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GRESHAM OUTLOOK, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2H, 1H22 TROUTDALE The Force Unseen Ready to toil at any task you set—the Unseen Force drawn down from the rain cloud and the perpetual mountain snows, stands ever alert to the sudden de mands of the Home, Office, Factory and Transportation. • I INDISPENSABLE SERVICE AS PERMANENT AS CIVILIZATION Such are the useful and necessary facilities which this great Public Utility provides for the 330,000 people living in the territory in which this company operates. Millions of .dollars of physical property needed to produce this service stand back of the investment we are offering you—our 7 per cent Prior Preference Stock, ou may buy for cash or on easy terms to net you 7.3 per cent on your money. T ou may become a profit-sharing stockholder in this company by paying $10 down and $10 a month, and your partial payments draw interest at 7 per cent till your contract is completed. INVESTIGATE THIS FINE OPPORTUNITY TODAY! No stock having preference over th is Issue will be created w ith o u t th e consent of th e holders of a m a jo rity of th is class of stock. Portland Railway, Light and Power Company Electric Building Portland, Oregon Fisk Tires and Tubes OLDFIELD TIRES WEED CHAINS REPAIRIN G AND RETREADING ' All work guaranteed. GRESHAM TIRE COMPANY T im e to R e GEORGE A. BRANDT P hone 1107 O pposite Brow n's M arket Pow ell St. HOME PRODUCTS PURE LARD 5 lbs., 75c 10 lbs., $1.50 Delivered GRESHAM MEAT MARKET A. J. W. BROWN, Prop. Towing Storage Phone 1891 Chevrolet Parts and Accessories l^ee Tires GENERAL AUTO REPAIRING Flat Rates Given on all Work if Desired Sherman McCarter Garage Latourell Bldg. Doubted His Word. W hen th e Widow M ingus cam e in to Andy W h ite’s sto re for h e r weekly supply of groceries th e fro n t of h er drees was disfigured w ith splotchy bars of red paint. “ How did you ever come to get th a t, Mrs. M ingus?" asked Mr. W hite. " I was leaning over th a t Sandy B evan’s fence to look a t a hog,” a n g rily answ ered the widow. "B u t Sandy has a big sign up,” p u t In Deacon P etty, "W et P a in t— Sandy B evan.” “ 1 saw th a t," snapped th e widow, " b u t everybody know s w hat a lia r he Is."— T oronto W orld. Phone 2331 "W ell,” said Umson, In reply, “ I d o n 't care so much w hat they do as long as they keep o u t of th e w eath er d e p a rtm e n t.” "W hy should th ey keep o u t of th e w eather d e p a rtm e n t? ” "T h e w ea th er is changeable enough now .”— Y oungstow n T ele gram . S h rin k age in L ivestock V alues. T he value of th e livestock on farm s and ranches of th e U nited States showed a decrease of *3.385,000,000, o r 41.5 per cent on Ja n u a ry first, last, as com pared w ith Ja n u a ry 1, 1920, according to a rep o rt Just issued by th e D epartm en t of A g ricu ltu re. Too Flighty. "I tell you w h at," said Mrs. Umson, Storage b attery rep a irin g and re “ it won’t be long before women a re charging, s ta r te r and g e n e ra to r in m any of th e public offices." w ork. R aker & Son. Phones-: East 7IO2; Gresham S.Y5 AT YOUR SERVICE AT ANY TIME Your Patronage Solicited MORGAN BROS. TRUCK SERVICE M oving and G eneral H auling W ood, Coal and B riquets 124-41 U nion A venue P ortlan d , Oregon EAST OF THE SANDY. Road B u ild in g Industry E m ploys 1 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 W orkm en. Need Your S u it d e n n e d ? Have it F rench dry cleaned. Re T he m onthly lib rary tea was held pairin g neatly dene. T ailoring for In th e lib rary T hursday. Mrs. Spence According to th e B ureau of Public ladies and men. j was hostess. P E T E R LEN A R P, T ailor. Roads, th e In dustry of road building A mass m eeting was held in th e is now one of th e larg est in th e I | church T h u rsd ay evening to discuss U nited S tates, su rp assin g th e steel i M ultiply your re tu rn s by adding plans for a city hall. E veryone seem- and iron in d u stry and th e autom obile j w ant ads. to your methods. , ed to feel the need of such a building, ¡Industry. S tatistics show th a t a few so it will probably be built th is spring ! less th an 600,000 are em ployed in th e Miss Bell P arso n s spent sev eral days J steel and Iron In d u stry ; ap proxim ate In P o rtlan d la st week visiting ly 750,000 in th e autom obile Indus t r y ; w hile over 1,000,000 men are friends. (employed in building and rep airin g C larence P arso n s has fully recov (the public highw ays th ro u g h o u t th e ( ered from th e g rip and went back to U nited S tates. An idea of th e enorm ous w ork upon the public roads may work at T u n n el No. 1. Cfir«/u//v be o btained from th e fact th a t th e T he reg u la r business m eeting of an n u a l req u irem en ts of th e im proved wfi/W c y lia d r ic tl th e L adies' Aid will be held in th e roads of th e U nited States is 50,000,- carton inauro* church basem ent W ednesday, th e 000 tons of sto n e and g ravel, or 1,- abaotuto re g u la r silver te a will be served at 000,000 carloads. sa n itation noon. All in te reste d are cordially Her Choice. T he fath er, who was head of th e Invited. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. O stran d of firm, had been noticing th a t his son took a certain unofficial in terest in B riday Veil visited Mrs. L. O strand his p riv ate secretary. oYfer Sunday. Mr. O stran d has T he young man had recently joined th e stafT of th e firm to learn th e bus ch arg e of th e B ridal Veil store. iness. One day th e private secretary, Mrs. H arry W aite has been suffer a very m odest young woman, a n Grocers ing w ith grip fo r several days, but Is nounced to him th a t his son had pro m uch Im proved. posed to h er and th a t she had ac Recommend I. L. A nderson, who m et w ith a cepted him. "W ell. I really did th in k you m ight Albers p ain fu l accident to his foot w here have seen me first." said th e father. th e stag in g on w hich he was w ork "I d id .” she replied, "b u t I preferred Quality the ing gave aw ay, is hom e from the your so n ."— Chicago H erald and Ex am iner. hospital. hot cakes The W ill R obinson fam ily Is mov oi the Gravel and Hand. ing in to th e house ju s t v acated by W est In carload lot o r reta il, delivered or j th e Bloom fam ily. haul it yourself. Phone 79x. J. H tf H om er Jo n es, form erly of this Hoss. place, was v isitin g friends h ere Sun day. Mrs. O. T. W herry of P o rtlan d was th e g u est of Mrs. H. E. Bradley, M onday. Mr. and Mrs. W alter Sherley of P o rtlan d w ere g u ests a t th e B urdine Brunswick Record No. 2185, 75c home, Sunday. Mrs. R uth B rink is hom e a f te r an absence of tw o m onths. Mrs. H. C. McGinnis has been q u ite sick. Alben WS Albert Flapjacks THE $25,000 SONG HIT “ IN BLUEBIRD LAND” FAIRVIEW F rie n d s of Mr. and Mrs. H. P ra tt will be glad to learn th a t th ey are much Im proved an d able to be up and aro u n d . They have been very 111 w ith th e p revailing epidem ic, th e flu. Mrs. P r a tt’s sister, Mrs. May M iller, has been carin g for them . Mr. and Mrs. Louis Stone have I ta k en up th e ir residence on th e ir farm w hich is located n ear th e riv er [ on F airview avenue. T he e n te rta in m e n t to be given on F rid a y evening. M arch 3, will be held at th e P resb y terian church in stead of ( th e city hall as was a t first planned. Mrs. W. A. T ow nsend, who has I been visiting h er son and o th e r re la tives, has re tu rn e d to her hom e In J Condon, Oregon. Jo h n Jo n as is recovering from an I a tta c k of lum bago. Ju liu s L am p ert is th e proud pos sessor of a new Ford. A goodly show ing of hom e folks accom panied th e C olum bia H igh school b ask et ball team to P a rk Rose on S atu rd ay evening to w atch them win, which, of course th ey did, th e score being 6 to 3 in C olum bia's favor. As th e boys have bad to p rac tice u n d er such serio u s difficulties, they felt highly elated to th in k they had won th e second gam e they play ed. It is to be hoped th a t an o th er y ear will see th e se difficulties all re moved. A S t a t e d Com m unication of I Mr. and Mrs. Jesse R ogers a re .re ' * r \ r F airview Lodge No. 92 A. F. ceiving c o n g ra tu latio n s of th e ir A. M., S atu rd ay evening, frien d s over th e a rriv a l a t th e ir M arch 4, a t 8 o ’clock p. m. L ab o r in hom e of a little d au g h te r born on the M. M. degree. Special m eeting a t 7 o ’clock p. m. E xam ination in E. A fifteenth. Mr. and Mrs. Roy M ershon re degree followed by F. C. degree. Vis itin g b reth ren welcome. cently sta rte d on th e ir re tu rn trip to WM. H. STANLEY, Sec'y. Borneo w here th ey will resum e th e ir m . b . M c G innis , w . m . m issionary d u ties a fte r a y ea r's va An e n te rta in m e n t will be given at cation. A fter spending seveVal th e F airv iew P resb y terian ch u rch on | w eeks visiting h ere w ith th e home F rid ay evening, M arch 3. A dm ission folks and frien d s Mr. M ershon went a d u lts 25c, ch ild ren 15c. to W alla W alla to school fo r several m onths. At p resen t they are in Cal PLEASANT HOME ifo rn ia w here th ey will stay a couple T he G irl R eserves of P lea san t { of m onths w hile Mrs. M ershon com- ( p letes som e m edical stu d ies, afte r Home will m eet in th e church next S atu rd ay . A fu ll atten d a n ce is de-1 | w hich they v isit Ja p an and China. Miss M yrtle Soule is spending a sired as th e work th a t is u n d er way few d ay s^it home. on im proving th e cem etery will be tak en up again. T he severe w ea th er was th e cause of th e work being dis- j HALEY continued. T he H aley B ap tist Young People’s T he L ad ies’ Aid society of th e social will be held on S atu rd ay even M ethodist church will m eet W ednes-1 ing, March 4, at th e church. A spell [ ing m atch and a candy sale, which day. M arch 1, a t th e hom e of Mrs. M. L ennartz. I will be given by th e g irls, a re the W ork began M onday on th e new m ain en tertain m en ts. R efreshm ents M ethodist church Sunday school will be served. Come to o u r social. building. A com plete crew has been A good tim e Is g u ara n tee d to every w orking every day. one. O. A. Aids E x-Service Men. Oregon A g ricu ltu ra l College has p u t its sh o u ld er to th e helm in the cause of aid in g ex-service men. The college doors have been opened to 350 ex-service men who received In ju rie s in th e w ar and have been given an ed u catio n al m onthly com pensa tion from th e g o v ern m en t. T hese facts w ere m ade public by Guy M. Booker of th e F ed eral Board. T he men m ust have w hat is term ed a ten p er cent disab ility before they a re en titled to receive th is money from th e g o vernm ent. T h ere are ab o u t 100,000 men in th e U nited 8 ta te s going to school u n d er th e reh a b ilita tio n act to an expense to th e g o v ern m en t of *490,- 000,000. T he fed eral board will a u to m atically go o u t of existence In 192« PAGE T H R EE CEDAR AND VICTORY Mrs. Geo. H ayden has recovered from h er recent Illness and has re sum ed *her teaching again. G eorge j H ayden is able to be up and arouriB again b u t does n o t feel like w orking yet. G eorge A rm strong Is feeling som e w hat b e tte r now. He has been doing som e of his farm work the last few ('ays. A young man is stay in g w ith them now and helping in the work. MARCH Brunswick Records —ON SALE TODAY— mu OPERATIC L x Hi. le w . l (V’«nU).1VaHtml taltaliai^taMpp. Doaii. e INSTRUMENTAL k H e. 1) (B a b la a te la ) P U a .t o r t . 8*lo L m h >I Oodowaky A ir fax O fltrtnx O u t ) T talla S o l . ..........B r .a l.la w B u b a n n a a O r a t o r . ( F l . t w w ) Oonorrt B and ___ W aitor B. R .r r r . . a d B I . Band M otit W l i o o f W l a d M — O r .r tu r . (N lo o la ll C sn c.rt Band W alter B . R acers and H I. Band I t o U a o A Ir a — M a d i a (Son CMoaal— M am m a Mia— M a r ln .r l.ll. ,— O S o l .M I o — C am paaa di S a a O u l.to ) Arr. by F .r ry Ao- oerdlon B o l « . . , . ...................................................... ......... lAsrlo Perry < M «4a-W b Ita (F orry) A a a r d f e . 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O rc h e s tra ■r th e F t r e s o ld . « W i n * Fox Trot (F io r d .) M en. R oU .m lcb’a O rchm tra F a . r e e l U h w a o r e B lu e ) C e ra . A o d M a ta b 'a O r c h m tr a J.L E. METZGER SANDY BLUFF T he m eeting of th e P a re n t T each er association of C ottrell has been postponed from F rid ay , March 3 to F rid ay , March 10 on account of ho much sickness. A W ant Ad. Is th e most direct way to r*»ach a buyer. ANNOUNCEMENT We are opening for your benefit a RECORD EXCHANGE. U you are tired of your old records, any kind, bring them in, and get some others in exchange. We will exchange on a basis of 3 for 2 or 3 at 5c. J. E. METZGER