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t - - ') T W IC E A W EEK VOL. 9, NO. 88 G resham O utlook GRESHAM. MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1920 $1.60 PER YEAR INTEREST TAKEN IN TRAFFIC ORDINANCE I j WEDDING ANNIVERSARY OF FAIRVIEW COUPLE WIZARD IS AMERICA’S GRAND A very en jo y ab le affair was given a t th e hom e of Mr. and Mr*. E arl Tow nsend on New Y ears eve, th e oc T he recent action of th e tow n casion honoring th e 30th w edding council in h irin g a traffic officer, M. an niv ersary of Mr. T ow nsend’s p a r M. S quire to enforce th e traffic o rd i ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Tow nsend. nances of th e tow n has brou g h t some . The room s w ere ta ste fu lly decorated in quiry as to w hat the o rdinance is ... . t ,, J t w ith sprays of holly an d th e h o iid a . and when It w ent into effect. T he . , 1 sp irit p revailed th ro u g h o u t th e even- o rdinance w ent into effect F eb ru ary . lng w hlch q u ,ck ,y pa8Be(, pleaBant 4, 1919 and th e im p o rta n t a rticle s in i conversation an d music. A delicious th is ordinance are as follow s: luncheon was served. " I t sh all be unlaw ful fo r any per-1 The Sue8ts included besides th e son o r persons to drive an autom o-1 host and hostess, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. bile, m otor vehicle, electric vehicle, j Tow nsend, Mr. and Mrs W A m otorcycle o r horse-driven vehicl“ Tow nsend M r a n d M r s F M q t n n e w ithin the co rp o rate lim its of tn e low n8e,ld’ Mr- an d Mr8 E M sto n e tow n of G resham fa ste r th an a speed and 8OUS> R o b ert an d Jo h n , Mr. and of 20 m iles p er hour. And w ithin the Mrs. E. T eg ert, Mr. an d Mrs. A. L. follow ing described lim its fa ste r than T urn er, Mr. and Mrs. B laine T u rn e r M.’ r . i , « , ' ¿ . S S «■" * » • OLD MAN GRESHAM SOCIAL CIRCLE ARRIVES WITH NEW YEAR I Ju d g e S tap le to n ’s hom e was th e ' j scene of a jolly New Y ear’s p arty on ' W ednesday evening when he and i Mrs. S tap leto n en tertain ed a party of i friends. T hose present besides the : host and hostess w ere Mr. and Mrs. ' A rth u r D ow sett, Mr. and Mrs. W ill ' j Hessel, Mr. an d Mrs. Jo h n Cannon, Mr. and Mrs. H erb ert Eling, Mr. and | I Mrs. Jas. E lk in g to n , Mr. an d Mrs. j Benj. C am eron, Mr. and Mrs. O. A. E astm an and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. H aley. T he evening was spent in cards. T he evening proved so unusually e n te rta in in g th a t the Idea of a club to provide for such affairs was dis cussed an d before th e p arty broke up in th e early h ours of th e new year, a club had been organized w hich will be know n a t th e G resham Social club, those p resen t being th e c h a rte r mem bers. A set of by-laws w ere draw n up and H e rb e rt E ling was elected p resid en t an d Mrs. Jo h n Cannon, secretary . The m em bership list will be held open fo r som e tim e so th a | o th e rs may join if they so desire. on th e north and Powell V alley road, A K ro n en b erg , Mr. an d Mrs. A. L. on Powell Valley road betw een th e Stone, Mrs. M. B. S leret, Mrs. E. D. tow n lim its on th e ea st and Ava Towle, Mrs. Eliza Stone, Miss Edell.t stre e t, and on South R oberts stre e ts „ ,, . „ betw een L aw rence avenue and Pow-I e’ Mls8 H elen Bliss, Miss B erth« ell 1 V v a alley ilC J road. rvau , i I W " • '» att, »I Miss Jo w w o sep v. h in e T * v, ow w u nsend, o c -u -s. No vehicle, e ith e r m otor or horse- ' Byard M iller, Roy Stone and A lbert draw n, sh all be p arked for a g re a te r Camp. Thom as A. Edison, one of th e g rea test Inventors tn e world h a . period th a n th irty m inutes on Pow ever produced, and now 72 years old, is becoming nearer and d ea r“ to his fellow countrym en every day. This new nict.ir« ¿ earar ell s tre e t for a distance of 50 feet th e New England states the o th e r day? „ X o S sat ?n a m o t o ^ e i " FURNITURE WILL NOT east of th e east intersection of Pow ell FLOYED METZGER TAKES : X g ramr ™ * * “ 8haV* and B u r ^ T s e ^ and Main stre e ts o r fo r a distance of BRIDE FORM ABERDEEN BE CHEAPER IN 1923 50 feet on Main stre e t north from Due to th e g re a t am o u n t of houitJ th e intersection of Main and Pow en Floyed S. M etzger arriv ed in stree ts. b u ilding now going on, w hich will] G resham last n ig h t from A berdeen, No m achine m ay be p arked w ithin WELL KNOWN WOMAN continue for th ree years at least, th e RED TRIANGLE LEAGUE” less th an 10 feet of any fire h y d ran t W ashington, w ith his bride, an d is OF BULL RUN DIES receiving th e co n g ra tu latio n s of his ORGANIZED BY Y. M. C. A. dem and fo r fu rn itu re is fo u r tim es w ithin the corporate lim its. g re a te r th a n th e supply. At the, "A ny person v iolating th e pro friends a t th e hom e of his p aren ts, Mrs. E lla K lin g er was born in Mis P lans for a p erm a n en t o rg an iz a G rand R apids, Chicago and Ja m es visions of this article s shall upon Mr. and Mrs. J. H. M etzger. souri on May 13, 1874. She was tion of th e m en and women who tow n fu rn itu re m a rk ets, d ealers w ere conviction th ereof before th e tow n T he b rid e was Miss L a u ra A n d er reco rd er be fined in r sum not less than $2 o r m ore th a n $50 o r shall be son, a p o p u lar young lady of th e m a rrie d D ecem ber 24, 1891 to Alvin served as Y. M. C. A. w ar w orkers, glad to place o rd ers for o n e-fo u rth of punished by im prisonm ent in the n o rth ern city. T he w edding was sol- H. K lingler. She has resided in Bull have ju s t been received by F. A. Mc- th e ir ac tu a l req u irem en ts. tow n jail not less th an one nor m ore enized a t th e hom e of h er p are n ts Run since th e y ea r 1912. Mrs. T his is a condition th a t prevails Carl, executive se creta ry of th e N at th a n 25 days, o r by both such fine all over th e country. A g re a t deai yesterday by th e Rev. Chas. T. H urd K lin g ler died D ecem ber 28, 1919, and im prisonm ent. ional W ar W ork Council fo r th e of fu rn itu re is m an u factu red on the A fine of $1 for first offense and not of th e P re sb y teria n ch u rch , in th e aged 45 years, 7 m o n th s an d 15 days to exceed the sum of $50 fo r subse presence of a few n ea r relativ es of She leaves to m ourn th e ir loss her W estern Division, who has been ap Pacific Coast b ut here also it is said th e facto ries cannot supply th e de qu en t offenses is provided for d riv bride and th e m o th er of th e groom . husband, th re e sons, Sam uel, Alvin, pointed by N ational C hairm dn W il m and. T he d ea le r has to ta k e w hat ing upon the stre e ts in th e tow n of Mr. and Mrs. M etzger will m ake an d C harley K lingler, one d au g h ter, liam Sloane as a m em ber of th e com he can get when he can get it. G resham w ith the muffler o r cut-out th e ir hom e in P o rtlan d . In the Ja n u a ry issue of th e G rand open. Mrs. May Gibons, fo u r sisters and one m ittee auth o rized a t th e D etroit con R apids F u rn itu re Record, th e n a t “ It shall be unlaw ful fo r th e b ro th er. vention to effect such an o rg an iza ional jo u rn a l of th e fu rn itu re trade, P otato Iinproveinent S ou gh t. d riv er of any autom obile electric ve F u n e ra l services w ere held W ed hicle, m otor vehicle, m otorcycle, or tion. It will be know n as th e “ Red published in th e leading fu rn itu re Oregon po tato g ro w ers will be horse-dtaw n vehicle to cut th e co r asked to cooperate w ith th e s ta te col nesday aftern o o n from th e Bull Run T rian g le L eag u e” an d all men and city of th e w orld, appears an a rtitiv co n tain in g th e opinions of leading n e r a t th e in tersectio n of Powell church. In te rm e n t was in th e Cliff women Y. M. C. A. w ar w orkers who fu rn itu re m a n u fa ctu re rs in all the and Main stre e ts o r a t th e in te rsec lege experim ent sta tio n in p o tato seed Side cem etery. Rev. R. Eugene FUNERAL SERVICES OF served e ith e r overseas o r in home fu rn itu re cen ters tellin g why fu rn i tion of Powell and South R oberts tre a tm e n t and p o tato sp ray in g next JOHN F. SHELLER HELD stree ts. All vehicles approaching year to im prove th e yield and q uality Myers of G resham officiated a t th cam p w ork, about 18,000 all told, are tu re prices will increase r a th e r th an decrease d u rin g 1920. Some say th e above m entioned in tersections of th e crop. T he m ethods th a t have services. eligible to m em bership. Jo h n F re d ric k S h eller was born In prices will not go low er fo r five years, m ust keep to th e rig h t and pass to W here th e re are a sufficient n u m but m ost of the m an u fa ctu re rs e- Springfield, Ohio, S eptem ber 9, 1845. th e rig h t of the ce n te r of the stre e t raised W isconsin to th e first ra n k in DEPUTY FIRE MARSHAL ber of m em bers in a com m unity, Red pect conditions to begin to grow nor He g rad u a ted from A ntioch college. the production of high g ra d e po tato es Intersections. TO SPEAK IN GRESHAM T rian g le clubs will be form ed. Pro mal in th re e years All persons violating the provis are being in v estig ated by M. B. Mc Yellow Springs, Ohio at th e age of In th e last five years th e cost of ions of th is a rtic le sh all upon con Kay, associate p la n t p ath o lo g ist of A m eeting of th e G resham V olun vision is also m ade fo r an n u a l S tate iabor has trip led In th e fu rn itu re fac 27. L a te r he m arried Miss R uth viction th e re o f before th e tow n re corder be fined th e sum of $ 1 fo r th e th e sta tio n , who will a d a p t them to te e r F ire d ep a rtm en t will be held in m eetings in connection w ith th e sta te tories, and lu m b er has advanced 300 S hrew sberry of D ufer, In d ian a and conventions of th e Y. M. C. A. and to 600 p er cent. M irrors and o th e r th ey moved to P arsons, K ansas. E ight first offense and not to exceed $10 Oregon conditions. He atten d e d th e th e fire hall, M onday evening, J a n u fo r each subseq u en t offense. for trie n n tel n atio n al m eetings d u r m ateria ls a re th e highest th ey ever ch ild ren w ere born to th is union, W isconsin p o tato show D ecem ber 10 have been, and each m onth sees a and inspected th e p o tato w ork of the a ry 5 a t 8 p. m. T he an n u a l elec ing th e In tern atio n al conventions of slig h t increase in all m aterials. F ac seven of whom su rv iv e him. They MELROSE AND VICTORY W isconsin sta tio n . He will atten d tion of officers will be held a t th is th e association. ' to ries ca n ’t buy a y ea r’s supply like are Mrs. Eva C ruzan, Mrs. John tim e. The purpose of th e league is stated th ey did in th e old days and m ust be W elch, Mrs. Jo h n D ickerson living T he re g u la r Sunday school service the conference of th e p o tato p ath o lo D eputy F ire M arshal Geo. W. to be “ to p e rp e tu ate am ong th e Y. satisfied w ith one carload of lum ber, in P aris, K ansas, Mrs. G. A. B a rn e tt, will be held at Iliff church Sunday at gists of A m erica ,r p u o i rtin u ,i g 6 m rep th e mi ¡in here before th ey purchased whoti com m ence p o rtan t w ork hp has done ° n v ertic" Stokes, who was h ere recently in M. C. A. w ar w orkers th e fine fellow w train loads at a tim e. T his keeps th» of K ansas City, M issouri, Mrs. J. S. continence the series of lessons tak en specting th e fire fighting facilities of ship and sp irit of unselfish service so price lium w ilt in Oregon. He will a rra n g e on th e increase. W ard of Los A ngeles, C alifornia, and from th e m em bership m anual. The T he b e tte r g rad e s of lum ber, es Mrs. G. N. F itch of P heonix, A ri first topic for study is God. The w ith th e co m m ittee on ex p erim en tal th e tow n, will be p resen t and ta lk to m an ifest in w ar tim es.” A larg e per ju n io r class will com m ence th e cooperative w ork for ca rry in g on th is th e boys on fire p ro tectio n , etc. Mr. cen tag e of th e w ar w orkers w ere bus pecially w alnut, a re m ore plentiful zona and H erb ert H. S heller of B ar g raded lessons next Sunday and ev line of work in Oregon. Stokes Is a m an of w’ide experience iness o r professional men and women, th a n cheap lum ber, th a t’s why the b e tte r g rad es of fu rn itu re are more tlesville, O klahom a. Sam uel S heller eryone feels confident th a t these and th e m eeting prom ises to be one n o t reg u larly connected w ith Y. M. econom ical th an th e ch eap er grades. who lives th re e m iles west of G resh changes will add m uch to th e in te r Most f u rn itu re facto ries are over am , is a bro th er. est of th e work. T he prim ary class L utheran C hurch W ill H old Bazaar. of g re a t benefit to all. Business men, C. A. w ork and it is expected th a t councilm en and all ow ners of b u ild sold for from six to tw elve m onths, The L ad ies’ Aid of th e Swedish will contin u e to use th e im proved th ro u g h th is o rg an izatio n they can Mr. S h eller died in P o rtlan d . F u and most d ealers are crying fo r fu rn uniform lessons. New books have L u th e ra n ch u rch of Pow ell Valley ings a re urged to atten d . continue to re n d e r im p o rta n t service. itu re . Only those w ith fo resig h t will n eral services were held from C arl been ordered for th e prim ary class which will prove very "interesting” **’' haVL t^ lr ,y ear,y a “ c,,on in th e have sufficient fu rn itu re on h and to so n ’s chapel T uesday, D ecem ber 30 ru n them th is w inter. T hose with a t 10 o ’clock. In te rm e n t in M ultno churvh W ednesday evening. Ja n u a ry having pictures to color and a place I ® sm all stocks m u st increase prices by to paste the lessons cards. E veryone | 7 at 7 :30 p. m. All do n atio n s will m ah cem etery. Services w ere con sp rin g o r quit business. is invited to atten d th is service. 1 be gladly received and m ay be left “ T he fam ily In need of fu rn itu re ducted by Rev. R. E ugene Myers. at th e church on or before 7 o ’clock, will not be able to buy It any cheaper H erb ert H. S heller, th e son, came A C om m unity M eeting. evening of of th th e e sale. sale. Coffee Coffee th a n now ” says Ed. M etzger, th e lo from his hom e in O klahom a to a t A com m unity m eeting for the de. i , on the evening cal fu rn itu re d ealer, “ unless it desires velopm ent of th e consciousness of a n ' ca e » * served. E v erjo n e to w ait th re e to five years for norm al ten d th e fu n eral of his fath er. , „„ j . is Invited to a tte n d tiod and th e prom otion of hum an co nditions in th e f u rn itu re in d u s MRS. FREDRICKAR DEAD, try .” brotherhood, is th e object of th e Read by all— O utlook w ant ads. TO BE BURIED SUNDAY series of m eetings to be held a t th e It pays to advertise. M ethodist Episcopal church begin T he fu n eral services of Mrs. C h a r ning Ja n u a ry 4 and contin u in g in d ti- STILL SELLS GOODS ON lo tte F re d ric k ar.w h o died a t the hom e initely. HOOSIER FARMER IS of h e r d au g h ter, Mrs. F red Shelly. ROAD AT 90 L ive singing, gospel preaching, CALLED BLUEBEARD in S pringdale, Ja n u a ry 1st, will be good fellow ship, will ch aracterize th e held in G resham , J a n u a ry 4, a t 3 m eetings. T he services will be con o’clock. T he services will be from ducted by th e pastor. Rev. R. Eugene th e au d ito riu m of th e Odd Fellow s Myers, assisted by others. M eetings hall u n d er th e d irection of the will be held each n ig h t of th e week B reth re n congregation. except Monday and will begin p ro m p t ly a t 7:30. C ourteous tre a tm e n t i s ' PLEASANT HOME prom ised to all. No u n fa ir ad v an tag e j will be tak en of anyone. , u aa! B S ° ttOn «' th e M ethodist church Sunday m o rn T he subjects for th e first week are ing at 11 o ’clock on th e topic, "R e- as follow s: Sunday m orning, “ A en forcem ent fo r th e fight ag ain st C ure fo r T on g u e-T ie;” Sunday even- I ™a " " ,e ? f my ” , Thl8 18 ,h * fo u rth MRS. J. W. LAW R ENC E. »°P««' of th e series on th e F u n d a m e n ing, " F itte d fo r a Big J o b ;” Tuea- j tal T ru th s of th e C h ristian F aith Wlwv-e D eath Occurred Sunday. day. W ednesday, T h ursday. F rid ay , E veryone Is Invited to atten d . and S atu rd ay nights. “ In th e School j 8 unday school will m eet at th e O b itu ary of Mr*. J a*. lauvrence. D. L. McLain of G resham an d five W ith th e S p irit." usual h o u r w ith In terestin g classes fo r all. H ester Ann McLain was born in ■Haters, Mrs. Belle Michel, Mrs. E thei Berry Grower*. A tten tio n ! r n » ,en/ ’ ¿',aU* h,P r ° f Mr. and Mrs. Shellyvllle, Illinois. Ju ly 9, 1864. She Miller, G resham , Mrs. Inez M iller, T he adjo u rn ed ann u al m eeting of ! fevpr d S ° ° P' 18 111 w ,th «earlet Mrs. P h eo b a B obonan of C orvallis; cam e to Oregon w ith h e r p are n ts in th e C o-operative Berry G row ers will [ Mrs. Elve M iller of Pow ers, O regon, be held In th e lib rary at 7 p. ni. on • V?r \ P a 'jl8f‘n 18 111 * ith erysipelas th e sp rin g of 1877 locating n ea r and one b ro th er, W illiam McLain of W ednesday. Ja n u ary 7, 1920. If you j at thp home of hl« Bister, Mr«. P ete r ’ G resham » here all of h e r life was are in te reste d in berry grow ing and ' -G resham , Oregon. ■ regerson. Mrs G reg erso n 's son ! sp-rnt. She was converted and joined wish to join, you a re cordially in v it lit7gPr L ar"On’ 18 al8° 111 w ,th tOMil- She peacefully passed aw ay Sun ed to a tte n d th is m eeting In union th e B ap tist ch u rch in 1881. M arried day afte rn o o n , D ecem ber 28. 1919. th e re is stren g th . Mr and Mrs D T. W illiam* e n | to J t s . W. L aw rence A pril 12, 1883. F u n eral services w ere held on K. A M ILLER. S ecretary. te rta in e d at d in n e r N e» Y ear’* dav F o u r ch ild ren were born to th is union T uesday aftern o o n a t 2 o ’clock from Mr and Mrs. G ran t Sloop S ticking by Hi* Crowd. of whom two survive. th e M ethodist ch u rch . Rev. R. E. Card o f T hank-, "H ey, Y-man. do you expect to go I She was of a kind and loving dis Myers, p a sto r of th e ch u rch , read th e We wish to th a n k o u r frien d s Tor to H eaven when you d ie ?” called a position and en d eared h erself to all sc rip tu re lesson and offered prayer, th e ir helpfulness and sym pathy d u r dough-boy to Geo II de Kay, tran a- : »--U Ï-* who knew her. a fte r w hich th e fu n eral serm on was j ing th e long illness an d a t th e d eath p o rt aecretarv, who m ade tw enty voy-I She has been p ractically an invalid delivered by Rev. A. J. W’a re of the W illiam E dw ard C ritchlow . and b u rial of o u r beloved wife and ages across the A tlantic w ith troop know n to th e re ta il m erch an ts for th e last two years, but cheerful B ap tist ch u rch of Oregon City. Clem P. Tarw ich, cham pion m other, H ester A. Law rence, and are w est of th e M ississippi R iver as a ship« and was m aking his fifth trip and uncom plaining to th e last. She was laid to rest in th e G re s h -' m arry in g Hoos’e r farm er of S h er especially g ra te fu l for th e b eau tifu l seller of hickory pipes, is said to with men from Siberia. She » is an affectionate wife and am cem etery and h er g rav e was com id an , Ind.. h a * been titled the be th e old est trav e lin g salesm an m odern "B lu eb e ard ” since being flowers which cover h er last restin g “ No. B uddy," cam e th e answ er. , In th e United S tates. H e is now j m o th er, and leaves to m ourn th e ir pletely covered with lx xuttful flowers convicted of attem p tin g to poison place. “ I th in k I'll stay w ith th e soldiers and loss h e r hu sb an d . Ja m es W. Law -I left by loving friend?. 90 years old— sta rtin g w hen be T he pall-1 his seventh wife. He Is now se rv ja s w L a w r e n c e go w here th e re is still som e w ork to was 65 and alw ays living up to rence. and .»• d au g h ters. Mrs. Geo. b earers a t th e fu n eral w ere all M eti- ing a th re e to fo u rteen -y ear se n his m otto “ Make jo u r w ord good MRS GEO. PAGE be done." Page and Mrs. M innie A ylsw orih of gers, close frien d s of Mrs. L aw rence. tence In th e sta te prison. It was ‘ it k ills.” His firm says he 1» MRS. E W AYL8W ORTH charged he p ut cyanide in a wel' ) G resham , and th ree g ra n d child ren , j They w ere H enry, Jo h n . Ja k e . H arve, I a f te r No. 7 bad obtained a cl i « h a le of a success.” B argains in tb s w ant ads. besides her p are n ts. Rev. and M rs.) Will and B ert M etzger. H ave you seen o u r stock of ru g s f vcrce. t M etsger, Y our H om e F u rn ish er. £ sr