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G RESH A M SuggeM ive R eading. Thf J 51. ? “ ue" ot 1922 *'»« b® I DOINGS OF UNION DISTRICT I TOLD IN SHORT STORIES You will h ea r It said th a t such and crow ded w ith serial stories, sh o rt such a m agazine p rin ts suggestive stories, ed ito rials, poetry, facts and stories, m eaning th a t they present fun. Subscribe now and receive 1. The Y outh’s Com panion— 52 is- c o rru p tin g ideas in an a ttractiv e dress. But th e re is a suggestiveness sues ia I®22. also of quite a different so rt— the 2. All th e rem aining issues in 1921 suggestiveness th a t quickens the 3. T he Com panion Home C alendar re a d e r’s sense of duty, stlm irtutes am for 1922. AU for $2 50. bition, gives courage to face adver sity, fortifies against yielding easily I 4. Or include McCall’s M agazine, to tem p tatio n . It is th is b etter kind Ihe m onthly a u th o rity on fashions of suggestiveness th a t you will find on Both publications, only $3.00, alm ost every page of T he Y outh's TH E YOUTH’S COMPANION, Com panion. W hich of these two Com m onw ealth Ave. & St. P aul St., kinds of suggestiveness would you Boston, Mass. w ish to have exert an influence in New subscriptions received at th is your fam ily life? office. THE UNIVERSAL CAR O n e -T o n T ru ck Chassis $ 4 4 5 F . O B. Detroit W a it h P n ta - V-L m afic Tira» Yk a n d D «- \\m o u n f a M « □ \ \\ R im a The One-Ton Truck, T h e F o rd O ne-T on T ru c k first m ade its appeal to th e farm er £..id th e m erch an t because of the m e rits of F o rd Cars. And it m ade its w onderful rep u tatio n and great sales record because it lived up to e v e ry claim m ade for it. T h e reliable F o rd M otor, th e special F o rd steel ch assis, th e alu m in u m bronze w orm -drive, all com bine to produce a truck of u n u su al pow er, capacity and stren g th — a tru c k th a t lasts in service; a tru ck th a t solves th e haulage problem •a t a v e ry sm all operating and upkeep expense. H ence th e dem and for th e F o rd O ne-T on T ru c k is co n stan tly on th e increase. F o r th e good of y o u r business, w h e th e r it be farm ing, m erchandising or m anufacturing, you should com e in an d look o v er th e F o rd O ne-T on T ru ck — N O W ! IMPORTANT W e are prepared to furnish the Ford T ru ck equipped either w ith S tandard or Special Gearing. T h e S tand ard G earing gives th e truck a m axim um of power. T h e Special G earing increases the speed of the truck from five to seven m iles a n hour, c o nverting it into a F ast D elivery Car. ESTACADA LWillardJ Gresham Storage Battery Co. 4 Latourell Bldg. OPPORTUNITY (For an education in violin playing) To those interested in the study of the violirnwho wish to enter the classes of JOHN OLIVER, an exceptionally low charge will be made to all who enter on or before December 14. Call or Phone Wednesday S tu d io: Second and R oberts Av. P ho n e 177 NOVEM BER IS . I »»21 G res ham IF YOU WANT REAL SERVICE The Modern Electric Washing Machine has been called the greatest of all— Labor-Saving Money-Saving Time-Saving —appliances ever produced for the Home. We believe you will agree with this strong statement after you have seen one of these machines in action. Drop in any time for Free Demonstration ELECTRIC STORE ELECTRIC BUILDING Portland Railway, Light & Power Company P A G I THREB BORING W eddings have become so com- By W ALTER RAMSER. I mon in Boring of late th a t everyone The w eath er is now ideal fo r p u t- ’ is w ondering who will be th e next 1 ting in such fall g rain which has n ot P our Boring couples last week yet been seeded. W h at g rain had launched upon th e sea of m atrim ony, been p u t in early is in splendid con- They w ere Ja sp er Duggep and Miss dition, having sufficient m o istu re Schw eitzer, Mr. Herz an d Miss Dug- and, off and on, a n um ber of w arm ger w ere p a r r ie d on T uesday. On sunshiny days. , W ednesday P ra n k Seifer and C arrie To d ate we. of th e Dam ascus vl-1 G regson w ere m arried and on F riday cinity, have had n o t frost, and corn W. Irv in and Miss A lb erta Sloop. and tom atoes and above all, th e late T h ere was a large atten d a n ce at potatoes are m errily grow ing on, so Mr. R itzau, who has m ost of his 40 th e Sunday school convention held acres In late potatoes, has a fav o r here S aturday. All present had a able chance to m ake good on his good tim e as well as a good lunch at noon tim e. spuds th is year. T he neighbors on th e low er end of Rev. B. G. Carney has ch arg e of the Cut-off road had a crushed rock Miss A nderson's classes a t school for hau lin g bee, and covered m ost of th e a sh o rt tim e. bad places on th e low er cut-off. Now The first of a series of county tests th is road is in a fa ir shape for trav el was given to th e sixth, seventh and except th e top of W ellm an's h eighth g rad es T hursday. • T he re- which Is not graveled. suits were as follows: T he p etition for opening a f t E ig h th G rade. E arl Duley ............ ...92 96 Em m a Dugger ..... .9 4 92 C atherine Lang 98 92 told. The n Evelyn Ledine 100 100 the county surveyor, asks for Clifford L u n d ......... 94 77 W alter M arx....... 100 100 a little m ore definite, and pis Ray N aas......... ..... 98 98 worded, and has over 100 signers. Melville Itlchey.. 100 100 The hearin g will be a t th e c o u rt Irene Schw eitzer... 98 98 house on W ednesday, D ecem ber 7. D arrel S lefer......... foo 98 E. E. Schw edler finished hau lin g Seventh (¿radi- gravel on th e new road leading from 100 7 6 his house to th e county road. Lewis L u n d ............ .9 6 70 H. F. M iller, of W yom ing, passed 100 th ro u g h h ere recently looking for a Adele M a rx ............ 100 100 good ren t farm . He may buy la te r Alien T ay lo r......... .98 94 if, a fte r a year or two of ren tin g , he George G ernand ... 100 Nlel A rm strong 98 98 likes o u r soil, clim ate and people as Donald M orand..... 96 100 well as m ost new -com ers do. 100 G randm a M ullenhoff was u n fo r K enneth H orberg 98 98 tu n a te as to fall and badly b ruise h er Evelyn Slefer . .... 87 M argurite D u rstler 100 • 98 knees. She does n ot suffer much G ertru d e D urstler 100 98 pain any m ore, b ut can n o t y et move 100 M ildred D riesel__ 98 about. 98 91 Mrs. R am ser was on th e sick list Lucile F ryckstrom K aty A nderegg ... .9 8 88 for a week, b u t is now slowly m end 86 ing. The o th e r week Miss F rie d a G ertie N a a s ............ .9 6 E ighth g rad e pupils m aking an R am ser was in ch arg e of th e union high cafeteria, and Miss G race Hoff- average of 90 in arith m etic and 96 in spelling are exem pted in final exam i m eister was la st week. Ed. Slefer sold all his cows b u t nation In those subjects. The Sunday school has been In one. Besides reta in in g his th o ro u g h bred Brown Swiss stock w hich con creasing g rad u ally for th e past sev sists of one bull, one cow and two eral weeks. A ttendance la st Sunday heifers, he does n ot Intend to keep was 69. T here will be an e n te rta in m ent, sale and social at th e church th e th o ro u g h b red s m uch longer. The boundary board of C lackam as Novem ber 22 in th e evening. All are county rejected th e petitio n of th e cordially invited. A n um ber of old folks, m iddle west h alf of Union D istrict No. 26 to cre ate a new school d istric t. It is to aged and youngsters, called on Mr. be hoped th a t th e enm ity th a t has M alllcoat S atu rd ay evening, very been created in o u r school d istric t much su rp risin g him. They rem inded will soon fade aw ay; but each side him of having passed an o th e r m ile m ust be w illing to ad m it its m istakes stone. The I. O. O. F. hoys are planning and extend a frien d ly hand to th e o th e r and not un til then can th is be a clam fed for W ednesday evening. rig h tfu lly called th e Union D istrict. M embers and visitors are welcome. Ja k e DeYoung hau led g rav el on The R ebekahs are reh earsin g g ettin g th e G resham -D am ascus road and lev th in g s in shape for Decem ber 3. eled off some of th e rough spots with FAIRVIEW MAN DIES th e g rad er. POWELL VALLEY Battery Service Phone 2331 Tl KM HV, AT ADVANCED AGE RAKER & SON GRESHAM O n U M IK . Rom ain Wilcox died Sunday, No vem ber 13, at his hom e in Fairview , Oregon. Mr. Wilcox was born in A shford, F ondulac county, W iscon sin, Decem ber 4, 1850. He m arried his wife, H annah. N ovem ber 12< 1873, They cam e west In 1888 and located on a farm n ear G oldendale, W ashington, la te r com ing to F air- view, O ctober 21, 1901. D uring his residence h ere he served as post m aster six years, re tirin g from th a t position about a year ago on account of ill h ealth . Mr. Wilcox was an honest, u p rig h t man In every respect, alw ays look ing o u t fo r th e good of his fellow- man. Besides his widow he leaves two d au g h ters, Mrs. Daisy W ilkinson of O akland, C alifornia, and Mrs A lta Province of Boise, Idaho, one son. Dr. C. C. Wilcox of P o rtland. PLEASANT HOME F u n eral services will be held from Mrs. J. Caldo and Mrs. A lta G entry the H olm an & Son chapel, T hird and from the M ethodist Sunday school, Salmon stre e ts, W ednesday a t 2 p.m. and Mrs. Sadie Chase and Miss Ellen Stone of th e B ap tist church, a re a t COTTRELL ten d in g th e sessions of th e sta te S un T he usual services will be held Sun day school association th is week at day at th e com m unity church. All Salem. The children of th e M ethodist S un are invited to both th e p reaching day school a re planning to m ake th e and Sunday school services. The L u th eran L ad ies’ Aid is p lan ning a b azaar to be held S aturday evening a t th e church. T he sale of hand m ade articles and practical g a r m ents as well as o th e r fancy g ifts will begin a t 7:30. Coffee and cake will be served a t th e close of th e evening. All friends and m em bers are invited to atten d . The losing side on th e L u th e r | League m em bership cam paign which (dosed a week ago will give th e ban- i qtltet and program to th e w inning side on T hanksgiving evening. The ' losing m em bers are p lan n in g a sp len did program and expect to dem on s t r a t e th e ir ability to e n te rta in and I show them selves good losers. The services a t th e Swedish Mission church Sunday evening w ere well a t tended and were very in terestin g . children of some ho sp ital w ard happv i ROCKWOOD j a t C hristm as as they have decided to | 1 bring pictures and cards fo r scrap The people of Rockwood surprised books which they will p resen t to the th e ir p asto r, th e Rev. L. F. Sm ith ch ild ren 's w ards of a P o rtlan d hos and wife with an old fashioned pound pital. All so rts of b rig h t pictures p arty a t th e church on a recen t even from m agazines and catalogues will ing. A good social tim e was enjoyed be gath ered and a p astin g p arty held by all. ■ ab o u t two weeks before C hristm as. Jo h n Brown of G resham p ut I T he children are also p lanning on th ro u g h a deal last week by which a m aking up a bundle of dutgrow n lot 50 by 100 feet on th e Base Line clothes fo r th e children of th e Near at Rockwood belonging to his son, E ast and will g a th e r all so rts of g a r J. Ross Brown, was sold to Mr. and m ents for th e ir co n trib u tio n . Mrs. A ndrew J. Stone. T he new ow ners will build a sm all sale booth PLEASANT VALLEY for th e ir produce and may la te r build J. F. Wing was a recent Valley a house. The property sold fo r $190. , visitor on business m atters. Mr. and Mrs. J. 8. D onaldson an d , Did you ever ta k e note of a rush at d au g h ter. Miss E u la M arvin o f , a railw ay g ate or a circus door? Some ! O rient, visited with friends at th is people edge out of th e m iddle of th e th ro n g and hover around th e sides ' place Sunday. seeking th e easy way to get In. O thers T here will be a com m unity sing d a rt into th e th ick est of th e crush ' held a t th e gran g e hall F rid ay E ven and eagerly press forw ard un til they ing, November 18, a t 8 o'clock. The gain th e en tran ce. T he successful program will be u n d er th e direction man in th is life is like one of th e la t of P rofessor H enderson of P o rtlan d te r He knows he has a b attle be Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Babhldge en- fore him and he flinches not at th e te rtaih e d friends from th e city Sun h ard places b u t goes th ro u g h w ith It day. at all hazards. Keep In style, ’’classy-fled'' ads. î uovb urizJk Loft Ou ~ 5 iXou/t'TrvcxnjuUjz zzn S io w . do% I T IS SAFE °IN OUR B A N K You can get the bigger part of a “wish-bone,” but it will do you no good unless you TRY for the thing you WISH for. “Wish” to get ahead, and only WISH, and you won't get ahead. But TRY to get ahead by BANKING that money you have in your pocket RIGHT NOW and you will get ahead. We Invite YOUR Banking Business BANK GRESHAM, OF GRESHAM OREGON State and County Depository WOOD COAL EKSTROM TRUCK SERVICE A Truck for Every Kind of Work Cor. P ow ell and M aple Gresliaiu 1581 2 4 7 D avis S treet P ortland Bdw y. 2 0 8 2 Tel. 96x — Electric Building — Main St. FRANK C. JONES & CO. CA RPENTER Septic Tanks Built Jack Screws for Rent LICENSED ELECTRICIAN W iring for Light and Power National Mazda Lamps Frank C. Jones Floyd L. Mack FISK NON SKID FABRIC TIRE (O V E R S IZ E ) The Fisk Non-Skid fabric tire is one .of th e best tires, w ith an actu al Non-Skid tread and a tread which reta in s th e safety fe a tu re for a long tim e. • W inter « cu t her la here. To drive w ithout ch ain s m -II W eed I n as had as to drive w ithout brake«, W e ch ain s. S ee us before It I n too late. GRESHAM TIRE CO. Opposite Brown’s M arket Phone 37 Powell Street. P h on es: Eaat 71 0 2 ; G resham 8 5 5 AT YOUR SERVICE AT ANY TIME Your Patronage Solicited MORGAN BROS. TRUCK SERVICE M oving and General H auling 124-11 Union A venue W oad, Coal and B riquets P ortland, Oregon HOME PRODUCTS PURE LARD 10 lbs., $1.50 5 lbs., 75c Delivered GRESHAM MEAT MARKET A. J. W. BROWN, Prop. l'lione41 ■ BREAD REDUCED 1% lb. loaf, 13c 2 for 25c W rapped in wax paper 1 lb. loaf 9c CITY BAKERY, Gresham, Phone 11 also cam e before th e com m ittee with COUNTY FARM BUREAU HOLDS EXECUTIVE SESSION a sim ila r proposition. A m eeting of th e executive com m ittee of th e M ultnom ah County F arm B ureau was held last nig h t In th e office of County A gent 8. B. Hall, a t which m a tte rs of extrem e In terest to farm ers were discussed. T here wae present a t th e m eeting a rep re se n tativ e of a big m achinery house of P o rtlan d who explained a very a t tra c tiv e offer being m ade to F arm B ureau m em bers, exclusively, w h ere by a very su b sta n tia l saving can be effected. R ep resen tativ es of a large Try one of those Those Want Ads are genuine bus tire an d accessory house of P o rtlan d in ess getters. C om m ittees have been Appointed to Investigate fu rth e r and they will soon be able to rep o rt th e resu lts of « h e ir findings, when definite action will be taken. R equirem ents for farm ers to p a r ticip ate a re th a t they are m em bers of th e F arm B ureau in good sta n d ing? Snap up a W ant Ad Snap. R eg u lar m eeting of G resh am Lodge No. 125, I.O.O.F., In th e Odd Fellows hall, every T h u rs day evening. V isitors welcome. MELVIN I. SUNDAY. N. O. JACKSON JONES, Secretary.