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;
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! 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
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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
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.. well.
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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. !
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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
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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
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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
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To All Our Friends
Blanket.
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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
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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.
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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
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