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About Gresham outlook. (Gresham, Multnomah County, Or.) 1911-1991 | View Entire Issue (July 23, 1920)
GRESHAM OUTLOOK MELROSE AND VICTORY T he su p e rin ten d e n t. Rev. E arl B. Cotton, will again be in ch arg e of the Iliff Sunday school, next Sunday, j , Ju ly 25. a f te r an absence of two Sun-11 days He has been for the past th ree ; weeks a t W illam ette U niversity, S a - ! lent, w here he atten d ed th e ru ra l I p asto r’s conference. D uring th e Suu- day school h o u r Rev. Cotton will give ' a rep o rt of th e work of th e confer-1 ence. Mr. an d Mrs. Chas. S oderquist, o t th e Powell Valley d istric t, has pur- I chased th e b eau tifu l hom e of Mr. and , M-s. S. E. B ackstrand an d will tak e possession ab o u t th e first of A ugust. '! T^> B ack stran d s will re tu rn to th e ir I home in P o rtlan d and Mr. B ackstrand I w ill again ta k e up his profession as ¡a bu ild er and co n tracto r. D uring th e I I past five years Mr. B ack stran d has bu ilt his 40-acre farm in to one of th e 1 m ost a ttra c tiv e and productive farm s j in th is section and it is w ith regret th a t th e neighbors and frien d s learn of th e ir d ep a rtu re . Many w ishes for) a happy an d prosperous fu tu re follow j them. .Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H ayden are en joying th e ow nership of a Ford car which they purchased recently. O ONE but a user can realize how . much longe/ Republic Tires wear, or how much Prodium means to their longer life. Because the Prodium Process actually tough ens th e r u b b e r and causes it to wear down slowly and evenly, like steel. This quality of tough ness means protection from water, the cutting and chipping that allow foreign matter to enter and weaken the fabric and to cause premature destruction to the tire. $15,000.00 Multnomah & Clackamas County Mutual Telephone Company Gresham, Oregon Dateti July 15, I ll- j o 6% SERIAL BONDS lin e Sei ¡ally Ju ly 15, 1995 to Ju ly 15, I titln, inclusive. Coupon Bonds in denom inations of 1100.00 aud »500.00 In terest payable Ja n u a ry 15th an d Ju ly 15th am PO reaon » Î n d â ' î î ? 1 payable a t th e » “ ■>* of G resham . G resh- 8 u. Bonds are a direct obligation of th e com pany and are backed up by th e en tire aasets of the com pany . , nio,?,>y t0 be raised by th is bond issue is for th e num ose of ,he °.fflce p lan t by in stallin g a new and larg er S w itch b«*rd' ‘he purchase of cablp and w ire for extension of the system and th e purchase of add itio n al phones. system 18 5be ‘ llue ‘o buy bonds and put your money to work at its m e n tadVantaK<’ an d ‘hUS in su re «‘axtm um re tu rn s on your Invest? F o r fu rth e r in fo rm atio n in q u ire of th e B A N K OF G R E SH A M or H. J. P U L FE R , S e c ’y G resham , O regon Mult. & Clack. Co. M. T. Co. TROUTDALE G resham , Oregon. The re g u la r p reaching services will be held a t th e M ethodist church next Sunday evening a t th e usual hour The pastor, Rev. E arl B. C otton, who for the past th ree weeks has been a t tending the ru ra l p asto r’s conference at Salem, will give a rep o rt on th a t m eeting. T he topic for discussion will be "An Ideal R ural C om m unity ” An in v itation is extended to all to atten d and join in th e evening service T here will be no A ugust m eeting of th e L ad ies’ Aid society an d th e next m eeting will be held a t th e hom e of Mrs. H. C. McGinnis in Sep tem ber. Many frien d s will be shocked to h ear of th e sudden d eath of Conrad P ark er, who was well know n here. F u n eral an n ouncem ent m ade else where. BORING AND VICINITY. L ast week th e heavy pow er wire broke n ea r th e R arnser place. It is said th a t th e flames from th e wires flared eight feet high. Mr. Rarnser, in an attem p t to move th e ends of th e wire, to prevent dam age, was him self burned about th e hands and feet. He BO RING G A R A G E waa tak en to the St. Vincent hospital for tre a tm e n t and is rep o rted doing WALTER W. METZGER, Proprietor S H IP L A P fine. B erth a Shank, th e D am ascu s, telephone o p erato r, received such a 1 terrific shock from th e occurence th a t ROUGH BOARDS an enforced lay-off was necessary to get nerves back to norm al. T his’ has SURFACED BOARDS happened a n um ber of tim es before i and probably will again and again. 2 IN. D IM E N SIO N T he d ear public is easy. Mrs. R ichard Davis from th e G ar field country has been visiting h er ETC. CORBETT sister, Mrs. S. A. Roberts. Both la Mrs. Jessie F. Riley, who has been dies were before th e ir m arria g e th e B7/A s TAG6Ar<D StutL i visiting relativ es h ere th e past Misses Lem ons, of a fam ily well- m onth, left for h er hom e a t B elling know n in th is com m unity. M ighty sw eet music to a fa rm e r is ham , W ashington, Monday evening. th e early m orning efforts of th e young Miss G eorge has as h er g u est th is 953$ w y v " cockerels try in g to tu n e up as th eir /. ■¿¿'■j week, h er tw in sisters, from S h er daddy ro o ster does when he calls the ifi-Mueft •»» ¿'.»'-»A COME TO PLEASANT HOME wood. world from its slum bers. It sounds a I The excessive rain s of th e past little p rettier, th ough, to h ea r th e week have m ade haying a d isco u rag young pullets im itate th e song of ing business in th is vicinity. th e ir m am m a hen. T. J. Bohna has been spending Miss T illie P ulliuni, who has held FORMER TROUTDALE BOY was as well as usual Sunday b ut was ent position at W ashington some tim e n ea r Blaine, Oregon, v isit TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY DIES IN PORTLAND tak en ill suddenly th e first of th e a D. governm ing E rnest E lliott. He enjoyed good C., retu rn ed home last Friday. fishing w hile th ere. I week and died ab o u t th irty m inutes Mrs. E thel Sm ith S tew art has been C onrad P ark er, young son of Mrs. T he special school m eeting held a fte r the op eratio n W ednesday even tendered th e school at T renholm , Co lum bia county, a t which place Mrs last S atu rd ay aftern o o n , bro u g h t o ut F lo ra P a rk e r who until last fall lived ing. S tew art ta u g h t tw o years. She has a fine atten d an ce. The business of in T routdale, died suddenly in P o rt The fu n eral services will be held not accepted th e position. th e m eeting, as advertised, was for land W ednesday evening a f te r an from the T ro u td ale church. Sunday - . C. - ■ _______ - ... F Reed and A. - D. S tew art were th e purpose of buying site and voting COM E EA R LY funds for erectin g a new schoolhouse. op eration for appendicitis. a t 1 o’clock. In term e n t in th e P o rtlan d , T h u rsd ay At th e previous m eeting a m ajority Conrad was nearly 11 years old D ouglass cem etery. voted two acres in the so u th e ast cor FAIRVIEW an d was well know n in T routdale ---- N ear relativ es who rem ain to ner of the Jo h n H offm eister farm as TELEPHONE COMPANY d ated Ju ly 15, 1920 m a tu rin g Ju ly w here he atten d ed school. He w ith m ourn th e ir loss are his m o th er, fo u r T he opposition ISSUES SERIAL BONDS 15, 1925 to Ju ly 15, 1930, Inclusive. Mrs. M. D outhit spent a few days th e new location. his m other and sisters moved i o ! sisters, Mrs. Dulice W rig h t, Mrs. w ith h er d au g h ter, Mrs. J. W. M oller claim ed th a t th e m otion failed, as a T he bonds are on sale a t th e Bank of tw o -th ird s m ajo rity was requisite. P o rtlan d last fall and soon a f t e r - ! H ollis R ickert, Mrs. G ladys M alston and family. The M ultnom ah & C lackam as G resham o r a t th e telephone office. S atu rd ay , le tte rs front th e atto rn ey - E. S urface and fam ily of Yakim a, w ards he w *. in ju red in an autom o- and G eorgie P ark er, one b r o th e r ! W a sh in g to n ? a“ r e V to iu V w 5 th “ The g eneral and from th e d istric t a tto r County M utual T elephone com pany A lready m ore th an 100 m iles of lie accident and never fully reeov- Mabin P a rk e r and a h alf sister. Mrs. 1 fo rm e r’s sister, Mrs. E. ^Burlingam e ney w ere read which m ade it plain is offering for sale six per cent serial wire have been p u t up in read in ess th a t a tw o -th ird s m ajo rity was not bonds to th e am o u n t of $15,000. ered from th e in ju ries received. HeJ F lo ren ceB eatt of Mt. V ernon, 111. and family- for th e new sw itch board when It a r T here will be an ice cream social needed. However, to please th e op T he money to be raised is fo r th e and a lawn p arty at th e hom e of Mr. ponents an o th er vote was tak en on purpose of im proving th e p rese n t rives. At th e p rese n t tim e no new lines can be connected w ith th e and Mrs. Edw in B urlingam e S a tu r th e H offm eister site. This tim e it day evening, Ju ly 24, to which all ca rrie d 18 to 35 favorable as ag ain st p lan t by th e in stallin g of a new and board as th e p resen t board is c a rry a re cordially invited. T he social is 16 to 27 as voted th e m eeting before. la rg e r sw itch board and fo r th e p u r ing (he m axim um n u m b er of lines. given under th e auspices of th e M. E. So now, at last. Union d istrict No. 26 chase of cable and w ire fo r extension I t Is believed th a t th e telephone is going to have an up-to-the-m inute L adies' Aid society. new schoolhouse, located in an ideal of th e system . service will be much b e tte r as soon as C A SH P A ID place. T he board m em bers were au T he e n tire assets of th e com pany th e new eq u ipm ent Is installed. A dance will be given at F a ir-le w thorized to go ahead and p urchase the S atu rd ay eve, Ju ly .’ll. Door prize back up th ese bonds which a r e a In th e m ean tim e local people lot and proceed to m ake a rra n g e will be p resented. 43 m have th e o p p o rtu n ity of helping a ents for co n stru ctin g the building splendid investm ent. T he bonds are issued in denom i local business by m aking a good in to be ready for pupils not la te r th an T rou td ale, A tten tion ! Septem ber, 1921. T he youngsters n ations of $100 and $500 and a re vestm en t for them selves. T he Sandy R iv er g arag e at T ro u t for Fresh Cows, Beef Cows, Hogs, Calves of any kind. dale is p rep ared to do all kinds of will be pleased. They have been In a vulcanizing, lath e work, oxyacetylene shack long enough. W onder when th e papers will be E. B A U M A N N , welding and general rp p air work. to say so m eth in g about Cox’s- J. L. Cook, p ro p rieto r. Phone gin G resham 48x5. 44 arm y. Mr. and Mrs. E rw in H ackett, of Oregon City, were Sunday visitors at th e Boese home. N ettie Boese left with H aFketts to spend th e week In the city. •V erner A nderson, em ployed a t V an couver, spent Sunday with th e John Put A ndersons. The B ennett, McGort.v and th e H or Sunshine in ner farm s have been sold recently Your H om e with The buyers of th e McGort.v and B en nett have alread y moved in Jn d taken possesion. W alter M etzger sp e n t Sunday at Seaside w here Mrs. M etzger Is en joying th e su m m er vacation. PA IN TS, VAKNiSHES, ENAMELS, Etc. Of course we d o n ’t know an y th in g about b u ilding roads and precious Dingy rooms dampen many a housewife’s little ab o u t fixing them , b u t it does interest in tho home. seem odd to fill a hole in th e road by Keepin-e ti-e woodwork, wplls, floor.: and stick in g a tall pole up in it. T h a t’s furniture looking brigh- r.nd new helps to how th e hole on R ich ard ’s hill is make her home life well worth w’-ile, fixed. W onder who had th e con- A tew b d la rs spent for Fl.’LI.EI Prod t ract ? ucts ’ v will V.fHK work V v.-onder:i. will pit “ ra- » T4" . — 5^4 7 if fin ’O/ i. I t Will Guy Osburn finished h arv estin g Í . 41,,,F S f c t S F f;,i ta to I ta k e n » . his hay and left for up C olum bia riv er to resum e fishing. Insure your tire mileage with Republics. R epublic T ires -sé LUM BER Better than any grade sold in this vicinity Plump Thickness and Seasoned Dry Í See F. D. KRIBS Greatly Reduced Prices Gresham Phone 901 This Sedan—When Gas is High T rip let Springs Helped Create These Extraordinary Records o f Econom y NIN ETY-SEVEN OVERLAND SEDANS all over America recently averaged 25,2 miles per gallon. An Overland Sedan won in its class in the Las Angeles- Yosemite 355-mile economy run with an average of 27.6 miles per gallon. One hundred miles was rough mountain road And this Sedan is Comfortable, Summer and Winter. Touring. $0*8: R-»dstrr, $0*5; Pn<-e* L <*. b Toiftio, aubject to $ is j$ ; S-dan, $157$ w.tjaout ootMa G R ESH A M O V E R L A N D CO. WESSEL GRKSHAM, OREGON W. A PLEASANT HOME Rev. E arl B. C otton, th e pastor, will again be In charge of the se rv ices at th e M ethodist church Sunday m orning. Ju ly 26. He will ta k e the subject "An Ideal R ural C om m uni ty." Rev. Cotton will give a rep o rt of th e ru ra l p asto r's conference at Salem which he has been atten d in g for th e past th ree weeks. The S un day school will m eet at th e usual hour. WOMAN’S < 4SE AM 4ZKS G R E H H IN A business m an's wife could not sew o r read w ith o u t sh a rp pains in h er eyes F or years her eyes were red and weak. F in ally «he tried zim pie w itchhazel, cam phor, h y d rastis, etc , a« mixed in L avoptik eye wash The re su lt produced by a single b ot tle am azed everyone. W e g u ara n tee a sm all b o ttle L avoptik to help ANY CA8E w eak, "^ train ed o r Inflamed eye». A lum inum eye cup F R E E G resham D rug S tore.— Adv. ATTENTION GROWERS OF SEEDLINO CHERRIES! Y our’ ch ild ren o r o th e rs can m ake good money picking th e fru it off seedling trees th a t is unfit for m ar ket o r ca n n ery — ju st Jumble them Into a box and ahlp to us. We ex trac t th e seed for p ro p ag atin g p u r poses. OREGON NURSERY CO., ORENCO, OREGON ’f'Jt'AîMTûfî W.P.Fuilcr&Co. il» ......... r l h u n t B ra n c h H o u m P a r i l a n d , S e a t t le , lu c a r n a , S p a i a i , 3 o it a V Up o C y F U L L rr ita a lc r in Toar T o -a n C H O IC E M E A T S H o m e m a d e H a m « , B a c o n , S au s ag e, L a r d Full line of Cold Lunch Meats SANITARY MARKET Main S treet GRESHAM GKO. DIKTL, P hone $81 Prop. W H Y T H E ELEC TR IC C LE A N E R ? T h ere Is really no com parison betw een th e ease and th o ro u g h ness with which an E lectric C lean er rem oved d irt and th e difficulty of sw eeping. Tf u*- on* CAN clean ruga and carp ets w ith o u t an electric clean- *r ’ A or carp et •'» ccp er will brush up 8OME of th e d irt; ana If you like th e exercise an d have plenty of tim e and stren g th a broom and a ca rp et b eater will do th e work a fte r a fashion. In the sam e way one can wash w ithout soap W ater alone will rem ove some d irt If applied w ith enough "elbow g rease." B ut people use soap because it cleans m ore easily and b etter th an wBifli aione. . F o r th e sam e reason people use E lectric C leaners because they clean m ore eaatly and far b etter th an o th e r m etboda. ELECTRIC ST O R E ELEC TR IC BU IL D IN G "B uy Your K lectrlr Goode at an K lertrlc store."
