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CHRISTMAS NUMBER GRESHAM OUTLOOK BORING PRICES REDUCED f LOSS TALE I RECITED j B oring Lodge No. 234, I. O. O. P., A reception was given last n ig h t to g e th e r w ith B oring R ebekah Lodge a t th e hom e of Mr. an d Mrs. Boone No. 213, held a Joint m eeting T u es Jo h n so n in ho n o r of th e new m em day evening in h o n o r of th e visit of bers received in to th e B aptist G rand W ard en H enry W estbrook, ch u rch d u rin g th e rec en t revival an d G rand S ecrtary E. E. S haron, Mrs. W estbrook an d Mrs. S haron. m eetings. A p leasan t an d profitable T he follow ing program was re n T he follow ing sto ry reco u n ts t h e ! evening was sp en t w hich included d ered : piano solo, Miss M ildred Eos- vila of th e saloon and th e econom ic J readings by Mrs. D. R. S hoem aker F o ste r; ad d ress of welcome, E. F. loss en tailed by it on society. It is and Mrs. Ray H. Todd an d an in te r D onahue, P. G.; song, Miss M ildred an equally stro n g arg u m e n t ag ain st F o ste r; re c ita tio n , "O u r C h a ir,” C. th e ca rry in g of concealed weapons. | esting h isto ry of th e local church P . C ross; ad d ress, G rand S ecretary Both a re now u n d er th e ban of the by Mrs. II. L. W ostell, who told of E. E. S h aro n ; piano and violin m ed law in Oregon. seeing th e ch u rch b u ilt up from a ley, H. A. Beck an d V erna Beck; ---------- ! h an d fu l to a m em bership of betw een rec itatio n , "T h e S e ttle r’s W ife," In a sm all tow n In M innesota th e th irty Rll(, fo rty . Rev A j W arp May K nox; song, "In th e H ills of Old people had kept saloons o u t for eig h t 1 4 . . ... acting p asto r, told of his vision K en tu ck y ," Miss M ildred S eifer; a d years an d ev ery th in g was going * o n i I the , ~ „ ....... • . .. well. .11 ™ i n not . 1 have ° r possibilities of th e church. At d ress, G rand W arden H enry W est Of course we did » R l,le clo8e th e p rogram a bou n tiful b ro o k ; piano, violin and cornet, “ The a _ fight o r tw o every week » a to m ake S ta r Spangled B an n er," T he F ra n k s , hlng!1 Hvply ftnd every chlld could luncneon was served. T hose p rese n t besides th e host and \\ m. E. ( hilds. A fter th e pro- KO BC| l o o i as a s UOn h a d to go to to school none e had to stay gram a b an q u et w as served in th e hom e on acco u n t of lack of shoes, and hostess were Rev. A. J. W are, Odd F ellow s d in in g room. Several but we had som e men in tow n in W. H. Cougdon, Mr. an d Mrs. Ray m em bers of Sandy R ebekah Lodge whose eyes m oney was m ore im p o rt H. Todd, Mrs. E. D avidson. Mrs. J. N. C lan ah an , Dr. J. E. C lanahan, 193 w ere in atten d an ce. a n t th an for all to have peace and B oring Lodge 234, has elected the plenty. So th a t elem en t got a coun Daisy D avidson, Mrs M. Roton, Miss follow ing officers for th e ensuing ty license for w hich they paid $300 W iunifred O sburn, Mr. and Mrs. E r te rm : Wm. E. W heeler, N. G.; Geo. and ab o u t one h alf of a m ile from nest P eterso n , Mr. and Mrs. D. R. T ac h eran , vice g ra n d ; Wm. A. Mor- town p ut up a cheap building for a S hoem aker, Mrs. E. W. A ylsw orth, Mrs. J. M. S hoem aker, Mrs. C. A tte r an d , se c re ta ry ; W. R. T elford, tre a s saloon. Of course they had some bury and d a u g h te rs Beil and W ilma, u rer. ! custom ers as all such places have and Boring R ebekah Lodge 213 has aDlong them was one m an who had to Mrs. H. L. W ostell an d ch ild ren H ar elected for th e ensuing te rm : Min- (lrillk w hen he saw th e stufT and ry and H elen, Eli P a rk e r, Mr. and nie M eyers, N. G.; Louisa Johnson, could not keep aw ay from try in g to Mrs. J. O. Dow ning and sons E veret vice g ran d ; N ora Meyer, se creta ry ; see it and his o th e r feeling was when and C larence, Mrs. A. J. W. Brown M yrtle T elford, tre a su re r. A jo in t ,lp had a d rln k he had to ,lck 8omp and Mrs. Ja s. L aw rence. T he tim e is apparently h ere w h en th e reta il d ea ler m o st Ko. My su ccess in days g o n e by has led to its com in g a little in advance, and now 1 propose to m ak e th e public an offer w hich has never been m ade b efore in Gresham by any b u si n ess Arm. 1 am w ell aw are that e ig h t-ten th s o f th e fu rn itu re trade g o es abroad, not b eca u se the peop le really sa v e m oney, but b eca u se they th in k a ttrib u ta b le w ith to h a v in g d isco u n ts and they my do. ca refu l th e cash ta k in g to Xow, and pay my shrew d for g o o d s, a d v a n ta g e of su ccess is partly buying, th u s coupled sa v in g all op p ortu n ities. My Offer is for the next 30 Days,*7 Commencing Jan. 1, 1915. I am going to sell any article in my stock at 1 0 % above the Manufacturers’, Jobbers’ or Wholesale Price. — FO R CASH O N LY — T h ose capable o f k n ow in g a B a rg a in w hen th ey are offered it w ill d o w ell to in v estig a te, and if th is sy stem proves a su ccess I w ill co n tin u e it. 1 figure th e am ount o f trad e th is offer w ill bring w ill m ake m e m ore m oney than a la rg er com m ission on sm all sales. As an illu stra tio n , I w ill se ll th e la rg est sized PER FEC T IO N OIL H E A TE R S, th a t h a v e a lw a y s been sold for $ 1 .5 0 and $ 5 .0 0 , at $ 3 .7 5 . sell T he n e x t size, a t $ 2 .0 5 . T h e sm aller form erly sold siz e I w ill se ll for $ 3 .7 5 at and $ 4 .0 0 , I w ill $ 2 .2 5 . IJ a k H A R. R. C arlson F urniture S to re GRESHAM, OREGON MELROSE PHONE 548 HALEY FAIRVIEW A su rp rise p arty was given on W. R a th e r cold w ea th er fo r Orego i - ians, we th in k . W e wdsh it wouid F. M ueller la st Sunday by a n um ber of his friends. rain . Mr. and Mrs. George W ood sp e n t C hester Stafford is building a n ig h t w ith W illiam house in th e grove n e a r his m o th e r’s W ednesday M ueller an d fam ily. home. L ouis Sum m er and wife have left Some of o u r J a p n eighbors have fo r C alifornia. m oved to G resham . Mrs. O. W. B oring sp en t Sunday Several fam ilies from h ere visit 'd th e stock show , and pronounced it w ith h e r m o th er Mrs. G eorge T âch eron. good F. A dam s helped W. F. M ueller C aptain B ranson and w ife w ill be sack potato es fo r a few days. a t hom e u n til a f te r th e holidays. Mrs. E. H o rb erg sp en t a day iti Mrs C arson, of B a k er City, has ren te d fo r th e w in te r th e little G resham recently. S everal farm ers h ere a re busily house on th e co rn e r n e a r Os. J01106’ engaged clearin g land. house. Mrs. E. A dam s and d a u g h te r F e rn R an d all has re tu rn e d hom e from an extended visit w ith h e r sis S arah spent Sunday w ith frien d s In G resham . te r, Mrs. L ula R obinson, in U tah Mrs. S. S chm idt an d d au g h ter, of Thos. W iles is n o t so well a t this i P o rtlan d , sp e n t Sunday w ith th e w riting. T he C h ristm as e n te rta in m e n t will W illiqm and Jo h n M ueller fam ines, be given T h u rsd ay evening, th e 24ih. ! '----- p“ ™ B ap tists Hold R eception. In stallatio n will be held Ja n u a ry 5. ,,ne j{ ()e could. Also In th a t town ---------- th e re were som e boys from 14 to 18 H arold F essenden has been w iring who could not be told ab o u t th e evil th e residence of O. A. P alm er, who of th e saloon b u t m u st see for th e m expects to move o ut from P o rtlan d selves, w hich was not seeking a fte r In th e n ea r fu tu re . know ledge b u t a d esire to satisfy a T he young folks of B oring are m orbid curiosity and am ong them g e ttin g tip an e n te rta in m e n t and b as Dave B. So one evening unbeknow n k e t social for S atu rd ay evening. to th e ir p are n ts and when it was Miss M attie B rooks is clerk in g in d ark they w ent over to th e saloon th e d ru g sto re d u rin g the C h ristm as and Dave, who had an old pistol, season. loaded it up an d p u t it in his pocket G rand W arden H. W estbrook and to be sm a rt. W hen th e boys arrived Mrs. W estbrook, G rand S ecretary E. the sc rap p er was th e re and It was not E. S horan, and Mrs. Shoran were th e long before he took th e notion to lick g u ests of Mr. an d Mrs. Wm. A. Mor- , Dave who was a good n alu re d , large, and fo r d in n e r T uesday evening. overgrow n boy. In th e scrap Dave A carload of ab o u t 1200 X m as concluded it was tim e to use his pis- tree s was shipped from h ere for th e tol so he did use it and killed his so u th . m an a t th e first shot. I suppose th e re Several cars of po tato es a re being was n ev er a m ore sta rtle d se t of loaded th is w eek. boys. I t did n ot ta k e them long to T hese are h a rd days on th e ru ra l get to th e ir sev eral hom es, b u t th a t ca rrie rs. Buy plenty of stam p s, was n o t th e end of th e scrape. Dave place them on y o u r m ail m a tte r be- was arre ste d and th e rest of th e boys fo re m ailing, m ak e o u t y o u r money had a chance to tell w hat they knew o rd e r app licatio n s, and save y o u r car- j of th e tro u b le and poor Dave’s fool- rie r tim e. L et him g et back to his ishness in ta k in g his loaded pistol hom e, o u t of th e cold wind. was a g a in st him . So he had to go down to S tillw a ter an d spend a few IT ’S BROWN AND years a t th e p en iten tiary , to w ear THE PIONEER MARKET the strip es. T he tria l cost th e coun ty $1100, so th e co unty was out L ast y ear It was H o w itt’s M arket, $800, one m an killed an d one boy now It’s B row n's, b ut It is a d istin c se n t to th e pen, w hich is ab o u t how tion w ith o u t a difference except in those th in g s tu rn o u t financially. And th e nam e and th e change of p ro p rie w hat of poor Dave? His life and tors. co m fo rt In life was ru in ed , and th e W hen it was sta te d a y ea r ago sham e of those prison clo th es could th a t th e pio n eer m a rk e t of G resham he ev er fo rg et o r m u rd er o r the was holding ... its own . . a g a in st . . . ail com- I strip e s? W h at of th e fa th e r and p etito rs in th e sale of ev ery th in g good 1 , , ,, ... . . .. , , , . , . , m o th er? 1 knew them both. T he to e a t th a t is k ep t in a first-class es- . - v,i v fath e r, a q u ie t old m an was com- tab llsh m en t, th e O utlook only said 1 pletely cru sh ed . I do n ot th in k he w hat it is ready to rep eat a t 'th is j was ev er off th e place a f te r Dave tim e. Brown lias k ep t ab re a st of the was tak en aw ay, till he was carried tim es, ju s t as he did when em ployed o u t to th e cem etery. T he m o th er by Mrs. H ow itt. Now th a t he is the was a h ard w orking m o th erly old p ro p rie to r he fu lly u n d ersta n d s th e w om an w ith h e r k n ittin g in h er conditions th a t a re necessary to con hands on h e r trip s to th e sto re and d u ct a successful business. postoffice. P oor souls! T he fa th e r's New s a n ita ry arra n g e m e n ts p ro life sh o rten ed and th e m other, b ro k tect th e m eats an d keep them fresh en -h e arted , le ft alone! T his Is a a t all seasons of th e year. T his fact tru e sto ry an d I hope som e boy will alone, coupled w ith th e un failin g ta k e w arning an d avoid such places courtesy to be found in Lie pioneer th a t m ig h t cause them a w orld of m a rk e t have b ro u g h t th e rew ard of tro u b le not only fo r them selves b ut good p atro n a g e an d increased suc- for o th ers. 8 ert Bendi. I H a v e y o u g o t t h e hab ltT Invest In a W a n t Ad. Winter goods of all sorts. Phone 544 PEACE and PLENTY Handmade Harness to order. S. E. P a lm q u ist, Harness Shop GRESHAM, -a t- R O LLINS’ NUTS :: FIGS FRUITS CANDIES Christmas Cigars in boxes of 12, 2 5 . 50 and J00 G E N U IN E H A V A N A QUALITY B. F. ROLLINS Pow ell St., - G resham , Ore. P h o n e 4x X PHOTOS A ll K in d s a n d S iz e s Open Tvery D ay. Sunday by Appointm ent Picture Framing Shoes or Rubbers Hessels Farm Machinery we live in a land of And yourself with a fine plush robe or a nice auto shawl. 4 CHRISTMAS STOCKING I 1 j To All Our Friends Blanket. | Carl Dahl I Top. Holiday Greetings Remember Old Dobin with a new FILL YOUR A com m unity sing is being a rran g e d fo r u n d er th e d irectio n of th e M eth o d ist an d P re sb y teria n churches, to ( • il l or N a t u r a l W o o d be held in th e city hall W ednesday M E A T AMO C H E A P evening, D ecem ber 23. Mrs. Je n e t G ran t, p rim ary teach er, is p rep arin g a few special n u m b ers to be given by M AX S C H N E ID E R th e school. Mrs. A. L. Stone and M A IN S T R E E T G R E SH A M Mrs. L. C. Dixon are a rra n g in g the program . Owing to C h ristm as com ing on the fo u rth F rid ay w hich is th e re g u la r T h e G resh am m eeting day of th e P aren t-T ea ch e rs’ SHOE SHOP association, th e re will be no m eeting u n til th e fo u rth F rid a y in Ja n u a ry . W ishes you all a Merry X m as Mrs. J. P. P rovince gave a tea on Every m an and boy wants W ednesday for th e benefit of th e a pair of new M ethodist Aid society a t w hich tim e v ario u s article s w ere finished fo r the b azaar w hich will be given on the For the H olidays, R em em ber aftern o o n and evening of Decem ber I have the best m oney can buy, 19. T hose p rese n t w ere Mr. and A t Low est Prices Mrs. D. S. D unbar, J. H. P eterson, A. L. Stone, E. E. H esiin, C laude H u rst, FOR SALE— 1200 lb. F airb an k s H arry Th,,nlaH’ n t Sandy, is here J. W. M oller, S. C. Dixon, H. T. M orse p latfo rm scale, cheap. See aBRiBtln g In th e p ain tin g of th e new Mr. and Mrs. F re d eric S trick lan d S hutes, P. W. Province, D. W. Mc M D. K ern. 1 R egner building. and d au g h te r G ladys and Mr. Scott K ay, J. B. L ent, A. B. M oller, G ran t K ent took d in n e r T h u rsd ay evening Shaw , C. E. C ree, G eorge B u rlin g A _____ _ _ ____ ? w ith Dr. and Mrs. B ittn er. Mr. K ent am e, B. W en tw o rth G ran t, Misses Í BEST TO BUY BEST TO USE and Mr. S trick lan d are m em bers of D orothy Benecke, M erle H esiin, N an th e P o rtlan d m ale q u a rte t w hich de cy A nderson, N ellie an d Mabie 1915 lig h ted th e audience la te r In th e ev Brown and A da Cree, ening a t the benefit concert given for OLIVER CHILLED PLOWS WITH T he P re sb y teria n Aid m et w ith V th e C atholic ch u rch of G resham . Mrs. D. W. McKay on T h u rsd ay a f OLIVER GUARANTEED MACHINERY W . II. P helps, of Sandy, passed tern o o n when a fte r a sh o rt business th ro u g h G resham W ednesday on his Lowden Stanchions, Litter Carriers, Barn Door Hangers way to P o rtlan d w here his b ro th er m eeting th e tim e was devoted to fill-, E lm er of B ull Run was being o p er lug candy bags for th e pupils of th e Track, Hay Carriers, Fuller Johnson Pumpers ated on fo r appendicitis. T he o p er Sunday school which will be d istrib ation took place at Good S am aritan uted Sunday m orning. Leader Water Systems hospital and was in ch arg e of Dr. S. P. B ittner. Mrs. P. H. P eterso n has gone to 1<4 to 50 h. p. Field Celilo, O regon, w here she will spend Type-W Gas Engines. No b atterie s an d s ta r t on som e tim e w ith h e r g ran d d au g h ter, PI'L L LINE OP GUARANTEED MACHINERY M agneto w ith o u t cran k in g ! Mrs. G eorge L arson. Mr, an d Mrs. A. L. H arvey have I re tu rn e d hom e a fte r spending sev- i era l w eeks v isitin g relativ es in sev- I eral of th e e a ste rn sta te s. Mr, an d Mrs. C. S h epard, who have j been th e g u ests of th e ir son, D. P. Let us all be S hepard and fam ily, of W alla W alla, duly Thankful that W ashington, have re tu rn e d home. Niseo Lowdown wide-spread Spreader», S u “ Additional Gresham Locals Mrs. J. P. Jon es died W ednesday m orning, D ecem ber 16, aged 77 years. T he fu n eral was conducted a t th e bouse F rid a y a t 2 o ’clock; In te rm e n t a t th e D ouglass cem etery. Rev. J. H. W ood preached th e fu- eral serm on. E jh e l W ood is v isitin g h e r au n t, Mrs. T une, in P o rtlan d a few days. Theo. M ercer has a double o u tfit fo r w inter sp ray in g w hich he is us ing on his own o rch a rd an d th a t of som e of his neighbors. j; OREGON As a p ortion of O reg o n ’s display at :: th e P anam a-Pacific exposition next year, ten carlo ad s of p ro d u cts of this sta te will be shipped so u th w ithin a few days u n d er th e auspices of the ' W illam ette V alley E xposition asso ciation. A lready 164 boxes of ap ples have been fo rw ard ed and will be pro m p tly In stalled In th e Oregon building. F ifty th o u san d booklets will he p rin te d fo r d istrib u tio n a t the exposition, co n tain in g article s re g ard in g th e reso u rces of th e valley. { Gresham, Oregon perior Drill», Potato Planters, Etc., Disc and Spike-tooth Harrows, Cultivator», Garden Seeder«, Etc. WAGONS BUGGIES HACKS, CARTS With all Guaranteed Machinery, not only against breakage, but to give Satisfaction. WHY GO ELSEWHERE H E S S E L ’S RIGHT PRICES Gresham RIGHT TREATMENT 1