M etzger Bros.
We Have Resolved
to c o n tin u e d u rin g th e com ing
j e a r o u r policy o f sellin g
th e
best g ro c e rie s a t th e fa ire st
prices. We a re not tu rn in g g ov..-
any new leaf. We a re s
d e te rm in e d to keep on as w e a l-
w avs have.
If you a re n o t
u sin g o u r g ro ceries It is be
c a u se you h a v e n 't fried th em .
’>O n sh o u ld m ak e the trial at
t i.cc .
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GRESH AM
L ocal m e rc h a n ts re p o rt C h ristm a s
tr a d e r a th e r lig h te r th a n u su al.
How to Read a Bank Statement
I t h as been said th a t th e B ank
Mr. S tlllio n an d
fam ily
sp en t
•Mrs. E d n a S ta n le y an d ch ild re n
S ta te m e n t p u b lish ed re g u la rly is its i
C h ristm a s In P o rtla n d w ith frie n d s
s p e n t .Monday in P o rtla n d .
G eorge K enney and
w ife spent best a d v e rtise m e n t, yet it is safe to 1
O. Z eek h as
re tu rn e d
from a X m as in P o rtla n d .
say th a t e ig h t te n th s of th e people
I w eek 's tr ip up th e valley.
C a tl W irtz w as hom e fo r C h ris t w ho re a d do not u n d e rs ta n d b ank
T ain M eade o f P o rtla n d
sp en t mas.
sta te m e n ts. All S ta te B an k s in O r
! C h ris n a a a w ith h is fam ily h ere.
Mrs. L ouise D allas of D am ascus is egon a re re q u ire d by law to p u b lish
S usan A. .G eary o f Hood R iver, «¡pending th e w in te r In Los A ngeles. s ta te m e n ts and a t th e sam e tim e,
s p e n t C h ris tm a s w ith M r .and Mrs
Mr. an d Mrs. O. I.
N eal, Miss 1 as a re re q u ire d of N a tio n al B an k s
C S. S m ith
G ladys N eal an d
O ren
M illeson !
■ a n d a re su b je c t to sam e ex a m in a -
F ra n k S p ah n sp e n t C h ris tm a s a t sp e n t C h ris tm a s a t L ents.
I tion.
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th e hom e of Mr. an d Mrs. E. L.
H ansford T h o rp e of I^ester, W ash- i A b ank s ta te m e n t, w h e th e r good
T h o rp e.
’n g to n , is sp e n d in g his h o lid ay s, vis- i o r bad, w ill alw ay s show , as sh o u ld
all o th e r business h o u ses, o r c o rp o r
J a c k an d E ffie S tan ley a re sp e n d Itin g h is p a re n ts.
Miss E. B. W ilk ie, a te a c h e r a t
C o tta g e
G rove,
sp e n t
C h ristm a s
A sh o o tin g m atch w ill o ccu r on d ay w ith re la tiv e s here.
Roy W ood s p e n t X m as w ith his
th e fa ir g ro u n d s next S a tu rd a y in
b ro th e r G uy C. W ood and fam ily a t
c l.a rg e of D avidson B ro th ers.
D avid C a th e y ’s new b a rn is now M ontavilla.
atio n s, its to ta l a s s e ts e q u a l to its
to ta l lia b ilities. T h e v ita l q u e stio n
th e n — W h a t a re th e
a ss e ts
com
posed of?
O ne a t all fa m ilia r w ith v alu es w ill
be a b le to u n d e rs ta n d
th e u su a l
Item of ’’R eal E s ta te and B u ild in g "
Miss
B
ird
in
e
M
errill
Is
q
u
ite
sick
ab o u t co m p leted . It is a fine m od
<»ur D elivery W agon Is at your service; our phone Is No. titil ; our
a t h e r hom e h e re w here sh e cam e and w ill read ily d e te rm in e w h e th e r
e rn b arn .
location, I ’ o h c II Street, n ex t to F eed Mill.
o r not th e v alues placed
o p p o site
Miss L a u ra B u lk eley sp en t C h ris t to spend h e r C h ris tm a s vacation.
th is Item a re c o n se rv a tiv e
values.
L.
C.
V
an
Z
a
n
te
of
A
u
ro
ra,
O
re
m as day w ith h e r p a re n ts, Mr. and
A m ounts show n u n d e r th is item a re
gon. is th e g u e st o f Dr. an d Mrs. S.
Mrs. H. L. B ulk eley in P o rtla n d .
g e n e ra lly good a ss e ts.
E x pensive
J a c k F a rle y , m o to rm a n , fo rm erly t. Crow .
" F u r n itu r e and F ix tu r e s ” a re
a t
Mr. a n d Mrs. J o h n M iller of P o rt tra c tiv e but g e n e ra lly a poor asse t
I of G resh am , w as a v isito r a t M rs
land sp e n t C h ristm a s w ith Mrs. Mil o u tsid e of th e b a n k in g room Itself.
M e rrill’s S u n d ay .
Mr an d Mrs. C a rro ll S .S m ith en- le r ’s m o th e r, Mrs. J a n e Culy.
“ L o an s and D isco u n ts”, th e all im
Are still at rock bottom prices
Mr. an d Mrs. C. W. A lb ertso n en p o rta n t a s s e t in b an k in g , th e
. te rta in e d Mrs S m ith ’s p a re n ts, Mr.
one
' an d Mrs. H. L. G oodrich, on C h rlst- te rta in e d Mr. and Mrs. W . S. B rande upon w hich th e b a n k
m u st
and d a u g h te r H elen on C h ristin a s hence its im p o rta n c e . V n d er
n a s day.
item is show n to ta l o f lo an s
Mr. an d Mrs. E a rl T ow nsend of day.
F re d C onley a n d w ife and little I to v a rio u s p erso n s an d firm s,
P o rtla n d sp e n t C h ris tm a s day w ith
Mrs. T o w n sen d ’s p a re n ts, Mr. and d a u g h te r M arg aret w ere g u e sts of J ‘>>y in th e co m m u n ity In w hich th e
Mr. and Mrs. J o h n C onley S u n d ay a a b ank is lo cated a n d If law fu lly and
Mrs. C. W D oane. .
y
p ro p erly m ad e a re a b en efit to e v
C. W. A lb ertso n h as been e n te r e ste rd a y .
Roy an d A rth u r S ta ffo rd of P o rt ery p erso n In th e co m m u n ity w h e th
ta in in g his f a th e r an d m o th e r d u r
ing th e p ast week H is m o th e r cam e land, Mr. and Mrs. Cooley an d Ed e r th ey a re a p a tro n o f th e b an k o r
K en t w ere g u e sts of Mr. an d Mrs. M n o t, hence ev ery fam ily sh o u ld have
from P a rm a , Id ah o , la s t S unday.
a b a n k acco u n t. In a w ell m a n
L.
K e n t on C h ristm a s day.
T h e sp ecial school m eetin g , fo r
aged b an k ev ery d o lla r d ep o sited
Mrs.
C
has.
M
errill
of
B
end
sp
en
t
D istric t No. 4, w ill be held to m o r
in th e b a n k is w o rk in g fo r th e ben e
row , W ednesday a t 2 p .m ., a t th e S a tu rd a y ond S unday w ith Mrs. C
fit of th e co m m u n ity from th e tiin,e
M
errill.
She
also
visited
h
er
s
is
te
r
school house. A sm all tax is to be
it
leaves th e h and of th e d e p o isto r
Mrs. Jo y of P o rtla n d .
voted on fo r school m a in te n a n c e
u n til it is re tu rn e d to him .
Mr».. E. S. S m ith s ta rte d last even
Mrs. McColl, p o stm istre ss,
says
U n d er “ S to ck s a n d
B onds" a re
th e C h ristm a s m ail h as been u n u s u ing fo r G ra n ts P a ss w here Mr. S m ith re p o rte d a m o u n t of sto c k s and bonds
ally heavy th is seaso n , th e
ru ra l has a p o sitio n w ith th e G ra n ts P ass held by b a n k and m ay re p re s e n t an
m ail c a rr ie rs esp ecially hav e been O bserver.
in v estm en t e n tire ly fo reig n to an d of
o v erlo ad ed w ith p ack ag es fo r th e
T he G resham su b -sta tio n of th e little b e n e fit to th e co m m u n ity
in
p a st few days.
P. R. L. & P. Co., w ill in a u g u ra te w hich th e b an k is lo cated . Of co u rse
e ig h t-h o u r th e re a re "E x p e n s e s ” in
E m m et K elley 's new h o u se
In th e new y e a r w ith an
c o n d u c t
Hay M etzger will apply fo r ing a b an k b u t th e incom e sh o u ld be
Z en ith a d d itio n is n e a rin g com p letio n sh ift.
and Mr. K elly w ill m ove In soon. th e new position.
g re a te r th a n th e o u tla y an d th e d if
II. M. M iller has been w o rk in g on
K e n n e th R o b erts cam e hom e from feren ce is th e n re p o rte d u n d e r L ia
th e c a rp e n te r w o rk fo r a b o u t th r e e Higgs to spend C h ristm a s w ith th e b ilities an d "U n d iv id ed P ro f its ” and
m o n th s. C. A. H ill h as also been th e hom e folks. H e w ill re tu rn to is la te r used in e x te n d in g th e b u si
en g ag ed on th is h o u se fo r
som e e a s te rn O regon, w h ere
he is e n ness of th e b an k o r p aid to sto c k
a n te . It w ill be a fin e m o d ern b u n gaged in su rv ey in g w ork.
h o ld e rs as d iv id en d s.
W h en ev er it
galow
to
show " E x
H enry
G u llick so n w en t h u n tin g becom es necessary
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Miss Mae H o p k in s and Geo. H. ev e r in th e R ockw ood d is tric t Sun- p e n se s” as an a ss e t of th e b an k , th e
H op k in s, J r ., h av e been sp e n d in g a lay an d sh o t a coyote w hich
h ad c a p ita l of th e b an k is im p aired to
few d ay s w ith
th e ir p a re n ts, Rev. been b o th e rin g th e people In th a t th e a m o u n t of ex p en ses show n.
and Mrs. G. F. H op k in s. M iss Hop- vicinity.
" C a s h ” o ne of th e ite m s show n
k in s re tu rn e d to d ay to h e r school a t
n d e r a sse ts, w hen p ro p e rly g u a rd e d
Mrs. C. M errill e n te r ta in e d
on
C oqu ille an d Mr. H o p k in s to h is law X iia s , h e r d a u g h te r and h u sb an d is a good a ss e t and th e law re q u ire s '
s tu d ie s a t S alem .
p er
Mr. an d Mrs. A. J . N ye of P o rtla n d , th a t b a n k s keep a t le a s t 15
Yours very truly,
Mr. Q u ick sall, p rin c ip a l a t O rie n t h er so n , L eslie M errill an d w ife, an d c en t of all d e p o sits in cash e ith e r
W. R. BIDDLE, Prop.
school, w as in tow n S a tu rd a y n ig h t. h er nephew , L e o n a rd D. M errill and in th e b a n k itse lf o r in a p p ro v ed re
se rv e b an k s. N early all well m a n
I He h ad been to th e city in te rv ie w in his f a th e r C. M errill, of P o rtla n d .
aged b a n k s keep 25 p e r cen t to 40
S u p e rin te n d e n t R obinson in re f e r
Geo. F a ris , C has. M cColl, W ilb u r)
ence to th e a th le tic field m eet to T hom pson, Jo h n S h a ttu c k an d Roy p e r c e n t of th e ir d e p o sits in cash
as a n e x tr a p re c a u tio n .
lie held h ere d u rin g th e sp rin g .
J o h n s o n , s tu d e n ts a t E u g en e, and
U n d er lia b ilitie s of th e b an k a re
Mr. an d Mrs. O scar E rick so n of E a rl T hom pson and L o ttie D avis of
re
p
o rte d “ C a p ita l” th e a m o u n t paid
W arren an d Mr. a n d Mrs. O.
R tlie O. A. C. a t C o rv allis, a re spend
Q uick of Q uincy w ere g u e sts of Mr ing th e ir v acatio n w ith hom e fo lk s in by a n d d u e th e sto c k h o ld e rs of
th e bank.
an d Mrs. E. C. L in d sey o v er Sun in th is lo cality .
" S u r p lu s ” an a m o u n t also paid in
«lay an d C h ristm a s. Mr. an d M rs
Many hom e people a n d C h ris tm a s to th e b an k by its sto c k h o ld e rs fo r
E rick so n re tu rn e d to
th e ir
hom e v isito rs en jo y e d th e fin e p ro g ra m s
th e e x ten sio n of its b u sin ess and to
M onday even in g .
d u rin g th e p a st few d ay s a t
th e b e tte r s a fe g u a rd its
c a p ita l,
fo r
Dr. W ill O tt w as th e lu cky fellow S te n o g ra p h th e a te r.
C lau d e S m ith from th is fu n d is paid any losses th e
'Von th e doll a w ard ed by P ark is p u ttin g fo rth h is best e ffo rs t to
bunk m ay su s ta in in ex cess of its
e r 's can d y s to re to th e p erson h o ld p roduce a good e n te r ta in in g show
"U n d iv id ed
P ro f its ”
an d th e re b y
ing a c e rta in n u m b er. T he n u m b e r
p ro te c t th e c a p ita l o f th e b ank from
" a tc h th e O utlook fo r th e new s
w as 37 7.
im p a irm e n t.
A p le a s a n t fam ily re u n io n w as
T he "U n d iv id ed P r o f its ”
show n
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING
held a t th e hom e o f W in. S tan ley
u n d e r L ia b ilitie s a re th e e a rn in g s
w hen fo u r c h ild re n of G ra n d p a L a n
f th e b a n k less all e x p en ses an d a re
TO T H E ST O C K H O LD E R S O F T H E
don w ith th e ir fa m ilies and o th e r
MULTNOMAH & CLACKAM AS CO also su b je c t to any lo sses th e b ank
re la tiv e s and frie n d s w ere p resen t
m ig h t su s ta in .
MUTUAL T E L E P H O N E CO.
T hose p re s e n t w ere, G ra n d p a L a n
“ D ep o sits” of w h a te v e r
n a tu r e ,
N otice is hereby given th a t th e
don, W in. S tan ley an d fam ily. Geo
a n n u a l m e e tin g of th e sto c k h o ld e rs o ften ta k e n by th e u n in s tru c te d as
P u llen an d fam ily . Ed. S p ath and
s ta te m e n t,
of th e M u ltn o m ah
&
C lack am as th e k ey n o te to a b a n k
fam ily , E. I). L an d o n an d fam ily of
Ca. M u tu al T elep h o n e Co., w ill be th in k in g th e m ore d e p o sits th e b et
t o lu tn b la B each, J. C. S tan ley and
held in G resh am on th e 3rd d ay of te r th e c o n d itio n of th e b a n k , a re
fam ily , F M. l.a n tz an d baby, Mr.
m erely d e b ts o f th e b a n k ,
a fact
J
McCord Bldg.
Powell St. Opposite Kerns Lbr. Yd. en d Mrs. D. L. T u rn e r, H arley T u r a n u a r y , 1912, a t 2 o ’clock p. m w hich m any people an d even som e
fo r th e p u rp o se of e le c tin g tw o d i
n er, a s tu d e n t a t F o re s t G rove, Mr.
re c to rs a n d fo r th e tra n s a c tio n of b a n k e rs fo rg e t.
«nd Mrs. C h ild ers an d fam ily and
T h ese d e p o sits m ay
be on de
such o th e r b u sin ess as may p ro p e r
Tom P u llen of Lone Rock. A su m p
m and o r th e y m ay be fo r a sp eci
ly com e b efo re th e m eeting.
tio n s C h ris tm a s d in n e r w as en jo y ed .
fied tim e, if fo r a sp ecified tim e,
A R T H U R DOW SETT,
T h e liest I targ a ill.
Mrs. Inez M iller o f M yrtle C reek
P h o n e y o u r o rd e rs In for B u tte r
hen th e b a n k should c a rry fo r a
S ecretary .
The D ally O reg o n ian n r E v en in g W rap p ers to th e O reah am O u tlook an d son and Mrs. E th e l M. M iller
specified tim e, o th e rw ise th ey
a re
o f H ow ell P ra irie C e n te r a re sp e n d
T eleg ram an d O u tlook
We also P h o n e 701.
T hose m ilk re p o rts a re going fast all d em an d d ep o sits. You w ill re
ing th e h o lid ay s w ith th e ir p a re n ts,
th a t 15
hey a re ju s t th e th in g
fo r th e m em b er th e law re q u ire s
com bine w ith th e Dally am i Seinl-
T h e O u tlo o k w an ts y o u r news. Mr. an d Mrs. I) L. M cLain. Mrs d a iry m a n .
p er cen t of all d ep o sits
m u st be
E
ach
sh
e
e
t
w
ill
do
fo
r
W eekl} J o u r n a l an d W eekly O re ) t u r ads, y o u r su b sc rip tio n ,
y o u r M iller is p rin cip al o f th e C e n tra l lfi cow s o ne m o n th , m o rn in g and held in b an k o r its re s e rv e a g e n ts
g onian
Get o u r prices. P h o n e "til pt int lug
H ow ell school n e a r Salem .
Two e 'e n in g
but
re co rd . V ery
ch e a p
a t In cash, even th o u g h n o th in g
p ic tu re s from th is school ap p eared O utlook office.
ch eck s a re d e p o sited . M ost ban k s
in th e S u n d ay J o u r n a l D ecem ber 24
a rry d ouble th a t a m o u n t fo r b e tte r
O ne w ith th e B oys’ G lee clu b w ith
" h e n a m edicine m u st be given p ro tectio n .
Mrs M iller in th e c e n te r and th e to young c h ild re n It sh o u ld be pleas
W ith a little th o u g h t an d fig u r
O ther th e G irls’ G lee
c lu b
T his a n t *‘i ta k e
C h a m b e rla in 's Cough ing
one
can read ily
d e te rm in e
G lee .lu b w ork in a r u r a l school is
18
fr ‘>iu loaf su g a r, w h e th e r o r n o t a b ank is stro n g in
“SOM ETHING DIÇEERENT AND SOMETHING B ETTER
an in n o v atio n of Mrs M iller’s an d u " n g,? e
a’ flaTo’r M m Bar t o ’n.ap“"
cash reserv e.
ir. m e etin g w ith g re a t fav o r, u n d e r ayrup, m a k in g it p le a s a n t to
ta k e
You a re a sk e d to w atch r e g u la r
li« r e ffic ie n t m an a g e m e n t th e school
,la8 n ° su p e rio r fo r colds, cro u p ly p u b lish ed
s ta te m e n ts
of
th e
n as been raised to a s ta n d a rd school .“ Iul w ho° P in K cough. F o r sale by F IR S T STA TE BANK, G re sh a m . Or.
G resh am D ru g C om pany an d all
by I he co u n ty s u p e rin te n d e n t.
D ealers
O . W. II. « N. TIME TA Itl.E
EASTBOUND
L eave P o rtla n d 7 :5 0 a. m .— A rrive
F airv iew 8 :2 5 a m .; T ro u td a le .
from a bank
We o ffe r you all th r e e
8 :3 0 a. m
SE C R E C Y :
All tra n s a c tio n s b etw een th is b an k an d its p a tro n s
Lv. P o rtla n d 4 00 p m .— Ar. F air-
a re co n sid ered a b so lu te ly co n fid e n tia l.
SA FETY
O u r m an ag e m en t is p ro g ressiv e, b u t co n serv ativ e.
view 4 :3 4 p. m .; T ro u td a le , 4 :3 9
All in v e stm e n ts a re c a re fu lly co n sid ered and passed upon by
Lv. P o rtla n d 8 :0 0 p. m^— Ar T rout
level head ed m en ex p erien ced In b u sin ess an d b a n k in g m eth o d s
d a le 8 :4 5 p. m
S E R V IC E
C o u rtesy an d S ervice a re co u n te d as tw o of o u r
W ESTBO UN D
best assets. T he sm a ll acco u n t receives as m uch a tte n tio n as th e
la rg e
Lv. T ro u td a le 9 :2 8 a. m ; leave
F airview 9 :3 3 a. m .— A r. P o rtla n
A Bauacu FncMklup (be Most Real and Lasia« »1 AO Fimdslups Exists Between Hus
In th e G resh am In v estm en t C o m p an y 's New B u ild in g
1 0 :1 5 a. m.
Bank and Its Depositers
GRESHAM, OREGON
Lv. T ro u td a le 4 :5 5 p m .; leav e F a ir-
view 5 :0 0 p tn.— Ar. Portland
6 :4 5 p m
in g th e week v isitin g
P o rtla n d .
frie n d s
in
H A M , B A C O N and L A R D
Beef, Pork, Mutton,
and Veal.
Best Quality, Lowest Prices
FISH T HURSDAYS and FRIDAYS
Gresham Meat Market
T o O ur P a tro n s
AFTER
HOLIDAY
SUIT AND
OVERC’TSALEl
Starting tomorrow
and lasting until Sat
urday night, we
will place on sale a
special lot of fine
worsted and serge
suits of s p le n d id
hand tailored qual
ity and fashionable!
design. The pat
terns are the mostl
approved offerings
for W inter wear and
the values r a n g e|
from $15 to $20
T H E A D V EN T of the New
Wl™
.
\ ear we sincerely thank you for
favors received and solicit their continu-
You have our best wishes for
A Merry Christmas and A Prosper
ous New Year.
W E LEAD OTHERS FOLLOW
Novelty Shop
ou don t intend to have your
PLUMBING
worked over every year, do you? If
not, have it done Right to begin with.
A. S.
Only a limited I
number to be
sold at this sale
Come in and
pick out one to|
fit and suit
FAIR
DEPENDABLE PLUMBING
$ 1 O’85
$ 1 4-85
1892
Fine Spun Aluminum
W are I hat is \ \ are, Never Burns,
Business Men Want Service, Safety and Secrecy
L ooks Nice and is Nice.
Aylsworthj
Sterling & Johnston
First S ta te B an k
in the brick