T W IC E
W EEK
VOL. 5, NO. 48
G resham O utlook
SPECIAL CALL
FOR MEETING
MONDAY EVE
A sp ecial m eetin g o f th e board of
d irectors o f th e M ultnom ah C ounty
F air w ill be held next M onday e v e n
in g at h a lf past seven .
FRIDAY,
I ENGAGEMENT POPULAR
GRESHAM YOUNG PEOPLE
AUGUST 13,
PETITIONS TO BE PRESENTED
TO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
H ighlan d F arm , th e hom e of Mr.
and Mrs. S. C. Jo n es, was th e scene
yesterd ay of a m erry p a rty a t w hich
th e en g ag em en t of th e ir d au g h ter,
Miss Echo, to R ussell A kin was an -I
nounced. T he bride-to-be is th e only 1
d a u g h te r of Mr. and Mrs. Jones. She j
is an a ttra c tiv e girl, p ro m in en t in I
church and social circles. She pos
sesses a sw eet so p ran o voice and
often sings in G resham an d P o rtlan d . I
1 here is so little that is new in the road paving situation that
T he m a rriag e of Miss Jo n es to Mr. it seems superfluous to say anything about it at this time, yet the
A kin will be an event of early O cto
work of paving the Columbia river highway is going on and its
ber.
Mr. Akin is a m em ber of th e well- three feeders are still obstructed so that travel over them is almost
know n pioneer fam ily of P o rtlan d by impossible. It is the same on the Foster road east of Lents, but
th a t nam e and a b ro th e r of Dr. Otis that improvement has small effect on travel to or from Gresham
Akin and Mrs. Mabel D rake, of P o rt or any other point in Multnomah county except in the vicinity of
land. He is m an ag er of S p rin g crest Sycamore.
F arm , th e G resham farm
of his
\\ ork on the l’owell \ alley road has progressed as far as
brother-in -law ,
Dr. C larence T ru e
L im it maun »Junction, the macadam surface having been ploughed
W ilson.
Miss Jo n es had in v ited h er g u ests up that tar and the roadbed is being prepared for the hard sur
to bring th e ir sew ing an d “ d rin k to face
hot stuff.
It is said to he the intention to complete the
a new frie n d ’s h e a lth .” The young
surface
work
that
far
before coming any farther east. After that
ladies g ath ered
in
th e spacious
the
remaining
two
miles
will be made a section for the completion
porches, w here
th e
h o u r s were
pleasan tly spent.
L uncheon
was of the e work into Gresham. Paving of the fountain square will
served in th e grap e a rb o r, w here a then he done, and if the plan to get Main street hard surfaced
long tab le had been set for th e o c c a - 1 succeeds, that will be the next job to receive attention,
sion. Red and g ren com prised t h e 1
color schem e of th e luncheon tab le i
...
.
. .
and it was ca rrie d o u t w ith red nas-
c o ,n n u tte e ,0 w « lt on tile commissioners has set next Tiles
tu rtlu m s and tra ilin g vines. A bas-l'b^ as tbc time. A few more names have been added to the peti-
ket of flowers was suspended over tions but the efforts of the canvassing eommitte are not expected
the table and tinsel cords extended I to bring immediate results upon presentation of the petitions
Mr
OTHER INTERESTING MATTERS CONCERNING
NOW BEING IMPROVED
1915
$1.50 PER
PLAY AT SANDY
BY CATHOLIC SOCIETY
T he social
A ugust 7, fo r
j ael s ch u rch ,
j T he p rin cip al
Wa8
given in S h elley ’s hall,
th e benefit of St. Mlch-
proved a g re a t success,
fe a tu re of th e eveniug
? ,
.
YEAR
TRESPASS
SIGNS ARE
SOON DUE
p rese n tatio n of a p rogram
co n sistin g of a tw o-act com edy, en-
title d , "W on by a W ag er," su p p le
T he open season fo r deer will be
m ented by sev eral well ren d e re d m u gin next M onday and last for six
sical num bers.
weeks. T resp ass notices will not he
T h e follow ing was th e cast of needed to keep h u n te rs from sh o o t
c h a ra c te rs: Sim on Sweet, a farm er,
ing them as th e deer of today are
F ra n k S chm idt; M artha Sweet, his
wife, M argaret M ilan; M ary, th e ir only found in th e w ilds of th e m o u n t
d au g h te r. B e rth a A lbel;
Billy, a ains, fa r aw ay from cu ltiv a ted farm s.
son, Leo M ilan; M elintha Sweet, an
B ut p retty soon th e open season
old m aid, H a ttie B. K elly;
H arry fo r p h ea sa n ts will daw n an d then
H ow ard, Leo C an n in g ; Sally L unn, th e h u n te r will tram p le down your
colored Cook, A ngela C an n in g ; Den
crops, th ro w down y o u r fences and
nis O’D onovan, hired m an, Jo e V ar-
sh o o t y o u r chickens if you d o n 't
etti.
T he follow ing m usical
num bers w atch out.
w ere p rese n ted :
T he way to keep th e tre sp a sse r
"A L ittle Bit of H eav en ,” Miss o u t is p resen ted by Dr. O utlook. A
K elly; The Rosary, Mr. Jo h n D unn; tresp a ss notice, p rin ted on clo th o r
'R ose of My H e a rt,” Miss G enevlve card b o ard , in any p rev ailin g style,
Clancy.
" H e a rt of H e a rts,” Mrs. may be had o ver th e O utlook p re
Jo h n D unn; " In th e C andle L ig h t," scrip tio n co u n ter, in q u an tu m sutfi-
Misses K elly and Clancy.
cit.
In o th e r w ords, they a re for
T he ab ility w ith w hich each n u m sale in any q u a n tity , fo r sp o t cash
ber was ren d ered reflects g re a t cred a t five cen ts per on tougli ca rd b o ard ,
it upon th e young people who p a r a little m ore on cloth, and at a low er
tic ip ated .
Each n u m b er m et w ith ra te by th e dozen.
h ea rty ap p reciatio n .
A good q u a n tity of these, in sev
D ancing follow ed th e p ro g ram and era l d iffe ren t form s, will be k ep t on
fo r tw o h ours a sp irit of m errim en t hand o r p rin te d to o rd e r on sh o rt
p rev ailed as both young an d old notice. Com e early and avoid the
trip p e d th e lig h t fan ta stic toe be ru sh and do y o u r tresp a ss notice
n ea th a bow er of vine m ap le.an d red shopping before th e h u n tin g season
dah lias.
begins.
T his was th e first a tte m p t of St.
M ichael’s young people in an affair
PoMottlce W ill E xh ib it at Fair
of th is kind and th e p leasan t co
T he postofflee will ex h ib it a t the
o p era tio n
and
ap p reciatio n w ith fa ir th is year. T h e exhibit will show
w hich they m et has created a stro n g th e public how to use th e parcel post
d esire to rep eat so m e ih i'ig of the system , how to w rap an d ad d ress
kind in th e n e a r fu tu re.
packages, giving th e d ifferen t rate s
and show ing th e w onderful p ossibili
ties of th e system .
FAREWELL RECEPTION
GIVEN MISS SHOEMAKER
I. McCOLL, Host m aster.
T h ere will be am eetin g of
th e
board of d irec to rs of the M ultnom ah
County F a ir association on M onday
to m ake f u rth e r arra n g e m e n ts for
tile com ing fair.
The p rincipal business will be to
h ea r rep o rts from th e o u tstan d in g
com m ittees and ta k e action thereon.
P resid en t Lewis has been in d u s tri
ously fu rth e rin g tile In terests of th e
fa ir in P o rtlan d w here P hil Hates
is w orking h ard as publicity m an
ager.
The P o rtlan d C ham ber of Com
m erce, w ith its 5000 m em bers, has
tak en th e m a tte r of assistan ce up in
ea rn est and at a m eeting two weeks
ago adopted a reso lu tio n appo in tin g
a ch airm an of a com m ittee in the
person of Hy F ilers, giving him pow
e r to select a com m ittee of 50, head
ed by him self, to boost th e fa ir in
every possible way.
Mr. E llers has nam ed th e follow
ing as his associates:
pn,b,i
........
indicated that tiny would he referred to him for a report,
ended i„
in double h eart ann
o u n „.........I
cem en t 1
W. H. B e h arrel, A. H. Devers, Max cards, tied in red. T he house and which will undoubtedly be the course taken by the commissioners.
8. H irsch, Thos. D. H oueym an, H. J. th e porches w ere profusely d ecorated The plan from there on would be to interest all those of influence
K ingsley, M. B. M cFaul, D rake C. w ith flowers.
in I ortland w ho favor the hard surfacing of tiff* road to Fairview
O’R eilly, Jo seph N. T eal, Oswald
to
use all the pressure they can bring to hear for a favorable con
W est, A lfred T ucker, John F . Car-
STORE
TO
BE
SOLD;
sideration.
roll,
W illiam A lbers,
G eorge W.
PROCEEDS IN CONTEST
B ates J r ., F. M. C ase,J. D. F a rre ll,
It is believed that nearly every owner of an automobile will
M. W. G ill, C. N. M cA rthur, H enry
T he latest d evelopm ents in th e l be willing to help in tile matter, it should be made plain that there
W. M etzger, H. J. O tten h eim er, O. M. P u lfe r M ercantile com pany bank-1
,11U8^ b*‘ a connecting link from the Sandy road to Gresham, as the
Scott, S. C. R asm ussen, W. H. Mc-
Monies, C. 8. Jack so n , H. R. Albee, ruptcy proceedings seem s to be a | three geeat arteries of travel will converge into the Columbia river
W. C. B ristol, W ilbur E. Com an, Dr. effort to tu rn th e p ro p erty into h ard I highway if there is a passable road, and auto tourists will naturally
I be in favor of a cross-country road that would permit of a detour
F. H. D am m asch, A. L. D uPuy, Dr. cash.
J. P. T am iesie, F red Spoer;, S. C.
A cting on an o rd e r from th e f e d - | a ,,(* ,10t confine all the travel to one thoroughfare.
A farew ell reception was given
P ier, C. H enri Labbe, Jo h n H S tev
y esterd ay in h o n o r of Miss E dna
eral court, th e assig n ee -re ceiv er-tru s
enson, C. C. C olt, E d g ar B. P iper,
1 here seems now to be some question as to whether the Ban S h o em ak er who leaves next week to
A. C. Black, H. L. P itto c k , W. P. tee, R. L. Sabin, has placed a man I
S tran d b o rg , T. H. Richey, W i'liam in ch a rg e w ith in stru c tio n s to k e e p | <' 1'0 *' bonding act can be made effective in paying for the improve ta k e up m issionary work in China.
U m bdenstock, W illiam Deveney, W. th e sto re open d u rin g
th is week I
proposed on Main street. The district attorney ’s office will T he g ath e rin g w as held at th e hom e
H. D aughtrey, Jo h n E. C ronan, W. from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m., for in sp ec-l b e consulted, as Mayor Stapleton s first expression concerning the of Mrs. A. J. W. Brow n, u n d er the
W. C otton, II. A. Moser, F. L. P urse,
tion. T he idea is to receive cash I P1'«position seems to he doubted in some minds. The matter will auspices of th e Home M issionary
G. B. H eg ard t, T hom as W lthycom ba,
bids for th e stock and fixtures and I have to he investigated, and it will he well to do so, for every detail Circle.
A bout forty m em bers and
O. W. M ielke.
Some of these men a re well known sell them o u t to th e h ig h e st bidder. I ■oust he made clear to those who have promised to sign up for the frie n d s of th e society w ere present.
Bids will be opened by Mi*. Sabin improvement, provided they cun get a sufficient length of time in An a p p ro p ria te p ro g ram was re n
in ea ste rn M ultnom ah and all a re
friends of th e fair. T h eir influence at his P o rtlan d office next M onday.! which to pay for the work to be done
d ered , co n sistin g of vocal solos by
will be fe lt and appreciated . All 'h e
z
r r
c X “ is rs s s s
,
1? 7 r h r ° f t
r
s t r ' e t s o f , h " c i ,y h “ b “ n Mrs. E. W. AylBWorth and Miss G race
ciuos of P o rtla n d a re ta k in g th e m at
H essel, d u ets by Dr. and Mrs. W. C.
te r up th ro u g h
th e auove-nam ed over the money on hand an d will con- talked ot but they Will probably wait until it is seen what the county
D river, a piano solo by Miss G ladys
tln
u
e
until
a
final
se
ttle
m
en
t
is
m
ade.
I
"
ld
do’
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8
believed
with
Main
street
paved,
property
ow
ners
in
co m m ittee who a re m em bers of th e
M iller an d a re a d in g by Mrs. A. J. W.
T he in te re sts of all p arties will be I other parts of town will want to improve their streets and avenues
several associations. T hey will in
B row n.
Rev. A. J. W are gave a
te re st th e o th e rs to such an extent protected, e ith e r of whom may bid I and make of Gresham a more modern city, more attractive to a
b rief ad d ress an d a t th e close p re
th a t th e success of th e fa ir is assured atnionhewm°reSmtB
°inbe ‘“’i'1- V® ' ‘J“' I wealthier cla88 of citizens. It is realized that not all of the needed se n ted Miss S h o em ak er w ith a b eau
.
.
,
,
,
unless in te rfe re d w ith by th e w eath- ation will rem ain u n changed as fa r I - .
as th e c o n testan ts are
concerned. | P
nent8 Can be brought about immediately, but the attitude tifu l clock, th e g ift of th e society.
but th e re is a good prospect th a t th e ,0* lbe -Outlook is, and shall be, to help to creat a public sentiment R e fresh m en ts w ere served a t th e
close of th e afte rn o o n . T h e house
sto re will be opened for business i f , favoring better streets, and crowd the matter within all reason
CHEMICAL CART
was b ea u tifu lly d eco rated w ith flow-
GETS NEW WHEELS th e sale is confirm ed next Monday I able limits.
E xtensive
im provem ents
have MAINTAINING CLASS
been m ade on th e chem ical c a rt of
It is not unlikely that after the highway has been improved and
IN HIGH GRADES!
th e G resham fire d ep a rtm en t. Two
the county decides to pave the Section Line road, which will certainly
fro n t w heels have been added and
At a m eeting of th e U nion High be done in another year or two, the paving plants will be in this
th e chem ical ta n k s
m ounted
on school board of d irecto rs held on
springs.
W ith th ese im provem ents W ednesday m orning th e bid of T A , vicinity again and it is hoped that hy that time at any rate more
th e a p p a ra tu s is in m uch b e tte r con A im quist fo r 50 cords of dry wood I peop e M1 realize the advantage of hard surfaced streets and bi
dition for use in fire fighting. T h e! was accepted a t $3.35 p e r cord. Ten I ready to have the work done.
fo rm er condition of th e a p p a ra tu s cords of ald er was also o rd ered from |
The outcome will be carefully and eagerly watched hy those
m ade it both dan g ero u s and slow to E. A. Stafford a t $2.75.
most
interested and there is no doubt as to the ultimate result. It
h au l th e chem ical behind an au to in
Jo h n W u ch ter was given the con-|
is
sate
to predict that practically all of the county roads and many of
going to a fire, and it took several tra c t to erect a 50-foot flag pole in
men to hold it. Now two m en can fro n t of th e new b u ilding for $15. the streets of Gresham will be hard surfaced within a few years.
hold th e chem ical behind an au to
T he board au th o rized P rincipal I
and easily ste e r it and th e ja rrin g Goodwin to publish a pro sp ectu s be-1
Travel on the »Section Line road is at its highest tide but the
is avoided.
fore the opening of th e school. He I
i v ,
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i
.
i load 18 kept in excellent repair to withstand the unusual heavy
T he firem en look forw ard to th e i was also au th o rized to secu re nee-1 ♦
ti . . t
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tim e when a bonus will be paid to essary sta tio n e ry and supplies f o ri " , ’
" **'* . H<' " HK s m o o ,b«‘«l d o w n a n d th e n th o r o u g h ly o ile d
a n d a to p d r e s s in g o f c r u s h e d ro c k s c re e n in g s w a s s p r in k le d o v e r it
th e a u to th a t gets to th e fire hall his office.
It is n o w th e o n ly ro a d le a d in g e a s tw a r d f ro m P o r t
first and helps pull th e a p p a ra tu s to
A chem ical and physical lab o r-! lu ll w id th .
th e fire. W hen th a t tim e com es a ato ry a p p a ra tu s was o rd ered to cost I la n d th a t c a n be u se d a n d is in a b e t t e r c o n d itio n th a n a n y o f th e m
hook can be attac h ed to th e auto $450. Sueh an outfit is dem anded I h a v e e v e r b e e n b e fo re .
connected w ith th e to ngue of th e to m ake th e school a high class, a c -l
nnu
c $
„
.
.
credited In stitu tio n , and it was agreed
T " 181,01,1 of braving one artery open for traffic this season
chem ical and a quick s ta rt m ade.
TU ESD A Y S
AND
F R ID A Y S
More cucu m b ers are picked In the
vicinity of G resham th is y ear th an
e v e r before.
W hen M anager S te r
ling of th e F ru it G row ers asso cia
tion co n tra cte d last sp rin g to fu rn
ish 35 acres of cu cu m b ers a g re a t in
te re st was prom ised in th e e n te r
prise.
T he picking season has com m enced
and m ore th an a ton a day a re being
d elivered at th e cannery. T hey are
being b ro u g h t to th e can n ery in bas
k ets, cra te s o r sack s and are so rted
and shipped by a u to tru ck daily to
P o rtlan d . Some cucum bers a re be
ing raised in thW fam ily g ard en s in
an d n e a r G resham and on m any la r
g er tra c ts n e a r by, and th u s em ploy
m ent is given to m any pickers.
FAIRVIEW
A m arria g e license was issued one
day th is week to L e ster R o b in ette
and Miss Lizzie lie s of G resham . T he
age of th e b rid e was given as 16
years.
T he usual services will be held a t
th e M ethodist church next Sunday.
Dr. B. J. Hoad ley of P o rtlan d will
preach both m orning and evening.
Sunday school will m eet a t 10 a. m.
All are in v ited to th e services.
G ettin g S tarted
It was B u rk e who said, " If you
w an t to go an y w h ere you have to
s ta r t from w here you a re .”
How m any of us seem to overlook
th is little tru ism . We su d d en ly be
com e possessed w ith an Idea th a t
we o u g h t to g et to a ce rtain place,
th a t we o u g h t to accom plish th is or
th a t, but we fo rg et th e p re p a ra tio n
o r process of g ettin g there.
P osi
tion seem s to m ean a lot from a c e r
tain po in t of view, b u t If we would
fill any place acceptably we need to
ta k e th e p re p a ra to ry steps, to s ta r t
from w here we are.
Too m any of us bet th e idea th a t
success o r ach iev em en t may be a t
tain ed by a sin g le sp u rt. We o v er
look th e in te rm ed ia ry space betw een
w here we a re and w ehre we w ant to
be. We m ake th e a tte m p t an d when
we fall o u r d isco u rag em en t o v er
w helm s us. On th e o th e r h an d , we
should not neglect to move forw ard
because we are too tim id to try new
ground.
S ta rtin g from w here we
are. we can save m uch d isa p p o in t
m ent and m any stu m b les by m ak in g
a carefu l stu d y of all th e co nditions
an d m ak in g up o u r m ind th a t we
will pay th e price of p ersistence,
faith an d patience.
An e r r o r was m ade in th e an
n o uncem ent of ch u rch services In the
to begin th e first term w ith a com- ,S noW aPPar‘',,t. although for a while th ere was wonderment and M ethodist church at F airview as giv
BORING HILL ROAD
plete sta n d a rd lab o rato ry .
I loud complaint that the Section Line was not included in tin* scheme en In th e last O utlook T he an n o u n ce
W h in lv er anybody offers to give
MAY BE GRADED
The bidder on window sh ad es w as! of this year’s improvements. It will doubtless last in fairly good m ent was m ent for A ugust 22 Instead ye so m eth in g P r naw th ln g , o r som e
th in g f’r less th a n It’s w orth, d o n ’t
of th e 15th.
T h ere is a likelihood of th e fa unable to fill th e co n tract an d o th e r condition this year and until the other roads are ready for travel
ta k e any ch an ces; yell f’r a polis-
w,H
b: : X ™ r .roTu n 7 h, m
a n ‘|1
b- th “
h ard
1
mous obstacle called th e B oring Hill
S tra n g e r— Y our town seem s aw ful m an .— Mr. Dooley.
road being graded and put in to good
order of county development.
dead. H ad a sco u rg e of any kind?
condition.
A frien d th a t you have to buy will
C itiz en — "N o .”
THREE TRACTS ADDED
I
Between now and next Tuesday an effort will he made to add
A nu m b er of th e good road en
not be w orth w h at you pay fo r him
"N
o
sm
allpox
o
r
yellow
fever?
TO TOWN LIMITS! to the list of names on the petitions for the improvement of th
th u sia sts an d au to ists, headed by Dr.
"N o .”
no m a tte r w hat th a t may be.— Oeo.
G resham was en larg ed by about roatl to ^«irview. There are several of these petitions and any who
H. V. Adix of E stacada, Ben H olm an
D. P rentice.
"N o flood o r fa m in e ? ”
of E agle C reek and Col. Roots of 80 acres yesterd ay by th e vote of t h e , h a v e not already signed one of them are invited to do so before next
“ N o.”
F irs t se cu re excellence, th en set
Boring, have presen ted to th e co u rt people w ithin th e c o rp o rate lim its | Tuesday morning,
“ W ell, w hat ails y o u r tow n this
p o u r price; th e w orld will pay for
p etitio n s ask in g fo r $1,000 a p p ro p ri and those w ithin th e te rrito ry to be
y e a r? ”
atio n fo r th is w ork. T hey also have annexed.
H ear Me C ackle
O b ligin g
"N o th in g alls it th is year, b u t a It.— L eslie M. Shaw.
called on th e c o u rt personally and
T he vote was very lig h t in both |
boom stru c k It last y ea r.”
Don’t buy ch eap th in g s; th e y 're
have received a prom ise of help.— precincts T h ere w ere only 3o voted
r iv e y ears of successful poultry
Mr. Bowen was h aving d in n e r w Ith
too expensive. Some th in g s a re so
D ifferent
E stacada Progress.
in precinct n u m b e r 308 an d one p e r - 1 , ,
.
,
k ,u ,
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, .
I raisin g and egg p roduction and no th e K eillys and th e 7-year old son of
" R ig h t th is way, s ir ,” said the cheap th a t suspicion sits up and
son voted both for and a g a in st a n - 1
th e fam ily was p resen t.
head
w aiter. *T1I get you a good ta k es notice.
nexation.
Of
th
e
29
votes
counted
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ATTENTION!
"A nd w hat a re you going to be tab le, w here you can w atch th e d an c
in
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precinct
six
w
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w
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ly
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450
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Special a tte n tio n given P ro b a te
Shadow s, y o u r opinion to th e co n
when you grow up. /y n n g m a n ?" in g .”
F ine b reed ers for
m a tte rs and A bstracts. Y our In te r ider. ts of th e tra c ts to be added t o , year-old hens.
tra ry , a re perh ap s th e m ost co n sist
asked Mr. Bowen of th e little boy.
“ B ut I d o n 't w an t to w atch the
ests will be g u ard e d carefully. Jo h n th e tow n.
I next year.
G et som e now a t 75c
"W e ll," replied th • boy th o u g h t d an c in g ,” o bjected th e p atro n , I w ant ently ch eerfu l th in g s; th ey n ever
In precinct n u m b er 309 only 13
W. Huff. A tt’y at Law, 616 F enton
comp o u t b u t In th e su n lig h t.
fully, " a f t e r I’ve bee., a m in iste r to to e a t ”
B uilding. P o rtlan d .
tf votes were cast, ten fo r an d th ree
a g a in st th e m easu re
I vance next w eek. H. W. Cooley ft please m o th e r, a n ’ a judg-i to pl"asc
"In th a t case,” rep lied th e w aiter,
Open season on deer, A ugust 15
fa th e r. I'm g o ln ' to b e a policem an. ’ ‘y o u ’d b e tte r try tjie Owl lunch w ag to O ctober 31. All kinds am m u n itio n
O 'C edar Mops. 75c a t S terlin g &
All th re e tra c ts voted in ..vs situ-1 ^on, W hite K now l P o u ltry F arm
K id d er Hdw. Co.— Ad.
on on th e co rn er. T hia Is a re s ta u and guna at S terlin g ft K id d er Hdw.
ated in precin ct n u m b er 308.
' T ro u td ale. P ho n e 434.
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Co.— Ad.
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