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GRESHAM OUTLOOK PAGE EIGHT An in v e te ra te b u ild er, ho to sp eak , ¡ h L ew is M etzger, o w n er of th e above d w ellin g w hich is w ell lo cated in L aw ren ce ad d itio n . I t is d o u b ted if an y h o u se in G resh am is b e tte r b u ilt o r m o re co n v en ien tly a rra n g e d . Mr. M etzger >Md m ost of th e c a rp e n te r w ork in his p a in s ta k in g way. T he ho u se is occupied by Dr. Geo. W. In g lis, a physician w ith offices in th e F ir s t S ta te H ank b uilding. DECEMBER 16, 1913 CHRISTMAS NUMBER G. W. W elty has been build in g a n d h as n early co m pleted, a very a t tra c tiv e bungalow in W a llu la H e ig h ts a d d itio n , w hich is alre a d y d o tte d w ith b e a u tifu l hom es. T he ho u se faces e a st and is a rc h ite c tu r ally w ell p la n n e d a n d th e c o n stru c tio n is first class, being done alm o st e n tire ly by Mr. W elty. W allu la H e ig h ts is on e of th e m ost sig h tly a n d c h a rm in g re s id e n t d is tric ts of th e city. R ecen tly b u ilt bungalow o f P a t C o llin s on h is tine farm on th e so u th b o rd e r o f tow n. T h e place is well lo cated w ith fine resid en ces s u r ro u n d in g an d is no lo n g e r “o u t in th e c o u n try ." T h e h an d so m e new d w ellin g is th e f r u it of y ears of toil an d sav in g an d com es as a w elcom e b lessin g a f te r m any y ears of s tru g g le . T he above is th e hom e of Mr. an d Mrs. W m. T hom , a very m o d ern and a ttra c tiv e d w ellin g house. Mr. T hom b u ilt it d u rin g th e p a st su m m e r fo r h im self, b u t it w as re c e n tly sold to B enj. C am eron, a n d it is s ta te d Mr. T hom w ill soon begin th e co n stru c tio n of a n o th e r hom e. T he new o w n er is p re s id e n t of th e B ank of G resham . H is fam ily w ill a rriv e soon from W isconsin. N ext to h o rse s te a lin g th is m a n ’s o f th is farm . T h is m an a n d his w f e good old team of h o rses every pound fense 1 c o n sid er th e fo u lest. T h e re cam e h e re w ith o u t a cent, an d now of th em h o n e st horse. “ One h a te s to see a team go a f te r fo re I atn a p t to pay a little m o re look! T hey paid fo r th e farm in five w o rk in g w ith th em fo r tw o y e a rs ,” th a n o th e r peo p le if th e h o rse looks y e a rs .’ A nd th a t w as so. T h a t’s said my m an as he w atched th e g ray s good to me. A nd p e rh a p s a m an by sh o u ld e rin g m e a ro u n d till I was how I cam e to have enough to buy gO ,jow n th e ro ad . “ T h e old m a n ’s got a good deal b e tte r team th a n he tired of hint, m ig h t g et th e h o rse 1 th e good farm t h av e now .” F ro m o n e p la n tin g to a n o th e r we ! th in k s he h a s .” sell a t less th a n its re a l w o rth . H ow W hy a m an of sev en ty -tw o should ev er th a t m ay be, I w as th is m o rn in g w en t b o th of us a sk in g an d an sw er- A Story tnat comes pretty face to face w ith th e p o ssib ility of a in g q u estio n s. " I ’ve seen so m uch 1 elect to d riv e a team afo o t e ig h t close home. c a n ’t rem em b er h alf of it,” he said, m iles a t th e end of th e day, I do not su re -e n o u g h d eal in horses. B ut we did n o t go d ire c tly to see “ I d o n 't rem em b er when I'v e had so know , b u t he did. A fte r d a rk I call- th e g ra y horses. W e w ere am o n g good a day. I cam e to g et th e old ed up. H is w ife an sw ered th e phone, 1 was deep in th e d u tie s o f fu r th e sh ru b b e ry an d th e old m an was h o rses, b u t I alm o st fo rg o t them (so “ Oh y es’" sh e said “ he got hom e all bishlng up my sh ru b b e rie s an d th e looking w ith w ide eyes. “ You have h ad I.) T h is is m o re in te re stin g rig h t, b u t h e ’s aw fu l tire d . And su rro u n d in g law n spaces, when su d a w o n d erfu l place h e re ,” he said. th a n h o rs e s.” sa y ; I lik e th e h o rses very m uch my- It was th e noon ho u r. Sue was se lf.”-—M ilton O. N elson, in “ T he denly an old m an stood a t my side “ I d id n 't know th e r e was an y su ch " I cam e to see th o se h o rse s,” he place in th is co u n try . 1 te ll you I g one a n d th e noon lunch a t o u r I F a rm e r's W ife.” We lead every Thousand Dollar Automobile Produced in ______________ have lived in th is c o u n try tw en ty ho u se isn ’t m uch w ith o u t Sue. B ut ' America. said, lie sp o k e of an old g ray team five y e a rs a n d I know w hen I say it I ask ed him in an d se t o u t my sp read I hail offered in th e “ fo r s a le ” col th a t th e re Is no su ch place as th is. of b read an d m ilk. H ere we sp en t FOR TWENTY YEARS THE LEADER OF ALL unin o f o u r v illag e p ap er th e day oe- So m any w o n d erfu l p la n ts an d flow a n o th e r ho u r. I fo u n d my g u est fore. "V ery g o o d ," I said , “ we’ll ers. So m any k in d s I h av e n e v er had fo u r boys, all of w hom he had T h ro u g h tw en ty y e a rs of su n sh in e go out to th e b arn an d look at th e m .' seen before. W h at do you call th is se n t to th e city high school, an d one and sh ad o w , c a te rin g to th e tr a d e of are equipped with Two Im pregnable values. They possess 1 d o n ’t lik e to sell h o rs e s- fo r two o n e ? ” H e sto p p ed to feel o f it w ith of w hom he was se n d in g to th e Uni- all E a ste rn M u ltn o m ah , th e big de- ti car each side of the great Automobile Dividing Line reasons. If I lik e th em 1 h a te to his fingers. v ersity o f C alifo rn ia School of E ngl- p a rtm e n t s to re of Lew is S h a ttu c k —$1000. see them go; an d If 1 d o n 't lik e them All th e boys a t w ork w ere has becom e a ho u seh o ld w ord and Is W hen a m an does th a t— p u ts his n e e rln g I c a n 't get e n th u s ia stic en o u g h a b o u t h an d s on my p la n ts an d ask s a b o u t doing well, one of th e m e a rn in g $200 know n fa r a n d w ide as th e house th e ir good p o in ts to g et th e ir real th e m — h e g ets me. 1 know he u n a m o n th w ith a larg e c o rp o ra tio n in w ith “ goods of q u a lity .” value. I have b o u g h t h o rses from d e rs ta n d s th in g s I u n d e rs ta n d an d th e city. “ I tell my boys,” he said, All th e o ld -tim e rs re m e m b e r It as All kinds of Auto and Engine Repair Work. Fully good salesm en and 1 have sold h o rses th a t m any people d o n 't ta k e th e tr o u ‘th a t if th ey w an t to m ak e a n y th in g It p ro g ressed u n d e r c h an g in g nam es, equipped Shop. . to good buyers. T h e m ost o f th ese ble to u n d e rs ta n d . T h is old m an, I of th em selv es they m u st have a b e t and Its in cip ien t days a re recalled tra n sa c tio n s I rem em b er w ith re fo u n d , loves to grow th in g s besides te r ed u c a tio n th a n th e com m on w hen it first began th e su ccessfu l ca- grid. And 1 have coine to th e co n field crops. T rees an d sh ru b s a re his schools give. I w as a m illw rig h t in re e r th a t h as placed th e n am e of clusion th a t th e next w orst effense to frien d s. “ I w as born on an islan d in th e old c o u n try , b u t th a t w as a go- S h a ttu c k at th e head of all th e busi- good horse sid lin g 1 h a good horse th e B altic S ea,” he said , “ w here th ey in g -o u t tra d e . I te ll th e boys to g et ’ ness n am es In th is sectio n . T he Prest 0 Lite Exchange. Accessories for Sale. p u rch ase. I w ould not have any spoiled th e la n d b efo re I w as born by in to a com ing-in b u sin ess and stick ho u se of S h a ttu c k h as m a rk ed tim e * _ . __ m o rtal rem em b er me w ith th e kind c u ttin g off th e trees. Now th e g o v to It. It d o e sn ’t pay to m ove a b o u t ' th ro u g h th e c h an g in g y e a rs and is of rem em b ran ce I bestow ed on a c e r e rn m e n t has b o u g h t up lots o f th a t m uch. I h ad to m ove a ro u n d a good p assin g th e second decade of success tain man who b o u g h t of a boy I g o o d -fo r-n o th in g lan d an d is m ak in g d eal ju s t w hen I o u g h t to hav e been 5 w ith a firm hold upon th e confidence m ight nam e a c e rta in fine black It good ag ain by p la n tin g tre e s. I g e ttin g my s t a r t.” of th o se it h as serv ed d u rin g all m a re ; no, not if it w ere to win me like to p lan t. My w ife d o e sn ’t care. " L e t m e te ll you w h at I th in k ,” I th o se y e a rs, an d w ith a g ro w in g per- a w hole sta b le fu ll of black h o rses S he d o e sn ’t u n d e rs ta n d . She w as said . “ I th in k a m an w ho has so n ality all Its ow n fo r th e a d m ira - To ta k e h e r as he did a t his own born in N orw ay w h ere th ey c u t dow n b ro u g h t up fo u r clean , fine, w h o le -' tio n of th e la te r a rriv a ls h e re , as m ean price, she a good ro a d s te r tre e s; they d o n 't p lan t. so m e boys has m ade a big success of well as th e e m u la tio n of its riv a ls in and a beauty und I in u co rn er! He to ld m e he h ad raised m o re life w h e th e r he h as m ad e any m oney all th e fields of tr a d e to w hich it th a n a h u n d re d E n g lish h o llies from o r not. It is n ’t m uch to be rich. 1 aspires. seed an d had m ade a h edge of th em . know a lo t of very rich m en who E m b ra c in g as it does th e m any i EVERY DELICACY T h e re is en o u g h n itro g e n in th e 10 FILL YOUR He had a hedge of C a lifo rn ia p riv et, a r e n ’t happy. I n e v er w ill be rich lines of m erc h a n d ise in d em an d by INVITES ANOTHER to n s of clover, o r vetch , g reen w eig h t an d box tre e s, an d tw o fine b erry - b u t I'm g e ttin g m o re joy o u t of life ! a g ro w in g co m m u n ity , it h as won to p ro d u ce 100 b u sh els of w h eat, b earin g holly tre e s, an d had p la n te d th a n any of th o se sad rich m e n ." He and held th e seteem of th e public A re you d re a m in g of th e days 1800 b u sh els of ap p les, 9000 p o unds a long row of ro ad sid e black w aln u ts. looked a t me fo r a m o m en t, wide- fo r h o n est d ealin g , goods of q u a lity , w hen a p p e tite w as th e m o n arch of of beef, 10,000 p o u n d s of p o rk , o r His eyes w as a ttra c te d by a little n u r eyed as he did in th e g a rd e n : " I and c o u rte o u s a tte n tio n to th e re- y o u r d estin y . If so, b rin g back to 130,000 p o unds of b u tte r, say s P rof. sery row of baby blue sp ru ce in my b elieve it, I believe It," he said. q u ire m e n ts of th e th o u s a n d s w ho a re H. D. S cu d d er of th e O. A. C. T he g ard en . " O h ’ I know th e m ,” he T h e h o rse deal w as b ut an Inci alw ay s a w ak e to th e In te re st a m er- 5roureelf th o se o th e r and m ore •>°>'0U8 fe rtiliz in g effects ex ten d th ro u g h said. And th a t's th e way I got my d e n t of th e day. I yielded as we c a n tile e s ta b lis h m e n t ta k e s in g ain - d a >'8 of ,h e e p ic u re by an inspection long period of years. A side from th e Nuts F ig s s t a r t in th is c o u n try .” sh o u ld all do In a frie n d ly sa le of ing and re ta in in g its p atro n s. of th e h o lid ay v ian d s a t th e sto re of th e p la n t food valu e, th e g reen m a “ It was lik e th is ,” he said . “ I h o rses. A nd w hen th e m oney w as Fruits Candies Such is th e legend of th e ho u se of B ragg & D uncan, an d th e m em ories n u re has h ig h ly beneficial physical w orked fo r a b a n k e r He ow ned n e a r paid a n d he had p ro m ised to com e S h a ttu c k , E a s te rn M u ltn o m a h ’s le a d of long fo rg o tte n d ish es such as effects on th e soil. T he a m o u n t of ly h alf th e county. He got it by loan back a g a in su re , fo r th e c u ttin g s and ing s to re of q u ality . p la n t food c o n ta in e d in a crop of a n o th e r used to m ake. ing m oney an d ta k in g th e fa rm s on slip s from th e g a rd e n , he p u t o u t his vetch is p ra c tic a lly a s g re a t as th a t M ake th is a bon v iv a n t C h ristm as. th e m o rtg ag es T h is was w hen lan d h an d to say goodbye. both BUSINESS ABILITY G et th e h a b it of tr e a tin g y o u rself to c o n ta in e d in th e clover. In w as ch eap an d th e s ta te w as being “ I w an t to th a n k you fo r th e d a y ’s COUPLED WITH PUBLICITY th e best fo r a C h ris tm a s d in n e r in- crops, from 60 to 80 p e r c e n t o f th e in boxes of se ttle d up. He got me to buy o n e of e n te r ta in m e n t,” he said , “ an d 1 n itro g e n com es from th e a ir, and A m ong th e O utlook s ste a d y ad- 8tead of lav ish in g all y o u r w ealth on th e farm s T hen he w ould buy up m ight as well say th a t I cam e pre- p ra c tic a lly all of it is a g ain to th e 12. 25, 5 0 and 100 of o th e rs except in th e way of feastin g . ev e rg re e n s and o rn a m e n ta l tre e s, an d p ared to believe a n y th in g you said v e rtlsers is th e h a rd w a re firm soil. C om m encing Be a 8Pl|K an<1 Invest w here each del- have m e set th em o u t on th e farm s, a b o u t th e h o rses an d to pay w hat S te rlin g & K id d er G ENUINE H A V A N A an d m ak e th em look p re tty . W hen you offered th em fo r I h eard ab o u t th r e e y e a rs ago on a sm all h’acy will call fo r a n o th e r— an d ev- QUALITY we had m ore th a n we needed, he you'd tell th e tr u th a b o u t th e horses. scale th e firm hits once o u tg ro w n its o ry th in g th a t b re a k s th e g n aw in g q u a rte rs and is now en jo y in g a lu cra- tension of a h u n g ry sto m ach is a del- w ould give th em to me. 1 set lo ts of ‘an d now I know It.” B . F . R O L L IN S th em a ro u n d my place and m ade it W h at could a fellow do in th e face ttv e tr a d e w ith o u t co m p etitio n an d ,caey if «elected from th e m am oth 1‘ o w r ll St.. Grewham . O re . for Ladies, Misses and look fine W hen he w an ted to show of su ch c o u rtesy ? I know one m an is grow ing in th e volum e of tra d e to 8tock of ftau rm e t te m p tin g viands I*hone IX som e m an a good f ir m , he would tak e who w as m ig h ty th a n k f u l th a t th e su ch an e x te n t th a t it is tax ed to th e front th is p o p u la r sto re. Children T h en ,to o , th e r e a re o th e r th in g s him o u t to my place an d sa y : “ See , good old m an w as d riv in g aw ay a u tm o st to keep p a re w ith th e de- Also a display of T he long m an d s of th e public fo r a rtic le s in its besides th e e a ta b le s. l lin es of e v e ry th in g th a t go to m ak e sh elv es b u rs tin g o u t w ith an a rra y of j .;. CHRISTMAS GIFTS up th e h a rd w a re b u sin ess in a g ro w m en ’s, w om en's an d c h ild re n 's a r t i - ' I ing co m m unity. A side from th e se cles a re s u ita b le fo r y o u rself, even Y A? lect q u a lity of goods c a rrie d th e firm if very critic a l. And if you fo rg e t to A I is e n te rp ris in g en o u g h to k eep its be a sp u g you w ill find ju s t th e a rti- X Powell S t, MISSES N Y S TR O M Prop. i * w ares c o n sta n tly befo re th e people cl* th a t will please, fo r th e sto ck is in w ell-w orded ap p eals fo r b u sin ess up to d a te an d selected to m eet th e th ro u g h th e a d v e rtisin g colum ns of n eeds of every p u rse and co n d itio n th is paper. T h e ir p h en o m en al su c an d c ircu m stan ce. And d o n 't forget cess m ak es stro n g th e axiom th a t to n o te th e prices, w hich good ju d g " a d v e rtis in g p ay s.” T hat policy, m en t in buying a n d a lib e ra l s p irit in coupled w ith b u sin ess a b ility and sellin g , a re fo r y o u r especial benefit c o n sta n t a tte n tio n to every w an t of a t th e s to re o f B ragg & D uncan. th e ir p a tro n s h as been th e k ey n o te o f th e p h en o m en a l success achieved. A FRIENDLY HORSE SALE During the Past Year Overland Dealers Autos For Hire Gresham Garage Phone 801 CHRISTMAS STOCKING ROLLINS’ hristmas igars C R educed H a ts GRESHAM EMPORIUM Christmas NEW CHRISTMAS NOVELTIES Ottenne I HE OLDEN MISTLETOE RITE. SPIRIT OF ELEGANCE FOR ANY CONDITION Special Until Xmas Dressed Turkey* Duck* Geese Chicken* at Lowest Price* LEAVE YOUR ORDERS EARLY!! Phone 831 Sugar Cured Bacon •• Hams - M M Cottage Ham* a * - Picnic Ham* 1 Pure Lard, M •« 22c 19c 18c 15c 70c 5-lb. Pail 10-lb. Pail $1.35 Sanitary Market main street Gresham, Ore. O rigin of Present Uss of the Classic Plant. T he druids a t Yuletide used to cut F o r a fu ll lin e o f h ig h -g ra d e Jew the m istletoe to place upon th eir alta rs elry th e c ritic a l holiday sh o p p e r may w ith elaborate cerem onies. T heir nam e seek and find co m p lete sa tisfa c tio n for it w as all heal or all healing. In G resham F o r all th e new p a t T here was a large procession, headed te r n s in gold and silv e r d esig n s th e by the druidical priests, w ith bards d isp lay s a t W. R B u rk e ’s b re a th e th e singing canticles and hym ns: then a very s p irit of eleg an ce, fittin g to any herald preceded three" druids, fu r co n d itio n w hich d em an d s th e ric h e r nished w ith Im plem ent* for severing n o te T hey a re chosen to m eet th e the . . sacred plant, then th e prince or re q u ire m e n ts of lib e ra l an d m odest * d n " d’ ’ " rtx,rai'" nle'’ all his followers. Incomes and the public is invited to inspect w ith the assurance th at the inspection w ill meet w ith the fu ll ap proval of every taate. A specialty of Burke * I* the ko dak. which la a certain m eani of en tertainm en t under every condition w ith in the scope of thn unfortunate owner Parle ha* 25 women lawyer*. School teacher* of Copenhagen, Denmark, receive 1120 a year The chief mounted the oak and with a golden knife detached the mistletoe and presented It to the priest, who re ceived and bore away the branches with great reverence Two white bulls were sacrificed during tbe rite. On tbe first day of tbe new year tbe branches after resting on tbe altars la tbe interval were distributed among the people as a sacred and holy p lant tbe druid priest crying. "The mistle toe for tbe New Year.” Just when the mistletoe became known aa the tag bush'’ la not knows. Fvrrvthing You Can Think Of? Now being placed on Dia- play on our Counter. Eaay to Select Present at Our Store. A P a rtia l List Unbreakable Dolls Doll Head« Toys of all kinds Doll Tea Sets Games of all kinds W ork Baskets Fancy W ork Hnppliee (rood »election of Dish«« lan dkerch ief* School Supplies Fountain Pen Ink l in p ti Boxes fo r Presents • KNDV IN BOXES NOVELTY SHOP Mr*. Bouehner Pewell St