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GRHSHAM, MULTNOMAH CO., OREGON, F RIDAY, MARCH 26, 1909.
Vol. 5.
GOMMI RCIAL GLIB ORGANIZED
AND PUBLIGITY GAMPAIGN STARTED
Picked Up Here and There
About Town, Condensed
Fur Busy Readers.
LIBRARY SOCIAL WAS
A GRAND SUCCESS
Gresham Branch Library Well
Patronized and Doing a
Good Work.
At a Public Meeting Held Tuesday Evening, Officers Were
Elected, Plans Discussed For Making Resources of
Gresham Known Throughout the Land.
All eyas on (irmliarn now!
1910 "
At ths meeting calle I for the purpme from far and near, is invite«! ami urged
ih’rman Navrlleof Portland haw th«*
i of re-organizing the (Commercial Chib, to attend.
«militari f«»r Nurvvyiiig the Ktuddar«
The Commercial Club now haw a g«xxi
i held ill Regner's hall, TueMlay evening,
tract, iv»w «'Wind ami i«»diig platt«*«| l>\
start hearty sui»p»rt ami a go«*! man
th«« Imh*jM’ii'h'iit l ami (’•», inc., <»t
the first «tr|»s were taken towards a big at the head, and whould Itr <4 unlimited
(iii’Bliatn
Tills sightly udditlou will I m -
publicity campaign for Greshanr ami value to th«* town.
No better invest­
ralliMt I «st <if« «haiii
Mr Wihhm, Ihr
"iirrounding country
Much enthusi­ ment could be made, none which would
pr««si'lriit, informs us that !• is tbe pur*
asm preinih*«! and although not a very yield a*» large returns <»r lienefit the com­
mm’d Im < uiniMtiv to mak«’ tfiis the
munity more.
l«en<! your assistance
¡MMit rt'wldmr«* di««lrh’t «>1 Gresham, with
large audience wan present, what it and ' spread the tidings to all the ¡and'*
latg«' lots, streets that coliform with <»ur
lacked
in
nuiiitiers
wan
made
up
by
the
Descriptive
literature
and other ad­
i
Shattuck,
one
of
(irr
•»ham*
a
l ew In
present street« running •*i»«t an»l ur«t,
vertising matter will Is- gotten out soon,
public -spirited merchant.
i enthusiasm ahown.
wide avrtiu«'«. ami building rvstricUona.
After sotm* consideration it waadecid- but in the meantime let’s start a corres­
Jt will l>r o|M*n«-<l s«on iM'w .
pondence campaign, write to your
1
»*1
to organize an entirely new* club friends in the east, tell them als>ut our
llirre.
Rah!
f»»r
tbe
(¡rrahain
Concert
I
I» J kegner is very III. We bo|w
Rand,
“
Ihr
pride
of
the
town."
1
and
th»*
election
of
officers
follow«*!,
re-
town and country and let tbe school
for his «Imedy rm'oVcry.
MI ••('«»me Jamison of Portland re- I stilling in the choice of ex-mayor, la»wis children «1«» the name, allot a day for this
Klg k Ulghtol) has hl« new resideIM*r
purpose and teachers and all participate
I»all«Mi M
nearly c>«mplet<*<l. When d««ne K will tamed home Sunday after a two week's I Shattuck f«»r president,
in the movement for a “bigger and bet­
l>r one of U m » coziest little homes on visit with Mm 11 (*. Altman.
I Simonsen, secretary, ami Emil G. Kar- ter Gresbaiu. * “3(JUu in 1910“ that's
Kol>rrt« av « mi u<*
Mi«s Minnie Lawrence is aMistiog | iell, treasurer.
Dr. H. H. Oil. Chas. the mark.
Anything v « mi want to buy or sell* with the clerical work al The Herald 1 Cleveland and D. H. Johnson were ap-
office.
i’onsult the W’ani Column.
I |>ointed a Committee on constitution and
The new (¡range Hall Store at l«ente
Brti Raney spent a part of last week
will ba lighted be eie«-tncitv, wall venti­
Mr Townsend of McMinnville s|»ent
in McMinnville.
While there lie visit* by-laws to retmrt at the next meeting. lated, airy and clean.
Saturday sod Sunday here with his sou
N. I. Shaffer, a Portland capitalist,
<*d al the home of Timothy Brownhill.
botri Townsend, of this placo.
ami party of five, were present in the
Attend the meeting of the Commer­ interest of a new enterprise of much im­
1. C. Lmdsry ha« braun the errcti«>n
Katxky Bros. of Ia*nte are putting in
cial Club Saturday evening
portance to the future of the town. In the largest sUck of new gooue east of
of another r«»Uage tor Frank 11 «’lory on
•peaking
of
this,
Mr.
Shaffer
said
that
Mm.
S
T.
Crow
has
fully
recovered
Molterls Avenue
Mr llrinry n
Grand Avenue.
Direr h«»u«»rs here ami be rra>ill And* from a very severe iliums and is up and tliev bad disc«nere«l that the mioeral
springs
in
Thompson's
addition
were
of
around
.
renter« for (hem.
Fact is wi nee»!
>
The Juvenile Grange.
more houses.
Mrs. O. Andrews, who suffered a untol«l value for medical purpottes and
stroke of paralysis a few weeks ago, is «*p«>ke of the publicity am! advantages to
Will give an interesting program at
Gresham, the financial and com-
be dsrivad from a large, modern sani­ the (ireehain (¡range hall, Thunsiay
improving.
mereiai «'enter of Eastern Multnomah!
tarium
!!•• said his companv was pre­
evening.
April 1st, at S o’clock. Every­
<> I. Neal went on Thursday to New- paring to spend thousamls of dollars in
Tril ycwir fri ends ili the east at»>ul it.
I-erg to attend the funeral of Ins unde. tins and other contemplated projects, one cordially invited. Ad mission 15c.
The Gresham U«»ncerl Rand played on Rev M J. Hampton, who a few years
hut that he was
nut
pre|»art*d to
tbe street previous to the Commercial ago lived a short time in Gresham..
make any statement as yet relative to
Lecture at Cedar Church.
Club meeting <m Tuesday evening ami
For<l Metzger la greatly improving the he nature of th«» projects, but on
elicited niiirh praise ami commendatimi
A treat is in store for the people of
When it «■ •me« to tx»«»sting, or advene apprarnce of his pr«>|»erty by building Saturday, April 3 he would come out Melrose and vicinity Saturday night,
ing auy worthy cause the barn! is right a cement sidewalk ami ornamental again and lay his plans l»eforcthr public March 27th.
Rev. M. B Parounagian
He
fence. His example should be follow»’«I aud immediatlv commencs work.
sp«>ke of th<* «ondrrlal |>rmlo<-tivrnpi>, writ] deliver at the Cedar church his en­
by others.
tertaining lecture on “Turkey and
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Mins l*al<rlle Metzger entertain«*«! « of th« country, oi it« rem>urec« «n<l po»* Mohammedanism," He will dress in
number of her young friends on Thum »1 bi lit u*« «« they »[’|H-«l.-tl to him and costume of a Mohammedan priest. Miss
day evening m honor of her thirteenth r * i <I that if the proper courae wa« fol- Judy will recite. Adults 25c, children
birthday.
Ihe evening was pleasantly lowe.1 Greaham would la* a city of the 10c. Benefit Cedar church.
was plea**antlv spent with interesting type of X'ancouver a nd < iregon City in-
game« and mucic.
\t NJu, a delicious •tea.I of a •mall country village in a few
year, lienee.
lunch was served to her guests.
Davenport s Story.
I’recident Shattuck addreaaed the
The first of a series to la» given
A quiet wedding took place iu the M audience in a few well clioaen word»,
'Human Life’ for February if out
under the auspices of the
E. |mra««ngv at Sunnyside, Sunday, eapreavmg hl, appreciation of the honor with another installment <»f
Homer
March 21. when Alla»it Dumond ami conferred upon him and urging the 1 »avenport's story of his early
(«RI SII (M CONCERT BAND
, life in
Mabel
Adams
of
l^ents
were
united
in
great need of aider publicity.
He in­ Oregon. Every
U
IN —
Oregonian should read
marriage by Rev. Uster.
terred that through publicity, flood it. Bee
'*
our Combination Offer on an-
Pre|*arations are already under way River waa noted lor ita anplea, Tbe other page.
for the big automobile races to l>e run I'alien for ita chernea, and Greaham.
over east Multnomah roads in June.
Who baa had »can elt am pnblieily. ha,
(lover Seed at 12’e Cent«.
At How­
Myrtle (¡«mid has been on the sick become known aiming t'oaat |>otato itt A Co«. Caah Store.
I^rgi* quantity
buyer, aa "the home of tlw* i 'regou Bur­ on hand and going last.
list this week.
Tbe t>eet on
What earth.
Mrs. C. W. Donne is slightly improv­ ltank, tbe King of ptdatoe«."
then could we do with a little publicity?
ed hut full very ill.
If indeed our product» of the toil
Talk ami boost for (¡resham. “Boost- ', are of ,uch tine quality, and they
Don’t forget to go to the (¡rand open­
ing Gresham build«* your business."
•urely are. why not proclaim it through­ ing at the (¡range Hall Store at Lente,
tiie land and reap the benetita?
Miss (¡oode and Miss Pierce have re- out
<
Tuesday, March :M>.
IK KI IS. Gl MH MIN. 75c
turn«’’I to school after a short illness
A atrong aentiment prevailed* at t he
I AIRES, I KI I
The walk Irading to the <lep«»t is sad­ meeting lavoring a wide and eztended
Katzkv Bn»«., proprietors of the new
ly in nevi of repair.
1’erhai* its like publicity campaign to lw carried on tlna •tore in the (¡range Hall at Lenta, will
aummer throughout »he eaat to induce conduct a real department More. The
a {airtion of the hundred, of homeaeek- ¡argent suburlmn store in the county.
era now fl a king into Oregon, to nettle
in thia vicinity. I a > w colonial rate, now
It it often Raid of the man who fails
prevail and coloniata can come direct to
Gn-aliani. or any other part of Oregon, to get along that “be has not a lazy
for »26.
bone in his body.” The chances are
Another meeting will tie held Satur­
IlMudlrs F vrrythhig lUHshxl for thr kitchen am! table—That’s us!
We
that he has a lazy brain. Many phy­
day
evening,
at
which
time
the
have «»•l«’ctr«l our stock with cart«, selected only th«» fr««shesl ami best,
varioua committee, will be ap|iointed. sically ambitious men who work from
ami sell them right. Honest measure ami g<MHi giMxls is our motto,
a conciliation and by-lana adopt<«l and daylight to «lard allow a lazy brain to
that's why t»eople come to its for (¡r«M’t»rieit w hen they want th»» liest.
plana made for the big meeting on Sat.. impose on a willing body. The brain
Lull lines of Flour, Cereals, Sugars, Spices, Flavoring Extracts, Canned
April 3, al which time Mr. Shaffer and
Fruits. Canned Meats, 'L as, C«»ffe<’«, Confectionery, Etc., Etc.
Try us.
should do at least one-half of the work
hia partv wliicli will number 12 or 14,
For the garden, flehl or flower l>e<l, in bulk or package.
and probably Tom Kichardaon or F. on the farm, and unless it does its
“The kind that grown." (hir neetlft are grown from the
Chapman, laith renowned
publicity share, no matter how much effort the
choicest stock ami put up by men who knowr their busi­
men. will be the gueata af the Club. body makes to fill the gap, success can­
ness. If you want earlv vegetables ami lots of ’«»in you must have good
Thia will lie a lug event and everyone,
not come.
Success comes through
see«ls. Get your see«ls of us.
rightly directed effort. Brains, alone,
j Madiaon bridge, "out of commiaeion''
can direct.
It certainly ia a little ahakv.
We »re going to have a big clean-up
| some day—ao they «ay.
Main Street, Gresham
Dr. J. P. Powell, our friend and pio­
neer, w«« a welcome caller Monday.
Mr« R. Calkin, and her »on l.ewi,
are both quite sick, lining confined to
a
their home.
•
a
a
Henry Culver and family have taken
a
lip their reaidenee in the Bile» place on a
a
the Baae Line. They are recently from a
a
North Dakota.
a
Will deposit his money in this bank.
FOR
YOUNG
AND
OLD
a
Mr« L. Spencer ia ill with la gripim
thin week.
a
Why dcpoalt money In thia Bank?
a
Large
Variety
of
Artistic
The
laidie«
Aid
of
the
Methodiat
Ih-cnnn« it ia equipped with every facility for the protection of fund, entruated
church met in the church Weilneaday
and Tasty Designs to se­ a a
to ita care.
with «ixteen preaent. They are tieing
lect from. Expert Trim­ a
Ilceaauae it ia managed liy a Board of Directora compoaed of men who have ; comfort«, making quilt«, etc., and will,
mers in Charge.
a
la-en »ucceaafiil in their own bnaineaa affair, and are known for their integrity and meet in the lecture room next Wednea-
ability, and know the detail, of the buaineaa of the trnnk and know what ia licing j dpv afternoon.
a
don» each day—aometbiiig lieaidea an otlice-holder.
Our prices defy competition a
Enaign Oinann of the Salvation Army a
Hecauae thia hank accept, email account« miliject to check, and ita officer, ex will aia-ak at the praver meeting next
for we sell the cheapest a a
a
tend every courtnay and attention to all depoaitora without regard to the «ire of Thursday
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•
• • at the Methodist
•
•
night
church.
in
the county.
a
a
their account».
All are invited.
a
a
Becan,« «Miner or later yon will want an accommodation from tlie Rank and
Walley Wadkins of Forest (¡rove, a
a
SEE FOR YOURSELF
you will not then I m * a ntrangm to its oilicurs an you most likely would be in a visited with hm cousin, Mrs. S T Crow,
a
large bank.
thia week.
a
Because this Bank pays interest at the rate of 4 per rent per annum on time
The ReN'kah* held a big meeting on
a
<lr|N»flits and accepts small amounts at th«* convenience of the de|»oflitor.
Wednesday evening and initiated five
a
new memlters. After the ceremonies a
a
You are cordially invited to open an account with us.
bounteous feast was spread.
a
Harry Ball of Portland s|»ent Wednes­
a
day al the Hotel.
Norman Lauder, chef at the Gresham
Hotel, leaves for Astoria soon.
GRESHAM, O4?E2.
METZGERS HALL
SAT. EVE. APRIL 3
A MODERN GROCERY
i: SEEDS
F. B. STUART & CO
W CITIZEN
FOR SALE—First-class cedar posts;
4 and fl in. J. Sprague, Troutdale.
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OPENING
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ENTERTAINMENT
—<»F THE—
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GRANGE HALL, LENTS
: SATURDAY. APRIL 3
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fi to 7:30 P. M., Dinner, 25c.
7:3u to s :k>. Literary and Musical
Entertainment, 15c.
9 P. M.. GRAND BALL
Tickets, 5Ge
Good Muffle*
Good Management
EVERYBODY
COME
B all C ommittee
(reo. Spring
Frvd (»eisler
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Agriculture to be permanent and pro­
fitable mint include in its development
beautiful home, with pleasant lurround-
ing» There must be landacaper plead­
ing to look upon, homestead, where the
house, barn and out-buildings and all
of their environment« harmonize and
tend to cultieate a love for country life.
Horticulture i.i its complete meaning
will greatly aid in bringing about tbe
country beautiful.—Kansas Farmer.
Who pays the expense of the credit dealer’8 bookkeeping? Let’s
see: An average bookkeeper gets $100 a month.
ge and
stationery amounts to about $25. cost of books, etc.
a total
of about $140. Now add to this the interest on the money
and compensation for uncollected bills and you have quite a
large amount. Who pays for this? Does the merchant take it
out of his earnings? No, his credit buyers must pay it. He
must take this means to “break even.” Why subject yourself
to this tyranny? We “buy and sell for cash” and eliminate all
these expenses and give you the benefit of it by making prices
lower than anywhere in the county.
Farmers Beware of Cheap Glover Seed
That is Hosting on the market in this vicinity. Compare the quality of our
seed with others and you will readily see the difference.
P« k > t seed means
poor crops. Can you afford a poor crop? We will send samples of our seed
anywhere on request. A No. 1 Seed. 12k»c; No. 2, ll^c.
Princess Elour $1.35
Groceries
This Flour is not made by a Trust
Fruit Sugar. 17 llw. for............... »1.00 1 which enables us to sell it at this low
Princess flour is the highest
1 price.
Beet Sugar, 18 llw. for................. 1.00
: grade made, it's the perfection of
15c
2 Can» of Beat Bean«
...........
flours. Ollier good brands as low as
$1.15
2 Cana of Tornato»».....................
15c
S Bara of Star Soap.....................
PRICES ON FEED
25c
35c ■ Shorts, , per ton............................... »29.u0
. 1.15
per sack.........
15c
. 27.50
Bran, per ton..............
per sack..........
85
20c
. 51.00
Barley, per ton .........
1.10
per sack.........
STYLISH SPRING
Gresham
The (iretham Library Aaeociation
gave a mcial l««t Friday night at th»
reading room at which about fifty peo­
ple were preaent.
Tbe arrangement«
were in charge of a committee of direc­
tor, and a very tine luncheon waa pro­
vided. The librarian, Mie« C'uly, did
the receiving and with the aeeietance of
a committee of young ladle«, nut that
everyone war generously provided for
and made mo»t welcome.
Thia i, an annual event and while it
i, entirely free, that both the event and
tbe library are appreciated war nhown
by the fact that enough money wai* vol­
untarily given to cover the eipenaes of
iHTaaion Tbe turn of 12.25 waa fooml
in tbe cup«.
There are now about 450 volume« in
the reading room and many current
magazine, and pwper«
New book, are
brought out every week by the librarian
who viaita tbe library in Portland every
’ Tburwlay.
Special re<|ue»t« may be
made at any time and the citizen, of
,< ireaham and vicinity practically have
the Portland library to draw from,
i Farmer» can get book, on any line of
agriculture.
The reading room i, open every after­
noon and evening ezeept Sunday, from
2 to 5 and * to 9. Help i, given anyone
wbo deairea to «tody any rpecial subject.
EVER STOP TO THINK
Fine Cider Vinegar, per gal.......
Howitt Bldq
I
J. W. Shattuck passed bin seventy­
fifth birthday anniversary surrounde«l
by a number of friendfl and relative*,
w ho came to gladden the event and dine
with him. Tho*e visitors present were
Mr. and Mm. W. J 8<ilv and daughter,
Mm. Guv Newall. Mm. Hugh mount and
Mm. (¡anong of Oregon City, Mr. and
Mm. Lewis Shattuck and Mr. and Mm.
Ed Sleret.
2 lb» High-grade Blend Coffee
Mesdames Boone
and Metzger
FIRST STATE BANK
J. W. Shattuck, who recently pasacU
his 75th birthday.
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MILLINERY
No. 13.
Beat grade of Coal Oil. per gal
Nails
Big Supply on Hand. Bulkier* here’s
your chaiitv. Prieto, Keg. $2.50 to
$3.50.
Full line of builder’s supplies
coining—to arrive soon.
Don't buy
till you get our prices.
Special on Oranges
and other Tropical Fruits this week.
Higli-graik- ('range« from 15c a deren
and up.
Freshest and lh-st Always.
WE ARE PAYING THE FOLLOWING PRICES
FOR FARM PRODUCE THIS WEEK
65 and 70c
21c
10 and 10 l-2c
9 1-2 and 10c
- 4 and 4 l-2c
5 and 5 l-2c
-
8c
15 and 16c
Butter, per roll,
Eggs, per dozen,
Veal, per lb., -
Hogs, per lb.,
Beef, per lb.,
Mutton, per lb.,
Hides, per lb.,
Chickens, per lb.,
HOWITT & CO’S. CASH STORE
“THE MOST IN QUALITY AND QUANTITY ’
Powell Street,
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Gresham. Ore