HOLIDAY NUMBER
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SECTION TWO, PAGES 9 TO 12
G resham O utlook
VOL. 11, NO. 84
GRESHAM, MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON FRIDAY,
DECEMBER
16,
STANDARD OIL PLANT
SHOWS MARKED GROWTH
1921
TUESDAYS
AND
FRIDAYS
$1.50 PER YEAR
GARAGES OF TERRITORY
ARE WELL EQUIPPED
One of the largest business con
G resham is well provided w ith a
cerns In G resham is the S tan d ard Oil
num
ber of first-class garag es w here
Com pany w hich has its p lant located
residents
and trav e lers can secure
a t th e eastern boundary of th e city
qew and second-hand m achines a t
ju st off th e Powell Valley road.
reasonable prices, and w here th e best
T he business has grow n d uring the
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of
m echanics are ready to serve hom e
past few years by leaps and bounds
I
or
tra n sie n t needs with prom ptness
and the plant, equipm ent and w ork
and courtesy. Owing to com parative-
ing force are continually being In
’ ly low ren ts and low taxes both for
creased to m eet the dem ands of the
business and residence purposes th e
p atrons in the extensive te rrito ry
G resham garag es can and do a ttra c t
w hich th is p la n t serves in eastern
custom ers from afa r, and by trea tin g
M ultnom ah and n o rth ern Clackam as
them on th^ sq u are, for which G resh-
BEWARE OF STORAGE
counties.
BUSINESS MEN PLAN
em dealers in all lines are noted, they
BATTERY REJUVENATORS*
The G resham S tandard Oil plant
FOR GREATER ACTIVITY come back, and th u s G reshajn is be
com ing an autom obile center. Our
first opened O ctober 15, 1914, in
In th e old days, gasoline econo
A rousing m eeting of th e Business g arages obtain th e ir m achines and
charge of C. A. McCarty. At tha* m izers w ere q u ite in sty le w ith the !
j Men’s Association was held Monday supplies at th e best rates possible in
tim e the delivery equipm ent consist get-rich-quick
fiends.
T hey were ■
the sta te and fear no honest com pe
ed of one horse-draw n ta n k wagon. m uch m ore common th an th e y a r e !
evening when m ore th an 30 business
tition. T o u rists passing th ro u g h th e
It was Ju n e 20, 1917, before the first now. One could buy them in pow-1
men of the town g ath ered to discuss
co u n try will alw ays find G resham
ta n k tru ck was installed here. Since der, ta b le t o r liquid form and prob- ‘
plans for fu tu re w ork. T he business
shops • and m echanics w ith largo
th a t tim e business has grow n so rap-. ably ad m in ister them in horneo- !
men are m aking p rep aratio n fo r i.te
stocks of supplies ready and w illing
idly w ith the increasing num ber of pathic or allo p ath ic doses— for the
biggest en te rta in m e n t ever held here to serve them .
autom obiles, trac to rs, d rag saws, and effect was ju s t th e same.
for the th ird an n u al fa rm e r's ban
S tran g ers considering se ttlin g in
o th e r m achines, which are being used
quet which will be th e th ird week la
As long as the car ow ner was very
th is vicinity will be wise to ta k e into
m ore and m ore d u rin g th e .past yeais, careful to have th e carbon removed
Ja n u ary . S. B. Hall, county agent
consideration this fea tu re of G resham
th a t th e com pany now has operating from th e engine cylinders, th e valves
was present and told of th e plans for
business en terp rise. T he autom obile
from the G resham p lant one 314-ton ground and th e c a rb u re to r ad ju sted ,
F a rm er's Week. This year th e in
has come to stay as a p a rt of social,
tru ck , one 2*/4-ton truqk and oue and then apply th e so-called econo
s titu te will be a tw o-ring affair as
1-ton delivery tru ck . Six men are m izer to th e fuel tan k , he was cer
th e re will be a Home Econom ic! business and farm life. G resham Is
second to no cen ter and here can we
em ployed a t the p resent tim e a t the tain to get g re a te r m ileage, per g a l
course for women at th e lib rary
found an y th in g from a sp ark plug to
plant and on th e delivery wagons.
w hile th e farm er’s courses are in sia- an engine.
lon of gasoline. And no wonder!
sion at th e G range hull.
A. C. Mehlin Is th e special agent
The sam e th in g applies to th e
In G resham we have R a k er & Son,
here. Mr. Mehlin has been w ith the present day sto rag e b attery “ reju-
The busines men a re backing the
w ith one of th e best g arag es in tn e
S tan d ard Oil Com pany ab o u t nine v en ato rs” , “ recharging so lu tio n s"
F a rm er's In stitu te in a stro n g way.
county and th e larg est outside of
years. T he last five years he has and w hat not, th a t are being sold as
Roth the Monday follow ing C h rist
P o rtlan d . T his firm m akes a special
m as and also th e one follow ing New
been w ith the S tan d ard Oil Com pany m ysterious com pounds and w onder
ty of th e fam ous F ord m achine and
Years will be observed as legal h o li
of C alifornia and cam e here October ful discoveries which rech arg e your
has a larg e rep a ir shop and a full
days and th e business houses will all
1st from the San Francisco hom e of sto rag e battery in tw enty m inutes.
line
of auth o rized supplies.
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be closed.
fice. Before going to San '♦'rancisco Any b attery service statio n can d o '
T he Sm ith M otor C ar Com pany
Mr. M ehlin was a salesm an in P o rt th e sam e th in g by doping a b attery
T he com m ittee which was to in
is an o th e r large and well appor
land.
w ith stro n g acid— b u t they know the
A lbert (B ill) E kstront, ow ner of E k stro m ’s T ruck Service, owns and v estig ate reg ard in g th e disposal of tioned supply and rep a ir firm m aking
Stanley B. Sutliff, tank tru ck sa le s h arm fu l effect of such trea tm e n t.
o p erates m ore au to tru ck s th an any o th e r one man residing in th is te r r i g arb ag e in th e gravel pit reported a specialty of the docile and popular
m an, has been w ith th e local p lant
“ T he su rp risin g th in g ” says Mr. tory. He has five tru ck s in daily o p eratio n , on gravel hauling, and on the th a t no such arran g em en ts could be C hevrolet.
m ade and an o th e r proposition was
since 1917 o r for a longer period of Pugh, of th e G resham Storage B at
trip s to P o rtlan d , which are m ade daily, and doing o th e r heavy and light
The G resham G arage, u n d er th e
tim e than any of th e o th e r em ployees. tery Com pany, “ is th e w illingness of
m ade. A place has been found and
Before th a t tim e Mr. Sutliff worked many people to pay fabulous prices, hauling. The m akes he uses now a re two Macks, K leiber, Republic and a man located who would establish m anagem ent of the S outhards, fath e r
and son, handles th e fam ous and
for th e com pany several years in th re e to five dollars being asked for Ford. In th e p ictu re prin ted above one of Mr. E k stro m ’s tru ck s is show n a garb ag e ro u te if sufficient backing
stu rd y Dodge m achine with p arts and
P o rtland.
for th e p ro ject could be found. B. L. su p p lies for it.
a single application of these dopes w ith a record load of baled hay.
It m ay be well to say th a t th is p ictu re was taken two or th ree years W alrad and J. E. M etzger w ere ap
F red Hoss, who grew up in G resh when m ost sto rag e b attery service
The G resham O verland Company,
am and atten d ed the schools here, sta tio n s would do th e sam e th in g for ago before th e p resen t stric t reg u latio n s reg ard in g heavy loads were in pointed to Investigate, to m eet with
W. A. Hessel. (»gent, m akes a special
has been w ith the com pany since tw enty-five cents.
th e city council and to rep o rt back
force.
ty of th e graceful and d u rab le Over
1919. He also is a tru ck salesm an.
“ T here Is n o thing m ysterious about
All of th e th ree grocery sto res h ere also have th e ir own com plete com to th e business men.
land, and has sold m any of them to
Al. Simonsen, an o th er local man, pouring stro n g acid solution ln to Ka plem ent of delivery cars and two have tru ck s, which they keep busy every
E. E. Jackson of V ancouver put
resid en ts in Gresham and eastern
is the package tru c k driver and has discharged b attery and having it
day w ith th e ir own h auling. Of th e o th e r businesses, th e m ajo rity have up a oom m unlty sales proposition of M ultnom ah and C lackam as counties.
been w ith this p lan t about a year.
holding, auction sales a t sta te d in
op erate in tw enty or th irty m inutes
The W lllys-K nlght m achine Is also
The w arehouse m an, W m. McK. afte rw a rd . Any service sta tio n can rapid tra n sp o rta tio n service.
tervals. Will Hessel and S. B. Ilall handled by th is firm.
M
organ
B
ro
th
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m
ake
daily
trip
s
to
P
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rtlan
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,
and
th
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re
are
q
u
ite
a
Beers, has been w ith th e com pany do th a t, bu t th e norm al way to re
w ere to act as a com m ittee to Inves
T he Sherm an M cC arter G arage
tig a te this.
o ver a year.
Mr. Beers also was charge a b attery is to pass a c u rren t n um ber in th is vicinity who do com m ercial hauling.
specializes lq Chevrolet rep airs ano
raised in this locality.
H. W. S trong b ro u g h t up a new- supplies.
of electricity th ro u g h it and avoid
Roy H. Gibbs is an o th e r man who in ju rin g it o r sh o rten in g its life.
su b ject, "B uy at H om e” and th e as
The Main S treet G arage m akes a
GRESHAM FAMILY IS
has com pleted th e work in the local T he quick w-ay is to pay th ree to five FIVE GRESHAMITES
sociation w ent on record favoring specialty of repairing.
schools, gone on th ro u g h higher dollars for ab o u t twenty-five cents
ARE U. OF 0. FRESHMEN
co-operative
advertising.
Mr.
S
trong
GIVEN FRUIT SHOWER
Sam 's A uto Top Shop carries on a
schools, and then come back to ta k e w orth of stro n g acid-—-and th en su f
was appointed ch airm an of a com
special
line u n d er th e m anagem ent of
Zoology,
business
ad
m
in
istratio
n
An
expression
of
practical
sym
pa
up work in th e hom e com m unity. Mr. fer th e consequences.”
m ittee, th e o th e r m em bers of which 8. E. P alm quist.
Gibbs has been w ith the S tan d ard Oil
and music a re th e su b jects specially thy was given Mrs. F red Zim m erm an are H al Bishop, Edw. A ylsw orth,
T hen th e re are d e a l* » in tires
In th e W ay.
p lan t since Ju n e lBt, as clerk o r book
studied by th e five stu d e n ts from and h er d au g h ter, Miss Hazel R eader, J. E. M etzger, A. Meyers and H. L. and supplies, including (he G resham
He— “ W h at m akes th a t fellow
keeper.
St. Clair.
G resham reg istered th is year a t th e one aftern o o n la st week, w hen a
S torage B attery C om pany; th e G resh
T he local p lan t has a sto rag e ca g la re a t me s o ? ”
E rn e st S tra tto n and Edw. Ayls-
She—-“ Y ou're sittin g on his Ice U niversity of Oregon. H elen L. Wos- large n u m b er of women g ath ered at w orth have w orked o u t and gave to am T ire Com pany, h an dling th e F isk
pacity of about.30,000 gallons of Red
cream .”
tell and M ulvlna H. A nderson are th e ir new hom e on Cleveland avenue th e business men M onday evening a tires and o th e r m akes; th e Cam plln
Crown gasoline. It also has sto rag e
T ire Shop; th e Bentley V ulcanizing
capacity for 15,000 gallons of Pearl supplies can be delivered to custom both freshm en in zoology; G lenn A. and b ro u g h t a collection of home- sum m ary of th e business houses In
Shop w ith M ason's tire s; C. E. Os
oil. Beside th is, large q u an titie s of ers on very sh o rt notice.
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K ellum and H arry W ostell are both canned fru it to p artly tak e th e place G resham and th e rep o rt showed th a t burn * Com pany, m aking a specialty
sta n d ard engine distilate, Zerolene.
th e re were 76 including doctors, of th e P h ilad elp h ia B attery.
T he te rrito ry covered by th e local freshm en in business a d m in istra
of w hat was d e stro y e d by fire a few law yers, etc.
Mobile oils, and all o th e r types of oils plant, extends to th e B ark er road on
T hese give em ploy
O utside of G resham we have on
and grease necessary fo r th e lubrica- , th e w est, ea st to Sandy, up th e Ca tion, and Alga L. M aulding is a fresh week ago. In all 53 q u a rts of fru it m ent to 225 persons including em
th e Powell Valley road th e Ide O ar
w
ere
b
rought.
T
he
women
b
ro
u
g
h
t
m
an
in
m
usic.
tion of any class of m achinery oper- lum bia R iver H ighw ay to Eagle
ployers and rep resen t 150 homes.
T he professional courses th a t def th e ir fancy work and spent a pleus- In “These hom es are 475 persons. age, w est of G resham , and th e L.
ated In th is field a re alw ays in stock. Creek and so u th to Boring, Damascus
C h risten se n 's G arage to th e ea st;
initely tra in fo r g ain fu l occupations^.011! social h o u r to g eth er
Because of the splendid facilities, and Kelso.
These figures w ere a su rp rise to even
T he follow ing women w ere p res th e m em bers of th e association who O hm et B rothers a t P leasan t ¡Home;
are th e m ost p opular w ith th e 2164
th e M esdames A melia Price, did n ot fully realize haw big the th e Salzm an and th e Roy P arsons
stu d e n ts enrolled.
F o u r hu n dred en t;
and tw enty-five a re reg istered in S. J. Bennison, F. C. Jen n in g s, P earl business of th e town was grow ing G arages a t S p ringdale; P e rre t Bros,
business ad m in istra tio n ; 152 in m ed A tterb u ry , P. L enard, H arry T ru itt. and how many persons were depen and II. 8. Sm ith a t S andy; W alker
icine; 142 in jo u rn alism ; 112 In law ; E. H. Sm ith, T hom as M cKinney, Joe d en t upon th e business of th e tow n. Q uesinberry and th e K reofsky HroB
a t Rockw ood; Fred H osner a t C or
109 In a rc h ite c tu re ; 105. In ed u ca Neil, H arry W arden, Mary Johnson,
b ett; Cook's G arage; Jess Coons anil
R. H arlan , Mary McAllister, T. E.
tio n ; 104 in physical ed u catio n ; 84
T he Y outh's C om panion Home
th e Mlckley & P leasan t G arage at
M ercer. Fred J. Bechill, O tto M agnu
in muBlc, and 22 In sociology.
C alendar for 1022.
T ro u td ale and W alter M etzger's shop
T he college of lite ra tu re , science son, F . W. H opkins, E. B. K irkw ood,
T he publishers of T he Y outh's
and th e a rts has an en ro llm en t of Clyde S hepherd, O. T horen and F. Com panion a re sending to every su b a t Boring.
O thers are being sta rte d from tim e
m ore th a n 900, including 37 who are W eils, th e la tte r from M ontana. scrib er whose subscription ($ 2 .5 0 ) ir,
specializing in chem istry, 147 In prc- O thers co n trib u tin g who w ere not paid for 1922 a C alen d ar for th e new to tim e along th e main lines of travel
m edics, 31 in geolog}, 32 in m ath e p resen t w ere th e Mesdames F red year. T he ta b lets are prin ted in red in ea ste rn M ultnom ah and C lacka
mas counties, and as th e e ra of good
Powell, T W. Sm ith, E. M. Camp,
m atics and 55 in pre-engineering.
and d ark blue, and besides giving the roads continue to augm ent Its realm s
Melvin Sunday, George M etzger,
days of th e c u rre n t m onth in bold th e re will be o th ers established.
T he sale of 1921 Red Cross C h rist George Jo h n so n and W. B. Parsons. legible type, give th e C alen d ar of the
All th e sta n d ard m akes of oils and
mas seals is now in progress th ro u g h
preceding and succeeding m onths In gasoline are supplied by tru ck service
A
lady
adv
ertised
for
a
husband.
o u t th e state. T he w ork In M ultno
The and th e prices com pare favorably
A man answ ered, and she m arried sm aller type In th e m argin.
m ah county o utside th e city of P o rt him.
The man died and left h er Com panion Home C alen d ar has been with those a t th e re g u la r statio n s In
land is in th e hands of th e M ultno $5,000 life Insurance. T he ad cost published in sta n d ard form fo r m any th e city of P o rtlan d . T ravelers and
T herefore, she galneff years and is everyw here in quest be to u rists a re not plunging Into a wil
mah County Public H ealth associa h er $1.75
cause of its convenience and novelty. dern ess when they tu rn th e ir m a
tion, of w hich Mrs. L. A. H arlow of $4,998 25 by th e tram action.
Does ad v ertisin g pay? W e'll say
chines tow ard Mt. Hood and leave
T ro u td ale Is chairm an.
It does!
HIGH SCHOOL GIRL
P o rtlan d to th e w estw ard as they
LEAVES SCHOOL TO WED seek scenery, n a tu ra l beauties of hill
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) !>nd field and th e ozone th a t has m ade
Miss (.race M illard, siste r of Mrs. I M ultnom ah county fam ous
MERRY CHRISTMAS
To make sure that
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u C*i an<1 8fu<l‘‘n t of un,on | On« of th e larg est supply statio n s
high school, was m arried M o n d ay ' o utside of th e city of P o rtlan d ,s
your oil heater will op
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noon to C. F. G ossett of Boring The m aintained In G resham by the Stan-
erate at its highest ef
m
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a '” 1 ,l" r ‘l 0,1 O o n w n y em bracing ta n k s
ficiency, tell your deal
Mrs J. R. M illard of E stacada.
T he and buildings valued at m any thou-
groom is em ployed with th e P ort- san d s of dollars.
This gives the
er you want Pearl Oil,
land Railway L ight * Pow er com com m unity th e ad v an tag e of supplies
the clean-burning ker
pany.
He Is the son of Chas. E alw ays n ea r a t hand, w ith a num ber
osene that is refined and
Gossett of Mabery sta tio n on the of em ployees assistin g to add to
he
to t the
Bull Run line.
re-refined by our spe
activ ities of th e com m unity.
SEC i ÍON
LOCAL HAULING DONE BY TRUCKS
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cial process.
Pearl Oil makes oil
heaters most econom
ical to operate because
every drop delivers
clean, intense heat. No
w aste—no smoke—no
odor.
Sold in bul k by dealers
everywhere. Order by
name—Pearl Oil.
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Phone 1235
G resham , Ore.
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