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About Gresham outlook. (Gresham, Multnomah County, Or.) 1911-1991 | View Entire Issue (May 19, 1911)
Metzger Bros. W ish to an n o u n c e that they have pu rch ased the store form erly ow ned and operated by D. W . M etzger, a n d respectfully solicit th e continued patronage of form er custom ers. W e invite others to call a n d inspect our stock w hich is com plete, fresh a n d unexcelled in quality, A new delivery System has ceen installed w hich is at your service. A Trial will C o n v in c e Pow ell Street, G resham , O regon First P hon e 3 11 C S to re W e s t per 5 cen t DISCOUNT per cen t of Feed Mil ON OUR H Z 5 o a CO Q o o X Washers o G Z h J Carlson s I Every ? ¿ " rMoy„ .h C cen per t Wild Rose Violet Rose Spring Violets E xclusive—N ever in I ow n Before—A ll N ew Stock R egular Price 10c 3 for 2 5 c Wostell & Co. cX X n For Sale W ork T eam P e r D riving H orse A ge seven years. W eight 1,050 lbs Perfectly g e n tle for w o m en to drive. P rice $115. Farm or D riving H orse W eight 1,250 lbs. Price $190. B lack M are \ \ oik single oi double. A ge eight years. Price $200 VI eight 1,250 lbs. HOWITT’S MARKET I iid LIveMock FxchaiiKe. Livestock Exchange handled on Coin m ission. G resham , Oregon BANK OF GRESHAM CAPITAL $15,000 Emil G. K ardell. C ashier J no. Sleret, V ice Pres. J. I Ikington, I ’res. G e n e r a l B a n k in g B u s in e s s I Aians N egotiated Mt. are * w aiting for id en tification Frank Olbrlck has purchased of V . H. Cooley, through the agency o* the F irst S tate Bank, tw enty acres of land on the banks of the bandy river, about six m iles east of Gresham. Frank expects to cut up and m ake som e beautiful buildiing sites for P ortland people. WHAT? W h y , th e G oods, th e Price, th e Q u a l ity, th e S ervice. Anchor Store M ain Street, G resham Groceries and Dry Goods L e t u s h a n d le y o u r b u tte r a n d C a s h or T r a d e . A djoining Sterlin g & Johnston, H ardware and eggs. Paints. Long, Easy Terms O n O n e -, T w o - a n d T h r e e -A c r e T r a c ts a t PRESTON STATION All u n d e r cultivation, southw est slope, best of soil, road in fro n t of every tract, best street leading into G resham , six new dw ellings u n d e r construction on this street at p resen t time. O n e y e a r from now you will be sorry if you d o n ’t have o n e of these tracts. See us Today and Contract for a Home F IR S T S T A T E BA N K , G RESH A M , ORE. KHGHTON’S BARBER SHOP P o w e ll S tre e t, G re s h a m K arr & H am ilton Suits C leaned, P ressed an d R epaired P ractical B uilders N o P res sin g o n S a tu rd a y <». W. I*. TIME TABLE. Estim ates furnished and full sets of draw ings in b lu e print m ade on re quest. Lv. Portland 6:50 a. ni. for Cazadero. 7:45 — for Gresham. 8 :4 5 — for Cazadero. G resh am , O regon 9:45 — for Gresham. 10:45 — for Cazadero. 11:45 — for Gresham. 12:45 p. in for Cazadero. 1:45 — for Gresham. 2:27 — Express. 2:45 — for Cazadero. Mrs. Ivah Patty of Stockton, Cal R o o m in g H o u s e a n d 3:45 — for Gresham. iforn ia, who has been v isitin g with 4 :4 5 — for Cazadero. C a fe Mrs. Manning the past w eek, return-! 6 :4 5 — for Gresham. ed to her hom e yesterday. 6:45 — for Cazadero. Invites cu stom ers and assures good 11:33 — for Gresham. treatment. C. 8. Sm ith has received notice to ! F ive or six years ago, a young Cars fiom Portland arrive at vacate the house back of th e new man livin g in New York state, about GreSham one hour later. the city of New garage building. It Is presum ed 31)0 m iles from Pow ell St. G resham , Ore. that it w ill be occupied by som e of York, married and began life at the Lv. Gresham for Portland. bottom , practically. He bought 20 12:25 a nt. front Gresham. th e garage people. 5 :4 0 — from Gresham. acres of about us poor land as could 6 .3 0 — from Boring. The Gresham Feed m ill is a sort he found out of doors. 7:37 — from Cazadero. of farm ers’ headquarters th ese T his young man and his w ife be 7 :5 0 — Express. rainy days w hile the farm ers are lay-' 8 :4 5 — frdm Gresham. gan to raise chicken* on a market P h o n e 52X P h o n e 434 lug in su p p lies for busier days to 9 :3 9 — from Cazadero. basis. The eggs were sold first in 1 0 :4 5 — front Gresham. the home m arket and later in New 11:39 — front Cazadero. P eople seem to be tak in g consid York G radually the flock w as im 12:45 p. nt. from Gresham. erable Interest in C arlson's unique proved until at last pure bred W hite 1:39 — Cazadero. C ontractors and Builders 2 :4 5 — front Gresham. way of advertising. Leghorns alone were kept. 3 :3 9 — from Cazadero. Every egg sent from th e farm Mrs L elghty, from E ast P ortland, Cabinet work, f lou sem ovin g and re 4 :4 5 — from Gresham. guaranteed. Presently New pairing. 6:39 — from Cazadero. an old friend of W. E. W ood's fam was 7:15 — from Boring. ily in O klahom a, is visitin g at the York consum ers discovered the good Plans and Estim ates Furnished on A p 9 :4 5 — front Cazadero. quality of them and wanted them plication. hom e of the latter in Gresham. On Sundays all cars run to Caza enough to pay an extra price for A. B. Conrad m ade a trip to the dero. In place of the 7 :1 5 p. nt G R E SH A M . O R E G O N them . car, th ere are tw o, one at 6 :4 5 valley th e last of the w eek, return As profits Increased, im prove and one at 8:45. ing T uesday. He says crops are m ents were added to the farm. The looking exceed ingly fine. poultry dropping* were put on the Mr and Mrs Ed. M etzger are re land and Its quality improved, To joicin g over the birth of a daughter, day a fin e house and stable nini which even t occurred Thursday fin e poultry hou ses, with w ater piped Into every one of them orna m orning Mr and Mrs. M. Carman and ment that place and the corn and grand d au gh ter. Helen Colley went berries grown on the land show that to E agle Creek Tuesday to spend a It is very fertile. The land is worth week at th e home of Mr and Mrs ten tim es as much as tt was when the ow ner first bought it, from a J. T. R ow cllffe. a Work is being rushed on the productive point of view The build D ow sett-P ateneaude building. The ings on it represent an outlay of sm all army o f men worked all day more than $1500 and all th is has ' Sunday and som e even in gs until been m ade in the poultry business dark The reason is said to tie that alone. The last few years the prof than the street, now occupied for con its have been much greater crete operations, must be cleared for form erly, for the public w ants the Close to Mt. H ood Electric line, cleared a n d in crop. R oad i he pipe line. T hus one big work kiud of hens that are kept on this farm and a large number are sold is crow ding upon another graded to each tract. for brceiling purposes. But the Miss Helen New of Portland w ill fancy part of the business cam e of give an illu strated health talk for Itself, as tt w ill come to any poul- w om en at the Gresham M E trym an who keeps good stock Here church on T uesday. May 23 at 2 30 is a business that was built up with p m Miss New com es here under a w orking apltul of less than $500 th e auspices of the Ladles' Aid so to start with. ciety. All lad ies are invited to a t tend A dm ission free The Ladles' A station agent on the Erie Aid society w ill get 10 cen ts for railway began keeping chh kens be every lady w ho atten d s cause he wanted som eth in g to do to Agent Johnsou of the O W P fill In hts Idle tim e. He selected depot at Gresham reports a great Brown L eghorns as his breed and Increase In freight receipt* over last has stuck to them . His position year. Eight car loads of building m ade a livin g for him but nothing m aterial being set out here tn one more Hts hens have paid for as day th is week nice a little farm a* atty one could Mr* M anning's brother. J. M wish to own and he is no longer tn Sherw ood, w ho cam e front the hos any way dependent on w orking for pital In Portland recently. Is Im som e one else to furnish him with proving and »III soon be able to be bread and butter, with an occasion al piece of pie out. The Imperial H. L Foster, Prop. S u n d ay & H ill Span of bays, l ive an d six years old. W eight 2,800 lbs. fectly true an d well m atched. Price $525. Seven y ears old. ¡Tore he has to move h is m achine ad m aterials. You’ll Find it With Us 1 MORE SUCCESS WITH POULTRY O n e W eek O n ly Color grey. : “ ~~ c Q & , principal or the Gresham schools, ...... . . . . . , « , died W ednesday at her home in Kal- , L em. I he teach ers of the Gresham schools have sen t flow ers to the funeral, which w ill probably be held today. Mrs. Baker was well known here and Mr. Baker w ill have the sincere sym pathy of the people of Gresham. We understand that he w ill be located at Lebanon next year. The d ate of the senior play has been fixed for next Friday evening in the A ssem bly hall of the high school. G raduating exercises w ill be held June 2nd. Baccalaureate serm on w ill be de livered by Rev. J. W. McDougal of, Portland In the M E. church on Sunday, May 28. A program for m em orial day is kej„g prepared by th e pupils of the Pacific U niversity offers one free scholarship good for one y e a r s tu . _a a V. — a I » n S I ♦ • • ♦ ( c m «» rv h n t l / i r ' Gon at that in stitu tion ♦ to zw an honor I en tire school, T his w ill be given pupil in each high school in the on Monday at 2 :3 0 p. m in the N orthw est. 1 ! Assembly room. The public is in- Mrs. C. M. O liphant has been e n -lv ite d to attend, terta ib in g friends th is w eek, Mrs 1 The seniors finish their class Hallman and son, from Cosm opolis, work and exam in ation s next week, W ashington. They were on th eir There are fourteen In th is class. way to Iowa. F ra g ra n t a s the Breath of S pring C olor blac k. ; ; Three of the bodies of th e Toilet Soaps S pecial, 9 c i th e D ow sett-P ateneaude building ,ls m orning with a large force o en. The work will be rushed for „ 4 ie next few days as the street oc- . ipied by th© cem ent m achine must . . > a« ? vacated for the pipe line and Mr .. n w n o r lu n n v t o i l H I o f i n i s h I h i* w a l l s 1 ood railw ay d isaster at Sandy were L rought yesterday afternoon to Carl 8 in's undertaking rooms where they per 5 cen t DISCOUNT Messrs F M Skeen and J. L F reeland, real esta te men o f P ort land, were in tow n today looking over con d ition s here, esp ecially in The Mt. Hood railway is rapidly g ettin g Into shape for business and th eir lin e and are much im pressed and already several carloads of with th e bright ou tlook . Mrs. Schuyler Jon es gave a sur wood have been shipped to Port prise party in honor of Grandma land. The wood Is from near Jones' 82nd birthday on May 18th Lusteds. The follow in g gu ests were present: E rnest Lym an, who cam e here re Mrs. Mary C leveland, Mrs. Brand, cen tly a about a week ago from Mrs. Bond, Mrs. Sunday, Grandma Nam pa, Idaho, to visit his brother, W right, Grandma Jones, Mrs. Raney, Lawrence Lym an, has gone to work Mrs. L eslie, Mrs. Sleret, Mrs. 8. C. for the Mt. Heud company. Jones, Mrs K ane and Miss Echo Miss D orothy B riggs, niece of Jones. The tendency o f Gresham mer Mrs. J. H. S terlin g, well know n to the young people of th is locality, ch an ts to m ake attractive window is very com m endable was married recently to Chas. K. d isp lays D annells. They are m aking their A m ong the new displays th is week we note that o f W ostell & Co., and home in Portland. Johnston & S terlin g, which are very At the M ethodist church Sunday appropriate for the season. m orning the pastor, Rev. J. F. Dun O. T. Prout of Joseph, Oregon, lop w ill preach at 11 on "The was a caller on Mrs. Roy W inters, C hristian's P rid e.” The choir will h is niece. He is down with a oar- sing an anthem en titled , "Give un load of hogs for Portland market. til the Lord.” Sunday school at p an R oss of F airview was In 9 4 5 a. m- In the even in g the pas- tow n today visitin g bis brother, D. subject w ill be, "Living C Ross. H e has bought property E p istles.’* There will be a solo by up in the m ountains Mrs E ikington. Epworth League N. L. Sm ith, assisted by E. P. 1 votloual m eeting at 7 p. m. Sm ith, Is building a w alk along his Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Brand and property on Main street. Í ughter H elen, of Portland, were J. H. H oss is doing th e work on t and spent Saturday and Sunday Kenney street fillin g the low place th their relatives, C. W. Albert- by h is barn and grading down the hill by C. E. Rusher's. A sidew alk C ontractor Regnor resum ed work w ill be built along th is street. G RESHAM l ire Insurance W ritten I n t e r e s t P a i d o n T i m e r » e p o a it s lUmlmrb sh erb et. . Canada w ill probably have a gen- Wnsh eight or 10 sta lk s of rhu oral electio n , It Is said, if the pres- h.uli ¡uni w ithout sk in n in g cut In eut opposition of the conservatives sm all pieces Place In saucepan ami to the reciprocity m easures con- cook slow ly until very soft; add tw o 'U n ties i tips of sugar and the grated rind | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ol one lemon Stir u n til su gar ts i . „ _ . I lie o ilier day New \o r k talked dissolved; rem ote from fire ami -train When cold freete The stiff by Phone direct to Denver, about ly beaten w hites of tw o eg g s may 2000 m iles T his w as the first tim e Spokane: In the history of man that the hu- he added If desired. 1 man totee was heard that distance Chronicle It P a y s to A d v e rtis e w h e n y o u h a v e s o m e th in g w o rth a d v e rtisin g . Pleasant Home Gardens A r e w o rth e v e ry m a n s c o n s id e ra tio n 5- and 10-Acre Tracts On term s you can surely m eet SEE US ON OUR NEW PLAN OF SELLING NO ONE TOO POOR TO BUY