GRESHAM OL’TLOOK. GRESHAM, OREGON
Union-Home Resident Relates
Many Neighborhood Happenings
By W A L T E R U A M SER .
acres, w hich a re acro ss M arket
Not nearly all th e potatoes are Road No. 30 from Mr. G ustafson's
dug yet; and m any th a t a re out, 20, he sold his east 10 acres to his
w ere h arvested u n d er difficulties. nephew , who is on a farm in Mon
D igging potatoes in the w et ground tana. As soon as th is nephew can
rem inded us of L ittle Ja ck H orner j dispose of his holdings in M ontana
eating his C hristm as pie. T he crop he intends to m ake his home here
is good, w here not too m uch ef ' also.
fected by blight. We hope not m any
T hree of ou r neighbors a re over
w ere frosted in th e ground during at E akle C reek on a cord wood
th e cold spell.
i hauling job. F ra n k T aylor is d riv
T ay lo rs dug a root cella r, and ing one of his Ford tru ck s, Clif
b u ilt a garage over it.
ford W oodw orth drives th e other,
A bout a m ile of M arket Road No. and Mr. W a lte rs ru n s his own
30 w as graded la st fall, but it got I Chevy truck. They usually come
too w et to put on th e finishing home on S atu rd ay evening. Before
touches, not to m ention p utting on ta k in g th is hau lin g job, Mr. W alt-
g ravel. C onsequently four fam ilies I ers hauled som e of his seasoned
w ere stuck in the mud. T he co u n 1 cordw ood out to th e road, a d is
ty furnished Mr. H ickling enough tance of half a mile, and th e re
p lan ks to lay a double trac k loaded it onto th e tru ck and sold it.
th ro u g h A lfred W ellm an’s p roperty Making a living at cordw ood is
and now he hits th e gravel road at . uphill w ork a t its best, but w ith
th e foot of W ellm an's hill. Mr. such a handicap it su rely is heck.
H ickling depends on his greenhouse
T he new house of Mr. Kuch has
for a living, and m u st go to m a r been used for a hom e by the Kuch
k et tw o or th ree tim es a week, so ! fam ily as soon as it w as enclosed.
th e county had to get him out. Mr. T h eir lease on th e 10 acres acro ss
W a lte rs cu t a tr a il thro u g h F ra n k from th e Sw edish Mission ch u rch
T ay lo r's woods, and puddles out as expired th e first of October, and
best as he can. T he Jen n in g s fam - they had to m ake room for th e new
ily on th e W. J. T aylor place, w or- j ren te rs, th e Wm. Lem ke fam ily,
ry o ut th ro u g h the bru sh p ast th e Mr. Kuch b u ilt his own house, be-
sh ack n ear G randpa Johnsons, and ing a ca rp e n te r by trade. He p ut
the H adley fam ily moved to G resh in an acetyline system.
am , w here both Mr. and Mrs. H ad
D uring th e sum m er and fall Mr.
ley a re w orking a t the pickle fac W oodw orth, th e new ow ner of th e
tory.
Schw edler farm , m ade co n sid er
A dem o n strato r for a p re ssu re able im provem ents in th e b arn and
cooker expects to be out a fte r the g ran ary . He got all his potatoes
holidays to show th e ladies the out before th e cold spell, and now
p ossibilities of th e p re ssu re cook he feels as happy as a school boy
er. R em arkable re su lts in cook a fte r w inning th e ball game.
ing a re claim ed for th e cooker.
( rippled Child Helped
T h is m an claim s, th a t m eat, onions
More th a n a m onth ago E lsie
and cu stard can be cooked a t th e H offm elster, th e youngest child of
sam e tim e, in the sam e k ettle w ith Mrs. H enry H offm elster, finally
o u t infringing on each o th e r’s te r w as notified, a fte r m any m onths of
rito ry or quality. T he way he ex w aiting, th a t th e re w as room for
p lain s th is it seem s reaso n ab le; h er at th e S h rin e r's hospital on
b u t it would be b etter to see It S2d and Sandy road In P o rtlan d .
done before try in g It.
She is now having h er shotnder
O ur road d istric t is having quite straig h ten ed .
T he tre a tm e n t so
a tim e g ettin g the jog in th e road , far has consisted m ostly in having
on th e county line elim inated. I t ■ w eights hung onto the feet and
is to be hoped th a t M ultnom ah head, a ra th e r painful and slow
co unty will do its p a rt as soon as ! process. B ut they are doing th e ir
possible, because th a t short stretch level best to m ake all th e young
of road is dangerous and m ighty p atien ts forget th e ir pains and
bothersom e, to say th e least.
' troubles as much as possible. She
Land Clearing Finished
learned to swim th e re ; and oh, how
G ran L ingle has tw o m ore ac res she enjoys it. T hen w hen th e re is
of land cleared and is now leveling j a birthday, all of th e p atien ts ta k e
it off. He now h as about seven p a rt in som e w ay in th e celebra-
ac re s of cleared land.
H e has tlon. They do not adm it visitors,
som e straw b e rrie s,
ra sp b e rrie s, J so we are told, except p are n ts and
and a nice patch of alfalfa.
1 g u ard ia n s of th e young p atients.
The new ow ner of T eevin's e a st
E. P. Schedeen has been on the
20 w as expected to a rriv e here , g ran d ju ry in Oregon City. W hen
rig h t a fte r T hanksgiving. So far asked w hat he th o u g h t of condi-
we have seen nothing of him or his tions as he saw them in his w ork
fam ily. Mr. G ustafson will be here ! there, he rep lied : "T h e re is a lot
soon to s ta r t building and m aking to be said, b u t th e less said th e
a home.
better. B ut one th in g is certain
His neighbor-to-be, th e Rev.
J. Sheriff Mass is su rely tough on
C. M artin of Selah, *W ashington, bootleggers
an d
m oonshiners;
m ay not be h ere yet for a y ear or m ore so th a n they are in m any
so. B ut he has over an a c re each other places.” To w hich we would
se t out to ra sp b e rrie s and straw - add: “H ats ofT to Mr. Mass, even
b erries, and he saw to it th a t they if he is a dem o crat.”
w ere kept w ell cu ltiv ated during
We a re indeed so rry to hear th a t
th e sum m er. Since buying his 20 Mr. K ru eg er could not hold th e 10
HOLIDAY OL’TLOOK, FRIDAY, DECEMBER
acres, w hich he bought on co n tra ct
a y ear o r tw o ago.
He gurely
worked h ard on th a t place and
m ade it look like som ething d if
ferent, but the past year w as a h ard
one on such b erry g ro w ers as did
not have a larg e acreage, and had
nothing to fall back on for a living
but b erries. W hen a consciencious
m an, a h ard w orker, and a good
neighbor is cru sh ed by adverse
conditions .some of us a re w onder
ing if we are not in p a rt to blam e?
H ave we done our p a rt to b etter
such conditions? or do we let
George do it, or S en ato r Steiw er,
or Sam Jo n es?
Mrs. A. L. H eacock has recov
ered from an a ttac k of bronchitis.
On la st Sunday Mr. and Mrs.
W alter R am ser atten d ed th e dedi
cation services a t th e St. Jo h n s
E vangelical ch u rch a t Sellwood.
T he first u n it of th e ch u rch , th e
basem ent
and
S unday
school
room s, a re built, and a re now used
for w orship and Sunday school.
The m ain p a rt of th e building will
be added later. We w ish th a t our
own proposed new church, the Zion
E vangelical ch u rch in G resham ,
w ere bu ilt and ready to dedicate.
Jo h n B randt, a new ly wed of last
sum m er, lives in th e grove joining
th e F ra n k T aylor place on the
south. He p u t up a neat log build
ing, la ter to be used for a garage,
w hich now is th e ir tem p o rary
home, for w hich m ost of th e logs
a re cu t and pealed. Mr. B ran d t in
tended to follow his tra d e as p la s
te re r on th e F o ster road and in
so u th east P o rtlan d , b ut he got
good jobs n ea rer home, and in
G resham . T he latest job he landed
is p la ste rin g th e Nels L ekander
home back of th e E lkhorn farm on
the county line on th e Dam ascus
road.
1927
paving. About th e tim e they got
th e first gravel on, the fall rain s
set in and th e road w as alm ost im
passible.
Now the stre tc h from
D am ascus to th e old schoolhouse
is in fair shape, also from P e te r
son's g arag e to Boring. T he rest
we have not trav eled lately, but it
is said to be in good shape also.
S aturday. Decem ber 10, w as a
big day at M etzger's store. The
food festival w as not only e n te r
tain in g and educational for those
who took p art, b ut m any things
w ere sold at a saving to custom ers.
One of th e neighbors who won a
prize is A ugust Olson. He got
some canned goods.
have a colored sign on th e fro n t
door.
Miss H ulda R am ser, form erly a
n u rse at the S h rin e r's hospital in
P o rtlan d , is now su p erin ten d en t of
n u rses at th e Eugene Generitl hos
pital.
Mrs. Art L edbury is much im
proved since having a goiter r e
moved last fall.
O ur local im provem ent club a p
pointed a com m ittee to see th e
P o rtlan d E lectric Pow er com pany
about in stallin g electricity in th e
neighborhood. But th e com pany
seem s to be in sistin g on too m uch
of a bonus for in stallatio n to equal
the m eans of the neighbors. T h at
m eans, th a t we m ust w ork so much
h ard e r for sta te owned and o p e r
T he q u a ra n tin e put upon all of ated electricity.
th e G resham stu d en ts is causing
A M erry C h ristm as to all. May
some of our neighbors considerable it also be a blessed one.
inconvenience. If they, as well us
Itirt Road Almost Impassable
F R E E —No. 9, 14-oz. copper w ash
the G resham young folks, rigidly
L ast fall o u r county had the D a observe the q u a ra n tin e ru les, It boiler with every electric w asher
here before C hristm as.
m ascus-B oring road graded for will be m uch b etter th an to later p I,. urchased
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