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About Gresham outlook. (Gresham, Multnomah County, Or.) 1911-1991 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1915)
W. R. B urke M ust U nload ! w. R. B u rke is face to face w ith a crisis in his business career. the chaos o f d e s p a ir! V alu e s have been shattered by the I t ’s lik e th is : T h e Jew e lry tra d e is in necessity of the big city jew elers who h a ve n ’t done enough business this past year to pay th e ir high rents. W e d id n ’t expect this condition. W e bought heavily fo r this Christm as. T h e n the big city Jew elers declared W a r ! Prices w ere slashed and slaughtered. W e have no a ltern a tiv e. W e must protect o u r busi ness, even at the loss o f all p ro fit fo r this C hristm as season. $12,500 JEWELRY STOCK TO BE S A C R IF IC E D ! - T h e e n tire stock goes, w ith o u t reservation or exception. T h e prices w ill a m aze you ! I T h e y w ill m eet and beat an y and all com petition. O u r re n t is only $ 2 5 a month; w e do all o u r ow n w ork; there are no expenses and when w e say W A R we m ean it! I t ’s a fig h t to a finish! This stock o f J e w e lry must g o ! T h a t is th e story! Prices must and w ill tell the r e s t!! T h in k o f it ! Diam onds, W atches, Rings, Brooches, Lavalliers, Pendants, Bracelets, Pins, C u ff Links, Solid G old and G old F ille d J e w e lry , S ilver Novelties, A r t W o rk , C u t Glass, S terling T a b le w a re , S h effield S ilv e rw a re , Etc., Etc., all go a t prices th a t w ill set a new level in this section. Description only beggars the hundreds of bargains you w ill fin d here. Be am ong the first. Sale Starts at 10 o’clock Thursday Morning, December 9 W. R. BURKE, JEWELER G RESHAM , Make the Whole Family Glad A Present o f a G ood H eater or K itch e n R ange w ill p u t you, M r. M a n -o f-th e -F a m ily, on good term s w ith the w hole fa m ily. Y o u w ill fin d on o u r floor a com plete lin e to choose fro m at prices tha t w ill b rin g jo y to y o u r purse. C om e a nd See. Sterling & Kidder Hdw. Co. G K E M IO I A U C T IO N H axtng L eased my Place, 1 »¡11 n«-ll at Public Sale at ni> F arm ONE MILE EAST OF GRESHAM Thurs., Dec. 16 lleg tuning at II m . in. I'lie fo lo w tn g Stock, F arm M achinery and O th er Article!« I Two Fine Jersey Cows, fresh about January 15th. Jersey Heifer. Team W ork Horses, weight ?Mk). Mare, 5 years old. eight about 1150. Driving Team. •I i hi M itehell W agon, ! in Tru« k, Farm W agon, T op Lutfgy. R ubber fires Open Buggy, Set W ork Harness, Set Light ll.it in ss. S in g le B u g g y H arness W S WOOD, Auctioneer * ............ Si«>»«r U n glu e. T ilt in g T a b le W chn I s m w . w ith 2H-in< h a n il .Ul in h S a n s fo r sam e. K M o o t l iu e s h a f t, w it h P u lle y s , S i n I H a u g ,-is a n il I t e liin g L a rg e G rin d s to n e , w ltli Pow er A lia« lin ie u t. M anner s p re a d e r. ( h a m p io n H in d e r. C h a m p io n M o w e r. • h a m p io n M ay H a k e H n o a trr G ra in l l r i l l . lila c H a rr o w . Ilrn g H a rro w . S p rin g T o o th H a rro w T w o -H o r s e C iilt lx a ln r . I .and K o lle r . Ilre w K ille r t A rrte r. I(M I fe e l o f C a b le D ia m o n d F e e d M ill. F a n n in g M ill. H u m p h re y *« B one G rin d e r , w ith H a n d o r I » e r V la ch m en te sim p lex < ream s«|>arM or, large rapacity .M ilk < !«ns. H a h ro e k C rea m T e s te r. H a y F o r k , R o p e and C a r r ie r . I I F o s te r Mtee) ( o w H la a rh lo u a . S e a ld li» ; \ a t. t t in« h Plow . IO - in< h G a rile n I lo w . I ud other1 a rtic le s i r e n u m ero u s to m e n tio n . TERMS 2 1 ..... . Sum s o f » 1 0 o r u n d er. C a s h ; e v e r » 1 0 . B a n k a b le N n t . 2 tllM e* * * 8 p > r Lun. h u t Noon D is c o u n t fo r Cash on sum« o v e r » 1 0 Sale Rjiin o r Slutie D. F. TALBOT, Owner Good S helter W. S. WOOD, Auctioneer OREGON W ord was received S atu rd ay from Mr. and Mrs. G eorge Cam p of M oh - ler, of th e hirtli and death of a baby boy on December 2. Mrs. E. M. Cam p left at once for Mosier, w here she will spend u sh o rt tim e with h er son and d aughter-in-law . Lee M errill and E m erson Brown, who w ere in th e au to accident, with E m m ett W elling, son of Mr. and G holson and E m erick, wish to have It sta te d th a t th ey were in no way Mrs. E. E. W elling, left today for Im plicated in th e affair, having been e a ste rn Oregon for th e ben« fit of Ills E m tnett Is suffering w ith invited to ta k e a ride. N eith er of h ealth . rh eu m atism . He will go to C ulver them was a rrested o r intoxicated. and Bend, Oregon. T he m em bers of th e fresh m an Mr. E nnis of A berdeen, S outh Da class of th e nigh school had a very kota, is visiting w ith N. O. F u lle r and ¡en jo y a b le p arty last F rid ay n ig h t at the g ran g e hall. T he com m ittees had fam ily. Mrs. E. S. Jo h n so n of P o rt done th e ir w ork well and th e event land w as a S unday guest at th e F u l ««as considered a g rea t success The le r home. ALL THE DOINGS OF ‘YOUR HOME TOWN’ class had as guests P rin cip al E lm er An in te restin g session of G resham F. Good«« in and wife. Miss Good, Miss g ran g e will be held next S atu rd ay . I M cCormick, Miss V artan . Miss Greg- Six can d id ates a re expected to take | sou and Mrs Pom eroy. the th ird and fo u rth d egrees at the Miss Leila Gibbs has re tu rn e d from m orning session. The m a ste rs’ lec the hom e of Mr. and Mrs D. M. C av tu re rs ' and o v erseers' m eeting will an a u g h , w here site had been n u rsin g lie held, heginnig a t 1:15. Election of officers for th e ensuing y ea r will for som e lim e folio««. T he usual g ran g e d in n e r (». A. E astm an has gone to W iscon »rill he nerved at noon. sin on account of the serio u s illness Mr. and .Mrs Ja ck Peuey, Mr and I of Ills sister, whose d eath is ex p ert- Mrs. Jack Bow der and baby of P o rt ed A special m eeting of th e L ad ies' | land spent Sunday w ith Mr. an d Mrs. 8. T. Crow. I Aid «« ill he held on T h u rsd ay a fte r- i D. F. Tow le has re tu rn e d from coon lo r the purpose of se ttlin g the N orth D akota and C anada, w here lie affairs of th e b azaar baa been on business fo r th e past four Joel B ates, of Y am hill, was here I m onths. for sev eral «lays last w eek, th e guest I of Mr an d Mrs S. T. Crow. Mrs. Ella Aton e n te rta in e d th is week, h er b ro th e r/ J. F. W llm arth M is M. E. S tocker is at th e Corn of L am o n ta, O regon and N. W Wil- Show in W alla W alla, which opened tn a rth of C enter. Colorado and C. A. Decem ber 2. She lias ch arg e of the Hill and fam ily. dom estic science d ep a rtm en t exhibit David G ettes and fam ily from for th e O. W H. & N. railw ay. G randin, N orth D akota h av e ren ted Mrs H eseltine, m o th er of E. J. Dr. B ittn e r's residence xml will oc Hi>s«dtiue. th e T erry m erch an t. Is at cup y it for th e w inter. They may Mrs W altm an 's hospital for tr e a t locale in th is vicinity. m ent. Mr. and Mrs. Benj C am eron had A B u rb an k p o tato , rep rese n tin g In as gu ests F rid ay and S atu rd ay . Mrs. alm ost every way a baseball m il. ami A ustin K ellogg, h er son V incent an I of ab o u t th<> sam e sixe, was given to , d a u g h te r C aroline of T .y o in a. W ash the O utlook th is m orning by B N Hall, who grew It on th e Coons’ farm n ea r T ro u td ale From its ap pearance one would th in k a farm hand had lost his glove and th a t It had tu rn ed Into a p o tato It may be seen In th e O utlook window ington. T he condition of Win A M orand. th e Boring p o stm aste r who was brought to Mrs W altm an 's ho sp ital last week. Is rep o rted to be slowly Im proving D on't fo rg et th e basket social F ri day evening by th e high school f«x»t- Cecil M etzger of H am m ond. O re ball team . One h o u r program before gon. cam e yesterday to atten d th e the auction A dm ission free Bas funeral of Mrs Chas Heed. ket au ctio n eer, R I. A nderson. I Mrs. C lara K ane w ent to C o ttrell S aturday to atten d th e B aptist Aid society’s bazaar. A line sale and ’ su p p er was reported. T he hand fur- t:i lied music for th e program . They took in about »30. W alter Bell, of S pringdale, visited on Sunday w ith his sister, Mrs. Chas. L ato i.iell. H e borrow ed a bicycle for th e trip and left it sta n d in g in fro n t of the house. W hen he was ready to re tu rn th e bicycle was m issing and lias not yet been found. Chan. K ane, of P o rtlan d , took din- a i r ¡oday with his m o th er, Mrs. C lara Kane. I F ia n k F ish e r am i wife, of Nash- ! vllle, Lincoln county, were in G resh- i am this m o rn in g calling on a few friends. They form erly resided a m ile o r tivo n o rth w est of Rockwood and a re well know n o v er th is p a rt of p astern M ultnom ah. T hey will re tu rn hom e in a few days. J. H. M eier has a rriv e d here from F rem o n t, N ebraska, w ith his wife and tw o ch ild ren . T hey a re staying at the Congdon hotel w hile looking ab o u t for a p erm a n en t home. T he G resham fire d e p a rtm e n t held a m eeting last n ig h t at w hich unim - p o ran t business was tra n s a ted. T he election of d ep a rtm en t officers will be h eld at an o th e r m eeting to be held on th e first Monday in Ja n u a ry . A. Ennis, of A berdeen, 8. D., a r rived here on Sunday evening an d is Y o u A r e In v ite d . visiting w ith th e fam ily of N. O. We have ju s t received a consign F u ller. He will leave tom orrow for m ent of A ir T ig h t H eaters. They C alifornia w here he will rem ain until are very m o d erate In price and ex lu n h before re tu rn in g home. ceptionally good value. On exhibi T he ju d ieiice at th e m ale ch o ru s tion in window next w eek. Call and la rg e st on S aturday evening was so sm all see o u r stock of h e a te rs, in th e city. R. R. CARLSON. th a t the audience was dism issed a fte r one or t.«o songs had been su n g and Cough Medicine for Children adm ission refunded. T he an n o u n ce Mrs H ugh Cook, S cottsville, N. Y., m ent was m ade th a t th e chorus says: “ A bout five y ears ago w hen we ould be here again on W ednesday » e re living in G arb u tt. N. Y., I d o c to red two of my ch ild ren suffering evening. December 15. from colds w ith C h a m b e rla in ’s Cough Rem edy and found it ju s t as re p re Chas. B loom qulst and wife of Bar- sen ted in every way. It prom ptly low, N orth D akota, arriv ed S atu rd ay «’becked th e ir coughing and cured for au extended visit w ith Mr. and th e ir colds q u ick er th a n an y th in g I ev er u sed .” F o r sale by G resham Mrs. Chas Jo h n so n of W allula Drug Co.— Adv. H eights. Mrs. Bloom qulst and Mrs. .Money saving b arg a in s— w an t ads. Jo h n so n a re sisters. A C on d en sed R ecord 'leu know ihc value of an accurate record that can be con veniently referred to. A C h e c k in g A c c o u n t will afford you a detailed record of your transactions in the handiest possible form. W E IG H T H E A D V A N T A G E S tach chsck you issue comes back to you as an indisputable receipt, beuting the signature of the person to whom you paid the money. It carries with it all the other benefits of a good banking connection. » “ '•«ex ; ' j T, RST STÀTEBÂ lift G P E S n A M , O R EL. < J