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PAGE POUR GRESHAM CORBETT had rented for th e past two years and Mr Hall and fam ily are living with T. Jones ha* moved onto the Fred Reed u n til Mr. H all can lease T row bridge farm that E S Hall ha» an o th er farm. The m usical and literary program given by local ta len t and P o rtland artists in the auditorium of th e high W C S A Y -’ FORWARD school F riday evening was very well attended. Seventeen dollars was MARCH raised for th e boy scouts. GrO'NCr • Wm. Beals, of P o rtlan d , was a guest in the Floyd Reed hom e Sun IP Y O U day. W A N T TO Mr. B ader is repairing th e Trowr- MAKE A bridge house. SHOWlNCr" Mr. and Mrs. E 8. H all were in P ortlan d on huslnegs Monday. OUTLOOK. TUESDAY, MAW H I », IM I GRESHAM LOCALS F ire destroyed th e roof of the hom e of Mrs. C a rrie D rube in W al lula H eights a t 1 2:30 Sunday m orn ing. The Are sta rte d from som e un know n cause In the w eedshed and then ca u g h t in th e roof, b u rn in g it com pletely ofT. The fire d ep a rtm en t was called o u t aud m anaged to get all th e fu rn itu re o u t of th e building but n ot un til it was considerably dam aged by w ater. It Is understood th a t th e re was som e insurance. PLEASANT HOME R ak er & Son will com m ence mov TH E PENNON WHO ing soon and expect to occupy th e ir Tim B aptist L adies’ Aid will m eet new builditig by A pril 1st. W ANTS TO K E E P ON at the home of Mrs. Sadie Chase all W. S. Lovejoy Is m aking rep airs day T hursday. All m em bers and progressing m ust m ake certain on his shop n ear B row n's m eat m ar friends are Invited. th a t bis health is " rig h t side up V V Z l I H its wonderful, reliable power, the Fordson Tractor Mies H ilda Byers visited with ket. Ha is p u ttin g in a p a rtitio n to w ith ca re.” One good way to friends here this week. se p arate the sales room from th e m ake certain of this is to pu r brings to the farm home all the conveniences, in the way of The M ethodist L adies’ Aid will store room. chase m eats whose quallty- meet at the hom e of Mrs. M. Len C arl Culver an d E lsa Thom pson, nartz W ednesday afternoon. running water in the house, electric lights, operation of the washing g u aranteedness will m ake him who are cousins, have been spending Miss Gula Gamble and Miss Lola feel certain th a t his digestion machine, churning, separating the cream from the milk. It assumes Delhi of Seattle, Miss E thel Mitchell ihe w eek-end w ith tn e ir uncle, R. w . will assim ilate the proper food of P o rtlan d , Mrs. A lta G entry and Calkins. They have been in Cali and takes to itself the drudgery of farm life both in the field and in values. One way to m ake cer Bon Russell of Powell Valley and the fo rn ia d u rin g th e w in ter and a re now tain of th a t is to buy your m eats Misses Ardis and A rletha Rich were on th e ir way hom e to Boise, Idaho. the house and it is only a matter of a few years until it will be as guests a t th e M. L ennartz hom e Sun here. Miss H ester B. T horpe is one of a universal in its service on the farm as is the farmer himself. It will day afternoon. Wesley Johnson, son of Mr. and class of 17 who will g ra d u a te from become a part of farm life, a beneficial part, a profitable part. Mrs. V ictor Johnson, who has been the sta n d a rd course of th e s ta te n o r Phon»' 41 The Ford Motor Company have just issued a book called “The ill for several m ouths is reported as mal a t M onmouth on M arch 24. Ap slow ly Improving. fordson at work.” This book is free. Call in and get one. Write, p ro p riate g rad u a tio n exercises will be given a t th a t tim e. if you cannet call, and we will mail you one without charge. The W ednesday Study club will ft is not what the l ord Motor Company says about the Fordson m eet a t th e lib rary as usual W ednes I ractor but what the army of users have to say. This book voices the day evening. The topics w hich will hardest kind of practical experience. It shows in illustration the be discussed d u rin g th e evening are "O u r Mexican N eighbors" and “ The f ordson Tractor at actual work along some ninetv different lines of Old S outhw est.” activity. Mr. an d Mrs. Ed. K ruschke, Mrs. Get order in for there’s a ruslr coming. P. P o rtu g u e and Mrs. W. P o rte r of After having been closed for about two weeks P o rtlan d were callers Sunday a t the hom e of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. C urry. on account of improvements to the building Mrs. B. F. Cogswell of L innem ann sta tio n had as g u ests la st week her we are now ready to again serve our patrons GRESHAM ESTACADA cousin, Mrs. Bell Reid and d au g h ter, with the FINEST CONFECTIONS to be had. Miss E sth er, recently from N orth Dakota. Your patronage is invited. Mr. and Mrs. A rth u r Y erkes have moved to P o rtlan d w here Mr. Yerkes has work. They have been staying fo r a few weeks w ith Mrs. Yerkes* paren ts, Mr. and Mrs. Ben R aney. Mr. and Mrs. L. P. M anning a r rived from so u th ern C alifornia, w here they spent th e w inter. They Main Street Gresham have m ade good use of th e ir auto m o bile, both In going and com ing and in seeing th e places of in te re st In the south. They are glad to be home Seven-room double constructed and are more proud th an ever of Oregon. house, $2300. Em il Oswald of P o rtlan d was re T hey require m oney for their en ter B efore building', com e and se e ported sick with pneum onia la st our work. tainm ent. Be ready for them . S A V E ! week. Mr. and Mrs. H enry M etzger We build an yth in g you w ish at called on them yesterday and rep o rt a reason ab le price. A nd as you save IN V E S T in C um ula th a t he has a severe case of grip but tive P referred Stock o f this Com Day or C ontract. P h on e OOxl is b etter. Mrs. Oswald is now ill with the sam e disease. pany. Gresham Meat Market R e-1 lening RAKER & SON Schanno’s Confectionery W e all meet them some day— O ld Age, Sickness and Unemployment New Arrivals OSCAR W TH0REN C R ETO N N E S, 25c and 39c TH E l A LI E OK I’ltOPII YLACTICH. S p rin g a n d S u m m er M uslin U n d e rw e a r 1 hat new “N O V FLl^ WAIST” material which is fast taking the place over (ieorgette, in Navy Blue and Black. Red Stamps. Bishop Bros. For Quality CHOICE M E A TS H om em ade H am s, Bacon, Sausage, Lard F u ll line of C old L unch M eats SANITARY MARKET Maiu S treet GRRSHAM GEO. IH KTL, Prop. Phono 181 The prevalence of epidem ics of d angerous diseases such as now ex W ood - Sand - Gravel ist In G reshum and vicinity places an obligation on all citizens to tuke D eliv ered A ny P la c e every possible precaution agalnBt ih e spread of contagion. T he local T ru c k S ervice and county h ealth officers have acted wisely 1n o rdering schools and all J. R. K N A R R & SON public g ath erin g s closed. TROUTDALE, OREGON Innoculation ag a in st sm allpox P h on e G resham 489. and d ip h th e ria have proven too val uable in the past to be condem ned now, because somebody, som ew here, has suffered ill effects from its use. All who are known to have been ex H E M ST IT C H IN G posed to these diseases o r who are MRS. C ARRIE HANSEN likely to have been exposed should P hone 51x3 G resham la k e every preventive m easu re pos sible. Main St., n ear High School In this connection an artic le ap pearing in a recent issue of T he S ta tistical B ulletin of th e M etropolitan Life Insurance Com pany of New Quick Truck Service York points out th e fact th a t neglect l-Ton Enclosed Republic Truck of vaccination in a n u m b er of states 0. A BRYAN & SON has b ro u g h t about a s ta rtlin g in- It. A, Box 326, P o rtlan d crease In th e n um ber of cases of P h on e G resham 78x3 sm allpox. The th ree Pacific Coast sta te s are included in th e n um ber w ith th e follow ing figures: Cases of sm allpox Increased In M axw ell Schneider Oregon from 493 in 1918 to 2828 in PHOTOS 1920. In th e sam e tim e th e Increase in W ashngton was from 1676 to Picture Framing Main S treet. Gresham . 5997 and in C alifornia from 1069 to Phone 641 4503. T he B ulletin says in conclu sion, "T h e co untry can be saved frone a worse record only by th e con certed effort of h ealth and ed u ca tional agencies to en list th e su p p o rt of citizens for a program of u n iv er sal vaccination.” DENTISTRY Tools that the Wise Mechanic Chooses OOD Mechanic’s Tools not only iden* tify the wise mechanic or handy man— they identify the store that sells them as one where the tool buyer’s needs are under stood und supplied Every Winchester Tool we sell is a sound investment, having a standard valuation, aud being backed with a quality guarantee. Come in and see our display this week of these Winchester Tools. G A . W. M ETZGER & CO GRESHAM. the OREGON WINCH£ST£R fe TfreJ. No m atter how hard up" you may feel, you are rich In comparison with the starving people« of China and Armenia. You know that you can easily help fill a few plates on the big relief table Fifteen thousand people ere dying In the Chines« famine dis trict. But for the at o rie n t that you were born on thia aide of the globe, one of them might have been you—Weston J Leader. Well said. But for the fortune of birth In a favored tone, one of them might have been you. or yours. The American public Is tired of drives—so It le often said—but It will be yet more tired before famine gives way to plenty, death to life, or a chance for life, and chaos to order. In le st for tunate parts of th ^ world. Tired* Of course everybody la tired Rut ethers ere even more tired of hunger, destitution, dlaeaae. and all the horrors that go with famine and de struction. Being tired la no excuse for oloalng either ears or pocketa to the orlee and needs of helpless people. -M orning Oregonlaa. store The Ranh of G resham pays I per cent Interest on time deposit«. — Adv. I PYORRHEA CAN BE CURED Artificial dentures to give complete satisfaction and extracting without causing pain. W e’U gladly examine your case free and give our best advice. C. Smith Long AND J. E. Stevenson 310 Bush and Lane Bldg. PORTLAND A sa fe IN V E ST M E N T paying divi dends, regularly, every 3 m onths. Can be bought for cash or $10 dow n and $10 per share a month. Every share fully paid and n o n a s s e s sable. A sk any em ploye or inquire at any office o f Portland Gas & Coke Company A Bm dness w hich o f N ecessity is P erm anent F ill th is o u t NOW m ail it TODAY PORTLAND GAS & COKE COMPANY In v estm en t Dept.. Gasco Bldg , P o rtlan d . Oregon. Send me (1 ) 8-page illu stra te d booklet, "T h e Story of an O pportunity at H om e," (2 1 In fo rm atio n ab o u t y o u r p re ferred Stock, (3 ) D etails of Easy P aym ent Plan, (4 ) How to Ju d g e an Investm ent. Name A ddress nx