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G RESH A M Metzger Bros. G R O C E R IE S D E L IV E R E D AT YOUR DOOR. N ev er lo o m uch tro u b le to <Io a n y th in g th a t add* to th e co n v en ien ce of o u r p a tro n s. O u r first cu re Is th a t best g o ods in th e m ark et a r r iv e at o u r sto re . O ur s e c o n d c a re is th a t o u r p rices a re rig h t, an d e ffic ie n t a n d c a re fu l ,.il> s m e n look a f te r y o u r in te re s ts O u r th ird is, th e goods re a c h y o u r ■ ' -¡deuce p ro m p tly a m i in good c o n d itio n . O ui- D e liv e r y W n g iu i is u t y o u r s e r v i c e ; o u r p h o n e is N o . liti I; lo c a t io n , I’o w e i l S t r e e t , n e x t t o F e i i l M ill. our H A M , B A C O N and L A R D A re still a t rock b ottom prices Month’s Weather Record Beef, Pork, Mutton, and Veal. Best Quality, Lowest Prices F IS H T H U R S D A Y S an d S ixth s tre e t on th e n o rth of Z en UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT ith a d itio n is being clea red an d WANTS BETTER ROADS opened as fa r as K elly av en u e. R R. C arlson an d th e ln d ep en d n e t Mrs. J a s S te rlin g e n te r ta in e d a L and com pany have each given 20 T he special m e e tin g w us c a lle d few frie n d s a n d re la tiv e s on W ed feet fo r th is stre e t. n esd ay u h o n o r of h e r s is te r. Mrs. D ecem ber 23 al U nion sch o o l h o u st M essrs. F ra u s e n & Ingen hav e a r C. F . B riggs. T hose p re s e n t w ere, • I ra n g e d fo r a n o th e r d an ce to l>e and tw e n ty -th re e v o te rs w ere p r e s Mrs. S p au ld in g , Mrs. P ra n k C onkle, given in th e club hall. J a n u a ry 20 ent w ith n in eteen v o tin g In fa v o r an d d a u g h te r , M rs J. D annells, Mrs. T h e ir recen t dan ce was a success, of a 10 m ill levy. T h is te r r ito r y Is C. D an n ells, Miss H e sk ltt, of P o rt but they have decided to om it th e very fe rtile an d bus been badly la n d , Mrs. C. P. B rig g s of L yle, boxing co n test. h an d ica p p ed by th e lack o f good W ash ., an d J o h n C onkle. T he in itia l lu n ch eo n a t Mrs. S. E. ro ad s, m ost of th e p re s e n t ro ad Mrs. W a rre n B all of C o ttre ll and T h o m p so n ’s w as p a rtic ip a te d in by having been b u ilt by s u b s c rip tio n . Mr. am i Mrs. H. L. I ,u s te d o f l- e n ts , J , W).ntv m em b ers of th e M ethodist We iiave a No. 1 good g ra d e or M rs L ad ies' Aid. T hey a rriv e d In th e w ere re c e n t v isito rs c e m e n t-g rav el o pened up at S le fe r L usted. forenoon, e ach b rin g in g h e r " I n itia l ' L u s te d 's m o th e r, Mrs. 1. sta tio n and (he in te n tio n s a re to A q u ie t w ed d in g w as p erfo rm ed c o n trib u tio n to th e re fre sh m e n ts. At push th e se good ro a d s all th r o u g h a t th e M eth o d ist p arso n a g e , W ed noon th e lu n ch eo n of u n u su a l v arie o u r d is tric t. T he sh ip p in g p o in t fo r A all o u r heavy p ro d u ce w ill a lw a y s j n esd ay , D ecem ber 27, 1911, w hen ty and d a in tin e s s w as served. F o re s t R. J e n n in g s w as m a rrie d to sh o rt business session w as h eld , fo l l,e a t S le fe rs ta tio n .b u t th e la r g e r Miss K a te J o h n s to n e o f R ockw ood,f low ed by an h o u r of Im prom ptu p er cent of o u r b u sin e ss w ill com e O regon. Rev. Geo. F . H opkins used read in g s iind songs. All voted it a to G resh am w ith th e o p e n in g up a n d th e im p re ssiv e rin g cerem o n y . T he i g re a t success. T hose p re se n t w ere. Im provem ent of th e G re sh a m ro ad y o u n g p eo p le left fo r a honeym oon M esdam es E. M. Cam p, O. E. E ast-1 Tile m eetin g u n a n im o u sly re c o m i m an, A. H. G ould, G. F. H opkins, M m ended J. E. S le fe r to o u r co u n ty tr ip a t once. D. K ern, W. R. K ern , J. W. L a w r co u rt fo r a p p o in tm e n t as o u r s u p e r T h e la s t serm o n o f th e Old T e sta ence, F. W. F ield h o u se, Geo. F. m en t se rie s w ill be g iven S unday I H oney. H. L. St. C lair, I’. M ichel, C. visor. T his d is tric t lies e a s t o f a lin e m o rn in g a t th e M eth o d ist E piscopal ' M. O lip h an t, L. O sborne. W. B. P a r- ru n n in g d ue so u th from G re sh a m to c h u rc h by th e p a sto r. T h e to p ic is , , to p ic I so n s- C. E. P ugh, Ed. R u sh er, G. H tlie C lack am as riv e r ro a d , th e n c e | •'C ovenants.'* T h e e v e n in g w ill be, " I s L ife a T ra g e d y ? ’1 B egin S unday, E M. S h u ltz, W. T. H a rt- east , o , | le E sta c a d a c a r lin e ,th e n c e follow ing tlie c a r lin e back to th e th e new y e a r by fo rm in g th e re g u ley, and S. 8. T hom pson. M ultnom ah co u n ty line. A la rg e la r h a b it of c h u rc h a tte n d a n c e . p art of th is te r rito ry lies tr ib u ta r y L. B en ed ict, of th e B en ed ict N u r to G resham an d it sh o u ld be o f in sery C om pany, of M o n tav illa, w as in ti rest to y o u r b u sin e ss m en too to w n y e ste rd a y on business. T he O utlook will p u b lish a local T h at th e people of th is d is tric t a re la x th e m T h e S u n d ay a fte rn o o n o p e n in g of w e a th e r re p o rt, re co rd in g th e le a d e n te rp ris in g e n o u g h to th e re a d in g room h a s been d isco n ing fe a tu re s fo r each day d u rin g t h< selves tliis am o u n t in ex cess of th e tin u e d fo r th e p re s e n t. T h e a tt e n re g u la r c o u n ty levy fo r ro a d im m onth. It w ill be a v alu ab le record d an ce w as d is a p p o in tin g ly sm all. p ro v em en t w ork. a t th e close of th e m onth, especially It is expected t h a t th is w ill m ake T h e W o m an ’s H om e M issio n ary to o u r m any re a d e rs living at a a v ailab le m ore th a n $3090, and o n e- so ciety w ill be e n te r ta in e d by M rs. Geo. L eslie n ad Mrs. A lva H evel a t d istan ce. O ur c lim ate is o u r boast. th ird of th is a m o u n t w ill be used to th e h o m e o f th e la t t e r n e x t W ed n es T h e re a re few su d en an no severe im prove tlie road lea d in g d ire c tly to day a t Its r e g u la r m eetin g . citanges. T he flu rry of snow of G resham . A road h ith e r to alm o st im p assab le in w in te r, b u t a m uch Mrs. Geo. H. S u n d ay re p o r ts th a t y esterd ay is m eltin g rap id ly today. needed and m uch used ro ad . d u rin g C h ris tm a s w eek tw o g ra n d It w ill be in te re s tin g to clip out c h ild re n an d one g re a t g ra n d child th ese w e a th e r reco rd s for thia local L osing .Money H a n d lin g E ggs. w ere ad d e d to h e r a lre a d y la rg e tty and p reserv e them fo r re f e r T hat th e p o u ltry p ro d u c e rs of th e n u m b e r of d e sc e n d a n ts, m a k in g th ir- ence o r m ail th em to a frien d wtio c o u n try a re lo sin g v ast su m s of y t-h tre e , a ll of w hom a re living. m oney th r o u g h im p ro p e r h a n d lin g S he h a s six c h ild re n , tw e n ty -th re e o u g h t to com e to O regon. F R ID A Y S Gresham Meat M arket g ra n d c h ild r e n an d fo u r g re a t g ra n d c h ild re n . M rs. S u n d ay th in k s th a t is d o in g p re tty w ell fo r a w om an not y et six ty y e a rs old, a n d c e rta in ly all will a g re e w ith h e r, The Outlook Mr. an d Mrs. C. M. O lip h a n t «tx-nt se v eral d ay s re c e n tly a t N ew b erg v isitin g w ith re la tiv e s. On New Y e a r's d ay th e y a tte n d e d a ro u s in g re u n io n of M in n eso tan s, a t w hich tw o h u n d re d an d fifty w ere p re s e n t Solicits Y our E nvelopes C a rd s L etterh ead s Billheads S tatem en ts B u tterw rap p ers D odgers P o sters Booklets Etc., Etc. Printing R easonable Prices P ro m p t W ork Pl tone 701 Mr. an d Mrs. A. H. G ould a tte n d ed a fam ily g a th e r in g in h te b e a u tifu l new h om e of th e ir d a u g h te r, Mrs. A. G. P u lle n of M ontavilla, New Y e a r's day. G resh am , O reg o n P O ItT I,A N D M A R K ETS. G ra in . F lo u r, F eed , E tc. W H EA T -E x p o rt, R lu eg tem , 82e; C lub, 79c; red R u ssia n , 78c; V alley, 80c; 40-fold, 80c. M ILESTI F F S — llrn n , $23 p er Io n ; m id d lin g s, $ 3 0 ; s h o rts , $ 2 4 ; l o ’led b a rle y , $37-38, FL O U R -Pi■ te n ts , $4 50 p e r h ar- te l; s tra ig h ts . $4 0 5 ; e x p o rts, $ 3 .8 0 ; valley, $ 4 .5 0 ; g ra h a m , $ 4 .6 5 ; w hole W heat, $4.86. OATS N ew , w h ite, $3 0 -3 0 .5 0 p er ton. CORN W h o le, $ 3 7 ; c ra c k e d . $38 p e r ton. B A R LEY - New feed, $36-37 pi r ton. HAY No 1 , E. O., tim o th y , $18 19; No. 1, val ley, $ 1 5 -1 6 ; a lfa lfa . $1 3 -1 4 ; grulli h ay . $1 3 -1 4 ; clo v er, $12 13. Iln iry anil C o u n try P ro d u ce. PO U LTR Y H ens 1 6 -17c sp rin g s , 16-1 li >2 e; d u ck s y o u n g 1 8c; g e e s e , I 2-1 4c; tu rk ey « , Ulve, 20c; d re s se d , 23c. EGGS- O reg o n , ra n i h , can d le d . 1 37 (4 c. C H E E S E — T illa m o o k , 1 7 -1 7 H c ; ¡y o u n g A m erican , 1 8 -1 8 (4 c. B IJT T E lt O reg o n c re a m e ry e x ir. 38c p e r p o u n d . V EA L F a n c y , 1 3 (4 -1 4 c p e r lb. P O R K — 8-9c. V e g e ta b le s an il F ru ita . ONIONS O reg o n , $1.25 p e r bun <1 r e d . V E G E T A H I.E S — C a rro ts , $1.00 p er s a c k ; tu r n ip s , $1; b eets, $1.00 p a rs n ip s, $1; c a b b a g e , 1-1 (4 c pel pound. A PPLES ■ — J o n a th a n s , $1.50 2 25; B ald w in , 7 5 c-$ l 5 0 ; N o rth e ri Spy, $1 .2 5 -1 .7 5 . PO TA T O E S O reg o n , 9 0 c - $ l.l5 p e r h u n d re d ; swi-e-t p o ta to e s, $ p er c ra te . D ep o sits in O reg o n ban! s 1 $ 1 2 1 ,8 3 4 ,6 4 I, accorili;) ; ; • > m en ta of o u p o rin te n d !' -. W rig h t, ju s t i -.-i I. ;- , ; i .le a ily ;,;iia la ile a -c i • t » . .i.— ’“ " " 'E T H IN G P. M ichel an d fam ily a tte n d e d th e silv e r w ed d in g of Mr. M ichel's b ro th e r a n d w ife a t th e ^ S w iss hall in P o rtla n d on th e e v e n in g of J a n u a ry 1. jo ± D IFFER EN T AND SOMETHING B E T T E R Fine Spun Aluminum b ecau se w in inn yY are, N ever B urns, an d is Nice. Sterling & Johnston In th e G resh am In v e s tm e n t C o m p a n y 's New B u ild in g . « .R F S H A M . O R E G O N M rs. C. S. S m ith , an d e x p e rt ste n o g ra p h e r, to o k dow n v e rb a tim th e sp eech es m ad e by th e v a rio u s tp e a k - rs a t th e C o m m ercial club b a n q u e t W ed n esd ay n ig h t. T he O u tlo o k is in d e b te d to h e r fo r th e re p o rt pub lish ed . E x cav atio n h a s b egun fo r th e new R e g n e r b u ild in g on Main s tre e t. A m e rry crow d of y o u n g people s u rp ris e d Miss K a tie C am p, upon T h u rsd a y e v e n in g w ith a leap y ear p a rty in h o n o r of h e r e ig h te e n th b irth d a y . A fte r p lay in g all so rts of g a m e s a n d tric k s th ey w ere serv ed w ith a b o u n te o u s re p a s t. She was th e re c ip ie n t of m any p re tty gifts. T h o se a tte n d in g w ere, th e Misses Is a b e lla M etzger, P e a rl F lem in g . H elen H oss, Bessie H o w itt, K atel C aro ly n W lrtz, E lsie M etzger. C h ris tia n a B u rk h o ld e r, V iola M athew s. B essie C am p , WIHa M etzger, M ar g a re t M itch ell, M essrs. R ussell P u g h . F re d H oss, M elvin S unday, M ark E m ery , H a ro ld K e rn , L o n a r Pugh, W allace W ilk in so n , F red W ag tio r, Ray M etzger. F e rn H opkins W illie R an ey , W estley S h a ttu c k , El- b ertC am p . 800 Pain Ju st I G i v e s TELEPHONE COMPANY STOCKHOLDERS MEET The sto c k h o ld e rs of th e M ulnto- tilah & C lackam as C ounty M utual T elephone com pany h ad th e ir a n n u al m eetin g in th e G ran g e h a ll W ed nesday. O ver 100 p erso n s w en present and 140 s h a re s w ere re p re se n ted . H. W. S n a sh a ll p resided. T h e re p o rt of th e s e c r e ta ry - tre a s u re r, A. D ow sett, show ed th a t $2400 h ad been paid o u t on note Mid ex p en ses since th e close of th e fiscal y e a r of th e com pany ot N ovem ber 1st. T he p re s e n t in d e b t e d n e ss is ab o u t $1100. T h is is a lecided g ain over one y e a r ago. T he te rm s of H. W. S n ash all and Theo. B ru g g e r h a v in g ex p ired , <). J B row n w as e lec ted in p lace of H W. S n a sh a ll an d T heo. B ru g g e r was re-elected . T h e d ire c to rs will m eet tom orrow n ig h t an d e le c t a p re sid e n t and s e c re ta ry -tre a s u re r. H o t ID RAILW A Y ion of P ro f. J a n ie s D ry d en of th e O regon A g ric u ltu ra l C ollege, w ho iias m ad e a special stu d y o f th e m a rk e tin g q u e stio n , an d lias som e v alu ab le re m e d ia l m e a s u re s to s u g gest. If p ro p erly m a rk e te d O regon e g g s iro d u ced by farm h en s co u ld e a sily -ell fo r 40c a dozen x in P o rtln a d . F a rm e rs tr a d e th e e g g s o ff to th e n e rc h u n ts of local s to re s fo r 25c a dozen, an d w hen laid th e y w ere a s rood as th o se th e city p u rc h a s e r p ay s 40c a dozen fo r g lad ly . B u t by th e im e th e y g e t to th e city th e y a re w orth no m o re th a n th e o rig in a l 25c i d ozen, p lu s th e fr e ig h t. W hy? They w ere m ixed by th e s to re k e e p er w itli eg g s of all sizes, all d e grees of sta le n e s s an d d ir t, an d hipped in le isu re ly fa s h io n , an d ifte rw a rd p assed th r o u g h se v e ra l lands. In c e rta in se a so n s of th e y ear it is com m on to te s t o u t 15 p e r 't i t as fit only fo r fe rtiliz e r. Not m any b u sin e sse s can s ta n d such a loss. T h e re a re too m any p ro f its to p ay, leo, betw een p ro d u c e r an d co iisu m - r tlie fa rm e r, s h ip p e r, co m m issio n E A STW A RD m an. jo b b e r, s la u g h te r h o u se m an, Lv. M ontavilla th e ir 6 :3 5 a. m ., ex cep t S u n d ay — A rrive tnd re ta ile r, all m ust h av e G resh am 7; M abery 7 :3 0 , ra k e -o ff," p u ttin g th e fin a l p rice 9 a. m. Daily»- -A rriv e G resham if ch ick en out of re a c h of th e 9 :2 5 ; B ull R un 1 0 :3 0 , (m ixed R en d er p u rse. Som e 10 p e r c en t tr a in ) . 3 p. m .— E xcept S u n d a y — A rrive is th u s ad d ed to th e 17 p e r c e n t G resh am 3 :2 5 ; B ull R un 4 :2 0 loss by h a n d lin g ,m a k in g 27 p er c e n t 5 :5 5 p. in.— E xcept S u n d ay — Ar- loss to th e fa rm e r, S m all w o n d er G resham 6 :2 0 ; C o ttre ll 6 :4 5 . th a t som e people say “ p o u ltry d o n ’t S u n d ay Duly. Lv. G resham 7 a. m .; a rriv e M a p a y ! ” bery 7 :3 0 . D ue of th e first re q u is ite s is p ro p Lv. M o n tav illa 1 :3 0 p. m .; a rriv e G resh am 1 :5 5 ; Bull R un 2 55 e r a tte n tio n to th e h a n d lin g of th e Lv. M o n tav illa 4 :4 5 p m .; a rriv e eggs. P ro fe sso r D ryden h a s n am ed G resh am 6 :1 0 ; C o ttre ll 5 35 six p o in ts to be o b serv ed in t h is W E STW A R D re g a rd : Lv. G resh am 6 a. tn.— E xcept S u n U C lean y a rd s fo r th e fow ls to day a rriv e M ontavilla 6 :2 5 Lv. M abery 7 :3 5 a. m. D a ily .--a r ru n In an d clean n e ss ts fo r x th em riv e G resh am 8 :1 0 ; M ontavilla lo lay In. c u ttin g o ff h te 2 p e r cen t 8 :3 5 . Lv. Hull H un 1 2 :0 1 p. m. Except loss on “ d ir tie s .” S u n d a y — a rriv e G resham 1 2o- - C a r e in g a th e rin g , p a c k in g an d M o n tav illa 2. (M ixed tr a in ’ Lv. B ull R un 4 :2 5 p. m. Except h a u lin g to m a rk e t w ould sa v e 2 p e r i nt on " b r e a k a g e .” Sunday-— a rriv e G resham 5 2 5 ' M o n tav illa 5 :6 0 . 3. R e g u la r and fre q u e n t g a th e r Lv. C o ttre ll 6 :5 0 p m Except S u n ing of th e eg g s, and th e k e e p in g of d a y — a rriv e G resham 7 :1 5 them in cool p laces w ould p re v e n t S u n d ay O nly. Lv B ull R un 11 a. in., a r r t e G resh Die 5 p e r c e n t loss on “ chick am 1 1 :5 0 . a rriv e M .« ta v illa d e v e lo p m e n t." 1 2 :1 5 . I S ellin g th e eg g s Lv. Bull R un .1:25 p. m ., a rriv e w hen n o t G resh am 4 :1 5 ; M ontavilla 4 4ti m o re th a n th r e e o r fo u r d a y s old Lv. C o ttre ll 5 :3 8 p. m „ a rriv ve ' w ould save a n o th e r p e r c e n t loss G resh am 6 0 0 . on “ s ta le " eggs. A P O W F It fro m a b an k W e o ffe r you a ll th re e . S E t R E l'Y : AU tr a n s a c tio n s betw een th is b a n k an d its p a tro n s a re c o n sid e re d a b so lu te ly c o n fid e n tia l. SA FETY O u r m an a g e m e n t is p ro g ressiv e b u t co n serv ativ e, All in v e s tm e n ts a re c a re fu lly c o n sid ered an d passed upon by lev e l-h e a d e d m en ex p e rie n c e d in b u sin e ss vnd b a n k in g m ethods, S E R V IC E : C o u rte sy an d S ervice a re co u n te d as tw o of o u r best a sse ts. T h e sm a ll acco u n t receiv es as m uch a tte n tio n as th e la rg e . A Business Friendship -Ibe Most Real and Lasting of All Friendships Bists Between This Bank and Ils Pepositers First State Bank us th e of best FOOT. ' W E A R i n t h i s tow n. A ll n ew styl es in P a te n t B u tto n s, $2.50 to $3.50 T a n B u tto n s, $3, $3.50, $4 G un M etal Buttons $2.50 to $3.50 W h ite C anvas $3.00 f i n e h a n d -tu rn e d , Cushion I Soles, V ici Kid, bluchers, (or ¡w om en w ith tender feet. H e e s tim a te s th a t a b o u t 17 p e r I G o o d a sso rtm en t c en t of th e v a lu e of th e e g g s is lost by im p ro p e r h a n d lin g , w hich is I m e n ’s a n d w o m e n ’s i to ta l loss of ab o u t $ 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 a y e a r to th e U nited S ta te s. A t t h a t ! a ll s ty le s , ra te , th e loss to O regon w ould be h a lf a m illio n d o lla rs. | $ 2 . 7 5 , $ 3 , $ 3 .2 5 $3.50 COM PANY Business Men Want .... Service, Safety and Secrecy » <» hunlr W.» is r e c e iv e d s h o w in g tnd m a rk e tin g of e g g s is th e c o n te n - W E A T H E R RECO RD F O R M O N T H Ja n u a ry 1. C lear freezing. Ja n u a ry C lear freezing. J a n u a ry 3. C lear freezing. J a n u a ry 4. F o u r inches snow. D r. A. T h o m pson h a s sold h is g a r vge to C. M. Z im m erm an of P o r t lan d . Mr. Z im m erm an w as recen tly fio m th e E ast an d is a th o ro u g li b u sin ess m an , a m ech an ic an d ex p erien ced in th e a u to business. He w ill ta k e c h a rg e a t once an d will MT. m a k e h is h o m e h e re as soon as a h o u se can be fo u n d . C. S. S m ith m ad e a b u sin ess trip to Hood R iv er th e la t te r p a rt of o last w eek. H e re p o r ts co n d itio n s very q u iet in th e fa m o u s ap p le city. 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