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CHRISTMAS NUMBER, GRESHAM OUTLOOK December 14, 1920 PLEASANT HOME ELECTRICAL GIFTS FOR XMAS Give something useful for Christ mas, something that will last for years instead of something that is useless a few days after Christmas. We are offering goods which can be used and enjoyed by every mem ber of the family. Otto»'»’ y.te< , r , c O. wp ""' lerprw es in m ia section of th e coun- ty is th e Sun-D ial R anch betw een F airv iew an d T ro u td ale w hich is owned by an in co rp o ratio n , the sto ck h o ld ers of which a re E. G. Me- Gaw, Chas. S w igert and H. C. Cam p bell. T he place co n tain s 2200 acres of rich bottom land and is by fa r th e la rg e st farm in o p eratio n in th e .Xtt PERCOLATORS RANGES HOT POINT IRON TOASTERS LAMPS CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS HOT PLATES WASHING MACHINE Light Makes Cheer. Light up your place for Christmas Estimates furnished on all Kinds of Wiring Repairing of All Kinds Satisfaction Guaranteed Fred L. Bourne LICENSED ELECTRICIAN Powell Street, next to Brown’s Market. Phone 31 POWER AND LIGHT GLEASON TRUCK SERVICE HEMSTITCHING DON’T WAIT PASTOR’S CHRISTMAS GREETINGS until you hear Santa stop on your roof before you order your Christmas dinner “ fixina,” but order them early and order from us. We wifi rladlv lieiu v o n . »021 \ ou can rest easy as to the success of your ( hristmas baking if you use Northern’s Flour Don t take chances with unknown and untried products. Get NORTHERN’S, the old tried and true. ^ p D ÍjtV FIXINS” YOU WILL WANT Oranges, Lemons itrus Peel, Celery, Lettuce Nuts, Sweet Potatoes gs, Raisins A. F. HAMMAR Plaster, Brick and Cement Contractor lYishes You Due new T h o r E lectric W ashing »chine at big red u ctio n in price, ank C. Jones & Co.. E lectric llldg A reine C lub E lects Officers. A M erry Christmas and A H appy H ew Year T he A iem e club held an enjoyable m eeting M onday aftern o o n a t the hom e of Mrs J. X C lanahan As sistin g th e hostess w ere Mesdames C a rrie Powell, H. P u lfe r and W R. Jo h n so n . T he follow ing officers were elected fo r th e en su in g y ear: p resid en t, Mrs. C. Pow ell; vice p res ident, Mrs H. V. Adix; secretary - tre a su re r. Mrs. J. E. M etiger. If you once try Diamond-W Good I* » » » » » » » » « Gravel . R. KNARR & SON liuxiinr We Deliver Wood - Sand Delivered Any Place Truck Service Every fe a tu re has been perfected n ot a single one overlooked. R unning th is W estern E lectric Pow er and L ight outfit Is as sim ple as can be. T ouching the s ta r t ing lever se ts It ru n n in g — a child can do it. W ith th e b attery charged you have continuous electric service n ig h t and day. You should know m ore about this p lan t— It's safe; It's sim ple; It’s econom ical. How ab o u t y o u r place? Oregon Is g ettin g som e big th in g s of th e la test Is a veneer peeler being - “ the largest In th e w orld” Is com- in stalled at N orth Bend, w eighing Ing to be a common expression. One 26 % tons. SOME DINNER WOOD, COAL, HAY, FEED LEE EVANS WESTERN ELECTRIC E verything Uated will Ire n in i practical T h ere are ab o u t 800 acres of past- ure land and one of th e big en ter- iC prises of th e farm w ork is th e feed- ing of ca ttle. Stock is b ro u g h t in E * from various sections and fed and cared fo r on th e ranch. One 6pec- E? ialty is th a t of p rep arin g fine herds AS for exhibits, fair, etc. At present E * T. R. H ow itt has a la rg e bunch of c a ttle being fed and cared for on the E? Sun-D ial R anch. Jam es B urns is in Some good used autom obiles and SS ch arg e of th is p a rt of th e work. tru ck s. G resham O verland Co. W. T he farm p ro p er is su p erin ten d ed and beat tim e w ith a ro llin g pin A. Hessel. 2? by Jo h n B urns. T he different garden w hile th e g irls san g all kinds of Why not a S onora fo r C hristm as? tra c ts would m ake as many sm all songs, th e m ost of w hich set th e a u v ? hom es if they w ere divided. L ast dience into g ales of la u g h ter. The Ask th e G resham D rug Co. AS y ear tw elve acres of potatoes, five fcirls w ore n ew sp ap er dresses and »•« acres of cauliflow er, th re e of carro ts, George W ashington h ats m ade from fir th re e of straw b e rrie s, tw enty of new spaper. Mrs. P ru n e, th e b o ard e « 1 ru tab a g as, tw enty-five of corn, ten ing house keeper, w ho could hard ly i c of o at hay, tw enty-one of cucum bers, be recognized as H elen M oulton xk forty acres in barley and 140 acres looked m ost solem n in black. Velma in oats w ere am ong th e different H illyard and A lm a L arson re p re Delivered Any Place xk plots of g ro u n d w hich w ere farm ed. sented th e K atzen jam m ers and played a n u m b er of p ran k s on th e oth ers. GENERAL TRUCK SI? One of th e im p o rta n t crops raised xk la st y ear was 54,603 pounds of seed O ther m em bers of th e g ro u p w ere SERVICE—2 TRUCKS j k peas w hich w ere grow n for th e P ort- R uth Ick ler, th e ed ito r, and Mabie Sloop, C lara Jo h n so n , Agnes Larson xk land Seed com pany. P ractically ev- K ery v ariety of seed sold by th e com- T routdale, Oregon X« pany was grow n on th e farm and P h o n e G resham 8 4 » K each kind of seed had to be farm ed 1 Ku se p arate ly w ith plots of g rain grown Pg betw een to keep th e seeds from mix- 1 H Ing. Bg T he tw enty-one acres of cucutn- ? <k bers w ere grow n on w hat has been ' Rg know n as th e S pencer farm . T his 1 fk farm has been well know n for th e * K Past few years as it has been noted ’ CIS for its overh ead irrig a tio n system . ’ K Mr. S pencer has gone o u t of business 1 [k and th e Sun-D ial took th e place over * TRO UTDALE, OREGON K for th e season. T he irrig a tio n sys- 1 P h on e G resham 48». Ik tem was of g re a t value to th e c u - d K cum b er crop and "th e y grew and ’ X th ey grew and they g rew ," like th e h FLORENCE M. HONEY K tu rn ip th a t Longfellow m ade im- Piano, Harmony - < m o rtal. A fter a sh o rt season th is H ours: 11. a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, lg patch was leased to a Ja p an ese who 8 Tuesday, T h u rsd ay and Friday. * picked th e cucum bers on a sh a re 8 Studio, F irst S tate B an k B ld g. N basis. T he field yielded 200 tons. I « F irs t S tre et G resham $ T he payroll d u rin g th e sum m er '1 Phone 681 — for th e ranch an d mill am ounts to a n m ore th an $4000 per m onth. I K T he office of th e mill an d ranch is 01 1‘ located a t F airview In th e sam e w j b u ilding as th e m ill. T he m ill is a tl | larg e building w ith sto rag e space for t0 P m any th o u san d d o lla r's w orth of All Kinds of Hauling feed. B efore th e w ar th e mill kept bf Phones— Gresham 17, * on h and an av erag e of $9000 w orth w P ortland, Bdw-y. 5 1 2 1 . t ( of feed. D uring th e past few years I Di * about hnlf of th is am o u n t has been ! be ”-------- ’ j ca rrie d in stock. Buttons *) T he com pany does a larg e m illing th Pleating * business, having com plete equipm ent ,jj ' for g rinding, ro llin g and farm in g of 11 Feed is p repared fo r farm ers from MRS. CA R RIE HANSEN 11 th e ir own g rain o r sold to them a fte r , P hone 51x3 G resham I it is p repared by th e com pany. Main St., n ea r H igh School ' ■ T h e office of th e com pany is a 1«- ! | larg e room fitted up in th e m ost 1 com plete m anner. It ap p ears to be « ! m ore like th e office of a railro ad | com pany th an th a t of a farm L arge maps of th e co unty and s ta te adorn i th e w alls and a larg e relief m ap of th e farm is displayed u n d er glass on T f i the la rg e tab les an d shows each sep-j I a rate field and plot. T he p a rts of th e rli j farm u n d er cu ltiv atio n are p latted . o ut in five-acre sections and are 11 num bered so th a t it is easy to point 88 , o ut w here th e d ifferen t crops a re sa ' grow n. A ccounts are kept of th e dif- an feren t sta tio n s so it is possible to spi i know ju s t w hat each section costs ■ its for labor, etc., and ju st w hat th e re- I tu rn s a re from each kind of crop H. R. GEBHARDT, One realizes som ew hat th e size of P asto r Zion Evangelical Church business handled w hen one sees the office equipm ent w ith all kinds of ¿ - j if files and even an ad ding m achine. | __ Mr. McGaw is g en eral m an ag er of th e com pany, Mrs. E. C. M orrison is th e bo o k k eep er an d a ssista n t m an- r n ag er and has ch arg e of th e buying M l and selling at th e office. Mrs. Mor rison has been w ith the com pany for two years and has co n stan tly a d vanced from one position to an o th er! until she now h as a la rg e sh a re of th e responsibility of th e m anagem ent of th e office w ork, h irin g help, buy ing and sellin g of feed and supplies and p ractically all of th e work th a t is handled th ro u g h th e office while Mr. McGaw devotes him self to the m anagem ent of th e farm and work o u tsid e of th e office. I 4i T he Run-Dial farm Is indeed one of th e larg e business en terp rises of th e county and one of w hich little is g en erally know n. k SOME SUGGESTIONS at th e hom e of Mr. and Mrs. M L e n n a rts la st Sunday. At th e W o rk e r’s conference held Sunday a t th e M ethodist church It 1 was voted to advance $200 fo r th e purpose of g ettin g th e electric lig h t ; system throufch, provided th e P. R. 1 L & P com pany would give a receipt 8 fo r th a t am ount allow ing th e full 1 am o u n t to be used up at m eter rate s 1 reg ard less of th e tim e elem ent. T he O rient P aren t-T each er asso- 1 elation will m eet F rid ay afternoon, December 17 a t 2 :3 0 in the school- house. An in te restin g program has been arran g ed . Prof. A. L. B u rlin g am e leads th e discussion w ith a talk on E ducation. C. H. Jo hanson fol lows w ith th e su b ject, Social L ead er ship Rev. E arl B. Cotton will close th e discussion with th e topic C itizen ship. This m eeting and th e program as o u tlin ed is a co n tin u atio n of th e last m eeting a t w hich tim e Rev. Mr. Cotton gave an o u tlin e of th e “ Ideal C om m unity.” Rev. M. B. P aro u n ag ian , th e con ference Sunday school w orker, who is well know n here, will preach a t th e M. E. church Sunday m orning at 11 o ’clock. T he re g u la r Sunday school service will be held a t 10 a. m. Rev. Mr. P aro u n ag ian will preach a t Kelso a t 3 p. m. and a t Sandy a t 7 :45 in th e evening. Phone 1001 Gresham. Oregon Phone 961
