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About Gresham outlook. (Gresham, Multnomah County, Or.) 1911-1991 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 22, 1921)
ATTENTION! Ford Owner t Do you realize how cheap you can have your car repair ed? Compare these prices with prices one year ago. Labor charges are also 25 per cent less. Nov. 1921 Prices Nov. 1920 Prices Motor Overhaul . $25.00 $31.25 T o p s ................... 25.00 44.00 Motor Blocks $25.00 Connection Rods ..... Crankshafts .... Fenders .................................. H oods..................................... $30.00 1-25 10.00 3.75 5.00 2.50 15.00 6.00 8.00 R ad iato rs........... 20.00 , 30.00 Rear Springs ........... 8.50 Front S p rin g .......................... 2.75 Master Gear ......................... 3.00 Pinion ................................... 125 Axles .................................. 1-60 Tinier ................. -60 Timer W ir e ............................. .65 Generator ......... 16.00 S tarter ................................... 16.00 12.00 4.00 5.00 3.00 3.00 1.30 1.10 22.00 22.00 .. Ford Battery . . . 25.00 42.00 RAKER & SON GRESHAM ESTACADA PHONE 1301 REDUCED PRICES All Implements and Machinery UNITED STATES TIRES AND TUBES 30 x 3% Royal C o rd ............................................ $18.30 , 30 x 3 1 ■ I Iso ....................................................... 10.90 Oliver-40 or 222 wood or steel beam plow, $20. 50- tooth spike tooth harrow, for $22.10. 8-16 Disc Harrow, with tongue tru c k ,............... $49.00 All other implements reduced accordingly. Get our prices before you buy, you’ll get the implements or machinery to do the work required, at less. H essel’s Farm M achinery Reliability Service Gresham, Drag Sates, $128 Water Systems RETREADING PAYS! TWn* t o He lira* Bring in your Cord casings if not too bad ly worn and let us tell you whether or not they are worth retreading. Nearly every cord casing can be retreaded and occasion ally a fabric is worth a retread. A retread, cooked on and made as much a part of the tire as the former tread was, is the only sat isfactory method. GRESHAM TIRE CO. Pow ell Street. Phone 37 Opposite Brown’s Market For Your Thanksgiving Dinner Our stocks are all fresh and complete Celery Izrttuce (Fimiatoes C ranberries Heinz Sw eet P o ta to es P u d d in gs Bananas F ig and P lum Sw eet P iek les S lutted Olives The joy of the feust depends on co rrect tab le appo in tm en ts as well as good cooking. A new W inchester carving set for T hanksgiving W ouldn't you enjoy using It? W ouldn't your guests adm ire It? Other equipment for cocking and serving a good dinner R oasters B aking Pans B utcher Knivea Cooks' Knives Pie Platea C asseroles G lassw are 1 GRESHAM LOCALS From rep o rts received at th e Dis- [ tric t F o re ste r’s office, a to ta l of 100 forest tires in Oregon and W ashing ton d u rin g 1921 w ere due to s m o k e rs .' These rep o rts a re from only 13 to 22 j n atio n al fo rests b ut indicate, fo rest I officers say, th a t a fa r g re a te r per centage of fo rest fires are caused each y ear by c ig arette and cig ar stubs and m atches th a n is g en erally su p posed. T he O kanogan forest rep o rts th a t 39 per cent of th e ir fires were due to sm okers, while 16 fires on th e C rater forest which cost $225 to p u t o u t sta rte d from sm o k e r’s cig arette stu b s or u n extinguished m atches. The W hitm an forest sta te s th a t 21 fires on th a t forest were due to sm okers. T he Colville fo rest rep o rts th a t it cost $87 4 to p u t o u t 10 fires sta rtin g from sm okers, w hile th e Olympic fo r est had only one sm o k er's fire b u t th a t cost $68 to extinguish. C igars and cig arettes consum ed ev ery single day in th e year, if placed end to end, would reach from th e A t lantic to the Pacific and back ag ain ; 80,777 cig arettes and 13,835’ cigars are burned to ashes for every m inute of th e 24 hours. T he com bined to tal lengths of cig ars and cig arettes sm oked h n n u ally in th e U nited S tates ag g reg ate alm ost 2,275,000 m iles— over six tim es th e to ta l m ileage of th e n atio n 's railroads. The o u trig h t dam age w ro u g h t by fires attrib u te d to tobacco and m atches reached a to tal of m ore th an $91,000,000 in th e five years 1915-1919, inclusive, according to rep o rt of th e N ational B oard of F ire U nderw riters. D uring th is sam e period forest fires b u rn ed over some sixty m illion acres an d in volved a loss of approxim ately $100,- 000,000. A considerable per cen t of these fires, sta te F ed eral fo rest of ficers, w ere due to “ ta ilo r-m ad e" cig arettes carelessly th ro w n aw ay in th e woods. N early two years ago fo rm er Sec retary of A g ricu ltu re M eredith w rote to seven of th e leading tobacco com panies of th is co u n try asking th e ir help in en listin g sm okers in a cam paign against careless use of fires in | th e forest. T his le tte r, a fte r calling a tte n tio n to th e serio u s loss caused by forest fires, suggested in e rt slips in cig arette and tobacco packages as an effective m eans of fire w arning. The re su lt was d isap p o in tin g — one firm answ ered. T his year like cooperation in fire prevention was requested of 35 of th e leading tobacco m an u factu res by the N ational B oard of F ire U nder w riters B ut not a single reply was received. W ednesday evening a Thanksgiving service will be held a t the Methodist church, to which all are cordially in vited. No plan for a formal program has been arranged, but a sp irit of friendship and fellowship will prevail. PLEASANT HOME "No more high school th is week,” Mrs. A. E. DeHaven has retu rn ed th is is the verdict of Principal Cannon from a trip to Spokane where she and the high school board. Flood w at spent three weeks visiting with a sis ers came into the furnace room and ter and th e ir m other before the la tte rs’ put out the fires and the light wires return to her home in Nebraska. are down so th a t no artificial light A little d au g h te r was born F rid ay can be obtained. It is expected th a t evening to Mr. an d Mrs. C larence J school will be resum ed on Monday, , B ettis. Mrs. B ettis will be re m e u t-! November 28. bered as M ildred F ord. Holiday service will prevail at the P leasan t Home is h ard h it also by post office on Thanksgiving day, th e sto rm th a t sw ept over th e coun-j there being no ca rrie r service and ty S atu rd ay and Sunday. T he tele windows will be open from 9 to 10 o' phone lines are down and som e sec clock. The lobby will be open all day. tions have lots of w ater sta n d in g on th e gro u n d . No serio u s dam age was Students from the various higher done, however. in stitu tio n s of learning are beginning P ro fesso r Reed, who was elected to arriv e for the T hanksgiving holi by th e school board to fill th e place day. Melvin Brugger is at home from of A. L. B urlingam e, who was rec en t I O. A. C. ly killed in an au to accident, has re Thanksgiving services will be held signed and the board has secured a at Zion Evangelical church in Gresh Mrs. G raham of P o rtlan d who will am at 10:30 in the forenoon. They will have ch arg e of th e school for a tim e u n til a p erm an en t te ac h er is secured. ’ be in the German language. T he Sunday school te ach ers and Miss Helen Hisey celebrated her 14th officers of th e M ethodist Sunday birthday by en tertain in g the Camp Bchool have been called for an es F ire girls In the League room on pecially im p o rta n t m eeting W ednes Friday evening. day evening a t th e hom e of Mrs. M. L ennartz. MEAT BUYERS ENCOURAGE YOUNG CLUB MEMBERS POWELL VALLEY The Ladies Aid of the Mission Twelve fat hogs w ent to m a rk e t w hile a t th e stock show , but they church will hold a bazaar next Sat-i still live In each boy’s m em ory be urday evening. November 26, at t h e , cause th e re hangs at hom e blue and church. Refreshm ents will be served, j red ribbons, and fat checks a re being Everyone is welcome. A big T hanksgiving d in n er w ith ' received which signify a p roject ca r ried th ro u g h successfully w ith a neat all trim m in g s will be served at th e j Powell Valley L u th e ra n church from profit In th e balance. 6 to 8 p. in., T h anksgiving day. T here T he m eat com panies gave 14 cents will be a sm all ch arg e for th e d in for the in dividual hogs. Leslie ner. The receipts will be fo r the Lynch received 14 «4 cen ts for his fat benefit of th e L u th e r League. A fter pen and A lta D ah lh am n tar 13 cents. th e d in n e r a varied program will be I T his d in n er and e n te r T hese prices w ere 5 cents above m ar ren d ered . ket q u o tatio n s and were given to en ta in m en t will be given by th e losing side in a recent cam paign fo r new , courage th e boys and girls. In th e fat pens raised fo r the m em bers of th e L u th e r League. Union Stock Y ards Special, A lta LUSTED D ah lh am m ar won first prize of $40. The I.listed P aren t-T each er asso Melville Richey of C lackm as second prize of $36 and Leslie Lynch th ird ciation held Its re g u la r m eeting at w hich gave him $25 as a prize. A lta's the schoolhouse, F riday n ig h t, No prizes and sales check for th e y ear's vem ber 18. It was decided th a t the association and school com bined shows m ake up a neat sunt of $171, would w ork th is year to get a piano and Leslie's $154. P aul Fox, w ith for th e school. A fter th e business Duke, won In th e county, sta te and m eeting a sh o rt program was en stock show, a trip to O. A. C. sum m er joyed by all. A basket social and school, valued at $25. $18 in cash and p rogram will be given a t th e next sold his hog for $32.19 m aking a m eeting, T h u rsd ay evening, Decem to tal of $75.19. Add to th e cash b er 8 at the schoolhouse. It will not I value th e tra in in g for responsibility be postponed. of being held th ro u g h eig h t m onths to th e task of feeding, th e Joy of a t ten d in g th e fairs and com paring re su lts with o th e rs and you will not w onder why boys and g irls Join the pig clubs Some may ask w hat of those who failed? All but two m em bers m ade rep o rts th is fall T h ere w ere th ree , hogs show n th a t did not win and s e v -! oral p aren ts did not see th e value of fairs so did not co-operate, b ut even these received th e value of club m eetings, to u rs an d stock Judging Gresham Theater At Cecil Metzger’s Grocery Phone 1151, Don’t forget the number We have some choice cranberries, fruits, nuts, fresh vege tables and all kinds of prepared puddings. First look at out Rubber Kitchen Aprons, a t................... $ .65 D a r i Made Milk, 5 cans........................................................... .55 Arm our's Milk (good as Borden’s,) 2 cans for............ .25 Del Monte Pork and Beans, 2 ^ -lb . cans, reg. 30c fo r....... .21 B arton’s Pure Leaf Lard, 5 lbs. for 90c; 10 lbs. for....... $1.75 B arton's Shortening, 4 lbs. for 70c; 8 lbs. fo r................... 1.35 Quaker Pancake Flour (none better), 2 fo r..............................25 One full pint ja r of Sweet Pickles................................................30 One full quart ja r of Sweet Pickles .........................................50 One full pint ja r Sour Pickles......................................................25 One full quart Sour Piekles............. ......................................... 40 Six pounds Peanut B utter........................................................... 55 COFFEES we carry—Diamond W, Ilill Bros., M. J. IL, Golden West, Royal Club and American Club. Coffee Specials Pheasant Brands, pound ........................................................ Royal Club, 1 lb. for 42c—one large stick candy Royal Club, 3 lbs. for $1.16—2 large sticks candy. W e G ive lie d T rad in g Stani|>N A <;. hm I lavcMiiM-nt. Eleven acres 1 4 nillaa from G resh am an a main road, tw o chtx houses i and run»; berries and fru it. One acre | of tim ber, good well and gasoline pum p E lectric lights six acre» in ! vetch A bargain. $4500. term s. B. W. THORNE. R ealtor, At Bank of G resham CHAS. RAY is .25 W e D eliver N olo is the Time — fo r — Blankets and Comforts Prices from * $2.50 to $10.00 We have the largest assortment to select from ever shown in Gresham. BISHOP BROS. All Quality Goods Without Question ►4 BIG DANCE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2 3 Masonic Hall, Gresham, Oregon Music by the Syncopation Kings Dancing Starts at 8:30 ADMISSION: Couples $1, Gents 65c, Ladies 35c — WOOD COAL EKSTROM TRUCK SERVICE A Truck for Every Kind of Work Cor. P ow ell and M aple (.res ham 2 4 7 D avis Street Port lami B dw y. 9 0 8 9 ISSI HOME PRODUCTS PURE LARD 5 lbs., 75c 10 lbs., $1.50 . Delivered GRESHAM MEAT MARKET A. J. W . BROWN, Prop. Phone 41 . Chevrolet Service Part» and Accessories EXTRA Thanksgiving Show W inchester G enuine Stag H andle C arving Set S terling silver m o u n t ings All Kinds of Fixin’s for Thanksgiving Lee Tires GENERAL AUTO REPAIRING any make of car Car Washing Polishing and Simonizing The Egg Crate Wallop — Also a — GOOD COMEDY Sherman McCarter Garage Phone 2331 I S 1 — Latourell Bldg. ¡ I SS ^Wa a aa — 11 I I 1
