G RESH A M
SuggeM ive R eading.
Thf J 51. ? “ ue" ot 1922 *'»« b® I DOINGS OF UNION DISTRICT
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TOLD IN SHORT STORIES
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c o rru p tin g ideas in an a ttractiv e
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2. All th e rem aining issues in 1921
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New subscriptions received at th is
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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 -
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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 .
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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
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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
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ighth
g
rad
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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.
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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.