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
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est
th
is
953$ w y v "
cockerels try in g to tu n e up as th eir
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week, h er tw in sisters, from S h er daddy ro o ster does when he calls the
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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
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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
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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
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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- »
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— 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.
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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
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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."