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As a m a t te r of fa ct, so m e t h i n ! u n ex p ected did h a p p e n a lm o st im m e d ia te ly . A b u n d fe lt a b o u t his In d In tiie d a rk a n d fin ally fo u n d ills I n , H.I as it h eld th e book, in a m o m ent n p a ir of a rm s w ere ro u n d him , anti lie w as b eing h u g g e d , an u n h e a rd of p ro c e d u re to be ta k in g place in tin m id d le of th e n ig h t, in a n o th e r m o m en t lie w as b ein g coaxed an d btillc 1 an d te m p te d in to lyin g dow n an d ; o in g t o ste e p a g a in Of c o u rse, hl had n o c h a n c e to th in k w ith tlia t sort or th in g g o in g on. A nd fo r som e p e c u lia r re a s o n lie did not ,,i, in to m in d very m u ch . 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T h o m a s Hi . i lu n g , A n d rew s, In d ., w rite s : "D u rin g th e w in te r m y h u s b a n d t a k e s cold ea sily a n d c o u g h s a n d , C h a m b e rla in 's C o u g h Item e - th e b est m e d ic in e fo r b re a k it up th e s e a tta c k s a n d you c a n n o t , him to ta k e any o th e r .” O b taln - n ld * e v e r y w h e r e .— A dv. W a»!«’. fin e of th e com m one-it th in g s in d aily life is a piece of w ra p p in g p a per. It Is to rn on th e p a c k a g e w hich it en v elo p e s an d Is th ro w n aw ay, w asted . So a c c u sto m e d h av e th e peopb* to to d ay b ecom e to p a p e r hags a n d w ra p p e rs tlia t th ey no lo n g e r c o n sid e r th e m as Item s of v alu e. Yet in tiie a g g re g a te th e p a p e r h ill, of a s to re if o n e of th e h e a v ie st fa c to rs of ex p en se. T h e c u sto m e r, o f co u rse, p ay s th e b ill, ju s t as he p ay s th e re n t an d coal a n d lig h t b ills, t i i e c lerk s h ire , tiie cost of g o ods a n d th e cost of d eliv ery . It all go es in th e c h a rg e on th e Item th a t Is sold o v e r th e c o u n te r o r se n t h om e by w agon o r m e sse n g e r. T h e g r e a te r p a rt o f th e p a p e r w ra p p in g d o n e 111 th e s to r e s to d ay is n eed less. G o o d s a lre a d y boxed o r co v ered a re c a re fu lly d o n e u p In i»a- p er b efo re b ein g d e liv e re d . It looks n e a te r th u s , a n d eo n q eals th e id e n tl- ty o f t h e a rtic le . S to re k e e p e rs and m a n a g e rs follow th is p ra c tic e b e c a u se c u s to m e rs d e m a n d o r ex p ect It. It lias b ecom e a c u sto m of tr a d e to sen d o u t n o th in g t h a t Is u n w rap p ed . T h e re s u lt Is a n e n o rm o u s w aste o f p a p e r an d boxes m a d e of p ap er, w h ich , g o in g in to th e b ills an d c h a rg e s , a d d s h eav ily to th e cost of liv in g . M ost o f ttie w ra p p in g p a p e r used in th is c o u n try is m ad e o f s u lp h a te a fo rm of w ood Htoek tr e a te d w ltti c h e m ic a ls t h a t In. la rg e m e a su re conies fro m a b ro a d . T h e w a r in E u ro p e h a s c u rta ile d tills sto c k a n d cau sed u h eav y in c re a se In th e p rice o f " k r a ft,” as th is s o r t o f p a p e r is sty le d in th e tr a d e . C o n se q u e n tly , th e p a p e r b ills o f r e ta ile r s h av e a d van ced h e a v ily d u rin g tile last tw o y e a rs , a n d , ns a lre a d y s t a t e d , ’th is a d v an ce lias g o n e In to th e g e n e ra l ac c o u n t an d h a s been p aid by th e c o n su m e r. It ts to th e in te re s t of e v ery In d i v id u al w ho b u y s g o ods to d em a n d eco n o m ics a t th e s to re s , to a sk th a t g o ods a lre a d y boxed be n o t w rap p ed , o r th a t in tiie w ra p p in g c h e a p e r g ra d e s o f p a p e r be used . If e v e ry body in th e s ta te w ould a d o p t tills a ttitu d e a n d m a k e it k n o w n to tiie r e ta ile r s fro m w hom th e y buy th a t th e y p re f e r th e i r p u rc h a s e s to he d e liv e re d w ith a view to eco n o m y , th e to ta l cost o r b u y in g in th e city w ould t ill a p p re c ia b ly . GRESHAM PEOPLE AND HAPPENINGS Mr. a n d M rs A H evel e n te r ta in e d a h ap p y fam ily p a rty y e s te rd a y T h e g u e sts w ere M r. an d Mrs O. Zeek a n d fam ily of L e b a n o n , Mr. a n d Mrs. [ Geo. L eslie, M r. a n d M rs G eo L es lie, J r . am i d a u g h te r V irg in ia a n ti! Miss P ay W e b b e r of M ilw aukie. M rs M G. M unson, a s is te r o f Mrs M. M. S q u ire , will leav e P o rtla n d , A C h ris tm a s d in n e r w as en jo y ed New Y o rk , n e x t S a tu rd a y w ith h e r a t th e h o m è of Mr. an d M rs. J. E. h u s b a n d fo r a to u r o f th e co ast. M etzg er by Mr. a n d Mrs. It. K. C arl- T h ey w ill v isit first a t L os A n g eles, so n , M r an d M rs. J . H. M etzger, Ren, w h e re Mr. M u n so n ’s b ro th e r is j P lo y ed an d W a lte r M etzger m a y o r, I lien couie h e re . On th e ir r e tu r n h o m e th e y w ill v isit o th e r r e l a M r. an d M rs. B. N. R an ey e n te r tiv e s at S a lt L a k e C ity. ta in e d on S u n d ay Mr. a n d Mrs. T. W. H o w itt a n d so n F re d e ric k an d Mr a n d M rs. R u d o lp h K a se r, of M iss B essie H o w itt, M r a n d M rs. Gobi«*. a re h e re fo r th e h o lid a y s v is D ean o f S y cam o re. itin g w ith re la tiv e s. A m ong th e O reg o n A g ric u ltu ra l An e n n -r ta in in g d a n c e w as g iven s tu d e n ts , w ho a re sp e n d in g th e ir v a la s t n ig h t In M e tz g e r’s h a ll by th e c a tio n s at h om e, a re P lo y ed M etzger, y o u n g la d ie s ’ o rc h e s tra . It w as M iss M a rg u e rite V o lb re c h t an d Miss la rg e ly a tte n d e d an d su c c e s sfu l an d L a u ra Davis. T h e la t te r h a s w ith h e r la s te d fa r in to th e wee s in a ' h o u rs a frie n d , Miss B onsell. o f m o rn in g . In D allas, T ex as, a fine o ld g ia n t o a k in th e p u b lic s q u a r e w as h u n g w ith m an y c o lo red e le c tric lig h ts , and on C h ris tm a s ev e, u n d e r Its w ide s p re a d in g b ra n c h e s , th e peo p le jo in e d in th e s in g in g of C h ris tm a s C h ris tm a s g u e s ts a t th e h o m e of c a ro ls, a n d w e re s tir r e d to a fin e r a p M r. an d M rs. A. J. W. B jo w n in c lu d p re c ia tio n of C h ris tm a s th a n th ey ed Mr. an d M rs. Jo h n B ro o k e a n d son h ad e v e r k n o w n befo re. A lfre d , M r. a n d M rs. C. E. W ells an d M a rsh a llto w n , Iow a, h a d th r e e d a u g h te r D o ris, Mr. a n d M rs. W. B ar- b e r.a n d d a u g h te r s F re d a a n d E va an d h u n d re d tin y tr e e s th r o u g h o u t th e M iss F lo re n c e B ro w n, a ll of P o r t city . T h e re w ere m usic, s in g in g , p a la n d , Ju s. W a rre ll of V a n c o u v e r, B ra d e s of sch o o l c h ild re n , firew o rk s, a n d R o b e rt F ittin g o f K o o sk ia, p rizes fo r th e sch o o l c h ild re n d is p la y in g th e la r g e s t p o ta to fro m th e i r ow n Id ah o . g a rd e n , fo r th e m o th e r of th e finest Mr. a n d M rs. M, D. K e rn e n te r fa m ily of c h ild re n , a n d so on. 8. R. B rad Held e n te r ta in e d th e fa m ilie s of C. E. R u s h e r an d R o b e rt L a n sd o w n at d in n e r on C h r is t m a s day. ta in e d on C h ris tin a s Mr. a n d M rs. W. It. K ern an il fam ily , H aro ld K ern an d M iss Isab el M etzger. O ne of th e f e a tu r e s o f th e d in n e r w as a fine fat goose, w hich w as s e n t fo r th e o cca sio n fro m H u rley , Id a h o , by M rs. W. J . H o lle n b e c k , d a u g h te r of Mr. an d M rs. K ern . S p rin g fie ld , M ass., gav e a p a g e a n t d e p ic tin g th e b ir th of th e C h ris t C hild. T h e fig u res, in h is to ric cos tu m e , took p a r t in th e p ro g ra m of c a ro l s in g in g a n d m u sic u n d e r th e g re a t C h ris tm a s tre e . C h in e se ra ilro a d e m b a n k m e n ts a re p ro te c te d fro m floods by p la n t Mr. a n d M rs. J. C a n n o n e n te r ing th e m w ith a n a tiv e g ra s s w ith te n a c io u s ro o ts th a t re s is t e ro sio n . ta in e d on C h ris tm a s M r. a n d M rs. I,. A. N ew to n o t S p o k a n e a n d Miss S ta tis tic s show th a t th e n u m b e r of lle s lo p o f i’o rtla n d . M rs. N ew to n is a u to m o b ile a c c id e n ts is d e c re a s in g a s is te r o f M rs. C an n o n . ste a d ily as c o m p a re d w ith th e n u m BIG DANCE R u ssian a rm y w as of th e n o b ility , th e m id d le cla ss b eing ex clu d e d from th is h o n o r. T h is w as c o n tr a ry to th e sy ste m of N ap o leo n , w ho p re fe rre d ills officers o f p lain o rig in , as he d e c la re d tt^g av e th e m m o re a m b itio n to w o rk fo r title s . Royal Club Coffee Spices and'Extracts at M r. a n d M rs. F. D. L ich ty a n d fam ily sp e n t S u n d ay a n d M onday in G re sh a m , th e g u e sts of Mr. a n d Mrs. W A M eyers an d M rs M y rtle M yers. Mr L ich ty Is em p lo y ed w ith th e P e n in s u la r I,u m b e r co m p an y . Degree Teams of Arleta Uatnp No. *05 and P o rt land ('am p No. 107, \\ < >. W» AT COGSWELL S HALL Eagle Creek M rs R o b e rt W a lk e r of G ra ss V al- i ley cam e la s t w eek to sp e n d th e hoi- g = 1 Idavs w ith h e r d a u g h te r . M rs C arl S D ahl a n d fam ily . = R o y H. G ib b s ts s p e n d in g h is v a c a Saturday Evening, Dec. 30 tio n a t th e h o m e of h is p a re n ts , Mr. a n d Mrs. F r a n k G ibbs. Roy Is a s t u d e n t at O reg o n A g ric u ltu ra l college F an cy D rill by Miss G re tc h e n R adcliff, of P o r t la n d . v isited w ith frie n d s In G r is h am on F rid a y . SPECIAL PRICES F ra n k F ra k e s w as b ro u g h t h o m e St. V in c e n t's h o s p ita l on la s t j F rid a y . H e Is re p o r te d to be doiug P ortland Degr«-«1 T«*aiii Union Music I fro m Until tit«’ end of the year you receive free with eaelt 3 Ih. can of Royal Club Coffee at the regular price, your choice of the following: one 2 ox. bottle Royal Club E xtract or 26c worth of Royal Ciub Spices. Your own selection».. Only 4 More Days— Hurry! — QUALITY WIRE ♦»61 On Heating Stoves until January 1st and a fine line to select from at « L. L. Kidder Hdw. Co. G R E SH A M , O R E G O N Emery’s Truck Service BETW EEN PORTLAND AND Metzger AND SERVI« E WIRE 661 w e ll. Mr atnl Mrs. Geo. W K en n ey a te C lirts tm a s tu rk e y w ith Mr. a n d Mrs. J A. F ra k e s a n d fatuity. Dr. R W Q u e sin b e rry of J o s e p h . O re g o n , a r r iv e d la s t n ig h t a t th e , h o m e o f his p a re n ts , Mr a n d M rs W a lk e r Q u e sin b e rry of R ockw ood, t o ] sp e n d th e h o lid ay s. Miss O live M errill is s p e n d in g h er C h ris tm a s v a c a tio n a t th e h om e of h e r m o th e r, M rs C. M errill. T he m a r ria g e of L e s te r C o n ra d and M tss M abel (lig e r to o k p lace S u n d ay a t th e h o m e o f th e b rtd e a t Y oder, O reg o n T h e y o u n g c o u p le w ill m ak e th e i r h o m e n e a r G re sh a m . TICKETS $1. LADIES FREE Nperial T rain « i l i run from P ort land anil retu rn a fter th e dance Shoes and Rubber Goods Men's and Boys' Dress and Work Shoes Men's and Boys' High Cut atnl Loggers Shoes Rubber Boots, Shoes and Rubbers Shoe Repairing a Specialty GRESHAM SHOE SHOP CARL DAUL GRESHAM Office w ith P ion eer A uto T ruck Co.. 2 2 « A sh St. P liou e B roadw ay 2S 54 Furniture Moving and Farmers Hauling a Specialty B. W. EMERY, Prop. Gresham, Ore. Res. Phone 173 Sanitary Meat Market ED. BAUMAN, Prop. ORE. G RESH A M Home-made Sausage a Specialty Cash paid for Fat Beef, Veal and Mutton, live or dressed. Top prices _ for Hides and Pelts of all kinds. FRESH HOMEMADE SAUER KRAUT Just Arrived, A LOT OF SWISS CHEESE, Very Fine b er of m a c h in e s in use. T h e a lu m n i a s s o c ia tio n o f th e h ig h S a c ra m e n to valley re c e n tly tu r n e d sc h o o l w ill h o ld an im p o r ta n t b u s i R u sse llv ille , A rk ., is e n fo rc in g n ess anil so cial m e e tin g on W e d n e s S u n d a y law s so rigidly t h a t ev en te l o u t in fo rce to tw o of th e m ost suc- d ay ev e n in g of th is w eek in M e tz g e r’s e p h o n in g on th a t day is p ro h ib ite d . | c e ssfu l ra b b it d riv e s in its h is to ry . D istric t 1002, n e a r F ra n k lin , Sac- h a ll. All m e m b e rs a re u rg e d to he ( ra m e n to c o u n ty , o ffered as a n a t t r a c C ab b a g e s w ere g ro w n by R a m s T h e P o rtla n d R a ilw a y , L ig h t & p re s e n t. g a te (E n g la n d ) school c h ild re n to tio n fre e s h o tg u n sh e lls to ull w ho P o w er C o m p an y , w hich s u p p lie s tiie w ould a tte n d , a n d a s a re s u lt a b o u t M iss R uby E m e ry , o f I’o r tla n d , h e lp p ris o n e rs of w ar fu n d s. b u lk o f e le c tric a l e n e rg y co n su m ed 1,000 ra b b its w ere sla in . in I’o r tla n d a n d v ic in ity , o w n s an d s p e n t C h ris tm a s w ith h e r p a re n ts , in tills c o u n try 30 to 40 p e r cen t o p e ra te s a to ta l of ten h u g e pow er Mr. a n d Mrs. B. W. E m ery . In th e c o n s tru c tio n of a C a lifo rn ia of th e cases r e q u irin g c h a r ita b le r e p la n ts five h y d ro -e le c tric an d five h om e, th e p ip es of a n o rg a n a r e h id lief a re d u e fo sick n ess. Miss E m m a B. Jo h n s o n s p e n t S u n a u x ilia ry s te a m p la n ts. T h ey h av e den in th e g rill w ork o f th e ro o m , so a co m b in ed cap a c ity of 8 7 ,5 5 0 h o rs e d ay an d M o n d ay w ith fr ie n d s a t N am es h a v e been given to 727 m i t h a t o n ly (lie co n so le is visible, an d p o w er, u n d fo r th e y e u r 1015 th e se T ro u td a le . n o r p la n e ts a n d new o n es a re being th is m ay lie d ra w n a b o u t th e room p la n ts g e n e ra te d un a g g re g a te of to an y c o n v e n ie n t lo catio n . The e m b ro id e re d c e n te rp ie c e , d isc o v e re d all th e tim e. 1 8 0 ,3 7 2 ,5 5 2 k ilo w a tt h o u rs. T h e co m p an y lias 25 s u b -s ta tio n s , 366 w h ich Mrs. E. B o u g h n e r o ffered to T h e efficiency of th e s te a m tu r b in e C o u g h M e d ic in e f o r C h i ld r e n . m iles of h ig h te n s io n tra n s m is s io n h e r c u s to m e rs d u rin g th e h o lid a y lias in c re a se d 25 p e r cen t in th e la st M rs. H u g h C ook, S c o ttsv ille , N. lin es an d 6 ,7 5 0 m iles o f d is trib u tio n b u y in g s e a s o n , w as d ra w n by Mrs. tw o o r th r e e y ears. Y., sa y s: “ A b o u t five y e a rs ago w hen w e w ere liv in g In G a rb u tt, N. Y., 1 w ires. It fu r n is h e s c u r r e n t fo r five E. A. F o rs y th e o f th e H illsv iew d o c te te d tw o of my c h ild re n suffet o tlie r e le c tric railw ay s y s te m s In th is n e ig h b o rh o o d . T h e re w e re se v e ra l F lo w e rs w ill tu r n to w a rd an a r t i le g fro m ( j.d s w ith C h a m b e rla in 's te r rito ry . ficial lig h t ju s t as th ey do to w a rd I i u g h R e m titj an i fo u n d t j u , t as h u n d re d c o m p e tito r» fo r th e prize. re p r e s e n te d in e v ery w av. i t p ro m p t th e su n . A New Y ork firm lias a d v ised C on ly ch e c k e d th e ir c o u g h in g a n d c u re d M r. a n d M rs. R. W. C a lk in s had su l S tu a r t L u p to n , o f U a u te m a la a ll th e ir c h ild re n a n d g ra n d c h ild r e n In d ia h a s beco m e o n e of th e th e i r co ld s q u ic k e r ih .c t a n : th in g I i v e r u ser,.' O b ta in a u l? e v e ry w h e re . city , of tiie sa le of o n e o f Its m ilita ry p re s e n t w o rld 's g r e a te s t c o n su m e rs of a lu m a fam ily g a th e r in g on aoropiniieB to th e g o v e rn m e n t of C h ris tm a s d ay . B esid es th e h om e in u m . G u a te m a la . T h e p rice o f th e m a fo lk s, th e r e w e re p re s e n t Mr. a n d c h in e w as $ 1 1 ,9 0 0 . T h e A m erican M rs. E. J. H e se ltln e a n d fam ily of b u ild e r w as p u t In to u c h w ith th e T e rry , M r. a n d Mrs. A. L. D u ra n t G u a te m a la n officials by C o n su l L u p a n d fam ily of I’o r tla n d a n d Miss ton. E lsie C a lk in s, w ho is te a c h in g a t U n til re c e n tly every officer in th e F o r t K la m a th Just 'lliis Week Left to get A. W. O ff M rs. Miss lla z e i F u ltz w as a d in n e r g u e st on C lirts tm a s a t th e h om e of Mr a n d Mrs. H. L. St. C la ir. is 10% V J. T. Wilson AUCTIONEER Farm, Stock and Furniture Sales a Specialty. e Auction Sales at Rooms 171 Second Street, don lav' A, * *1- nesilay and Friday, ;t 10 A M , every week. 16 9, 171 a n d 173 Second S tr e e t, P o rtla n d , O reg o n . I’tione Main 1U2U or O utlook 701. (irewhom Christmas Comes but Once a Yeai* and in coming docs it bring to you the holi day spirit o f good cheer with happy smiles and merry laughter? — O r does it rather cause care and worry? Docs it mean ha; r»y plans to make the children joyful?—Or does it mean a heart ache that the pleasures of t ie season must be denied then ? Would not a cheek for, say, S12.75 next Xmas free you of many heart- aehes and regrets? Our- •s I (Christmas Cash Club For 1917 is so simple and easy a method of saving your Christmas Money for 1917 that when you receive yovr check next season you will feel that you are "finding money.” It is for young and old alike, no matter v t t' < ir income. Save a few pennies weekly (or larger sums if you like) and reap a harvest of dollars and joy for your next Christ mas. Bring in your first pennies now, or just come in and talk it over. We will explain 77»« Sign o f S o v tri fully. Ask for our Spec: il Circular regarding this plan. 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