Gresham outlook., December 15, 1916, Image 6

Christmastide
His Yuletide Scheme
HE blast* of winter are fierce
and cold,
The snow lie* deep over hill and
wold.
But a star »hines bright through the
deepening gloom—
Room for the Christ Child, room!
T
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Where man'* distrust and his greed
for gain
Have frozen the floods of tender rain
Till never a flower of hope can
bloom—
Room for the Christ Child, room!
u i . J I
In homes that deepest griefs have
borne,
'Mid
silent
forms of those that
F yo u w o u ld have
mourn,
re a l fu n
at
C h ris tm a s time In the shadows that gather around
he a s h o w m a n a m i
the tomb—
e n te r ta in
your
Room
for
the Christ Child, room!
fr ie n d s w it h th e f a ­
TI
m ous e le p h a n t fro m
F e e je c f o lo r u t n Is
la n d .
T h is Is bow
to m a ke th e u n lu ia l:
A la rg e < ra v s h a w l Is th e o u te r c o v e r­
in g
S e w n upon 11 Ute tw o la rg e g ra y
p a ti’lie s fo r ears.
T w o ro u n d w h ite
< a n il..m i d eyes
T h e tu s k s a re long
ro lls o f glazed puper.
T h e In sid e o f (be e le p h a n t Is fo rm e d
by tw o good a a tu re d frie n d s , w h o bend
o v e r a n d b o ld th e tr u n k (u ca n e i and
th e tu s k s , as In d ic a te d In th e p ic tu re .
T h e lir s t hoy ho ld s th e s h a w l In place
w h ile he s w a y s th e cane th e w a y an
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X ,
Where nations are warring, life for
life,
And a cry rings out from the fear­
ful strife
As a dying people sinks to its
doom—
Room for the Christ Child, room!
Room for the shepherds of Bethle­
hem,
Room for the angels who sang to
them,
Room for the light in the wintry
gloom—
Room for the Christ Child, room!
—Willis Boyd Allen in Harper's
Magazine.
When Sendii g (he Gifl
T h e h u m b le s t g if t goes fo r th n o w
in la y s on its C h ris tm a s tra v e ls h i deco-
r a 'lv e dress
No one th in k s o f se n d in g
I a C h ris tm a s pa cka ge in o rd in a r y sto re
I w ra p p in g s , a n d each season th e re are
fa s c in a tin g a d o rn m e n ts fo r th e Inside
I a m i o u ts id e o f a p ackage
T h e S ho w m a n .
B lephant m ove s Ills tr u n k . You. ns th e
»liovvm an. can be a rra y e d In tru e E a st
In d ia n fa s h io n
H e re Is u good speech
fo r yo u to get o ff w h ile e x h ib itin g th e
beast:
•'Ito v s and g ir ls I a m req u e ste d by
m y p a r tic u la r f i l e ul. I t a in liu s tlllc a llo n
(n m b o re c h o p tld o o d o n o f th e le e je e fo
lo ru in Isla n d s, to p resent to y o u r n o tice
I lie fa m o u s e le p h a n t upon w h ic h th is
re n o w n e d m id In v in c ib le w a r r io r was
m o u n te d h i the ce le b ra te d siege of
T h e o rd in a r y g if t has Inclosed I I I it
a C h ris tm a s c a rd —I f th e v is itin g c a rd
Is used th e t it le is s tric k e n out w ith a p ­
p ro p ria te d e c o ra tio n ,
\m o u g th e new
designs Is one w ith a m in ia tu r e tre e at
one c o rn e r and a s te a m in g p lu m p ud
d in g n t th e o th e r, co n n ecte d by a M e r
ry C h ris tm a s s c ro ll
l'o r t h e c h ild re n
Is a holly b o rd e re d c a rd w ith Santa
C h iu s t illin g the s to c k in g b e fore th e
open g ra te .
In good ta s te Is a green
h o lly w re a th tie d w it h a red b o w . a n il
f o r th e beat g ir l Is a m is tle to e enrd.
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•' •''eW Vork l ’“ lM-‘ r p rin te d « few
ye a rs ago an a m u s in g le tte r w r itte n by
s
m a i l w h o says he has In v e n te d a
s im p le p la n w hereby th e p ro s p e c tiv e
sender o f g if t s m ay he p u t In to u c h
w ith th e w a n ts a n d d o n 't w a n ts o f his
frie n d s
H is idea is s im p ly th a t a cir­
c u la r le tte r s h o u ld Is* m u lle d to his
frie n d s a b o u t Dec. to.
T h e te tte r
s h o u ld s ta te th a t, as th e re c ip ie n t has
g ive n h im p re se n ts in th e i ast. th e
w r it e r supposes he is c o n s id e rin g a
con 11 n n a n ce o f such a c tio n , a n d In o r ­
d e r to sp a re th e g iv e r w o r ry u n d th e
w r lte i d is a p p o in tm e n t, th e la tte r Is
s o lv in g th e p ro b le m by th e a p p lic a tio n
o f a lit t le com uaou sense
H e proposes Io Inclose tw o lis ts , one
c o n ta in in g t h e nam es o f a rtic le s be
does not w a i t, w h ile th e o th e r lis t
w o u ld h a ve upon it g if t s he w o u ld lik e
to receive.
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H o w th e E le p h a n t la Made.
.u e k o n llie ro n g a ld e
T h is e le p h a n t, la
lea h i i i I g e n tle m e n , Is p re cise ly 240
ears o f age. to d a y be in g Ills b ir th d a y ,
m l th e re g is te r o f Ills b ir th b e in g care
tllly m a rk e d upon tils o ffs id e tu s k In
lie best In d ia In k
L it t le hoys are
a r t ic u la r ly req u e ste d not In p u t pin s
ilo th is n o b le a iilim il s legs, n o r Io p u t
■ to Ills tr u n k n o n e t l i u n a peck o f ap-
les at a n y one tim e ."
You th e n o rd e r th e e le p h a n t to d o a ll
m is o f s lu m s w h ic h th e boys u n d e r
lie s h a w l c a rr y o u t as beat th e y can.
fl Playing “Silence”
if
By a ll m eans t r y
to keep fro m
th e
apply o f i lir ls tin n s n o v e ltie s one lit
It Is re g re tte d th a t th e s im p le and
se n sib le ru le s now b e in g fo llo w ed In
th e A d lro m la c k s w e re not observed
I m a n y ye a rs ago.
M illio n s o f good
trees have been lo s t th ro u g h Ig n ora n ce
1 a n d i tirelessness o f the o w n e rs o f
w o o d la n d . A t C h ris tm a s tim e tlie c u s
to m w as to s tr ip I he g ro u n d there
w as no th o u g h t o f th e fu tu re .
The
lu n ilie r tn e ii w ere no less d e s tru c tiv e —
th e m a tu re tree s w e re sent to the
s a w m ill, w h ile th e s m a lle r g ro w th
was c u t d o w n m id b u rn e d "Just to
gel It o u t o f th e w a y.
The re fo rm
was lu te In co m in g , h u t It Is fo rtu u a te
t h ill a t li.s t t lle le Is a p p re c ia tio n o f
th e p ra c tic a l b e n e fits o f co n s e rv a tio n
In th e woods.
r fig u re o f S anta f la n s i l l m ay t>e a
Holy box o i s im p ly a fig u re , lin t th e
a l o c i Is b e tte ri. in o rd e i Io have th e
in .-lu g gam e o f s ile n c e ’ fo rm n p a rt
I he l e ve ls
Some one Is decided upon w h o w ill
Id.- i l o - S a n ta , and th e rest a re asked
> a d jo u rn f o r a m om e n t to th e h a ll
lie p la y e r. In ste a d o f h id in g th e fig u re
m ip le te ly . s im p ly places It In some
y tlie r o u t o f th e way p o s itio n w h e re It
III la» v is ib le , h u t w in n..| Immediate
Christmas I wo Centnrlvs Ago.
n lc h th e eye o l th e p la y e r F o r In
A w r ite r, w ho sig n e d h im s e lf T h o u i
lance. It tu n y be placed upon some
Sing o f a p p ro x im a te ly th e sam e co lo r as N o rth , g ive s a r a tlie i liv e ly p ic tu re
o f E n g lis h C h r is tin a s o b a e rva u .e s In
r on one end o f n ta ll s h e lf o r l«>ok
th e re ig n o f G eorge I I .
" M y house,
use f la y e r s co m in g In s an th e room
s ir , " he w rl'e s ,
is .lire , tly op p osite
nr th e fig u re , a n d th e first cue to per
a gre a t c h u rc h , a n d II v n * w ith great
e lve It. w ith o u t m e n tio n in g th e fa c t
p le a su re I obse rve d fro m mv w in d o w
.1 th e e th e rs, q u ie tly la k e s a s e n t
Inst C h ris tm a s day th e n u m e ro u s poor
'h is Is » general s ig n a l fo r th e p la y e rs
fie - c ite d , b u t In th e e x c ite m e n t o f th ill w a ite d at th e d o o rs very llo e r a ll)
re lie ve d . h ill m j Jo,» » a s soou ove-
he se a rch m an y w ill f a ll to observe
f o r no so o n er w e re th e c h a rita b le
h a t one person la no lo n g e r s ta n d in g
la s t peraon to s tt d o w n Is o td lg cd t c o n g re g a tio n s
d ia l le raeil
In ti
these
w re tch e s, w ho lie fo re app ea re d the
pay a fo rfeit
i ve ry p ic tu re s o f m is e ry , fo rg o t ib e ir
I c a n t and fe ll to q u a rre lin g a b o u t the
"T h e T i n t s l i i i n a C o in .”
Tai a penny or a dltuc and place It d iv id e n d . O a th s a nd cu rse s Hew s ts m t
the hollow of your hand
Now i th e m ve ry p le n t if u lly , and passion
Itti the other illseogaged hand take a ' g re w so h ig h th a t th e y te ll h a rd Upon
one a n o th e r's f r u it s
In s h o rt, sir, I
titles or hat brush and try to dis
ilge or move the c o lli from the hand le a rn e d fro m th e ir o w n m o u th s th a t
i the action of brushing II Try. and th e y w e re a ll U npoators. b o th men aud
y again
You will find II cannot be w om eu "
5* s«
me Remember, yon roust only brush
e coin In trying ts remove It
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MODEL
85 FOUR
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For Holiday Music
O Y L A N D 'S w is e o ld s u p e rin te n d e n t j
has th o u s a n d s o f sw eet s o u n d in g '
m u s ic a l In s tru m e n ts , says E lea
n o r S ch o re r in th e N ew Y o rk E v e n in g
W o rld . A n d he Is g o in g to d a sh d o w n
fro m th e Icy n o rth Just th e v e ry m in j
u te tlin t 'h e sa n d m a n has fin is h e d !
t h r o w in g sleepy sand In k id d le s ’ eyes.
He Is g o in g to slid e d o w n th e c h lm - |
ney a n d le a ve s o m e th in g in th e tire - i
place, u n d e r th e C h ris tm a s tree , f o r i
yon g is id hoys and g ir ls
W h a t s h a ll
he le a ve fo r yo u ?
W o u ld von he g la d I f yo u w o u ld
w a k e on C h ris tm a s day to fin d a lit t le
g ra n d p ia n o tin ked u n d e rn e a th th e
tree , a p ia n o th a t w ill r e a lly p la y
s w e e t m usic, th a t one can s in g w it h :
a m a h o g a n y p ia n o , w ith a b e a u tifu l,
rea l ke yb o a rd ?
O f, I f you u re a boy. w o u ld y o u lik e
one o f th e lin e b u rn is h e d b ra ss bugles
w ith a red co rd a nd ta sse l tie d on it?
T o b lo w th e tin g le to w a k e th e g re a t
to y la n d a rm y o f b lu e c o a ts th a t s ta n d
s tiffly In even ro w s In an a tte n tiv e body
a w a itin g yo trc o m m a n d w o u ld n 't th a t
be g re a t s p o rt?
H o w a b o u t a b ig boy sco u t d ru m ?
T hey are p e rh a p s th e n e w e s t th in g s
In th e s n a re In s tru m e n ts . ■
T h e y Hre ve ry s tro n g and s tu rd y ,
h a v in g sh e e pskin heads, h e ld d o w n by
screw te n sio n
S u re ly a ta tto o beaten
on a lioy s n u t d ru m w o u ld fire th e
lit t le tin a rm y w it h e n e rg y.
T h e re a re p le n ty o f o th e r m u s ic a l
to y s th a t m ig h t a p p ea l to lit t le ones
who do m u i a re fo r th e se —fife s on
w h ic h th e A m e ric a n lad can e a s ily
le a rn to p la y "Y a n ke e P o o d le " and
’’ P ix ie ' and v io lin s w h ic h u tte r s w e e t,
low
sounds fro m
u n d e r th e l» w
W o u ld vou lik e a I're n c h h o rn , a c la r ­
in e t o r a tro m b o n e ''
M l these ln s tru -
m en :s a re ve ry p o p u la r, so. i f yon do
w a n t any you had b e tte r w r it e Santa
ve ry soon.
T
Christmas Trees No Loss
P e rs is te n t e n d e a v o r on th e p a r t o f
th e a d vo ca te s o f c o n s e rv a tio n o f th e
tim b e r s u p p ly , says th e P ro vid e n ce
J o u rn a l, has g re a tly reduced th e loss­
es re p o rte d d u rin g th e h o lid a y season
In th e n o rth e rn fo re sts.
In th e A d iro n d a c k * . f o r e x a m p le , I t
la s ta te d th a t th e c u ttin g o f C h r is t­
m as tree s va lu e d ill $1,000,000 has
caused no d a m a g e , because Ju d g m e n t
w as e xe rcise d In th e s e le ctio n o f the
e ve rg re e n s Io I»- m a rk e te d .
In ste a d
o f d e n u d in g la rg e areas, as In pre
v lo u s ye a rs , o n ly th e y o u n t g ro w th
th a t In te rfe re d w ith th e d e ve lo p m e n t
o f th e la rg e s t a nd best trees was re­
m oved.
T h e s y s te m a tic s e le ctio n o f
C h ris tm a s tree s th u s lie n e tlte d th e f o r ­
ests by g iv in g m ore lig h t and a ir to
| th e m ore v a lu a b le lim b e r
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D rn ’t Open T II Christmas g
A c e rta in ch a p In ( 'hl. ..go la '
C h ris tm a s a lm o s t n ia d i a rep utatio n
as a Jo ke r by u s in g th e ta g s m a rk e d
•‘ D o n ’t open u n til C h ris tm a s '
B u t he
d id n 't use th e m on packages tln i c is t
m oney. N o: in ii h ; tV h a t lie d id was
to lin y a lo t n f pe n ny C h ris tm a s p o s t
ca rd s, a nd on each one lie s tu c k a tag.
•‘ D on t open t i l l C h r la ’ tnas "
T h e n he sent th e m to a l! tils frie n d s ,
s lid th e y w e re so tic k le d w ith the hl. a
th a t they n e 'e r th o u g h t a ls iu t how
ch e a p lv he had got olT
M in d o v e r
m a tte r, see?
A n d n e a rly ns fu n n y as th e lo k e was
th e fa c t tliH t a lot o f w om en w tio re­
ceived these ca rd s soaked th e m In
w a rm w a te r a nd s p lit th e m open, o r
trie d to s p ill th e m open. In th e fir m
tie lle f th a . th e c a rd s c o u ld re a lly he
o| iciie d .
Christmas Poetry
Four
$795
f. o. b. Toledo
Make Your Family Happy
On Christmas Morning
This O verland will do it.
It will he appreciated more and inori every d ay —long a fte r
o th er C hristinas presents are forgotten.
I t's a ear y o u r fam ily will he proud of O verland Model 85-Foui
is a b eautiful ear, finished in rich B rew ster green.
It is a pow erful ear. It fears no hills no saml or mud, for it has
a 'm o to r of proved dependability.
lt is a roomy ea w ith wide, deep cushioned seats, and it has the
added com fort th a t ( nt ¡lex er springs prov ide and a 112-inch wheel-
base.
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It is the g reatest value of ¡my ea r in its pric
To he sure of C hristm as m orning delivery
todav.
class.
en ter your
order
Zimmerman
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PHONE 801
GRESHAM
Repair W ork and Automobile Accessories.
Agency for the Popular Barcircle Tires. Size 30x3y2. $12.65; 30x3, $9.70.
OLD HARDWARE FIRM
UNDER A NEW NAME
Since th e last holiday an n o u n ce­
m ents w ere m ade in th is pap er
G resh am ’s p o p u lar h ard w are sto re
has come u n d er th e sole m an ag em en t
or L. L. K id d er and Is now know n as
th e L. L. K idder H ard w are com pany.
All th a t has been said in fo u r su c­
cessive seasons could be rep eated
h ere w ith g reat accuracy, h u t such
sta te m e n ts would be superfluous.
New lines have been added w ith ­
in th e past year. Only recen tly a
vast ad d itio n has been m ade to the
stock in th e way of gas ran g es and
o th e r appliances. The o th e r Item s
th a t have assisted in building up a
successful business a re Included in
th e stock of ranges, stoves, h ea te rs,
p ain ts, oils, glass, guns, am u n itio n ,
fishing tack le an d all th e o th e r
th in g s th a t go to com plete a h ard -
w are stock.
Sullice It to say th a t a stric t a t ­
ten tio n to d etails and th e w an ts of
th e ir cu sto m ers have m ade th e ow n ­
ers of th e firm successful. They are
ran k ed as lead ers in th e m e rc an tile
...Id of G resham . T h eir tra d e has
tl
b en t built up by leg itim ate and Ju d i­
cious ad v ertisin g an d It sta n d s today,
as It has long stood, w ith o u t a su c­
cessful rival In eu stern M ultnom ah.
ITH gentle deeds and kindly A SLIGHT INCREASE
thought*
BUT BETTER WORK
And loving words withal,
Shoe rep a ir price* In G resham are
Welcome the merry Christmas on
below those in P o rtlan d , fully ten
And hear a brother * call.
per cent, C arl D ahl, th e Powell
W
—F. Lawrence.
s tre e t sh o em ak er and re p a ir a rtis t,
tin* been obliged to m ake a »light in­
Christmas comes, he comes, he comes, crease in hl» ch arg es for w ork, ow ing
to th e advanced cost of le ath e r, hut
Uchered with a rain of plum*.
his low ren t and Im proved m achinery
Hollies in the windows gicet him.
Every mouth delights to name him. have enabled him to give hi» p a­
Schools come driving home to meet tro n s an ad v a n ta g e o ver P o rtlan d
price*.
hitu.
H arry Johnson 1» yet w ith him a»
Wet and cold aim wind and dark
first a ssista n t an d both are busy
Make him but the warmer mark.
n early all th e tim e. Mr D ahl co n ­
—Leigh Hunt.
tin u es to sell a high g rad e of men s
shoes but m akes b e t'e r ones to o r ­
Long ert the dawn can claim the der. Let him m easu re you for th e
best fit you ever had.
,ky
The tempest rolls subservient by,
P o rtla n d * public lib ra ry svstem
While bells on all sides ring and say
includes a new m ain b u ilding valued
How Christ the child was born to­ at $$15,000 (in clu d in g » ite.l 16
day
—Lord Houghton.
b ran ch librarle*, fo u r high school li­
Then pealed the bells more loud,
more deep.
God i* not dead, nor doth he sleep.
The wrong shall fail, the right pre­
vail.
With peace m earth, good will to
men
-—Longfellow.
an easy-working
Electric sw itches on the steering colum n, am
clutch m ake d riv in g real pleasure.
brarle», 19 deposit station*. T h e li­
brary ha* 225,560 volum es an d 875
c u rre n t m agaxlttes an d n ew sp ap ers.
1.385,964 volume* w ere circ u lated
in 1915.
Oregon grow* ab o u t h alf th e hop*
produced in A m erica.
Christmas Bargains
Ranges and Heaters
Round Oak Ranges, No. 18 w ith Reservoir $54 form erly $65.
Round Oak Ranges, No. 20 without Reservoir $46 form erly $58.
One Round Oak Coal Heater at less than cost.
O ur en tile sto rk is being disposed of it the same ratio. We
consider it w o rth y of y o u r investigation.
Pianos
We have tw o S. W. .Miller Pianos and one second-hand
.Marshall & W endell I 'layer with 1 'abin t o f Records, which we
olTcring at a great sacrifice m onl i to close them out.
R. R. CARLSON
O R EG O N
GRESHAM,
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GRESHAM NOW HAS
FULL GAS SERVICE
G resh am 's lig h tin g system Is be­
ing m p p le m e u ted by a gas service
th a t has been in use but little over
a week
Pipes are being laid on
several stre e ts ra d ia tin g from Main
and Powell, w here th e reserv o ir
m ains are located, and th e service is
being extended as rapidly as circu m ­
stan ces will allow.
T he lig h ts th a t have been tu rn ed
on show a good q u ality of gas and
th e ir rays are very b rillian t. The
enclosed je ts th a t a re provided w ith
a m an tle are very illu m in a tin g and
give a steady lig h t of rem a rk a b le
power.
P o rtlan d rates are In effect, w ith
a niim im uni ch arg e of 50 cents. T he
gas com pany Is m ak in g c o n tra c ts for
in stallatio n of gas ran g es free of
cost to those who buy from th e coni-
, pany.
AT SANITARY MARKET
W hat th e O utlook has said before
about th e S an itary m a rk e t holds
good yet.
Since last C h ristm as it
has passeil into th e h an d s of Ed.
B aum an who has b u t recen tly In­
stalled th e most com plete re f rig e r a t­
ing plant in G resham w hich has in­
creased his business am azingly in
V. S. inspected m eats, fresh every
day.
As its nam e im plies, the sa n ita tio n
is p erfect, and ev ery th in g is new.
T he S an ita ry m a rk e t d elivers m eats
with an autom obile and has a large
p atro n a g e am ong th e people of the
co u n try and su rro u n d in g tow ns.
At Bonnevilie. 36 m iles from P o rt­
land, on th e O.-W. K A N Ry. line,
is th e la rg e st fish h atch ery in the
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