DECEMBER 16, 1913
Síótínc M adonna.
i The road supervisor has had team s
Mr. and Mrs. Chas Hunter. Mr.
hauling gravel and rock from the de and Mrs. B. C. A ltm an attended the
pot to the Pow ell Valley road all International stock show in Portland
; se e k , and has made a great lmprove- last week.
’ ment.
Mr. and Mrs. Hoover were gu ests
Mrs. McAlpine was a Gresham vis of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. H unter last
itor on W ednesday.
week.
T he Parent-Teachers' m eeting was
O. E. Jam ison was a gu est at the
held in the school on Friday. There Altm an home Sunday. He left Mon
was a large attendance. A Portland day for San Francisco where Mrs.
lady addressed the m eeting.
Mrs. Jam ison is now visiting.
McAlpine and Mrs. Johansen had
Mrs. Al. DeHave nspent a couple of
charge of the tea.
days in Portland shopping and visit-
A ustin Buoy, a land ow ner here, ing her daughter Ellen,
Busiuess
but who stays east of the m ountains and pleasure com bined.
has been in the d istrict for a day or
Mrs. Geo. Bauder and little son,
two.
Edgar, were Portland
visitors a
Mr Northrup has left for his place couple of days last week.
. north of Urays Harbor, and has lea s
Mr. and Mrs. Peterson visited Mr.
ed his place here to Messrs. N elson & and Mrs. Oust Larson In Gresham
Johansen.
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. K night, who have
Mis E lizabeth Steur, of Portland,
NONTiAND NM JHT
been
for
the
last
year
in
the
McDon
was
a w eek-end guest of Miss Hilda
M K » U « H T AND N O N IN CO,
ald place, have moved Into Mr. N orth Beyers.
r m t*
NONTLAMDONC
rup's house.
Mr. and Mrs. Gust Peterson were
!N T L ffU ftBAN U N IS
Roy W alters and Mrs. W alters visitors at the Gust Carlson home
Sunday.
were Gresham visitors on Saturday.
plant. F inancially the country is
C harles W heeler is cu ttin g cord-
Elm er and Carl and Miss Hilda
prosperous.
wood for John Nelson.
B eyers and Mrs. Theodore Linster
W. E. M arkell, Denny & Knowl- 1 Land clearers are at work In the and daughters were very pleasantly
ton and L F. Shinam an are In the Robert Smith place behind the school entertained at the home of A. R.
m ercantile business.
Three separ and are m aking a good show ing,
Goger Sunday evening.
ate stores, all doing w ell, a chop
Mr. Waidrip's son Is now hom e for
A number of the band boys met at
E m erging from a back woods cat
m ill w hich is patronized by the farm the w inter and helping his father the hom e of H. G. M ullenhoff a few
tle trail, with corduray plank on the era; one
restaurant, one bakery, with the janitor work at the school evenings ago for practice. C onsid
highw ay and the steady ox team m ak tw o blacksm ith shops; a laundry.
Quite a number of children are ab- erable progress has been made and
a butcher sent from the school with colds
ing the trip to Portland to get our operated by a woman;
the m em bers feel greatly encour
Mrs. Johanson and daughter Mabel aged.
m ail and buy a few necessary grocer nearby, a church and large hall to
accom m odate the public. T he cow were visitors In Gresham on Satur-
Wm. Beyers, Jr., was a Portland
ies, etc; and taking som e vegetables
trail is broken up, by horses. Every day.
visitor the first of the week.
to m arket, a few dozen eg g s and sev where you look houses have been
T. H araguchl, on the Roork place
The little friends of Freddie Erz
eral rolls o f butter, topping off the reared. We are driftin g tow ards an has bought cow s and is going into the tendered him a surprise party in
Every toiler is dairy business
Everyone would like honor of his lo th birthday Saturday.
load with a few thousand sh in gles to incorporated town.
w elcom e to our m idsts to help in to see Hara make a success of it, as He received several nice presents.
com plete a load for the city in
building up an honest com m unity; since coining to the district he has R efreshm ents were served and all
change for oth er com m odities— only
where all can live on their own lot shown h im self to be an honest Jap, enjoyed a d eligh tfu l afternoon.
the early settlers can relate the d is or acre and enjoy th eir ow n vine and not im bued with the lying
and
advantage of hew ing out a home in and fig tree.
G reater p ossib ilities thievery propensities so common in
DEATH OF S. W. FISHER
the tim ber, such as were conditions are before us, the com ing years will
som e of the others.
AT SACRAMENTO
in those days.
No luxuries those only echo what were the early s e t
Mr. and Mrs. Sm ith, of Eagle
days, only n ecessities, to keep soul tlers visions.
A telegram from Sacram ento on
Creek were lu the district on Sunday
and body together. The men folks
A nother feature that has m ade It
T here is a report that a new road 1 b Sunday morning last conveyed the
made hand-m ade sh in g les rainy days easier for the few rem aining pion- j
proposed to P leasant Hom e, going Intelligence that Solomon W. Fisher
and when it was fair cleared land.
eers is the electric system that cross through the C line place here. It had died there early that morning of
The w om en len t a helping hand by es the country where they toiled and
would be better If the com m issioners an exploded appendix. An operation
putting the baby in the wash tub and traveled by ox team s in the years Instead of m aking new roads that are was performed for its removal on the
by help of the husband carried their agone. They have replaced the trail , unnecessary would devote their atten- 8th. He was 40 years of age, sin gle
precious first born to the clearing; and the footing and the new com er
tion to repairing the Pow ell Valley and was a brother of Mrs. Mary F.
where both were stren u ou sly at work finds a wonderful change in the
road from
E lliott's store to the Crane living on the Sandy road. He
day by day, burning the huge trees m ethods o f travel, not only on the
coOnty line and which they prom leaves two other sisters and six
to m ake ready a country we today en trains but over the many fine thor
ised would be done to a deputation brothers.
joy. The real log sch oolh ou se stood ou gh fares where the auto is seen
The body has been shipped to
from here nearly tw o years ago.
on the hill w here the M ethodists had speeding its way every day. And
Bert Cline and Clarence Jackson Portland and is expected to arrive
preaching once a w eek ,if only a class the rural letter service should not be
are loading wood at P leasant Home. there tom orrow. The funeral will
m eeting. N othing was thought of forgotten— it spans the distance and
be held at the Pow ell cem etery upon
going to church w ith a sun bonnet in as many hours as it took w eeks in
Real Shaker Sw eater Coats, the its arrival.
a n d calico dress to adorn the body. th e days of fifty years ago before the
eigh t dollar kind, for $5.50, at Shln-
R ather than puzzle m other's mind postotfice was brought to our very
W eekly Oregonlon subscription o f
am an's. P leasant Home.
fer extended.
w hat to do for dressing the children doors m aking the home brighter and
(fo r there were many large fa m ilies) the tedious days more endurable for
m other w it would m ake a good the patient settlers who have taken
pair of trousers and coat from dad’s th e h eritage won for them by the
old cloth es and sh oes also were made early pioneers.
by m other from old boot tops and
MR8. J. A. STEPH ENS.
sad d le girths. T hat was real inven
From All Stations on the
tion.
As a careful observer we see
where If people would be taught how
to save the little th in gs, there would
Miss Lizzie H unter of Oregon City,
be no cry to high cost of livin g visited over Sunday with borne folks.
K eeping pace with the sty les is m ak
Mr. and Mrs. Ju les C ollins, of Port
ing shipw recks of many who can ill land, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Otis
afford it. But we are a progressive Sunday.
EALE DATES
FINAL
people. It's in th e air. We have
Mrs. Lennartz, of Sandy, and Mrs.
Dec. 18 to 24
Return Limit
outgrow n ou r form er cloth es. W e Lansdown of this place were business
1913
1914
m ove on, have modern hom es, tele callers in Portland Thursday.
Jan. 5th
phones, auto. Our clubs and teas,
Minnie Shriner, of G resham , v isit
our very being is absorbed by that ed at home over Sunday, leading the
which o ft tim es brings no real hap Epworth L eague for the young peo
piness to th e fireside. It all costs ple in the evening.
to m aintain these luxuries. Are we
Lydia Saettler and Frank K now l
financially able to endure them ? If ton were Portland visitors Saturday.
TO
so well and good. The farm ers in
L ittle H ortense M cLaughlin had
th ese parts realize the only regular the m isfortune to be scratched In the
cash in sig h t is in the dairy business eye w hile playing with a cat on e day
The First Time in the History of the Northwest
All are building up good herds, up last week. Mrs. M cLaughlin is hav
to date. T he soil Is th e very best ing to m ake regular trips with Hor
Thai Holiday R at«, have been In effect— Take advantage of
for raising an yth in g you w ant to tense to an eye doctor in Portland.
the Low F ares and spend Christm as and New Year with friends
It Is feared her vision w ill be affected-
Ask Particulars of any A gent of the
Mr. and Mrs. Lovel accom panied
the pastor to Iliff Sunday.
Mrs. W. E. Markell w as callin g on
friends in Gresham W ednesday, also
atten d in g the m issionary m eeting..
The finance com m ittee are busy so
licitin g money for the children's treat
for Christm as. Any on e w ishing to
SM tribute may band the sam e to the
chairm an, Mrs. Hale.
PIONEER DAYS
ARE RECALLED
R
EPRESENTINO the Virgin, not was his last .Madonna, although ha
as a mother, but as the all painted others prior to this time. The
powerful queeu of the beat Madonna was the favorite theme of
ens, descending from clouds painters In the renaissance era In Italy,
which are themselves com|s)sed of startiug with Era Angelico, Era Bar
thousands of cherubs, Raphael's Ma tolommeo and others of the first paint
donna di Saa Sisto, more commonly ers in this period and reaching its
known as the Slstine Madonna, ranks, height with the completion of the
by universal consent, as the greatest Slstine Madonna by Raphael.
painting 1* the world.
This Madouna was painted as an altar
In the Virgin's arms there is the piece for the church of San Sisto at
Christ Child, whose thoughtful eyes Piacenza, in 1754 It was purchased by
make it appear that he is fully con the elector Augustus III. from the
scious of his destiny as Saviour of the Benedictine monastery and is now the
world. On either side St. Sixtus II. property of the Royal gallery at Dres
and St. Catherine kneel in adora- den.
tlon of the queen of the heavens and
Raphael, the artist, died of a fever at
the Christ Child. St. Catherine Is Rome when but thirty-seven years old.
looking down at the two cherubs, which He was the son of an artist and studied
form the base of the picture and which at one time under Peruglno. In ISO*
are familiar In popular reproductions. Raphael went to live In Florence, where
Sixtus II. was bishop of Koine from most of his Madonnas were painted,
237 to 258 A. D. and was martyred un ills fame rapidly spread until he was
der Valerian.
called to Rome to decorate the Vatican
Kapbael Sanzlo or Santl was born Toward the end of his life, about the
in 1483. and this picture, his master i time the Siatine Madonna was com-
piece. was completed two years before pleted. the artist developed his own
his death In 1520 Thus the artist was style and did his greatest work. Aside
thirty live years old when the greatest from his ability to paint Raphael was
picture of all times was completed It a talented architect
Rockwood
little son, Horace, Jr., were In Port-
land Saturday.
.Mr. and Mrs. L instead moved a
few w eeks ago to Portland for the
w inter.
F it His Case E xactly.
"W hen father was sick about six
The two Olson brothers have rent j years ago he read an ad vertisem en t
ed the Linstead place for a year and I of C ham berlain's T ablets in the pa-
I tiers that lit his case ex a ctly ,” w rites
moved their fam ilies there.
I Miss M argaret Campbell o f Ft. Sm ith,
Mrs.
Frank L eise and daughter Ark. "He purchased a box o f them
have returned from a visit to Mrs and he has not been sick since. My
sister had stom ach trouble and was
Leise's mother.
also benefited by them ." For sa le by
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. N icholls and Gresham Drug Co. and all Dealers.
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In connection with the League
lesson Sunday evening, the Leaguers
voted to send a fruit cake to the
M. E. Old People's Home at Salem.
Mrs. M. D. Williams, of Portland, la
giving a farewell visit at the Mc
Kinney home before starting east
where she expects to spend the win
ter.
Mr. Denny's residence is receiving
a new coat of paint.
Do your Xma* trading at Shtna-
aman'e, Pleasant Home, where you
get big value, and at the same time
get a chance on a 4 2-piece dinner set
with every 80-cent purchase.
With a bad cold and the women
suffragists after him, the president
will feel thankful for the Christmas
holiday«.
Hav« you beard about the »7 00
dinner Mt that Shinaman. at Pleas
ant Home, gives away on Xmas sve?
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