Gresham outlook., December 18, 1914, Page 8, Image 8

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GRESHAM
SIX
OUTLOOK
DECEMBER
18,
CHRISTMAS
1914
above connected with every conven- ♦^>*<♦♦♦♦<•*<-6-5-^->x->-W-:-3-5" • ' E ast m any of th e m a n u fa ctu rin g es­ PRICE
REDUCTION
BUSINESS
NUMBER
METHODS
tab lish m en ts a re receiving g re a t o r­
TO SELL GOODS
BRING EXPANSION
lence In th e way of refre sh m e n t and
ders from across th e w ate r in th e
, J reception room s fo r th e convenience
W hen B ert L indsey opened up his
A new fea tu re , calling a tte n tio n to '
shape of w ar m a terial, fo r clothes,
of Its patron». Thl» Is th e R egner
new
sto re in th e R eg n er building
,th
e
fu
rn
itu
re
business,
is
n
oted
in
ten ts, stoves and a long line of o th e r
£ opera house w ith Its spacious stage
th e ad v e rtise m en t of R. R. Carlson. la st M onday m orning, he had ex­
articles.
Many
of
th
ese
facto
ries
2 and m aple floor, th e finest In Oregon
W ith a n et profit of only ten per panded his business to th e extent
, th a t had been closed are being o pen­
J ■ T he w riter h as seen every busl-
cen t above th e o rig in al cost ther® th a t he now has th e la rg e st stock
ed
and
double
tim
e
estab
lish
ed
.
The
Î
ness house, b u t tw o, b u ilt In G resh-
By L. H W ELLS.
prices received fo r th e g re a t crop should be no in cen tiv e fo r anyone , and best arra n g e d service in th e dry­
¡am ; he has w atched th e develop- .
¡ju
st h arv ested w ere th e h ig h est paid to buy elsew here. Such is Mr. Carl- ' goods line of any sim ila r e sta b lish ­
Cities never h appen; com m unity nieut of th e tow n from th e co u n try < O'frOtHHXHi t t 0 0901M 0 99 0 0 UtOO
in
th e h isto ry of th is co u n try . Of so n ’s an n o u n cem en t. He has m ade m ent in E astern M ultnom ah.
cen ters never come by chance; they jcam p m eeting grove of fo rty years
PORTLAND, Dec. 17.—(S p e cia l) —
course,
we in th e W est, have n o t re ­ a success in th e f u rn itu re b u s in e s s ,, Rows of shelving ru n n in g e n tire ­
a re n o t th in g s of circum stance. In ago to Its p resen t proud em inence, w ith in a few days th e record of the
covered,
and m any men a re o u t of because, as he sta te s, he buys for ly aro u n d th e sto re, a re filled w ith
th e origin and developm ent of every with its high school, Its six churches, year
wUj be cj0Bed
j t WOuld
em
ploym
ent,
but really n o t many cash and ru n s his sto re econom ically a varied stock of goods th a t can u o t
“ e —
.
, _
.
,,
p erm a n en t city th
re *“
Is plainly dis- 1 its tw o flourishing b an k s, its dry
seem th a t one of th e g rea t achleve- m ore th a n a re usually o u t of em ploy- To th e o b serv er it would seem ’h at be d u p licated an y w h ere in th e co u n ­
cernible th e operation of ce rtain ec goods sto res, grocery sto res, garag es, :
hotel and shops. All th e o th e rs ment» of th e year was in m ak in g Or- , m ent a t th is tim e of th e year. This only ten per cent as a profit jv mid ty o u tsid e of P o rtlan d . T he n u m e r­
onom tc laws.
n ot be eq u iv alen t to lo an in g nis 1 ous b arg ain co u n ters th a t fill the
A city may exist because, by rea- th ln g s th a t go to m ake a com fort- *’8on <” ? • In his ad d ress before th e co untry has w onderful recu p erativ e money o u t a t in te re st, b u t he lr iii-
c e n te r of th e estab lish m e n t are o ver­
son of its ce n tral location, It be- able, profitable and p erm a n en t hom e E ast Side B usiness Men 8 club last powers. It gets well fast, no m a tte r te re ste d in holding th e tra d e in flowing w ith a rticle s su itab le for
hiw
sick
it
has
been.
Many
things
city
have
come
u
n
d
er
his
observa-
M
onday
P
re
sid
en
t
G
ilm
an
said
th
a
t
com es th e m ost convenient m a rk e t­
G resham an d saving m oney fo r his every need in his p ecu liar lines, and
ing ce n te r and d istrib u tin g point for tion as th ey have ap p eared , and he p ro h ib itio n had left a g reat financial could be said along th is line b ut it custom ers.
w ith a g en ero u s asso rtm en t of h oli­
would
be
w
aste
of
space.
We
are
a large, populous te rrito ry ; o r be­ has seen th e population in crease problem th a t m ust be m et by the
If the people will ap p re cia te >I~. day goods.
He g ettin g well from o u r recen t sickness.
cause, th ro u g h proxim ity to large from a h u n d red to its p rese n t n u m b er business men of th e country.
C a rlso n ’s olTer for th e next 30 days
An im m ense stock of new good •
supplies of raw m a teria l and sources of m ore th an 1200. T here a re o th ers * « riifht. fo r It is an econom ical T h at is all th e re is ab o u t th e s itu a ­ he will co n tin u e It longer and th e
and co n sisten t prices will add to his
tion.
who
have
seen
it
all,
som
e
who
w
ere
Problem
,
ra
th
e
r
th
a
n
a
m
oral
prob-
of power. Its m a n u fa ctu rin g in te r­
people of th is vicinity will be »he in creasin g business.
W ith a stric t
ests are developed, o r because ,t born here, and It Is no m arvel th a t lem - 11 m eans a trem en d o u s a d ju st-
g ain ers on every p u rch ase from his a tte n tio n to d etails an d w ith the u n ­
Let
us
all
be
op
tim
ists
for
a
g
rea
t
th
e
city
did
n
ot
happen,
did
n
ot
m
ent
of
tb
e
«
re
a
l
p
ro
p
erty
Invested
possesses a h a rb o r th a t becomes an
d o u b ted confidence of th e public he
y ear— 1915. L et us ta lk prosperity, sto re.
incentive to com m erce; o r because come by chance. Is not a circum - *n ,b e 1,(l u o r business. It may be
T he offer Includes every artic le will co n tin u e to ad vance his tra d e
th in k p ro sp erity an d m ake p ro sp eri­
stance,
b
ut
is
th
e
gro
w
th
of
th
e
c
e
r
-
,
8aid>
how
ever,
w
ith
all
due
respects
it has a clim ate and n a tu ra l scenic
ty come. By a u n ited effort, we can now in stock, w hich is la rg e -. nd w ith th e success th a t has c h a ra c te r­
a ttra c tio n s th a t m ake it desirable as tain econom ic law s th a t w ere its her- to ,b e g re a t m oral force of th e coun-
h asten th e day of g en eral p rosperity v aried and su ita b le to th e needs of ized his d ealin g s d u rin g th e past
Itage
from
Its
first
inception.
«-X
‘b
at
th
e
p
ro
g
ress
tow
ard
prohl-
a place of abode.
th re e years.
th is com m unity.
F ro m th e days of the first se ttle rs bltion was a c c e le ra te d by th e g re a t in M ultnom ah county and th e sta te
R ailroads, ad m itted ly th e m ost
of Oregon.
railro
ad
s
an
d
business
concerns
of
active agencies In the ac tu a l bulld- — th e th re e Pow ell fam ilies who
TWO DECADES OF
ing up of m ost cities, are, in a close i nam ed th e valley and ow ned it— t o tb e c o u n try- T hey do n ot w ant the
PROSPEROUS BUSINESS
BAKERY
CONFECTIONS
th
e
p
resen
t
tim
e
th
e
re
have
been
‘Irin
k
in
g
m
an
In
th
e
ir
em
ploy.
T
h
ere
analysis, but secondary causes a fte r
MOST ECONOMICAL
800,1 be no bIace fo r 8Uch a man
all, because th e railro a d s com e only men of en terp rise behind every move-
A n o th er year of p ro sp erity has
m ent tow ard Its ad v ancem ent. W hen 11,8 day ba8 corae and *0,ie
He 18
when th e o th e r conditions exist.
P aul H oetzel’s City B akery ap ­ been added to th e tw o decades th a t
In th e developm ent of m ost cities, th e p ossibilities of Powell Valley an d down and o u t
have m ark ed th e
flight of Tim e
pears ag ain in holiday a ttire , and
several of these principles a re o p era­ th e tow n of G resham began to at-
since th e estab lish m e n t of th e G resh­
T he g re a t G ^ T T n tlo n has been
tive. An application of these con­ tra c t th e atte n tio n of th e new com ers m ade th a t p ro h , bitlon w ou,d b u rt the show w indows are filled w ith am d ru g sto re. It is th e o ld est es­
sid e ra tio n s to G resham reveals th a t— they began to come. In th e ir w ake bu8,ne88 tb a t u would de8troy prop. sam ples of th e b a k e r’s art.
tab lish ed of any business house in
G resham is the n a tu ra l, th e inevit­ cam e developm ent and p ro sp erity ,,rty an d
pqt mpn QUt of work
T h ere is such a com plete a sso rt­ G resham , th o u g h fo r m ore th a n h alf
able m a rk e tin g ce n te r and d istrib ­ and to them as m uch as to th e early Never wa8 a c la , m morp u n fo u n d ed . m ent of ev ery th in g in p astry th a t it of its existence it was u n d er o th e r
DISHES of many kinds su it­
utin g point of a te rrito ry vast in ex­ se ttle rs is due th e gro w th and ex- Thp ,lq u o r buB, npBB createB n o th , ng would he econom y in p rep arin g for m anagem ents.
able for gifts.
te n t, alread y very productive, but pansion th a t has come an d is still ta n g lb le. I t doeB n o t bulld BebooiB. your C h ristm as d in n e r to ‘‘let P aul
Since it becam e th e G resham D rug
w ith a po ten tial w ealth th a t has only com ing.
A GOOD L IN E OF
I t foundB no ho sp itals. I t m ain tain s do i t ” , fo r it will be done rig h t. Co., u n d er th e p ro p rie to rsh ip of A r­
been roughly estim ated.
T he new cannery is b u t one of th e nQ ,n 8 tltu tlo n fo r tb e care of th e T h ere is a te m p tin g arra y of every th u r D ow sett an d Jo e P ate n ea u d e it
GreBham has n ear a t hand an al­ en terp rises th a t Is th e o u tg ro w th of helple88. On tb e co n tra ry lt fills up delicacy to fill every w ant.
has moved stead ily fo rw ard u n til it HANDKERCHIEFS, NECKTIES
m ost wholly undeveloped a g ric u ltu r­ the energy of th e new com er. T he thp8p , n 8tltutlon8 th a t are m ain tain-
P au l H oetzel’s success in business now ran k s w ith th e lead in g d ru g GIFT BOXES and ail the small
al te rrito ry of unlim ited extent, and F irs t S tate Bank building, tb e Cong-
is
solely
due to his fa ir dealings with sto res of th e city an d has k ep t pace Articles usually carried in a nov­
ed by th e In d u stry and e n te rp rise of
has, m oreover, in
th e
num erous don h otel, th e au to m o b ile facto ry
th
e
public.
Several o th e r p redeces­ w ith the gro w th of th e com m unity. elty store.
o th e r people. It is a business th a t J
m ountain strea m s th a t plunge w ith and o th e r stru c tu re s are m o n u m en ts take8 a „ an d g h .p8 notblllg back ln sors failed to satisfy th e public, but
Its leading fe a tu re is th e carefu l
m ighty energy down th e steep slopes to th e faith th e new com ers had in
com
pounding
of p rescrip tio n s, to STATIONERY, C H R I S T M A S
th
e
best
in
q
u
ality
was
none
too
! re tu rn . T he Bums of money it pays
of Mt. Hood, a source of hydro-elec­ the fu tu re of G resham . It is in th e
for licenses is used by society to good fo r G resham . W ith th is idea w hich is closely allied th e A. D. T. TABLE NAPKINS, CREPE and
tric pow er for m a n u fa ctu rin g p u r­ a ir we b rea th e and by reason of o u r ta k e ca re of th e finished p ro d u ct of in m ind Mr. H oetzel has gained new rem edies an d th e R exall rem edies.
TISSUE PAPER, HOLLY RIB­
poses th a t is sufficient to m ake th is location th a t th e city of G resham is
T h ere is a stric t a tte n tio n to the
th e liq u o r business. A gain, th e ex­ custom ers, reta in ed his fo rm e r pa­
BON,
CHRISTMAS TAGS and
city the g re a te st m a n u fa ctu rin g cen­ the chosen location of th o se who are
perience of cities w here p ro hibition tro n s an d has m ade a success w here needs and re q u irem en ts of th e com ­
te r of th e N orthw est. I t only aw aits m ainly responsible fo r its ad v an ce­
SEALS.
m unity, all of w hich a re an ticip ate d
has been tried o u t in O regon is th a t o th e rs m et w ith failu re.
developm ent.
He is one of th e m ost p ersisten t and offered to a d isc rim in a tin g pub­
m ent.
business im proves. Men have m ore
COME IN
G resham enjoys a clim ate th a t is
An artic le like th is could not m en­ money to p u t in th e banks. Rose- j ad v e rtise rs in th e O utlook, a fact lic a t low est prices.
exceptionally d elig h tfu l.
It is th e tion a few persons in d iv id u ally w ith ­
Slippers Made to Order
burg, in so u th e rn O regon, is an ex­ th a t has been a facto r in th e success
m ost h ea lth fu l city in proportion to o ut doing an in ju stic e to h alf a hun-
he
h
as
attain
ed
.
Its
m
any
fee
t
a
re
w
h
at
en
ab
le
a
am ple.
R oseburg is th e m ost at-
population in Oregon.
gas bill to ru n up so rapidly.
dred m ore. T he pioneers and th e trac tlv e and p ro sp ero u s tow n in Or-
A uditing county books by (he S tate
G resham is th e gatew ay of a re ­ m ore recen t a rriv a ls have jo in ed th e 1 egon
j t bai sev en teen m iles of
Board of A ccountants is costing the
gion of scenic g ra n d e a u r th a t for va­ town an d its su rro u n d in g country. paved stree ts.
W ild hogs are an Oregon product.
Its business houses
various counties double w h at it did T h irty w ere shipped from C u rry
riety and w onderfulness haB few, if They a re w orking to g e th er, an d it j are occupied ,
N o v e lty S to re
R ecently th e people
G resha in
any, c o u n te rp a rts in th e world.
county to M arshfield to be fatten ed .
seem s as if the infusion of new blood VOfed a g a in st a re tu rn to “ w et” con- form erly.
A lthough th e fertile Powell val­ was needed. At le ast th e effect has dn io n . I lived in R oseburg w hen It
A poor excuse is b e tte r th an none-- FO R CHRISTM AS TU RK EY S cal)
ley was se ttle d m ore th an 60 years been good and b oth th e old and th e bad 10 BaloollBi one fo r ev ery 100
Chas. Reynolds. P ho n e 299.
ago th e town of G resham was not new have been g ain ers, an d th o se population, an d it was a sodden if it passes m u ster w ith th e boss.
founded until d uring th e first adm in ­ who are to come a f te r will reap a j tow n, indeed. So, we have m ade a
istra tio n of P re sid en t Cleveland. It h eritag e of p ro sp erity — even as we of g rea t galn In tbi8 Btate. T b ere ,8
then becam e a postofflee and was today a re reap in g th e benefits of th e I am p ie tim e fo r re a d ju stm e n t before
nam ed in honor of the P o stm a ster pioneers who have left us “a hom e
T he I
1916. Nobody will be h u rt,
G eneral of th a t tim e. Since then it and a grav e in th e w est.”
brew ers can ch an g e th e stills in to i I
has advanced to be the in d u stria l
packing and can n in g plants.
m a rt of E ustern
M ultnom ah and G R E S H A M G A R A G E
has a seem ing fu tu re as bright as
I N C R E A S E S B U S IN E S S
Several m illions of money will be
th a t of any rival in th e sta te , m eas­
sp en t in P o rtlan d and in th e s ta te in
T he h alf-page ad v e rtise m en t of
ured by its resources, location and
the en su in g year. Even w ith th e dull
Y i/
capabilities.
C. M. Zim m erm an in th is issue re ­ tim es P o rtla n d has m ude su b sta n tia l :
G resham 's only d anger lies in the veals th e fact th a t he haB m ade a progress. T he M eier & F ra n k b u ild ­
fact th a t it is too n ea r P ortland. It
w onderful increase in his business ing, costing $1,250,000 now in p ro g ­
is in d an g er of losing its identity in
ress, is an exam ple of th e confidence I
n consolidation w ith th e m etropolis; since renew ing his agency fo r th " th is firm has in th e fu tu re of the
hut it cun never lose the prestige it O verland autom obile a y ear ago. He city and state. O th er p ro jects of j
has earn ed as a progressive center Is now ready to ta k e o rd ers for five eq Uai im p o rtan ce a re w aiting th e '
of uctivity and en terp rise, nor as the m odels of to u rin g cars and ro ad ste rs com lng of 8pring for developm ent
hom e of men who are actuated by a a t prices w hich a re easily u n d er­ If M eier & F ra n k can spend $1,250,-
high sense of pride and industry and stood, being th e ir cost rig h t h ere in 000 in th e erectio n of a sky scrap er,
who have the faith of th eir convic­ G resham , As th e O verland is p rac­ th e co unty of M ultnom ah ce rtain ly
tions in pushing forw ard every ad ­ tically th e only m achine w hich ap ­ can do no less th an issue bonds to
vantage fo r suprem acy and advance­ proaches th e g re a t dividing line be­ th e am o u n t of $1,500,000 w ith
m ent.
tw een th e very cheap and very cost­ which to h ard su rfa ce th e C olum bia
T he grow th of G resham has been ly au to s th e re is th e incentive for H ighw ay an d th e m ain trav e led
steudy and su b sta n tia l. Every new every man In th e co u n try to Investi- 1 roada of t h ,B co u n try
Bonds are
building, residence o r business stru c ­ g ate before buying.
| , be only fa ir way to
build good
tu re , is p erm an en t. F rom the little
Mr, Z im m erm an has a fully equip- | roadB. T his assessin g th e a b u ttin g
wooden sto re building of a dozen ped g ara g e and is p rep ared to do all farm lauds for h ard su rface ro ad s is
y a r s ago th e evolution has been kinds of re p a ir w ork on sh o rt no­ u n fa ir an d will n ot w ork o u t in p rac­
steudy u n til today th e new est of tice. H e is also th e resid e n t ag en t tice.
Bonds rest on th e c re d it of
them all is a m odern tw o-story stru c ­ fo rt I'rest-O -L lte an d has a full line th e w hole com m unity and all pay
tu re, housing th re e live-w ire busi­ of au to m o b ile accessories for sale as alike.
No effort sh o u ld be sp ared
ness men w ith th e ir stocks in trade, well us sto rag e room for au to s when to b rin g th e p erm an en t paving of th e
FLASH LIGHTS
ELECTRIC IRONS
and w ith a spacious assem bly hall not in use.
WAGONS
main tru n k
ro ad s of M ultnom ah !
county. No in v estm en t ln h ard cash 1
EMBROIDERY
SETS
SAFETY
and
CARVING SETS
will give g re a te r re tu rn to th e coun- I
COMPASSES
ORDINARY RAZORS
TOOLS
try. It will ten d to draw people back
to th e farm . I believe th a t th e peo- j
CIGAR
LIGHTERS
FISHING RODS
THERMOS BOTTLES with
pie of M ultnom ah county will see t o '
HICKEM
ETER
LAMPS
it th a t th ese roads and th e C o lu m -|
LUNCH BOX Attached
bla H ighw ay a re paved w ithin th e
POCKET
KNIVES
ELECTRIC TOASTERS
FOOT BALLS
next year.
HE Spirit of the Season prompts us to extend
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CLOSING
A RECORD
NATURAL
GATEW AY
Dinner Sets
Mrs.S.Boughner
Christmas is Drawing Near
3a----
And You Know that You can Get
Many Fine Gifts at Our Store
Xmas 1914
T
o
to you our sincere wishes for a
fR rrry (L'liriutmao
and may the dawn of the New Year light your
path to 1 lappiness and Prosperity.
GRESHAM* OREGON
A. F. MILLER. Pn-ddent.
v
K. A. MILLER. 1 Ice-Pres.
F. A. HOLLIDAY, Vlce-Pree.
GI ST. LAHMON, Director. KMAM FL ANDERSON, Director.
E. W. PETERSON, Director
M ultnom ah, O regon, and C lark
county, W ash in g to n , a rc going
to
spend n early $2,000,000 in th e
erection of th e in te rs ta te b ridge
across th e C olum bia riv e r th e com ­
ing year. T his money will be sp e n t I
largely at hom e, som e goin E ast to r
s tru c tu ra l steel, b u t m uch of it will !
be paid o u t in w ages an d fo r m ater- |
lal used in th e s tru c tu re . T his b rid g e j
u n doubtedly w ill be a trem en d o u s
asset for both counties. It will help 5
P o rtlan d and V ancouver. At pres- i
ent m ost of th e produce th a t is sold |
in th e A lbina m a rk e t com es from .
C lark
county.
W ash in g to n .
Yes, '
p ractically all com es from C lark j
county. T hese farm ers say th ey will
p rep are specially to supply th is m a r - 1
k et next year. T hen th e b rid g e will s
be needed. In som e resp ects t h e 1
sm all A lbina m a rk e t is ideal fo r th e i
reason It is su pplied by g e n u in e .
farm ers who raise th e ir own tru ck .
We shall witness some great gains
in 1915. Already there Is evidence,
of recovery. It Is ln the sir. In the
STOVES
VELOCIPEDES
ALUMINUM WARE
ETC., ETC.
GUNS
SCOUTS WATCHES
Sterling & Kidder
HARDWARE
Phone 603
GRESHAM,
OREGON
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