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 !
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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 !
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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!«
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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.
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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.
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