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G resham O utlook
VOL. 11, NO. 65
GRESHAM, MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1921
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ELECTRIC LIGHTS
CENTER OF INTEREST
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T here w as a good atten d a n ce a t
th e O rient g range hall again la st
n ig h t to h ea r th e report of th e local
com m ittee which had visited th e
N orthw estern E lectric com pany to
g et a definite proposition.
T he com m ittee was a h it d i s a p
pointed in th a t they had no very def
in ite offer to report. T h e com pany
is w illing to come in if th e re is no
com petition. T he N ortnw estern peo
ple do not prom ise to com e in before
la te spring. They have prom ised to
o rd er tran sfo rm ers, etc., ahead of
tim e so th a t th e w ork m ig h t not be
delayed by o rdering a fte r th e budgets
w ere allow ed.
T he N o rthw estern com pany is
asking som e g u a ra n te e th a t th e en
tire te rrito ry will sign up w ith them
and th a t a f te r they s ta r t operations
no o th e r com pany will sign up th e
ce n te r of th e d istric t.
I t is con
ceded by all th a t w hile th e te rrito ry
u n d er discussion is a grow ing te rr i ROY CANNON HEADS O.A.C.
to ry , one th a t is profitable for a com
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
pany to ta k e up, th a t tw o com panies
At a m eeting last evening a t th e
can not serve a ru ra l te rrito ry w ith
lib
rary Roy Cannon, principal of
profit and th a t th e re su lt of such an
attem p t w ould be to raise th e rates Union H igh No. 2, was elected presi
to double w h at they would be w ith d en t of th e new O. A. C. alu m n i a s
sociation w hich was organized a t th a t
one com pany.
H. A. F re n n a, one of th e com m it tim e. Miss E sth e r M. G ard n er also
tee th a t visited th e N orthw estern of Union High was elected secretary
com pany urged th a t before such of th e new organization.
A com m ittee of th re e w ith S. B.
g u a ra n te e be signed th a t th e N o rth
H
ail
as ch airm an was appointed to
w estern be asked to m ake a com plete
survey and th a t th e com pany be look up th e nam es of eligible m em
asked to ta k e up th e question of bers and to a rra n g e fo r fu tu re social
ra te s w ith th e Public Service com events. T he o th e r m em bers of th e
m ission to determ ine w hat th e rates com m ittees a re Wm. S. A verill of
w’ill be. No definite action was ta k U nion High, and J. C. B urns, who
en reg ard in g th is suggestion. In re lives on th e Rockwood road.
gard to th e co n tracts no definite
sta te m en ts w ere m ade and all m em NEW BOOKS ARRIVE
AT GRESHAM LIBRARY
bers of th e com m ittee seem ed agreed
in th e idea th a t definite tim e con
A n u m b er of in te restin g new
tra c ts w ere not m entioned and th a t books a re on th e she.ves of th e
th e com pany only w anted assurance G resham lib ra ry and »re available
of an open field if they sta rte d to to those who wish to keep Inform ed
build in. T he concensus of opinion upon various lines of reading.
seem ed to be in favor of w aiting for
"T he rep o rt of th e steel strik e of
th e N orthw estern com pany to come 1919" by th e com m ission of inquiry,
in and Mr. F re n n a was authorized to in terch u rch m ovem ent, is h ere for a
so rep o rt to th e com pany.
sh o rt tim e.
T he com m ittee rep o rted th a t they
A nother book of in te re st Is "T ales
had also gone to th e P. R. L. & P. from a Roll Top Desk” by C hristo
com pany and upon req u e st would p h er Morley. This book Is a series
give th a t rep o rt also. T h e request of sto ries of New York w riters, a u
was m ade and th e com m ittee said thors, rep o rters, etc., and some of
th a t the la tte r com pany had m ade a th e tales a re said to be m ost u n
very fair proposition prom ising to usual an d in terestin g .
ta k e th e m a tte r up in m uch th e sam e
"A n A m erican Idyll, th e life of
way th a t th e N o rthw estern had C arlton H. P a rk e r" by C ornelia S.
fu rn ish in g th e three-phaze line and P ark er, is a m ost u nusual biography
building at th e ir own expense ch arg w hich Is ch arm in g In Its sty le and is
ing a re n t per m onth th a t would a l a book th a t Is read and th en read
low them a re tu rn upon th e ir invest again because of its charm .
m ent. They had expressed a desire
"C are and Feeding of In fa n ts and
to come out and p u t the proposition C hildren ” by W a lte r Reeve Ram sey,
up to th e people and th e re w ere a M. D., Is a very m odern and com
nu m b er who w’ere in favor of invit plete discussion of th e v ario u s dis
ing them o u t and listening to th e eases which a re caused by Im proper
new proposition b u t they w ere o u t feeding, mal n u tritio n , etc., and
voted by those who said th a t if th e o th e r diseases th a t m ight be avoid
P. R. L. & P. com pany w anted to put ed by proper know ledge and care.
up a new proposition it w ould have
"A lask a M an’s L uck” , a rom ance
to a rra n g e th e m eeting.
of fact, Is an in te restin g ta le o f life
T he question of rate s is one of in in A laska w ritten by H ja lm a r Rutze-
te re s t and th e probable ra te s under beck. T he lu re of th e Ice fields and
th e two com panies were discussed a th e gold m ines is In th e very title
little . The ra te s will be fixed by th e and It is ce rtain to prove popular.
P ublic Service com m ission to give
" In B eaver W orld" by Enos A.
a seven p er cent in te re st upon th e Mills la an anim al story and te lls the
money invested and it is th erefo re in tim ate life history of th o se In te r
to th e adv an tag e of th e prospective estin g w orkers, th e beavers.
uses it was pointed out, to keep
"L ad, a Dog,” by Payson T erh u n e,
carefu l w atch upon the cost of th e is well w orth th e reading.
investm ent.
Those who have read Demeka
T here w ere probably m ore th an a j V ak a’s “ The H e a rt of th e B a lk a n s”
hundred persons in th e audience j will be glad to know th a t a n o th e r of
M onday evening and again a large 1 th is a u th o r’s la te books, “ A Child of
num ber were from th e byroads and th e O rien t" Is at th e lib ra ry and is
from the d istric ts f u rth e r o u t like as tru ly ch arm in g as th e form er
C ottrell, Kelso, etc. It is fo r th e story.
benefit of these people th a t th e
“ An Irish m an looks a t his w orld”
crowd stan d s so solid fo r th e N orth by G eorge A. B iningham is described
w estern fo r It is feared th a t a fte r ! by its title an d will be of In te re st to
th e line from G resham to P leasan t tho se who are studying th e Irish
H ome was in th a t th e P. R. L. & P. situ atio n .
com pany w ould re v e rt to th e ir well
“ Suffering H usb an d s” by W allace
know n policy of insistin g upon th e Irw in, prom ises to be a w idely read
new extensions being financed by th e book and Is only one of th e In te re st
prospective custom ers.
ing books for those who wish to read
som ething fo r pastim e.
There are so many g reat lines of
development work carried on in the
JOINT RECEPTION WILL
nation th a t the west m ust present a J
BE TENDERED TEACHERS
solid front if reclam ation work is to
receive the attention from Congress
Several local organ izatio n s will
it deserves.
show th e ir In terest in th e schools
and the teach ers by giving a recep
The well balanced farm er Is the tion to th e teach ers of both high and
man who is not afraid of the banker, g ra d e schools a t th e lib ra ry on W ed
the m erchant or the railroad but yet nesday evening. O ctober 19. Those
realizes th a t he needs them all in his who will p articip a te in th e plans are
business.
th e G resham P aren t-T each er asso
ciation, th e G resham W. C. T. U. and
Have Yon Ordered?
C ar of coal being unloaded now.
th e L adles' Aid of th e M ethodist
EKSTROM TRUCK SERVICE.
Episcopal church. T he plans will In
Phone 1581. clude a sh o rt program , som e gam es
and o th e r en tertain m en t.
All p a t
P lenty of 95c alum inum pans on
sale at 38c all this week at L. L. rons of th e schools are expected to
ta k e part.
K id d er’s Hdwe. Co.
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¡METHODIST CONFERENCE
COUNTY COUNCIL TO
MEET AT LYNCH
T he first m eeting of th e county
j council of P aren t-T each er associa
tions for th e year w ill be held at
Lynch S atu rd ay , O ctober 15.
T he Lynch circle will e n te rta in th e
m em bers of th e o th e r associations at
th is tim e. It will be an all day ses
sion and those atten d in g are to
bring sandw iches for them selves as
usual. T he Lynch d istric t will fu r
nish the balance ©f th e lunch.
The Lynch circle will fu rn ish th e
en te rta in m e n t featu res b ut th e m ain
p a rt of th e program will be th e m ap
ping out of plans for th e coming
y ear One of th e new plans to come
up is m ethods for raising som e fund
to cover th e expenses of th e county
council and to assist in advancing
th e work.
I t is expected th a t autos will m eet
th e T ro u td ale cars a t L lnnem an s ta
tion and all who go on th e cars
should try to m ake connections th a t
will bring them in to L innem ann
ab o u t th e tim e th e T ro u td ale cars a r
rive.
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MAKES APPOINTMENTS
Rear A d m ira l N e w ton A M cC u llv, U n ited States Navy, is a bach
e lo r W hen the people o f the Crim ea fled en masse last w in te r before
the Russian Red Butchers, thousands of children were le ft w ith o u t par
ents.
M cC u lly's ship was at Sebastapol, and he picked up the six
w aifs shown above H e bro ug ht them to Am erica on his ship and has
legally adopted them. T hey are shown Roing to school in W ashington,
where Bachelor M cC u lly has set up a home at last for h im se lf and them.
12 CITIZENS NOMINATED FOR
THREE PLACES ON COUNCIL
G resham
citizens atten d ed in Jas. E lkington, H. J. P u lfer, C. I.
goodly n um ber and showed com- R aker, Wm. Thom , J. V. Cogswell,
. ,, , .
. , .. _
_ . H. W. Cooley, Mrs. Em m a Ross,
m endable in te re st In th e m ass m eet
Only such of these nom inees as
ing held last n ig h t In M etzger’s hall.
file acceptances w ith th e city reco rd
T he m eeting w as called for th e city
er on o r before O ctober 17 w ill see
h all b u t th e crow d was too larg e fo r th e ir nam es p rin ted on th e ballot.
th e council ch am b er and moved to O ther nom inations may be m ade by
th e la rg e r hall.
petition.
T he m eeting was called to o rd er
Follow ing th e nom inations a gen
by R ecorder C. G. Schneider and
eral discussion took place concern
M ayor K. A. M iller was elected ch air
ing plans and policies of th e counotl
m an.
and m any needed im provem ents In
It was announced th a t according
th e way of lights, sidew alks, w ater,
to th e published notice th e o bject of
etc., w ere suggested. M ayor K. A.
th e g a th e rin g w as to n o m in ate can
M iller, who presided a t la st n ig h t's
d id ates at large fo r th e city offices to
m eeting, m ade an adm irab le and very
become vacant by expiration of term
acceptable presiding officer whose
of th ree councilm en and city m arshal.
openness and fairn ess appealed to all
T he necessity of electing a city
and th is did much tow ard preserving
m arsh al a t th e com ing election was
th e good sp irit of th e g ath erin g even
questioned and th e fact was b ro u g h t
In sp ite of sh a rp differences of o pin
o u t th a t on th e ballot, one y ear ago,
ion reg ard in g certain policies.
by an e rro r th e m a rsh a l’s te rm was
T h ere was considerable discussion
sta te d as one y ea r w hen it should
have been fo r tw o years. As the over th e ad v isability of th e m ain te
p resen t m arsh al, G regg Cox, w as In nance of a n ig h t w atchm an by th e
line for re-election fo r an o th e r y ear , council. R eference was m ade to a
It w as voted by th e m eeting th a t he p etition which has recently been cir
be p erm itted to rem ain in office w ith culated and said to have been la rg e
o u t co n test o r re-election. T his was j ly signed, which Is said to pray th e
done on th e g ro u n d th a t he could council to relieve th e taxpayers of
W hile
legally hold office u n til his resig n a paying th e n ig h t m arshal.
tion or successor was elected and sev eral a t last n ig h t's m eeting said
they had signed th e petition th ere
qualified.
I t was stated th a t th e councilm en was b ut one open cham pion fo r cu t
w hose term s will expire are, T. R. tin g off th e n ig h t w atch m an ’s salary
H ow ltt, B. L. W alrad and A1 Ham- and his plea was th a t he co uldn’t af
m ar. W hen n om inations w ere called ford to pay his sh a re and th a t th e
for th ey cam e so fast th a t It ap n ig h t m arsh al was of no benefit to
peared th e re m ust be several full ; him o r to th e o u tly in g d istricts.
sla te s com peting fo r th e places. By , Several expressed th e opinion th a t
a process of elim ination, how ever, on th e n ig h t m arsh al was one of the
account of several declinations, th e best m eans of pro tectio n s th e city
n u m b er sim m ered down to tw elve [ had an d th a t to do aw ay w ith th e
It was announced th a t the ordinance office o r lim it his ju risd ictio n to the
providing for th e g eneral caucus p e r few business houses on a p riv ate pay
m itted n ot over fo u r nom inations basis would be a very backw ard step.
fo r any one office to be filled and, on A m otion called on th e m eeting to en
vote, th e nom inations w ere closed dorse th e council in em ploying a
and th e tw elve nam es stood as nom n ig h t w atchm an and th e rising vote
inees of th e m eeting for th e th re e v a was practically unanim ous, th e re be
ing o n ly .o n e to sta n d in evidence of
cancies on th e city council.
T he nom inees a re as follow s: A1 opposition.
H am m ar, G eorge Leslie, T. R.
T h e d ate of th e g eneral m unicipal
H ow ltt, E. H. Kelly, Chas. C lev e lan d ,, election will be Tuesday, Nov. 8.
TUESDAYS
AND
FRIDAYS
T he Oregon an n u a l conference of
th e M ethodist Episcopal
church,
which ad jo u rn e d on Monday of th is
week, au th o rized th e change in nam e
of th e local w ork of th e church,
which was recom m ended by th e q u a r
terly conference held a t P leasan t
H ome recently, from th e G reeham
com m unity ce n te r to th e Powell V al
ley c irc u it This restores an h isto ric
nam e and la th o u g h t to be m ore fit
tin g th a n th e one m ore recently used.
T he conference also g ra n te d th e r e
q uest of th e sam e q u arte rly confer
ence fo r th e reap p o in tm en t of th e
Rev. A. S. Hlsey as head of th e cir
cu it at G resham and th e Rev. E arl
B. Cotton as p asto r at P leasan t Home
an d Sandy, which he haB been serv
ing. Mr. Cotton will e n te r K im ball
School of Theology a t Salem th is
fall b u t will continue to serve th e
above points as a stu d e n t pastor.
O th er associate p asto rs on th e c ir
cuit a re th e Rev. B. G. C arney, who
will supply Boring and P leasan t V al
ley, and th e Rev. F. L. Sm ith who
will serve th e work at Fairview ,
T ro u td ale and Rockwood.
F o rm e r G resham p asto rs w ere
given appo in tm en ts as follow s: T he
Rev. M. B. P aro u n ag ian , who has
been conference Sunday school su
p erin ten d en t fo r several years, will
tak e th e p a sto ra te a t Amity. T he
Rev. Melville T. W ire, who has been
a t Oregon City for several years, will
go to A storia. T he Rev. J. F. Dun
lop goes from E stacad a, w here he
held a long p asto rate, to F alls City.
T he Rev. R. E. Myers was retu rn ed
to W oodburn fo r th e second year.
T he Rev. F. W. Schnell, who su p
plied th e Rockwood church fo r som e
tim e, was retu rn ed to Bandon fo r a
second year. T he Rev. A. C. B rack-
enbury goes to Lebanon from Sea
side.
At a d elig h tfu l luncheon held on
S atu rd ay aftern o o n by th e M inisters
W ives’ association, Mrs. M elville T.
W ire ended h e r duties as secretary of
th e o rganization fo r th e past y ear and
Mrs. A. S. Hlsey was elected presi
d en t for th e com ing year.
U.H.S. STUDENTS TO
GIVE CHAUTAUQUA
At th e m eeting of th e w inter lyce-
um g u a ra n to rs held In th e lib rary
last Sunday aftern o o n it was decided
to accept th e offer of th e high school,
th ro u g h P rincipal Roy C annon, th a t
th e school tak e over th e responsibil
ity of selling th e tic k ets and provid
ing for th e series of e n te rta in m e n ts
as an activ ity of th e stu d e n t body,
all su rp lu s to go to th e benefit of th e
stu d e n t body. The g u a ra n to rs re
m ain as th e financial backing and
bold
them selves
responsible
fo r
m aking up any deficiency.
U nder
this a rran g e m en t th e en tertain m en ts
will be held In th e high school au d i
torium and will be en tirely u n d er
the direction of th e s tu d e n t body.
T he s tu d e n t body held a m eeting
yesterday an d has en th u siastically
accepted th e plan an d It will be an
assured success.
T he g u a ra n to rs will co-operate
w ith th e high school In every way
possible. An executive com m ittee of
five, consisting of Mrs. Cliff K ern,
E th el Calkins, Rev. A. S. Hlsey, Jas.
N aylor and Dr. B otkin, was ap p o in t
ed from th e g u a ra n to rs to rep resen t
th e la tte r In co-operation w ith th e
school.
At S unday’s m eeting H. L. St.C lair
was m ade ch airm an and Mary H an
sen, secretary , of th e g u ara n to rs.
Several nam es were added to th e list.
Including Roy C annon, principal of
th e high school, b rin g in g th e list of
g u a ra n to rs up to 22, n ot Including
two form erly on th e list, b u t a u to
m atically excused by non-residence.
T he list now consists of th e follow
ing n a m e s :. H. L. St. C lair, Dr. A.
W. B otkin, Theo. B rugger, Dr. Geo.
Inglis, C. M. Q uicksall, Mrs. Cliff
K ern, Jas. N aylor, H. J. P u lfer, B. F.
A ldrich, Mrs. B. F. Cogswell, E thel
I. C alkins, F ra n k C. Jo n es, Mrs. J. B.
H urd, D. E. Towle, L. L. K idder, Mrs,
W. F. Honey, E. W. S tra tto n , Mary
L. H ansen, Olive Towle, Rev. A. S.
Hlsey, K. A. M iller and Roy Cannon.
This Is a fairly rep rese n tativ e list
MRS. H. G. McCREARY
but th e se n tim e n t was expressed at.
UNDERGOES OPERATION S unday's m eeting th a t th e list of
nam es o u g h t to be enlarged to m ake
Mrs. H. G. M cCreary of V ictory
It m ore rep rese n tativ e of th e educa
d istrict, who was seriously Injured
tional and financial backing of the
two m onths ago w hen she was
locality for a w in ter lyeeum course
knocked down and ru n over by a
th a t will m ean m uch In th e m usical
tru ck on th e Base L ine road, was
and lite ra ry activ ities of th e school
b ro u g h t to G resham F rid a y w here
and com m unity d u rin g th e w in ter
she u n derw ent a skin g ra ftin g o p er
season. It 1 b hoped o th e rs will vol
ation at th e office of Dr. H. V. Adix
u n te e r to back th e en terp rise.
who has th e case. T he flesh on h er
It has been learn ed from th e I n
low er lim bs was crushed te rrib ly by
te rn a l rev en u e office th a t th e tic k ets
th e accident and skin g raftin g was
may be gold w ith o u t ch arg in g o r pay
considered necessary.
ing w ar tax. It waa decided to sell
Mrs. McCreary is a t th e hom e of
th e tick ets for th e series of five en
Mrs. Nash n ear T ro u td ale w here she te rta in m e n ts, ad u lt tick ets *2, s tu
has been cared for since th e first d en t tick ets *1. T he stu d e n t tick ets
week of th e accident. R eports th is
a re fo r all grad e and high school
aftern o o n were to th e effect th a t she pupils.
was suffering considerably as a re
As previously announced th e datp
s u lt of th e o p eratio n . F rien d s hope
of th e first e n te rta in m e n t will be F r i
th a t she may soon recover. She has day n ig h t, O ctober 21. It will be
been able to be up a sh o rt tim e each I
given by th e Runset E n te rta in e rs.
day recently.
T he o th ers will follow, one each
m onth, on dates to be announced.
LIVESTOCK WILL ATTRACT
T he proposal to conduct th e lyce-
IN PORTLAND, NOV. 5 12
um as a p art of th e stu d e n t activ i
In less th an a m onth th e eleventh '
ties camo from P rincipal Cannon who
an n u al show of th e Pacific In te rn a t- j
w ithout know ing th a t th is series had
lonal Livestock Exposition will b e !
been arran g ed fo r was contem p latin g
held in P o rtlan d . To be exact th e som ething of th e kind. He welcomed
dates are N ovem ber 5 to 12. O. M th e o p p o rtu n ity to In terest th e s tu
P lum m er is secretary and general d ents and th o u g h t th e experience
m anager.
would be of g re a t help to them .
T his livestock show de luxe needs [
no Introduction to o u r readers for It BUDGET TOO HIGH
is so easily reached and people of this
SAYS COMMISSION
section are so g enerally in terested ;
th a t they have In th e past atten d ed J Mayor K. A. M iller appeared before
in g re a t num bers and m any have th e tax supervising and conservation
been exhibitors. It prom ises to be com m ission yesterday to rep resen t the
bigger and b e tte r th is year th an ever. I city before th e com m ission In pass
ing on th e G resham tax bud g et for
Chicken P ie Hupper Is H i i i « * » ,
1922. T he com m ission declared th e
T he Queen E sth e r circle m em bers .
estlm ate.exceeded th e 6 per cent lim
are very happy o v er the success of | itatio n and would have to be pared
th e ir first chicken pie supper. T he nearly *1500.
affair was a success from every
T he council will hold an ad jo u rn ed
sta n d p o in t and besides being a very m eeting Monday n ig h t, O ctober 17 a t
successful social ev en t was a sp le n which tim e th e bud g et will be re
did success financially.
Fifty-five vised.
d o llars w ere cleared from th e even
ing's efforts and th e g irls feel well (■reeliain W om en lluy New Hupply of
repaid and are g ra te fu l to those who j
Paun.
assisted in so m any ways In a r r a n g - 1 Does anybody need a o n e-q u art
Ing for th e su p p er as well as the alum inum
sauce pan?
S cattered
gen ero u s p atro n ag e which they r e - ! ab o u t In th is com m unity th e re a re
ceived.
250 new sauce pans w hich w ere sold
by L. L. K idder H ard w are Com pany
More th an *700,000 w orth of m edi lost week when th e W ear-E ver alu m
cal and hospital supplies from Its E u
inum com pany p u t on a sale here.
ropean supplies and from stores on
T h e first o rd er of 60 pans was com
th is side of the A tlantic are on th eir
pletely sold o u t a t th e end of th e
way to the famine d istricts of Russia
first day and a second o rd er of 25
as the Initial step of the American
was sold before th e m iddle of th e
Red Cross to provide medical assist
aftern o o n on Tuesday. A rush o r
ance so sorely needed by the m illions
d er for 100 pans was se n t In and
of disease-stricken women and child
cf me on T h u rsd ay a fte r 67 o rd ers
ren. Of th is shipm ent, 40 tons of j
had been left fo r pans on W ednes
medicines and drugs and 35 carloads
Before th e week was over
of hospital clothing valued a t >630,- day.
an
o
th
e
r
o rd e r of 76 pans was com
000 are from Red Cross stocks In Eu
rope and are being shipped direct to pletely sold and m ore could have
Riga from European centers, accord been disposed of.
Dale West, of Klam ath Falla. Oregon, came with the other boys’ and girls’
club members to the Pacific International Live Stock Exposition last year and
entered h it Shorthorn heifer. Mound * Baroness 2d.
Well bred. In splendid condition and train ed to stand and lead properly
for the judges, both she and her master made a fine impression, and she was
awarded first In the young c la s s of beef breeds.
Dale nas w ritten to O M Plummer, manager of the great show to be field
th is year at North Portland, Oregon. Nov. 5-12. th at he wants to be a p art of
th e exposition, and he sent his check for *25 for one share of stock.
The boys’ and girls' club exhibit* at the Pacific International last year
▼ere very Interesting, and perhaps as Im portant to the nation as any division ing to cable advices received today
Drop onto a few of th e b arg ain s
there
a t National headquarters.
offered In th e w ant colum ns