Gresham outlook., December 14, 1920, Holiday Number, Page 13, Image 13

CHRISTMAS NUMBER, GRESHAM OUTLOOK
December 14, 1920
FARM BUREAU WEEK
PROGRAM OUTLINED
EVERY HOUSEWIFE SMILES
when her house is equipped with all that is new
in sanitary plumbing.
No more
carry in g of
w ater, in—
then o u t .
In stead , th e
com fort she
1 s en titled
Ask us to
subm it " a n
e stlm a te fo r
y o u r homo
— th e new
one n o w
planned or
th e old one.
T. STILLIONS
P ilone S4
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M E R R Y C H R ISTM A S
SEE PALMQUIST FOR
AUTO GLOVES
AUTO ROBES
They make a nice Christmas Gift for
someone in the family.
S. E. PALMQUIST
Phone 175
Gresham,
P alm q u ist for A uto Tops and C urtains
for all Cars.
M E R R Y C H R ISTM A S
P lans are progressing rapidly ¿or
I th e F arm ers' Week which will be
held here Ja n u a ry 10 to 15.
The detailed program as yet is not
com pleted, b ut th e following o u tlin e
of th e w eek's work has been fu rn ­
ished by County A gent 3. B. H all.
Monday, Ja n u a ry 10-—Soils, F e r til­
izers and Pests will be th e su b ject dis­
cussed. On this day th e soils needs
of th e county will be considered and
th e different m eans of soil im prove­
m ents such as. d rainage, fertilizers,
cover crops and th e ir use to p erm a­
n en t ag ric u ltu re; also, th e problem
of control of o u r ro d en t pests, such as
moles, m ountain beaver and digger
sq u irrels will be discussed and plans
of erad icatio n outlined.
Tuesday, Ja n u a ry 11, will be Field
Crops Day. T he problem s which en ­
te r into th e grow ing of th e various
farm crops such as hay, g rain , p o ta­
toes, corn, etc., will be given consid­
eratio n both by local ta len t an d th e
best experts th a t can be secured.
They will be discussed from the
stan d p o in t of increasing th e produc­
tion of b e tte r quality of crops.
W ednesday, Ja n u a ry 12, is P o u ltry
Day. T his will be th e g en eral round
up day to r th e poultrym en a t which
tim e they will tak e up and discuss
w ith the poultry experts present, such
questions as feeding fo r production,
incubation, brooding and rea rin g of
chickens, culling and o th e r points of
in te re st to th e poultrym en such as
th e resu lts of cooperative m a rk e t­
ing, etc.
T hursday, Ja n u a ry 13, will be
Dairy Day. T he d airy day will be
outlined w ith p a rtic u la r in te rest to
th e dairym en of M ultnom ah county.
T he problem s of feeding, breeding,
testin g and m a rk e tin g will be dis­
cussed and such problem s of in terest
to th e g en eral dairym en of th e sta ie
as " B e tte r Feed Laws and G eneral
Dairy Im provem ent M ethods.”
F riday, Ja n u a ry 14, will be H o rti­
cu ltu re Day. T he program for th is
day will be designed to be of p a rtic u ­
la r in te rest to th e berry grow ers as
th a t is th e g re a te st su b ject in tn e
h o rtic u ltu re indusry here, also th o r­
ough consideration will be given to
th e hom e o rch ard which has its place
on every farm , problem s of planting,
trim m ing,
harv estin g ,
m arketing,
pruning and sp ray in g will be dis­
cussed by people thoroughly fam iliar
w ith th e ir subjects.
S atu rd ay , Ja n u a ry 15, th e day of
th e big tre a t, will close th e program .
All those who w ere present last y ear
will rem em ber it and will be h ete
and all those who are n o t present will
lose out on the tre a t of th e ir lives.
T here will be discussions of topiçs
m ost im p o rtan t to th e farm er of to ­
day. A tsig ban q u et at noon served
by th e business men of G resham and
a real educatioq^l tre a t for th e pro­
gressive farm er o r business man afte r
th e banquet.
gTliristutas (Örrrthms
To our old friends, loyal and true; to our valued new friends,
and to those whose friendship we strive to deserve, we heartily wish
U NM EASU RED H APPIN ESS A N D GOOD FO RTU NE
THROUGHOUT THE COMING YEARS.
With grateful appreciation for all the favors received by us
from you, and for that priceless though intangib’e asset—your good­
will, which we prize beyond measure we seek to merit your con­
tinued confidence, and aim to serve you helpfully in the future.
FIRST STATE BANK
Gresham. Oregon
SHIP BY TRUCK
By II. RUTH MONTAGUE
The public lib rary has become
much m ore th an a sto reh o u se for
books. It is th e com m unity lab rato rv
in thousands of cen ters from Dawson,
Yukon T errito ry , to Jacksonville,
F lorida. T hose little room s w here a
few books from a trav elin g library
invited the ran ch er, logger, or m iner
and his fam ily have evolved into
many kinds of com m unity centers.
The Idaho ran ch er, th e B ritish Co­
lum bia hom esteader as well as th e
Oregon farm er can tell of this. Book
shelves h in t th a t all your w ants may
be met, th e com m ittee rooms suggest
clubs, th e w om en’s rest rooms, pi act?
We Haul Everything Anywhere Regular Trips to Portland
for gossip. And th e g eneral atm o s­
phere urges "a sk for w hat you w an t.”
One new T h o r E lectric W ashing
M ultnom ah county began early to
m achine at big reduction in price. branch o ut Into th is stag e of devel­
F ra n k C. Jones & Co., E lectric Bldg. opm ent. The little branches were
once m ain tain ed by groups of large-
minded citizens.
Now they a re
housed in a ttra c tiv e bungalow s o r
fire-proof C arnegie buildings su p ­
ported en tirely by county funds.
Every one of them is o perated on the
PHONE
ru le; “ This belongs to the people.”
PHONE
T he G resham Branch began Its ca­
G resham 851
P o rtlan d , Bdwy. 2082
reer years ago as a read in g room at
Cor. Powell St.
225 Ash S treet
the corner of Powell and Main streets.
A com m ittee of citizens kept th e
place going.
Miss Alida Culy, th e
lib ra ria n , now Mrs. Percy Giese, often
Include in y o u r C hristm as re ­
carried o ut th e w eek's allo tm en t of a place for books. B ut books used
r.ew books from P o rtlan d In her by hum an beings In all the exigencies m em brances to d ista n t frien d s a copy
W hile
handbag. Then cam e th e o p p o rtu n i­ of life has become th e new definition. of th e C h ristm as O utlook.
ty for g re a te r expansion and th e T he hom e of books m ust be th e they last, a t 10 cents each, m ailed
building th ro u g h th e C arnegie foun­ haven of th e stu d e n t, th e Joy of the if desired.
dation. To those sam e generous c it­ social m inded, th e aid for th e w orker
L ate model 1919 Saxon-six, good
izens and th e far-seeing m em bers of and th e home for th e stra n g e r. Is
cord tires, e x tra tire. T his
the lib rary extension com m ittee do we th e town lib rary all this to you? condition,
car looks like new and ru n s like new.
May we m ake It so?
owe o u r d elig h tfu l building.
A su re bargain. G resham O verland
No word about branch lib raries can
The du ties and task s of branch li­
b rarian s a re as varied as th e w a n » be com plete w ithout a trib u te to the N otice o f Ap|MdiitiiH*nt o f AdminJe-
of th e ir com m unities. Such city ro u ­ g rea t sp irit of Mary F ran ces Isom.
tralrix and N otice to C reditors.
tin e as checking ro lle r sk ates o r is­ The lib rary was all this and m ore to
18983.
has lots of power, rides easily
She gave h e r staff many In th e C ircuit C ourt of th e S tate of
su in g public bath checks a re u n ­ her.
Oregon, for th e County of M ultno­
known here. But '.vhat do city lib ra ­ glim pses of th a t vision In h er life
to vour home for Christmas.
m ah.
rians know of th e allow ances th a t tim e. It Is th e ir desire to carry on
In th e m a tte r of th e e sta te of Olaf
m ust be m ade fo r stu d en ts trav elin g
W Olson, deceased.
on school Jitneys? Or of pig club
N otice is hereby given th a t th e u n ­
projects?
dersigned has been appointed a d ­
TERRY
G resham B ranch has become a use­
m in istratrix of th e estate of Olaf W.
ful m eeting place in th e p ast year.
Mrs. E. M. Coons visited w ith Mrs. Olson, deceased, by th e C ircuit
The Public H ealth N urse m akes her George S ch latter one day last week. C ourt of the s ta te of Oregon, fo r th e
county of M ultnom ah, and has q u al­
h ea d q u arte rs in th e library.
A
Win. H anning and fam ily spent ified. All persons having claim s
course in hom e nu rsin g u n d er way
ag a in st said estate are hereby n o ti­
since au tu m n has th e co n stan t a t­ last T uesday In P o rtlan d .
Mr. Cowing, who lives on th e farm fied to p resen t the sam e duly verified
tendance of women from G resham
as by law required to th e undersigned
and th e eastern p art of th e county. recently vacated by C harles B aker at the office of McGulrk A Schneider,
T he W ednesday Study club Is a wom­ and fam ily, has been m aking m any 609-15 F enton Building, P o rtlan d ,
an 's o rganization holding m ost In te r­ Im provem ents especially a large ad ­ Oregon, w ithin six m onths from th e
esting sessions.
T he W. C. T. U. dition to th e house w hich adds much d ate hereof.
MARGARET OLSON,
holds reg u la r business m eetings ev­ to th e appearance of th e place. The
A dm inistratrix.
ery m onth In th e com m ittee room. B akers are much pleased with th e ir
T hrough th e ir graciousness th e lib ra ­ new home. All th e old neighbors In McOUIRK & SCHNEIDER,
A ttorneys for A dm inistratrix.
ry becam e th e reception room w here th is vicinity wish them th e best of Dated
and first published Nov. 30, ’20
good
luck
in
th
e
ir
new
home
G resham m et th e teachers.
O ther
Date of last publication, Dec. 28, *20.
o rganizations using the com m ittee
rooms are th e A m erican Legion auxll-
liary, the B erry G row ers' association j
and th e C h au tau q u a com m ittees. In
one m onth a to tal of 387 people a t ­
tended 17 m eetings.
The children have th e ir story hour
In th e s p ir it of th e angels who sang, "P eace on ea rth , good will to
and poetry club. Some children read m en,” and of th e C h rist » h o cam e as G od's gift to all m ankind, I would
every th in g search in g for inform ation. say th a t I w kh for all men, th e larg est possible m easure of life th a t is e n ­
O thers delight In th e hum orous story riched by all good blessings.
o r th e dainty ta le of fairies and old
I wish you m a terial p rosperity and desire th a t you may possess th e
folk days. T hey spend afternoons
m
ental
ability to enjoy th e Intellectual blessings of th e w orld, and I desire
and evenings read in g and som etim es
the big lads creep Into a com m ittee for you th e best of social en joym ent and th e com panionship of men and
room to discuss how some varsity women who live th e fo u r-sq u are life. I pray th a t you may have th e sp iritu a l
blessings of tr u s t and confidence In th e L ord of th e Universe.
hero m ade th a t s ta r play.
C hristm as is one tim e of th e year when we try to express th e feelings of
T he lib rary being th e com munity
lab o rato ry gets slices of all th e town good will and frien d sh ip which we possess all th e year. If I could speak
life. No old-tim e lib rarian of musty to each of you dally and tell you how I wish each one th e best of success
tow ns will u n d erstan d the h o u r con­ In th e affairs of life, I would be only expressing th e good will th a t Is in
taining plans fo r a party. H istory of my h ea rt a t all tim es.
Russia, criticism of a modern novel­
W herever my labors may he, w h eth er a t P lea san t Home, T ro u td ale.
ist, poetry, crochet p attern s, a u to ­
mobile rep a ir helps, crop rep o rts and Kelso, SRndy o r o th e r points, a t hom e o r abroad, behind every th o u g h t,
all th e ir m inor com panions. But the word, o r deed will be th e desire to find th a t which will be of th e m ost value
Branch lib ra ria n jum ps nim bly from to you individually and collectively. May th e peace of God be w ith you a t
one to th e o th e r as she can delighted all tim es.
Spoken from my h eart,
In presiding over th is am azing place
F. E. PALMQUIST
This does not m ean th a t books have
EARL B. COTTON.
become a secondary m a tte r In th e li­
brary world. A lib rary is first of ail
IT SAVES TIME AND MONEY
The Whole Family Can Enjoy the Gift
of an Automobile
A Dort Touring Car
is big and roomy,
Let us deliver one
Agents for
Dodge Bros.’ Cars
Quality Goes ClearThrough
fe 1
a f
of all the different
body styles.
Why not give the
car a present?
A few Suggestion«
JACKS
HORNS
SPOTLIGHTS
ROBES
MILLER CORD
TIRES
Gresham Garage
FRANK SOUTHARD
Phone 801
PASTOR’S CHRISTMAS GREETINGS