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.
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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
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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 .
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\ 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.
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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
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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
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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
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so
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,
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.
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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
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’ 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
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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.
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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.
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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