Gresham outlook., December 16, 1927, HOLIDAY NUMBER, Page 16, Image 16

HOLIDAY OUTLOOK, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1927
GRESHAM OUTLOOK, GRESHAM, OREGON
sm allest in area. H ow ever, th ere p rin cip al problem th a t poultrym en
a re eight counties w hich have- a a re w restlin g with. T he new ­
g rea ter value of farm property. e r m ethods of com bating these
T here a re 10 counties w hich have a problem s, as worked o ut by th e ex­
g rea ter to tal a g ric u ltu ra l income. p erim ent station, has been applied
T here is only one county w hich has g en erally by th e local poultrym en.
No county In the sta te of Oregon class breeding stock of all kinds of a higher v aluation of land per acre,
The estab lish m en t of b etter fe r­
enjoys th e ag ric u ltu ra l variations farm anim als and poultry.
and th ere is only one county w hich tilizer p ractices, the co n tro l of the
and the a g ric u ltu ra l balance w hich
M ultnom ah county h as an are a has a g re a te r a g ric u ltu ra l income stra w b e rry root weevil, an d b etter
♦ G re sh am , O regon, P h o n e 1571
T h e lte x a ll S to re
is to be found In M ultnom ah coun­ of 279,760 acres. O ne-fourth of per acre. T hus M ultnom ah county c u ltu ra l m ethods have been the
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th ree im p o rta n t ph ases of sm all
ty, co n tra ry to th e gen eral belief i th is are a is occupied by th e city of
P ortland.
A bout on e-ten th
is p o rtan t a g ric u ltu ra l counties in th e fru it work. V egetable extension
th a t M ultnomah county is m ade up I tak en up by th e Mount Hood n at- sta te of Oregon.
w ork has consisted of th e testin g of
m ostly of P o rtlan d and vicinity. It [ ional forest. T h ere a re approxi-
On the m ost p a rt th e farm ers in v arieties best suited for production
is a rich a g ric u ltu ra l county, not i m ately 50,000 acres of im proved
th is county have been passing in th is section, d eterm in in g soil
large in area, but la rg e in Intensi­ ag ric u ltu re land, and tw ice th is
th ro u g h th e a g ric u ltu ra l d ep res­ types and fertilize r p ractices w hich
ty and value of its production. The | am ount Included in farm s. The
In o u r la rg e d isp la y of a rtic le s fo r g iv in g you w ill find ju s t w h a t you
sion th e last few y ears to a b etter a re best su ited for th e special
different phases of ag ric u ltu re of i average size of th e farm s is about
h a v e been lo o k in g fo r to re m e m b e r t h a t re la tiv e o r frien d . W e a r e b e tte r
advantage th an farm ers in general. crops, and a study of th e m a rk e t
econom ic Im portance in th is coun­ 55 ac res w ith : according to the
ab le to h elp you fill y o u r C h ristm a s lis t th a n e v e r before a n d w e w ill be
T his has been due to the wide v a ri­ ing problem s. The use of com m er
ty a re vegetable grow ing for both 1920 census, 68 per cent of the
glad to a s s is t you.
ation of a g ric u ltu ra l
products cial fertilize r on early and late
local m a rk e t and for shipm ent to , arm 8 of th<¡ CQunty ran g |n g in
grow n here, th ro u g h the aid of co­ potatoes has been checked th e past
all p a rts of the United States. size from tw o to 49 acres. With
operative m ark etin g organizations, y ear on th e im p o rtan t soil types of
D airying is both intensive and ex­ but few exceptions th e rem aining
and favorable location near to m a r­ th e county. P rofitable re su lts have
A few of th e ite m s you w ill find on o u r d isp lay
tensive; p o u ltry raising on a com ­ farm s ran g e from 50 to 175 acres,
ket and rail tra n sp o rta tio n for out been secured on p rac tica lly every
are Stationery, Hooks, Candy, Perfumes, Shaving
m ercial b asis; sm all fru it produc­ th e tren d of th e developm ent is to
of sta te shipm ent. T he p ast season soil type w here good seed and good
Sets, Leather Goods, Ete.
tion on an organized com m ercial sm all farm acreage, w ith m ore in ­
has not been very profitable a g ri­ c u ltu ra l m ethods w ere used. The
b asts w ith th e red ra sp b e rry center tensive producing of h ig h er r e ­
cu ltu rally .
W eather conditions grow ing of certified seed both of
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of Oregon located h ere; potato tu rn in g crops.
have been abnorm al, dam aging the g rain and potatoes, is gain in g in
production for local m a rk e ts and
rasp b e rry crop by w inter injury, volume and is n ettin g th e careful
Trend Toward Specialties.
out of s ta te c a r load sh ipm ents;
m aking the vegetable crop slow to grow ers profitable re tu rn s. Slip
In th e best ag ric u ltu ra l sections .
n u rsery stock production in large
s ta rt in th e spying. The sum m er shod m ethods in potato production
q u an titie s both for Helds and o rn a ­ of th e county th e tren d is away
and tall rain s dam aged some field In this section are a su re road to
Books w ill alw ays be sta n d ard for giving a t C hrism as tim e.
m ental plan tin g s for w holesale from g en eral farm ing, such as
crops and ham pered the fall h a r­ failure.
Our com plee stock suggests m any title s th a t will please. F or
shipm ent to all p a rts of the Union. dairying, and grow ing of field
the kiddies we have a w onderful collection of books.
vest very m aterially.
E xtension activ ities in M ultno­
T hese a re th e principal cash crops crops. T his type of production Is
m ah county are som ew hat differ­
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w hich a re used as ag ric u ltu ra l in ­ being replaced by th e grow ing of
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In looking over th e g en eral situ ­ en t th an in th e average county,
come for the county.
vegetables on a com m ercial basis,
with th e w ide v ariatio n of products
Many of th e o th e r g eneral farm intensive potato grow ing, poultry ation it is in te restin g to note th a t grow n w ith th e lack of com m unity
the
producers
w
hich
a
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com
ing
crops w hich include hay, grain and raisin g , Bmall fru its, such as stra w ­
org an izatio n s, due to good roads
So m a n y tim e s you
Held crops, are utilized in some of berry, loganberry, b lack b erry and through th e season best th is year and a close proxim ity to a large
w ish to give a frie n d
a
re
those
who
a
re
grow
ing
prod­
the m entioned lines of production. o th er crops w htch a re re tu rn in g a
As in th e past you w ill find our toy co u n ters crow ded w ith
city, extension w ork h as to be c a r­
som e d a in ty little r e ­
ucts which are handled co o p era­
T h ere a re m any lines of lesser lm - ' h igher Income per acre,
all the la te s t in still and m echanical toys. Come see them
ried on very largely th ro u g h indi­
m e m b ra n c e a t C h ris t­
tively,
sm
all
fru
it
producers,
vege­
before you go elsew here.
portance such as m int oil, honey, J Of <he 36 counties in th e sta te of
viduals instead of local com m unity
m as tim e. O ur g ift
table
pro
d
u
cers
and
poultrym
en.
bulbs, vegetables, seeds, and high * Oregon, M ultnom ah county is the
organizations.
d
isp la y w as p u rc h a s ­
The m ark etin g of th e crop a fte r It
Field d em o n stratio n s w ith dif­
ed w ith ju s t th is id ea
is produced Is th e m ost im p o rtan t
in m ind. P ric e s a re
phase of ag ric u ltu re, and it is not feren t v arieties of corn for en sil­
age, m angel beets for cow feed, dif­
little , a s s o rtm e n ts a re
to be expected th a t ag ric u ltu re
feren t stra in s of vegetables, p o ta­
larg
e.
will have its ju s t filace along side
of oth er business activities, o r th a t toes, and p lan tin g s of alfa lfa m ade
under different soil conditions,
the farm e rs’ sta n d ard of labor and
have been an im p o rtan t m eans of
living
will
be
on
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p
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w
ith
those
I)o your Christmas
of Industry u n til th e m ark etin g of ca rry in g th e b etter p ractices to the
shopping for men at
a g ric u ltu ra l products is placed producers in th e various com m uni­ Gresham Guard Unit
ties. The u pperm ost problem is to
a man’s store. "Every­
upon a sound, orderly, business
Has Record of Service
reduce the cost of production by
basis.
thing he wears from
grow ing h ig h er yields of b etter
H ead q u arters Com pany,
F irs t j
The a g ric u ltu ra l extension p ro b ­
Hats to Hose. Popu­
q u ality th a t can be m arketed a t a
B
attalion,
186th
In
fan
try
,
is
the j
lems
In
M
ultnom
ah
county
are
lar prices.
profit to th e g ro w ers. It is g en e r­
.All Electrical and Battery Powered
m any and varied. The g eneral ally conceded th a t th e public c a n ­ nam e of th e u n it of th e Oregon ;
problem is to produce large yields
N ational guard th a t is stationed in I!
not be expected to pay a p rice for
T his com pany is in j
of high qu ality , of w hich the su r­ the a g ric u ltu ra l products w hich it G resham .
plus can be m arketed outside of the consum es, larg e enough to m ake com m and
of F irs t
L ieu ten an t ,
state, in o rd er to bring to th is com ­ poor farm ing w ith low yields p ro f­ Cleveland A. B liss and he is a ssist- j
m unity an Income from th e o u t­ itable.
See our window displays
T he poor farm er using ed by Second L ieu ten an t Jam es R.
side to help rep lace th e co n stan t slipshod m ethods is ju st as m uch a H orr. Jack so n Jo n es is th e Staff
for helpful suggestions.
flow of money w hich is going out failu re in his line of endeavor as is S erg ea n t and H arriso n M. S quire !
for autom obiles, gas, oil, m achinery th e poor w orkm an, th e poor m e r­ F irs t S ergeant.
and other farm supplies. T he two ch an t, or th e poor professional
Back In 1921 th ro u g h the efforts
W h y d o you hear so
cow testin g asso ciatio n s are h elp ­ man.
of C. G. S chneider a prom ise was
ing very m ateria lly to elim inate th e
obtained from B rig ad ier G eneral ,
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Attira wbai TW w ”!
m uch talk ab o u t A tw ater
b oarder cows, and in m aking d a iry ­
T his is th e day of slogan w riting. G eorge A. W hite, sta te ad ju tan t
K en t R ad io ? W h y are so
C
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L S
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M A
A M
ing m ore profitable.
Slogan w riters ought to w rite a g en eral, th a t if G resham could su p - j
OREGON
m any o f y o u r frie n d s
slogan for slogan w riters. We p ort a com pany of n ational g u ard s- I
Disease Control Problem.
buying
it ? Because an
Disease co n tro l has been the su g g est "Slogan R ight.”
men th a t they could probably have '
A tw ater K en t instrum e nt
one. On Ja n u a ry 30, 1922. th e com ­
in any h o m e m eans sat­
pany w as m ustered into service
isfaction.
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w ith 41 men sig n in g th e rolls.
County Agricultural Agent
Tells of Farming Activities
GRESHAM DRUG
HOLIDAY HEADQUARTERS IN GRESHAM
GIVE A BOOK
TOYS!
TOYS!!
Select your Xmas cards N O W from
our beautiful line of engraved cards.
ATWATER KENT & R. C. A.
R A D IO S
For Christmas Giving
Ayi^prtKCt Martin^
T he first building used as an
arm o ry was th e basem ent of the
R ak er ft Son g arag e, b u t th is p ro v ­
ed too sm all when th e larg e
am ount of equipm ent began to a r ­
riv e and la rg e r q u a rte rs w ere se­
cured in th e high school building,
b ut a fte r the school began to en ­
larg e it w as n ecessary to secure
o th er
q u a rte rs.
A rran g em en ts J*
w ere m ade w ith the grade school 1
d irec to rs w hereby th e o rg a n i/a -
tion has spacious q u a rte rs in the
basem ent of the new g rad e school.
D uring Inclem ent w eath er th e larg e
playshed is ideal for d rillin g or
p racticin g w ith som e of the g u ard 's
equipm ent.
WE WELCOME YOU
Do Your Christmas Shopping Early and Do It Here
SThe (¡Christmas ^ tore
You w ill find ju st th e H o lid ay G oods you w a n t in o u r la rg e new stock. D o n ’t d e la y y o u r
C h ristm a s sh o p p in g . Do it e a rly b efo re th e e a rlie r s h o p p e rs h av e d ep leted o u r stock.
C o u rteo u s sa le sp e o p le to a s s is t you. Y ou'll like o u r deliv ery service.
And if you ask w hy so
many p eo p le co m eto this
store fo r th e ir radio, the
answ er is th a t this busi-
nessisorganized to p lease
o u r custom ers, n o t m ere­
ly ourselves.
W e d em o n strate gladly
— and w h e th e r you buy
here o r n o t, it is a pleas­
ure to answ er y o u r ques­
tions ab o u t radio. T rv us
today.
M ake this an E lectrica l C hristm as
T he o rig in al num ber of e n list­
m ent men w hich w as 41 has been
p ru n ed on tw o occasions. T his is
due to th e sta rtin g of m any other
u n its th ro u g h o u t th e sta te and the
A la rg e lin e of
I lim ited funds at th e disposal of the
I w ar d ep artm en t.
The enlisted
stre n g th is now 25 men.
T he com pany d rills every T u es­
day evening for one and a h alf
O rders ta k e n fo r boxes to be m ad e up by th e
ho u rs or longer. Most of th e ir In­
w ell-k n o w n D ix o n -S m ith C andy Co., u sin g th e ir
stru c tio n is in th e h an d lin g of field
h ig h e s t g ra d e candies.
telephones, such as erectin g and
o p eratin g , also radio and panel
sig n alin g for p lanes.—in fac t it Is
P ath ex Motion P ic­
The fastest thing on
th e duty of th is class of an o rg a n ­
tu re ( a n ie ra and P ro ­
earth, the S a v a g e
ization to be able to do any kind
je c to rs and films for
Washer, spin
rinse,
of sig n alin g and to be able to hook
taking motion pictures,
spin dry. Let ns deni,
up a full b attalio n consisting ot
also films for showing.
onstrute.
th ree rifle com panies and a ina
chine gun com pany.
The local o rg an izatio n has m ade
a good record for atten d an ce, both
at th e ir w eekly d rills and In the
.4 Complete Electrical Service
m a tte r of atten d a n ce a t th e sum
I m er encam pm ents, u su ally being
J. T. HORR
G resham
J. R. HORR
100 per cen t stro n g w hen a t the
cam ps.
D uring its existence th e com pany
! has been encam ped at F o rt Lewis com pany was u n d er arm s a t 8 p.m. Staff S ergeant Ja ckson F. Jones.
, for th ree years, tw o y ears a t C'amp w ith a full tu rn out of 100 per S erg ean ts—
R alph L. Davidson.
j Jack so n . Medford, and last year a t cent. The proficiency of th e O re­
Dewey A. Gibbs.
gon N atioual g uard is such th a t
| ! t lat< i'P b e a t b
T il- l a t t e r w ill o?
H arrison M Squire.
I i . >in. th e p> i m a m nt . a m p fu r a 'i th e en tire personnel could be ready
W illiam C. W tsecup.
I
I V . ■ ' I ■ V .. . .
C orporals—
C lair W. Burch.
ly been decided by th e w ar d ep art- ) T he d irect b attalio n com m ander
W illiam C. Shelly.
m ent
P erm an en t im provem ents of th e local com pany Is Major E d­
F o rre st H. Pollock.
I a re being m ade from year to y e a r . ! w ard W. Van H orn, who resid es io
P riv a te s F irs t Class—
| so th a t eventually it will be a com - !
Q uentin H. Kummei.
P o rtlan d . The reg im en tal com­
plete cam p su itab le for carin g for m ander is th e county assesso r, Coi-
H arold H. Lynch.
P riv a te s—Jo h n A nlcker, D elm er
I the 3000 m en th a t m ake up the H iram U. W elch. E ugene C. Libby,
g uard In Oregon. T he only d raw - w ith th e ra n k of lieu ten an t colon“ !, H. Baker. H enry H. Brow n. A rth u r
L F race. K enneth 8. Griffis, Jam es
! back, so far. at Cam p C latsop w as is second in com mand.
V. Hewes. A rley H. H ornlsh, C lare
I a little rain, but w hat Oregon m an
E. Ide, H ervey V. Ide, K enneth L.
The
ro
ste
r
of
th
e
local
com
pany,
Ide. Edw in L indrooth. W illiam K.
fi is afraid of rain ?
w hich is given below, has a pay Maybee. Ralph F. M iddleton. Q uen­
The com pany, like th e en tire ro ll and upkeep expense account of tin L. N orquist, W illiam J R uhiin,
j guard, m ust stand a test m obiliza­ close to 84000 per year.
Arden A. Squire. H orace J. B re n ­
iser.
tion at least once a year, u su ally
F irst L ieu ten an t C leveland A.
i during th e fall. T his year the date Rliss.
S peaking of pretty girla. Ameri­
1 fell on November 8, an d th e lo c a l1 Second Lieutenant Jas. R. Horr.1 ca has them all beat.
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Slippers
lor
Giving
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When you have ex­
h austed o th er g ift
possibilities, e v e n
when you have not,
give slip p ers, the
alw ays welcome gift
Christmas Goodies
We handle only th e highest grad e g ro ceries—the
kind exacting housew ives dem and. Our gro ceries
are alw ays fresh. We give th e sam e carefu l a tte n ­
tion to phone o rd ers that we give to th e m ost e x ­
acting housew ife—who shops personally.
Christmas Box Candies
H ousewives a re unanim ous in th e ir approval of
the quality and variety of our groceries. W hether
for a bounteous holiday feast, or a light afternoon
tea, here you will find the eatab les to satisfy th e
m ost fastidious appetite. T h ere is no e x tra charge
for quality. Let us help you in planning the menu
for your C hristm as feast.
L adies' H ouse S lip pers
A ssorted colors, m ntched ribbon und pom poms,
felt insole, cushion heel.
Each 91.2& and 81AII
Radio Electric Co.
M en's L e a th e r S lip p e rs #2.25 am i $2.50
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Dur stock of Hose is complete, latent colors
tim i s t) les nt Ion est prices for men, women
nmi children.
W o m e n ’s am i C hild ren 'll F a n c y Boxed E m ­
b ro id e ry H a n d k e rc h ie fs in a ttr a c tiv e H oliday
Vour won’t get left If ,o u trade with ns.
We give M A I I Green Trading Stamps wllh cash
purchases. Always ask for them*"
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