GRESHAM LOCALS
Sawing Wood, Clearing Land
Grinding Feed, Pumping Water, are just
a few of the many ways you’ll make use of
A Beaver Drag-Saw
Made in Gresham
R epairs are here at hom e
Hessel’s Farm Machinery
W. A. HESSEL
H EItV K 'E
R E L IA B IL IT Y
Gresham
Phone 544
Phone 6x2
T ab o r 2775
P hones
G resham 22x2
ST. CLAIR & HUGGINS
GENERAL TRUCK
C a ll- fill
HAULING
Personal attention Given 111 Orilers
WM. HUGGINS
1997 K. M orrison
P o rtla n d , O regon
L E SL IE T. ST. CLAIR
F airv iew , Oregon
EMM
Resilience Phones
Service Phone 271
35x1 ; 368
Pleasant Home Garage
HAMILTON & EDER, Props.
Motor Car Repairing, Automobile Accessories, Oils
Gasoline and Greases.
PLEASANT HOME
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OREGON
MELROSE AND VICTORY
Frank C. Jones Co.
G en eral C ontractors
C arp en terin g
E lectrica l W iring
Fixture« and Lamp«
S ep tic Tank»
C em ent W ork
Office inni Shop,
Main St.
(■reftham. Orc.
F ra n k C. June*
Bungalow Bldg.
P hone IMH
I ’loyd h. M ark
Mi«« F rieda
B ratzel
Will accept a limited num
ber of pupils in
Piano Instruction
Souili Roberts Avenue.
Phone 307
T he q u a rte rly conference of Un
p le a sa n t H om e, T ro u td a le and IlifT
I ch u rch es was held at t h e la tte r place
F rid ay , Or. T. B. F o rd , presiding,
it » a s a m ost en jo y ab le and helpful
j m e e t i n g 111 every respect.
Mrs. A lta G entry anil son R ussell
sp in l S atu rd ay an d S unday visiting
at the hom e of Mr. an d Mrs. G eorge
H ayden in V ictory d istric t.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd L ittlep a g e vis-
' Ited at tin hom e of (lie la tte r's p a r
en ts, Mr. an d Mrs. G. W. Allder.
T he D ep artm en t of A g ricu ltu re ae-
I ststed th e census b u rea u in p re p a r
ing th e list of q u estio n s to be asked
of every fa rm e r at th e com ing cen-
sus.
I'a iiu e rs M utual M akes I l l g G a i n .
T he an n u a l rep o rt of th e F a rm e rs
M utual E ire R elief A ss’n of P o rtlan d
Hied w ith th e In su ra n ce D ep artm en t
of O regon show s $1,301.634 00 in s u r
ance
w ritte n
by , th e
A ss'n in
1918, and 4 75 new m em bers gained
d u rin g th e year.
Tile Ass'n Is
now in its 15th year, and lias about
five m illion In su ran ce in force.
Since Its o rg an iz atio n , th e Ass’n has
m ade an a n n u a l saving of over 50%
as co m p an d w ith b oard ra te s on farm
in su ran c e, to its m em bers.
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S nashall, p resid en t of th e Ass'n. is
agent for G resham and vicinity. T he
office Is at 409 Stock E xchange Bldg.,
co rn er 3d and Y nm hill stre e ts, P o rt
land. P hone Main 5006
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PRINCIPLE OF STATE
In his ad d ress at th e M ethodist
Episcopal church last S uuday n ig h t,
A chim ney tire at the hom e of A. A ttorney B. F. Mulkey of P o rtlan d
B. W itte r on South R o b erts avenue j outlined th e grow th of th e idea of a
caused co n sid erab le ex citem ent this | State from the day of N apoleon, who
aftern o o n
A call was put in for th e proclaim ed him self the sta te , to th e
fire d ep a rtm en t b u t it was fo o n u n org an izatio n of th e A m erican col
d er co n tro l and no d am ag e was done. onies into th e first sta te co n sistin g of
Mrs. Geo. Vohl an d little d a u g h te r individuals joined to g e th e r fo r th e
G erald in e left S atu rd ay to r her hom e purpose of protection an d th e ad m in
in San F ran cisco a fte r a m o n th 's visit isterin g of law s for th e public good.
E quality and ju stice were nam ed
w ith h e r a u n t Mrs 8. R. Bradfield
as th e basic principles of th e sta te
and cousin Mrs. C. E. R usher.
and the sp e ak e r denounced in sc a th
Mrs. Mary P atch received word ing term s th e tendency on th e p art of
S unday th a t h er m o th er, « h o was officers of th e law to condone offences
n early 88 y ears old. had died su d d en com m itted by persons of social o r po
ly at h e r hom e in G ard n er, K ansas
litical sta n d in g , w hich o th e rs less
T he Q ueen E sth e r C ircle are p lan
fo rtu n a te would be severely punished
ning to send a C h ristm as box to th e
P o rtlan d S ettlem en t C en ter. All a r for the sam e deeds.
"O, I D idn't Know It W as Y ou,"
ticles to be c o n trib u te d m ust be at
Mrs. H ovel's house on o r before De was suggested as a good topic for an
cem b er 18. T he Q ueen E sth e r circle address, th a t being th e apology often
wish to com m ence at hom e w ith th e ir offered to men of d istin g u ish ed posi
work and if th e re a re any needy fam t i o n who m ight be a rre ste d fo r in
ilies in o r n e a r G resham , p lease no- fringem ent of traffic an d o th e r laws.
The suggestion was im m ediately
| tify Miss G enevieve M cA llister, sec
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taken
up by Ju d g e S tap leto n , who
re ta ry , o r Miss C ora Jo h n so n , secre
tary of supplies, and they will be as- j will fu rth e r develop th e th o u g h t at
¡th e church on Sunday evening, De
| slated w ith provisions o r clothing.
cem ber 21.
Miss E lsie S chultz of H ogan was
In connection w ith la st Sunday
m a rried on T h an k sg iv in g day to R. evening’s exercises th e service flag
L. T om pkins of S o u th Bend, W ash. rep resen tin g th e m em bers of th e
Mr. T o m p k in s is in th e g ara g e busl- church, Sunday school o r E pw orth
iness in th a t place an d th ey will m ake League, or those fam ilies belonged,
th e ir hom e th ere.
was tak en down w ith
ap p ro p ria te
G resham g ran g e will m eet S a tu r cerem ony. H. L. St. C lair m ade a
day, D ecem ber 20 at th e g ran g e hall. brief address refe rrin g to th e p a trio
D egree w ork will be put on in the tic stan d of all th e men rep resen ted
m orning. T he election of th e local by th e 34 sta rs of th e flag and em
(Officers will be held in th e aftern o o n phasized th e fact th a t all th e s ta rs are
an d th e s ta te officers will also be blue— a cause for sin cere th a n k fu l
voted upon. T h ere will be no pro ness. A fter read in g th e nam es, th e
gram . All g ran g e rs a re req u ested to flag was slow ly low ered and was
atten d .
given into th e custody of Mrs. O. A.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. C rosier and E astm an, who has been ch a irm an of
son A rth u r, of S eattle, visited w ith the com m ittee on service flag ever
th e la tte r's p are n ts, Mr. and Mrs. since it was dedicated two years ago.
Tlios. W iles Sunday. T hey cam e down
Follow ing are th e p erso n s re p re
to a tte n d th e fu n e ra l of Mr. C ro sier's sented by sta rs on th e flag, all of
fa th e r. Rev. H alb ert II. C rosier.
whom have received h o n o rab le d is
Mrs. J u lia A rm stro n g , of S eattle, charges and retu rn ed to civil life:
A lbert Camp, G eorge C lark , E d g ar
has been v isitin g at th e hom e of Mr.
W. E astm an, H erb ert Hoss, Jo h n
and Mrs. H ans L arsen ot Boring.
Roy 11. Gibbs spent S unday at Sea Honey, Guy Jones, M erril Good, Mer-
side v isitin g his fa th e r, F ra n k Gibbs. vin Good, W alter K itzm iller, .H a rry
He rep o rts tine w e a th e r at th e coast Spencer, C lark e S tillions, E rn est
and th a t S easide is a fine w in ter re Thom, Roy W hite, E lto n E astm an ,
sort.
He m et Miss Rica A nderson Glenwood Miller, Leslie T. S t.C la ir,
Chase E. St. C lair, F red Hoss, Floyed
w hile th ere.
T he Union higli school was closed Metzger, W a lte r M etzger, B ayard
today on acco u n t of th e sto rm . Those Miller, Ray P alm q u ist, Glen R usher,
pupils living in th e o u tly in g d istric t Cecil P u lfer, Amll L au b e r, W ilbur
went homp at noon. T he school will Stanley, K eith Lym an, H aro ld Lym an,
tie closed u n til th e w ea th er conditions Ernest S m ith, F ra n k W rig h t, Leslie
ch an g e an d th e ro ad s a re open for | Wiles, R ichard Johnson.-
trav el again.
A rticles of in c o rp o ratio n w er- RASPBERRY PRUNING
DEMONSTRATION.
tiled y esterd ay for A. W. M etzger &
Co., by th e ir a tto rn e y s M cGuirk &
T he rasp b e rry p ru n in g d em o n stra
S chneider.
T he sto c k h o ld e rs are
A. W. M etzger, W. C. M etzger and tion conducted last fall on th e
B. W. T h o rn e. They will run a g en W. H. S tro n g farm n ea r G resham
era l m erch an d ise, g en e ral h ard w are, has opened up a new p h ase of ra sp
and g en e ral g rist mill business. berry cu ltu re. One h alf of tw o d if
T h e ir ca p ita l stock is $50,000.
feren t fields w ere p ru n ed a fte r th e
It was .Mrs. S q u ire's b irth d a y S a t sta n d a rd m ethod of p ru n in g , canes
urday and Mr. S quire arra n g e d a
being th in n e d from th re e to five In
su rp rise in h e r honor. G uests who
took p a rt in th is d elig h tfu l occasion a hill an d cu t ab o u t 4^4 feet high.
w ere Mr. am i Mrs. J. R. C avanagh. T he o th e r h a lf of each field was
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie M errill of P o rt trim m ed to ab o u t th e sam e n u m b er
land, Mrs. C. M errill, Miss B irdine in each h ill an d th e canes w ere left
M errill, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. K ern. full le n g th an d w ound aro u n d on
Much am u sem en t was caused when w ire ab o u t fo u r feet h ig h leaving
.Mr. S q u ire produced th e re fre sh th em in a roll. T his re su lte d In b er
m ents of cak e and sandw iches from
ries rip en in g on th e tips of th e canes
u n d er th e bed w here he had hid them
fifteen days p rio r to th e rip en in g on
w hile Mrs. S q u ire was in P o rtlan d .
th
e trim m ed canes. T he crop yield
Miss M amie Boss had th e m isfo r
tu n e to fall on th e ice aro u n d th e on th e tw o plots was estim a ted by-
fo u n tain th is m o rn in g and broke both se v eral g ro w ers at o n e-fo u rth In
th e bones in h er left arm n ear the crease in to n n a g e p er acre.
w rist.
S everal a d v a n ta g es to th is system
w
ere
e v id e n t; first, th e b erries are
I’aekagi * S ho u ld Be Maileil E arly.
I). M. Rolli rts, th e p o stm aste r Is e a sie r p ick ed ; second, th e re are at
ask in g th a t all C h ristin as packages least tw o p ick in g s early In the sea
he secu rely w rapped and tied fo r son ah ead of th e m ain crop when the
m ailin g th a t th e re tu rn ad d ress be m a rk e t p rice is h ig h e st; th ird , th e
w ritten on th e p ack ag e an d all o th e r b erries a re m o re u n ifo rm in size,
ru les re g a rd in g th e m a ilin g of C h rist m ore of th e b e rrie s from th e tips of
ina“ packages be fully observed.
th e vines w h ere they have a tendency
T he public Is ask ed to consider
th a t mail service to th e east is cut to grow sm a ll a re sh ad ed d u rin g th e
T his d em o n strá
dow n about o n e-h alf ow ing to th e rip en in g season.
coal sh o rta g e an d th a t packages m ust is a s ta rt in th e ch an g in g in th e p rac
lie m ailed early if they reach th e ir tice of p ru n in g of th e C u th b e rt ra sp
d estin atio n .
b erry in th is area.
llo \ Social Po*'lpoio-il.
D on't Q uit!
Tile officers of th e G resham Lodge, "Y o u ’re sick of th e g a m e ? ” Well,
now , th a t a sh am e;
K n ig h ts and L ad les of S ecurity, have
You’re young and y o u 're brav e and
decided to p ostpone th e box social
you’re b rig h t.
w hich had been an n o u n ced for to
! morrow n ig h t. Many of th e member.--, "Y o u ’ve had a raw d e a l? ” I know,
but d o n ’t sq u e al;
of the local lodge live In th e P leasan t I
Buck up. do your darnedest and
Home d istric t and a la rg e d eleg atio n
tight.
from P o rtlan d plan n ed to come but It's th e p lu g g in g aw ay th a t will win
all will tie notified th a t th e social
you th e day,
will not he held.
So don’t be a p ik er, old pard.
J u s t draw on y o u r g rit; it's so easy
G resham should plan to open a
to q u it.
cam p site for a u to to u ris ts early next
I t ’s th e keep in g -y o u r-ch ln -u p th a t’s
h ard .
— Anon.
sp rin g . Il Is due th e good nam e of
i o u r city, an d th e ad v e rtisin g it will '
T he official p u blication of M etal
m ean fo r th e locality. Besides, as a
m a tte r of local business, it will pay. T ra d es of Pacific Coast Is to be p u b
\ rep o rt recently given out says th a t lished in P o rtlan d .
G ra n ts Pass last season profited about
P o rtlan d is plan n in g a $100,000
$loi>,i>no from th e to u rist trav I by
having a p roperly eared fo r cam ping w holesale co-operative sto re.
ground.
Here'«. a Visit One.
"Sav. old ch a p ," said one re tu rn e d ;
c h a se r of H uns to an o th e r, a fte r they
had p arto o k en of th e h o sp itality of
th e ir lodge, "If you had a buggy top
nd a dim e, w hat would you do w ith
th e d im e ? "
"I d u n n o .’’
"W ell. I sh o u ld th in k your ex-
perionee w ould surge«» to von th a t
you spend th e dim e for a fine-tooth
cotnb.”
And th e w ar was res timed
GRESHAM
M O V IE
SHOW
Wednesday, Dec. 10
B E A N S
Saturday, Dec. 13
I \I.K OF THE TOWN
GRESHAM GARAGE
Auto Repairing & Accessories
Agents for Miller G eared-to-the Road and Racine Tire«
We have a few Overland« and Ford»
a FORD DELIVERY, used cars in first class
mechanical • condition. It will pay you to
see them before going elsewhere.
John Ide
F. E. Palmquist
Phone 801
Gresham, Oregon
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THE U N IV E R S A L CAR
FORDS COMING
!!
W’e will soon receive Fords enough
to till all orders we have on hand and
some more for new orders. These cars
will be here about January First. Some
are already here and are being unloaded.
Balance are on the way here. If you
have not ordered your Ford yet, better
do so immediately.
RAKER & SON
GRESHAM
ESTACADA
GLEASON TRUCK SERVICE
EXPRESS AND G EN ER A L HAULING
Trip Daily Between Gresham and Portland
Office with Oregon-Washington Truck Agency,
40 Second Street, Cor. Ash Street
Gresham Phone 17
P ortland Broadway 5121
CHOICE MEATS
Homemade Hams, Bacon, Sausage, Lard
Full line of Cold Lunch Meats
SANITARY MARKET
Main S tre et
GEO.
W E KNOW TO A
POSITIVE CERTAINTY
th a t if you will give us s trial
I F y o u ’ l l G iv e
US JUST ONE
T R IA .L -
T h e n you ' l l
T r a d e herl -
Q uite awhile 1
GRESHAM MARKE
o rd e r you will become a ate» ■
p a tro n of th is shop It * MP
p en ed so m any times that a P
son h as com e in and Pur' b^
a sm all o rd e r of meat, and then
com e back to express their ae
lig h t and gratification and leave
a n o th e r o rd er
Thia sort of
th in g su rely helps our bi'«»
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A. J. W. BROWN. Prop
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P hone 41
Gresham,
R ead by a ll— Outlook «ant ada
It pays to ad v ertise.
SHE <fi)LD BEAR
\\ ill soou have passed aw ay an d we ea ch sto p long enough to
inventory of w hat we h av e ac co m p lish e d d u rin g the year.
g ratify in g to th is b ank as It m ust be to Its cu sto m e rs to take fro®
records th e facts show n below :
An Increase In d ep o sits In one y e a r am o u n tin g to $-----11
Indicative of th e In teg rity and lo y a lty of th is community in ’
th e Ja p a n e se in d u strie s h av e played n o sm a ll part
pepoaMP
D ecem ber 1, 1915 .................................................... $162.221-28
D ecem ber 1, 1916
................................................... 218.688 2'
# D -cetnber 1. 1 :• 1 7
D ecem ber 1, 1 9 1 8 ............... ........................................... 385.604-8
D ecem ber 1, 1919 ........................................................ 5 8 ". "6$ 1
Increase in D eposits (luring past y e a r ..........
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Gresham, Oregon
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phone 881
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