e p a s t nine days, w ith no
ch ild ren to be seen and p rac tica lly
no young people of high school age.
H am lin could not have seem ed
m ore desolate a fte r th e Pled P ip er
had done h is work.
M erchants w ith th e ir full stocks
of holiday goods w ill be happy to
show them to the crow ds w hich
will fill the sto res in th e next tew
days.
The G resham schools w ill not r e
sum e u n til J a n u a ry 2.
LARGE STILL FOUND
ON DODGE PARK ROAD
A 700-gallon still w as th e cen ter
of observation in G resham y ester
day as it w as being tak en th ro u g h
op the w ay to P o rtlan d . I t is said
to be th e la rg e st ever seized in O r
egon and w as found late W ednes
day In a barn m ile and a h alf south
of th e M ultnom ah county line on
Dodge P a rk road.
W. A. and E lm er A ustin, b ro th
ers, w ere a rre ste d and tu rn ed over
to C lackam as county a u th o rities on
ch arg es of o p era tin g a d istillery .
T he officers said th e p la n t had been
ru n n in g since early in November.
In addition to th e still fo u r 1000-
gallon and six 800-gallon ta n k s of
m ash, 100 sack s of su g ar, a tru c k
load of new 10-gallon kegs and
m ore th a n 250 gallons of finished
product w ere found.
Much difficulty w as en countered
by the raid in g p a rty in locating
the still. A cow -bell signal system ,
operated from th e o utside of the
barn, w as in use by th e o p erato rs
of the d istille ry . A cleverly-con
cealed door led to th e room s i:i
w hich th e equipm ent w as kept. In
side th e still room th e re w as a sign
th a t read "Come in b u t look out."
Christmas Plants for Sale.
C hristm as p o in settas, cyclam en,
C hristm as ch e rrie s, fern s, ru b b er
plants, palm s and oth er potted
plants.
L arge asso rtm en t.
Buy
them a t S u h r’s F lo w er farm , one
m ile east Tw elve-m ile co rn er on
B ase L ine road, and save th e dif
C o ntrary to th e old proverb, th e ference. F lo ra l pieces m ade, $1
ea rly shopper w ill avoid the worm. up.—Adv.
Probably Most Beautiful Rural School in County
Modern Building of Gresham Grade School.
spend th e ir recreatio n periods d u r
ing bad w eather. T he prim ary
g rades play in a com m odious base
m ent room , and th e advanced
g rades use th e auditorium .
The school is in every way one
of w hich th e com m unity may Ju st
ly be proud, and it h as a ttracted
m any fam ilies who have estab
lished th e ir hom es here.
F o u r b u sses a re used to tr a n s
p o rt th e boys and g irls who live
a m ile or m ore from th e school
house.
A bout 190 p u p ils are
tran sp o rte d in th is way.
T he facu lty co n sists of C. M.
Q uicksall, p rincipal and eighth
g rad e; Id a Nordeen, first; Alice
Leekley, first and second; Gladys
Hoyt, second; H elen Hoss, th ird ;
g ra d e s Adele Z urcher, th ird and fo u rth ;
T he G resham grade school has
m ade co nsiderable grow th d u rin g
th e p ast year, and to date has An
en ro llm en t of 455— 225 boys and
230 g irls. T his is th e la rg e st en
ro llm en t a t th is tim e of y ear in th e
h isto ry of th e school. T he first
g rad e leads, w ith 71, and th e fifth
is second, w ith 62. T he eighth has
th e le a st en ro llm en t, w ith 45.
T hese boys and g irls are housed
in an a ttra c tiv e 12-room building
w hich, in addition to th e class
room s, co n tain s a b eau tifu l au d i
to riu m 50 x 75 feet, w hich is eq uip
ped w ith a m odern stage. The
building also h as p rin cip al's office,
re s t room s, etc. A djacent to th e
m ain building and to th e rig h t is a
play pavilion 60 x 100 feet In size,
w h ere
y ie
In te rm e d ia te
New Homes and Business Block
Show Year’s Building Activity
MONEY
TA LK S
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TUESDAYS
AND
FRIDAYS
GRESHAM, MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 192;
VOL. 17, NO. 84
Quarantine Raised by
City Health Officer
News and General Stories and Features
Listen to I t ’s Story
“I ’j n a new dollar,—crisp and spot
less. The cashier lays me out—I ’m
ready for service.
“A man just borrowed me so I’m
going to settle a debt. I t’s a good thing
. I was where he could get me so quick
ly. I ’m ready cash.
“ I’m in a purse now. It is dark and
cramped. Ah! Light! I ’m exchanged
for a Christm as gift, and a bargain
too! I’m thrifty.
‘'Well, I’m in the bank again. The
m erchant brought me. This is a fine
bank, busy, yet so friendly and willing
to serve. I feel a t home here.
“Wow!
Some fellow cashed his
salary check and is tossing us around.
Let’s go! So long fellows! Ju st me
left. The poor fool, he gave me away.
Serves him right, he’s broke now!
“Things are happening fast. I ’m
gam bling now! There! I got away.
Oh, I ’m slippery, I am. Not m any can
hold me.
“Now I ’m hiding under a pillow.
Some one put me here, but I don’t feel
safe!
Just w hat I thought—I’m
stolen.
“ I’ll get away from this guy quick.
Ah, a hole! I’ll wiggle through and
out upon the street.
“Here comes a man I like—he looks
like he knows how to treat us! There
he spies me!
“ Back in the bank! I’m happy and
safe now! I’ll work hard and when
th a t th rifty man comes back I ’ll su r
prise him with the interest I’ve
earned.”
A ccording to av ailab le records,
the building o p eratio n s of G resham
d n rin g the year 1927 a re indeed
g ratify in g . Five larg e buildings
have been erected w ithin th e city
lim its d u rin g th e 12 m onths, tw o
of th ese th e D ow sett and L enard
buildings com prising five sto re
11 buildings, form ing a good p a rt of
th e block d irectly ea st of Main
stre e t on Pow ell. W ith the h an d
some building erected by the O re
gon T elephone com pany, th e sec
ond new county fair u n it erected
on th e fair g rounds la st sum m er,
th e fine up-to-date sales and se r
vice of Brockw ay & Nelson, and at
least tw o score of sm aller s tr u c t
u res, th e h isto ry of building d u rin g
th e y ear Is a m ost cred itab le one.
T he la rg e st am o u n t of m oney to
be expended in a single one during
th e y ear w as in th e new telephone
building, w hich w ill la te r house
th e equipm ent and“ office of th e
G resham b ranch of th e Oregon T el
ephone com pany. Two sto res of
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th is stru c tu re have been leased by
the B jur E le ctric com pany and the
real estate firm of E lkington &
Brown. T he new building stands
on Main stree t, n o rth of Powell,
w ith a fro n tag e of 45% feet nnd
extending east 80 feet. It was
erected by the Oregon T elephone
com pany w ith h e a d q u arte rs a t
M arshfield, Oregon, w hich took
over th e in te re sts of M ultnom ah ft
C lackam as County M utual T ele
phone com pany and o th e r Indepen
dent telephone com panies and rep-
sen ts a cost of $20,000.
T he second building in point of
cost to be erected d u rin g th e y ear
w as th e boys' and g irls ’ club build
ing and g ran d stand on th e M ult
nom ah county fair grounds. This,
th e second u n it to be p ut up in the
p ast tw o years, cost approxim ately
$13,000 and covers an are a of 7,000
sq u are feet. I t is of concrete and
tile w ith stucco finish. In addi
tion to housing the boys' and g irls’
exhibits of th e fair, and th e domes-
A Gift
for Friends
Photographs L ive Forever
To no one but a friend would you
rare to give your Photograph, bo
what more marked intimacy could
you give as a gift than to make it a
Photograph in one. of the many
beautiful m ountings we are show
ing? Phone 361 for appointment?’
Siemen s Studio
Gresham, Oregon
4 % Interest on Savings
AREME CLUB DANCE
A Holiday Frolic
MASONIC HALL, GBF.SHAM
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 28
Dancing SsS« I« 12
SPECIAL FEATURE8
FUN FOR ALL
( ¿ i g r a u ’H
G ENTLEM EN »*»
()r c h e n tr a
K efn ak ijrat«
LAD IES ttv
P earl H ayden, fo u rth ; L illian Le-
K ander, fifth;
N aera Stebbins,
fifth and six th ; R uth Bowron,
six th ; R achel Chezem, sixth and
seventh; Mary K reuger, sev en th ,
C ath rin e Moehnke, eighth and m u
sic. These te ac h ers a re striv in g a t
all tim es to hold the sta n d ard of
th e school high and give th e ir
b est to th e boys and girls.
T he school board co n sists of J.
V. Cogswell, ch a irm an ; A rth u r
D ow sett and Jam es E lkington, di
recto rs, and C. J. L undquist, clerk,
all of whom a re successful busi
ness men and can be depended
upon to ca re for the in te re sts of
th e people.
Geo. T acheron is th e efficient
Janitor, who keeps the g ro u n d s and
buildings in fine condition.
tic science display th e roof and
w est side form a splendid grand
stand. W. W. Lucius w as the
arc h itec t for th e building and
Steele ft Davis th e co n tra cto rs.
B eautiful Sales Room
About the m iddle of F eb ru ary
Brockway ft Nelson began building
o p eratio n s on th e ir 76 x 138-ft. lot
purchased on E. Pow ell stre e t from
Mrs. Annie E aston.
H ere they
erected a $10,000 building c o n tain
ing m odern sales room, office and
shop for th e display of th e Dodge
B rothers autom obiles and efficient
shop work. T he building w as oc
cupied about th e 1st of May and is
one of the show places of G resham
as reg a rd s attractiv en e ss of ap
pearance.
Claude Stockton was
th e co n tra cto r for the building,
w hich is of co n crete and hollow
tile co n stru ctio n . P. E. Brockway
and J. E. Nelson, thorough business
men, com pose th e firm, and th eir
e n te rp rise is a d istin ct a s se t to
G resham .
A rth u r D ow sett is an o th er b u si
ness m an who sees th e fu tu re of
G resham th ro u g h th e eyes of op
tim ism . L ast y ear saw th e com ple
tion of th e first u n it of th e D ow sett
building in w hich is located th e dis
tr ic t office of th e P o rtlan d E lectric
Pow er com pany. E arly In 1927
plans w ere dra^rn by C laude Stock-
ton for th e second building to be
erected by Mr. D owsett. I t is a
one-story stru c tu re and Joins the
P. E. P. office on th e w est. Before
th e building w as fairly com pleted,
its th re e sto res w ere leased by
Todd th e P ain t Man, M ealey's Je w
elry sto re, and the E lizabeth Frock
Shoppe.
C arrying out the idea of one
building arc h itec tu rally ,
a t the
sam e tim e th e D ow sett building
w as p ut up a sim ilar one
was
erected by P e te r L enard, a p a rtn e r
ship w all being p a rt of th e plan
betw een his building and th a t of
Mr. D owsett. Hollow tile figures In
the co n stru ctio n of th e building
w hich is 40 feet sq u are and cost
approxim ately $5,000. One sto re is
occupied by Mr. L en ard as his ta il
oring estab lish m en t, and th e oth er
by C arl D ahl’s shoe shop. Mr.
Stockton w as also th e co n tra cto r
of th e L enard building.
In March of th is year a city
com fort statio n ad jacen t to th e city
hall w as begun, th e building de
signed to be occupied as a stage
term in al, as well, by the Dun-
th o rp e T ra n sit com pany. D uring
th e sum m er m onths a line of con
fections w as ca rrie d , b u t a t p res
en t the place Is unoccupied. The
cost of th is building w as nearly
$2,000. It Joins th e D ow sett b u ild
ing on th e east, a p a rtn e rsh ip w all
being agreed upon betw een th e city
and Mr. Dowsett.
Mew Service Stations Rise
Two w ell-appointed serv ice s ta
tio n s w ere opened In G resham the
ea rly p a rt of th e sum m er of 1927,
th ese being th e T rip le “A Service
statio n , owned by J. C. Shultz,
and th e Mt. Hood S ervice statio n
under the** m anagem ent of 8. 8.
T hom pson and his grandson Lloyd
Continued on page 1
$2.00 Per Year
Professional Needs of Wide Area
Attended by Capable Practitioners
G resham Is w ell supplied w ith H ow ever, th is, like o th e r pages
professional people who attend ' from life’s history, did net come to
w ell to th e w an ts of those who arc a happy ending. On th e trip home
ill, th o se who have th e to othache th e tw o sm all boats capsized in
and those w hose A iarital woes w hich he and th ree com piviim s
w eigh heavily upon them.
T he w ere retu rn in g and, to save th e ir
com m unity feels proud of th e ch ar- lives, they w ere obliged to re
a d e r of men an d th e one lady who linquish th e gold accum ulated
com pose th e professional group, th ro u g h m onths of hardship, also
w ith places of business w ithin th e clothes, m edical In strum ents and
c o rp o rate city lim its.'*“
o th er article s. T he doctor enjoys
In addition to those m entioned his farm located ea st of G resham
below, th e re a re o th e rs living n ea r- and say s som etim e he hopes it will
by who w ere form erly engaged in become m ore than a pastim e w ith
sim ilar lines of w ork,— Drs. F ran k him. His office is located In th e
P eak and A. S herm an, who have j Bank of G resham building. Dr.
rounded out busy lives in th e prac- ( Botkin and his father, Dr. O. F.
tice of m edicine, Dr. A. H. W right. Botkin of C herryville, a re both
a v eterin ary surgeon of wide rep- ' physicians, both a re w ar v eteran s
u tatio n , and H. W. S trong who left , and both a re past m a ste rs of th e
the p ractice of law to become th e sam e lodge of Masons. Dr. O. F.
m an ag er of th e la rg e st b erry farm* Botkin, who served in th e Civil
in th is section of th e state. W ith w ar, Is now 86 y ea rs old, and re
th ese may be ihentioned John tired from the active practice of
M urphy, a law yer who has taken m edicine some y ea rs ago.
up th e cu ltu re of filberts as a d i
llr. II. II. Hughes
version. He has a larg e o rch ard
Dr. H. H. H ughes Is the oldest
e a st of G resham and devotes much
tim e to it In addition to his w ork In physician and surgeon In G resham
P o rtlan d w ith his chosen p ro fes in point of service, com ing here 15
years ago la st Ju n e and ta k in g
sion.
In m aking an effort to interview over th e office prnctlce of Dr. J. M.
th e professional people b u t one S hort. W hen th e call to arm s cam e
g reat o bstacle w as encountered, in th e late W orld w ar, Dr. H ughes
and th a t w as th a t doctors, d en tists responded by enlisting In th e m ed
and atto rn ey s w ere too busy to be ical co rp s of th e service w here he
interview ed. H ow ever, th is is the nerved for nine m onths. F or m ore
su re st indication possible of the th a n h alf of th is tim e he w as In
high stan d in g of the professional ch a rg e of an am bulance tra in In
F ran ce, an d thereby afforded th e
people of G resham as a cen ter.
o p p o rtu n ity of trav elin g over m uch
of th a t country. T he voyage to and
Dr. A. W. Botkin.
Dr. A. W. Botkin has been a from the seat of w ar In E urope w as
p racticin g physician and surgeon m ade w ithout incident, a convoy
in G resham since Ja n u ary , 1919, accom panying the ship, as w as th e
retu rn in g h ere at th e close of th e case In all tran s-A tla n tic trav e l a t
W orld w ar in w hich he served as th a t timp. Like m any o th e rs In
a m em ber of th e m edical corps, professional lines of w ork, Dr.
D uring th e w ar he w as stationed H ughes w ill adm it no hobby ex-
m uch of th e tim e nt V ancouver, ccpt h ard work. He is Intensely
W ashington. Dr. Botkin was grad- In terested in Ills vocation and
uated from Jefferson Medical col- th in k s so w ell of G resham as a
lege in P h iladelphia and cam e to place of residence he is having
Oregon in 1883 w hen P o rtlan d w as built a handsom e new home on
b ut a village. P rio r to moving to W allula H eights w hich he and his
G resham the fam ily resided a t Mt. wife will occupy soon. D uring th e
T abor in P o rtland. Dr. Botkin re- p ast y ear Dr. H ughes, who w as
ca lls w ith in te re st the y ear or supposed to be a confirm ed bach-
m ore he spent in A laska d u rin g th e elo r( su rp rised his m any friends by
days of the K londike gold rush.
(Continued on page 7)
Credit Bureau Formed to Aid
Merchants and Those Deserving
One of the m ost o u tstan d in g gjds
to th e business men of G resham
and vicinity has been established
h ere during th e p ast year, the
E a ste rn M ultnom ah C redit B ureau,
an o rganization w hich is prim arily
for th e purp o se of enabling busi
ness men to check up on th e ratin g
of Individuals, th e reco rd s of th is
ra tin g being k ep t by a se creta ry
em ployed by th e bureau.
T h e o rganization was effected
O ctober 1 and now has a m em ber
ship of 14. It is open to all m er
ch an ts and d ea le rs of eastern M ult
nom ah county and Is not intended
alone for th e business men of
G resham .
T he c re d it b u reau is double a c t
ing In Its scope. It Is designed not
only to help th e m erch an t who Is
com pelled to c a rry lwavy cred it
accounts, form ing a basis for r e a
sonable credit to those who ask or
need It, but it is to obviate people
tak in g ad v an tag e of cred it p riv il
eges w hich m e rch an ts are glad to
extend to th o se en titled to them.
It will p ut a stop alto g eth er to
cu sto m ers ru n n in g o ut th e ir credit
a t one sto re and going to an o th er
In th e effort to secure credit there.
An accredited collector Is a t th e
service of th e m em bers of th e
cre d it b u reau a t all tim es, ready to
a s sist In every w ay possible th e
collection of th e bad bill. A paid
se creta ry Is em ployed who is on
duty d u rin g business h o u rs and
who can be called up by any m em
ber of the b ureau to ascertain the
ra tin g of th e prospective p u r
ch aser.
Of co u rse It is to be understood
th a t th ese privileges are to be ex
tended only to those who become
m em bers of th e bureau. In fo rm a
tion can be obtained only by th e
m em ber th rough
th e se creta ry
and by calling of a key for ldenti-
catlon. T he m e rc h an ts who a re
m em bers m aking use of th e cred it
b ureau consider th a t th e co st of
m em bership is a very profitable In
vestm ent.
xlt is confidently hoped and ex
pected th a t m e rc h an ts and other
business men In outlying d istric ts
will tak e advantage of th e Inform a
tion th a t m ay be obtained In th is
m anner. T he association has been
form ed, n ot alone for individual
benefit, b ut for m utual helpfulness
and th e ad v antage of all concerned.
T he officers of the b ureau a re A.
W. M etzger, p resid e n t: Leslie W al-
rad, vice p resid en t; A. W. M etzger,
E. W. A ylsw orth and C. I. R aker,
board of directors.
C h arter m em bers of th e o rg a n i
zation a re W alrad M ercantile Co.,
R aker * Son, A ylsw orth ft M artin,
G resham G arage, W. R. H icks Co.,
L. L. K idder H ard w are Co., A. W.
Metzger ft Co., Brockw ay & Nelson,
E astm an L um ber Co., Outlook P ub
lishing Co., H essel Im plem ent Co.,
G resham Meat M arket, Geo. P age
ft Co., and B arnes & Son.
Residence Burglaries
and hold ups are m ore num erous at
the Xmas holidays than any other
tim e of th e year, due to the valu
able gifts of Jew elry and silver
th a t one has, and th e e x tra money
one c a rrie s for shopping.
Don't let your C hristm as be
spoiled by such an o ccurrence
when, (nr a sm all am ount, you can
get a B urglary and Hold Up In su r
ance policy through
E lkington ft
Brown. T elephone Bldg., G resham ,
Phone 2501 ASK US ABOUT IT.—
Adv.
"Let the Holiday Ontlook
Your Guide.”
I
M erry C hristm as
A sm usic first pealed fo rth th e new s of C h rist's birth,
And ca ro ls m ake C h ristm as glad th ro u g h all th e e a rth ;
We hope you'll be happy in all th a t you do
W ith m usic to lighten your b u rd en s for you,
FLORENCE M. HONEY
PIANO
Be