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Queen E sth er Bake Sale. FULL UROGRAM AT T he Q ueen E sth e rs w ill hold a bake sale at th e Cecil Metzger G rocery on METHODIST CHURCH S atu rd ay M arch 17, beginning a t 1 The G resham Rebekah lodge V alen o'clock. Get your supply for your - T h » G la d H a n d T h ere w ill be a fu ll p ro g ram of s e r tine p arty held la st Monday evening Sunday d in n er th e re .—Adv. C k a rrh ." vices n ex t S unday a t th e M ethodist B ib le S choo l 10 a. m ., H e rm o n a t 11 a. m. proved to be a splendid success. T h ere a n d 7 30 p . m . L o r d 's H u p p e r th e tire t Money to loan on rea l e sta te . B. w ere about 30 p rese n t and a good tim e E piscopal ch u rch , including tw o S u n d a y o f th e m o n th B ib le S tu d y a m i I'r a ie e S e rv ic e W e d n e s d a y , 7 :30 p m. W. T h o rn e, a t B ank of G resham . was enjoyed. Some delicious r e f re s h ch u rch services, th e S unday school, C h o ir R e h e a rs a l. T h u rs d a y , 7 :30 p. rn. m ents w ere served including a larg e and th e E p w o rth League. **I n lv e n a l Brotherhood Is the Goal” valen tin e cake. A sh o rt b u sin ess se s “Come /Aou w ith us and we w ill do T he topic of th e serm on in th e m o rn sion w as held and th e rem a in d er ot thee good.’ ing serv ice w ill be "L ife's H igher Get an E xcellent P ro d u ct and at th e evening w as sp en t in play in g DAVID Q BARRY, B. Th., P asto r. Study them. Study their methods and their prices. In i O ctaves," or “T he Lesson of the Radio the sam e tim e help th e building gam es. for th e E a rn e s t C h ristian .” T h e su b fund of them you will discover the pinnacle of neatness and 1 T he basket social w hich w as to ject for th e evening will be “L u n ar A few w ords w ill tell the whole courtesy, of quality of merchandise and fairness of treat- = Bethel Baptist Church have been given by th e young people C h ristian ity ," or "S u b stitu tes for R e story in th e W ant Column. ment. Such characteristics have built for them the rep- 1 of ih e Zion E vangelical ch u rch a t th e ligion.” Both a re live topics, and will utation of safeness. | home of Mr. and Mrs. T heodore B rug- be handled in an u p -to -d ate m anner. = ger has been postponed. A rra n g e T he p asto r, th e Rev. A. S. H isey, will m en ts will be m ade to give it at a occupy th e p u lp it a t both services. la te r date and an an n ouncem ent will T he ch o ir w ill fu rn ish sp ecial m u be m ade later. sic for both services. Ahnced Clams, Far North Brand, tall cans............ 20c 1 T he ladies of th e B ao tist Guild and T he S unday school has been g ro w Cediisn, 1-pound bricks............................... 20d — th e B ap tist M issionary society will ing In th e ad u lt d ep artm en t. | Swifts White Laundry Soap, bar......... 3c 1 u n ite in an all-d ay m eeting a t th e E very class h as had accessions and ■ Sunmaid Seeded Raisins, No. 16 package...Z Z""'. 15c 1 home of Mrs. H annah Jo h n so n on next will have a w elcom e to still o th ers T uesday, F eb ru ary 20. T he w ork of who enroll. th e Guild will engage th e atten tio n of T he E p w o rth L eague w ill m eet at th e ladies u n til 2:30 o'clock and they 6:30 for th e devotional m eeting w ill decide on p lan s for th e u n u su al S atu rd ay , F e b ru a ry 24, th e Second I en te rta in m e n t to be given on March Q u arterly C onference of th e Pow ell \Vhy pay more, guaranteed to the last ounce ^ D U C A T IO N is a m atter of experience not of observation. 14. T he re st of th e aftern o o n w ill be Valley C ircu it w ill m eet fo r an all-day -/ I’hirty years ago a professior of economics in one of our devoted to th e m issio n ary study. session a t th e G resham ch u rch . R ep leading universities made the statem ent that 90% of all the Dr. George In g lis w ent to Bull Run rese n tativ es from all th e ch u rch es of money invested in advertising was lost, and attem pted to prove y esterd ay by tro lley car an d has been th e c irc u it w ill atten d . T he d istric t his observation by the statistics of commercial failures. unable to get back on acco u n t of th e su p e rin ten d e n t, th e Rev. D. H. Leech, I hat professor is today one of the m ost famous educators w ill call th e co n feren ce to o rd er at 'Ve will have a carload in in a few dayj. See us for prices I road conditions. in the country, lie is famous because he grew by experience 10:30. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil M etzger gave to repudiate his youthful observation. H e now reverses the .................................... ............'"»Ml..... ... ................................... J d in n e r Sunday in honor of th e b irth - faulty findings of his youth and today declares th at 90% of ROADS OPEN FROM y of Ben M etzger. Besides Ben th e the commercial failures are due either to the failure to advertise GRESHAM TO PORTLAND invited g u ests w ere Mr. anil Mrs. Jo h n or to false or faulty advertising. I M etzger, Mr. and Mrs. Floyed M etzger C rew s of men w orking on th e roads If your advertisem ent says you have all wool goods and and baby of P o rtlan d , Mr. and Mrs th is aftern o o n w ere su ccessfu l in you ve only fiS'i wool, the time will come when you will be 1 W aller M etzger and baby from Boring. found out. W hen that time comes all the advertising in the this week has for your inspection som ething new opening up th re e ro ad s from G resham T he m eeting of the Rebekah club, world won't save you. 1 he public will call your middle name in Design and Braided RAG RUGS. w hich w as to have been held at th e to P o rtlan d . Men from P o rtlan d i “ F ake” and view you with m istrust. shoveled th is way and m et crew s of $ home of Mrs. Cecil M etzger on next They are inexpensive and will give I he streets of Bagdad are lined with beggars, men who Monday aftern o o n , lias been indetln..c- G resham men w o rk in g on th e roads. tried to live by trick and failed. Back of these beggars who X excellent service. ly postponed. T he Pow ell V alley road is now open. crowd the curb are long lines of little stalls w here tricksters A E llison oi P o rtlan d has ren ted It w as blocked by a larg e snow d rift ply all the arts of trade. Everyone views the other w ith sus th e D. G. Geddes house and will i-ox ab o u t o n e-h alf a m ile long ju s t th is picion an«l every custom er looks upon the tradesm an w ith sus his fam ily io as soon as w eath er and side of L innem ann. T he W est Section picion. 1 here is no such thing as a stabilized com m odity Home I'urnisher road conditions will perm it. Mr. E lli L ine road is also opened up. Access ? . am ong them. There are no great departm ent stores in Bagdad, to th e Base L ine road w as gained by son has been em ployed by R ak er & no great clothing m erchants, no hardw are houses th a t casry clea rin g th e snow from th e road p ast Son, Ford agents. the tradem ark stam p that assures you th at w hat you get is all it is claimed to he. Mr. and Mrs. D. P. M illiken and th e grav el pit by w ay of th e S tanley oad. z 'h e ir niece. Miss F loella Jacobs, en H ere in this country, our m anufacturers, men of character, T he b u sses w ill again R e su m e the joyed a visit on T uesday and W ednes put integrity into their product. They advertise the product from day of th is week from R ussell Wood ru n to P o rtlan d to m o rro w for ju st w hat it is—that, no less and no more. So you go into a G resham . of Tensleep, W yoming, th e form er store here or a thousand miles from here and ask for the com C rew s o t m en w ere o rganized by hom e of the M illikens. Mr. Wood has In Fairview City Hall m odity that YOU K N O W . You know about it. You don’t the G resham b u sin ess houses to w ork been spending the w in ter In C alifornia even have to have it unw rapped ; you are w illing to take it in Given by F airv iew F ire D ep artm en t on th e roads. E ach firm w as asked to its original package with the seal unbroken; trade unsight, T he b ask et ball gam e betw een N ew fu rn ish one m an. O thers also g en e r D ancing from 9 p. m .'to 2 a. m. unseen. 1 his you do because it has been advertised. berg and tlie Union high team w hich ously offered th e ir services. M ixture of old tim e an d p o p u lar dances Every m erchant who does not advertise or who cannot ad w as scheduled for to n ig h t w as p o st GRESHAM ORCHESTRA vertise honestly will alw ays conduct a business of Bagdad- poned N EW BOOKS AT Gents 75c, Ladies Free. Supper 25c a plate booth proportions. H e will alw ays he a little shop keeper, Wm. H S tanley Is attem p tin g to o r GRESHAM ABRAKY ganize a crew lo c lea r the roadw ay of doing a dinky little business. H e’s the fellow who alw ays GOOD TIME ASSURED snow betw een th e gravel p it and the T hese a re th e days of m uch read in g offers you “som ething ju st as good.” Base Bine. T he cu t near th e pit it and th e rea d ers, young and old, gei Ju st as the local m erchant will alw ays rem ain the little d rifted to the depth of eignt feet. m erchant, if lie does not advertise honestly, so does the m anu IT PAYS TO TRADE AT B IS H O p ’s from th e p rac tice both in stru c tio n and Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Fall have ren ted facturer remain a little m anufacturer, conducting a little busi enjoym ent. G resham is w ell favored room s in Ihe house on Second stree t ness, if he attem pts to distribute a com m odity w ithout adver occupied by Mr. and Mrs. I). P. M illi w ith its b ran c h lib ra ry an d its a l tising. A dvertising will build his business in proportion to the #2.#S — $3.98 — $4.98 — $5.98 ken. T he fo rm e r’s b ro th er, Roy F a ll m ost lim itless tre a su ry of books and public need which he meets and the reliability of his own state Cotton B atts, C om forter C hallies periodicals. H ere is a list of new o f P o rtlan d , visited them early th is m ent about that which lie has to sell. No business can grow week. The th ree have gone to P o r t books a t th e G resham lib ra ry th a t will IT PAYS TO TRADE AT B IS H O P S great w ithout advertising and it will grow great only in propor w het th e ap p e tite of th e book lovers land for a few days. tion to the am ount and character of the advertising which it “ My Life and W ork," by H enry I INTEREST IS SHOWN A c a r is said to be com pletely b u r does. No business can grow great w ithout honest advertising. niail to F irs t S tate B ank, re p o rt show ied in the snow betw een th e Base Line Ford. "T w enty y ears ago he w as a YOU—-you and me, ju st average buyers. W hat shall we IN BANK CONTEST ing n um ber of stu d e n ts from th e ir poor man. Today he is th e rich est road and Fairview . buy? Shall we buy of the Bagdad m erchant and take the stuff school w ho w ill , p a rtic ip a te in th e Much in te re st is show n in th e sec- Roy E. Cannon is driving a tine 4- m an in th e w orld and th e m ost talked w ithout the sterling stam p? ond a n n u a . E ssay C ontest of th e F irs t | f X I a r ir c h of A m erican. H ere he te lls for th iloor Ford, sedan. T he intelligent purchaser buys through his m erchant the T he Queen E sth er g irls are planning first tim e th e sto ry of his b a ttle for an S tate B ank. T he ca le n d a rs w hich th e fer should have th e ir atte n tio n now com m odities that are N A T IO N A L L Y A D V E R T IS E D be to Hold a sale of hom e cooked food at ideal. He te lls not only th e how but cause he knows th a t experience has taught the business F irs t S tate Bank placed In th e schools T he s!u d en ts of th e different g rad es the Cecil M etzger G rocery tom orrow th e why of his success. He say s th a t builders that a false statem ent about their goods m eans death th is Is th e day of ach iev em en t—th a t I y ear for th e purp o se of vlsualiz- J " '" ' ! 1,1 e,lco u raged to p u t forth aftern o o n . F eb ru ary 17. to their business. never has th e o p p o rtu n ity to advance I inR ,h e 8,lb1ect of th e essay, "W h at ! ..'1 ' r _ .e8t. *fforts an<l atten d the m eet \ our Bagdad m erchant will size you up and charge you been so g rea t as rig h t now. And he Effect H ad Hie In te rn a tio n a l A rm s lin g in th e M asonic h all, G resham , Methodist lliizntir is Postponed w hat lie thinks he can get. You can dicker and b arter w ith him. ongress at W ashington, D. C. on th e *>venin,{ oi MaZ H th , w here m a tte rs n* T he b azaar and d inner w hich wa to lays down sim ple, easily und ersto o d I C *-. • ••• _ ! ni 1 if >t*f Bnu ii» ■11 V. — _i • l i e s a m any priced man. He begins on a high price and he held on T hursday, F eb ru ary 22. by ru les w hich any of us can apply to his C ivilization of th e W orld,” w ere very im p o rtan ce will be discussed by a ; . e reluctantly comes down step by step to m eet you. a p p ro p ria te and th e b ank h as re- sp e ak e rs and e n te rta in m e n t furnished. th e M ethodist L adies' A'd of G resham own am b itio n s.” I hat s w hat your little shop keeper w ho does not advertise T he prizes a r c a ll of good q u ality , “Abbe P ie rre ," by J. W. H udson. ce,ved m uch fav o rab le com m ent re has been postponed u i’til T hursday. will do. He is not a fixed price man. T h a t is w hat he does M arch 1, because of u n settled w eath er W here sta lw a rt folk c la tte r over th e ‘ a rd in g them from te ac h ers, school and well w orth th e efforts of th e stu - with the substitute, the “just as good” article. a rk e n in g „ to I c *e r *18 and o th ers. T he dem and from d ents. No boy o r g irl need be T he b azaar will be held in th e G re sh ro ad s in wooden shoes, , h ________ Go to the reputable m erchant, ask for the nationally adver asllam vd of tlle trav e lin g bags or su it am fra n g e hai r th e n ite r r o n and th e silv er toned bells of th e ch u rch | i’chooIs an d f 'a te r n a l o rg an izatio n s tised com m odity, the m anufacturer has stam ped the price the d in n er will b-- in th e evening. The to w ers, am id th e lovely h ills, th e w as so g re a t th a t th e b ank tele- ' cases w hich a re on exhibition in th e where you can see it, and there you get P R O T E C T IO N . com m ittee is uiso planning a program broad fields and th e h rig h t-h u ed gar g rap h ed a second o rd er, an d w as w ind°w of F irs t S tate Bank. T ake no- If you are an intelligent buyer you will buy of the local as an en tertain m en t for th e evening. dens oi G ascony, th e re unfolds tne m uch d isappointed w hen advised th a t ,ice lllat l *ie le ath e r iS^hand sewed to m erchant that advertises because he is the fellow who is j fram e, w hich ca n n o t be done w ith love sto ry of G erm aine S ance and tn e they could not be fu rn ish ed . willing to stand or fall by the public printed statem ent he W h at you w ant, w hen you w ant it, young A m erican. David W are. w hich T he re p re se n ta tio n in th e E ssay th in le ath er, w hich is riveted instead. makes. as you w ant it— W an t ad it. g ains an added ch arm as Abbe P ie rre I P o nte8t w ,n be m uch g re a te r th a n , Even tlle tb ird prize. W ells' O utline of I’« \ \ 1ST. and buy the nationally advertised comm odity P h o n e w ant ads. to 1561. te lls it. T he Ahhe P ie rre him self you last y ear, esp ecially from C lackam as | H istory, re ta ils a t $10.50, and anyone from the local advertising m erchant and leave it to the foolish will love. B rave h earted , keen m in d county w here in som e in stan c es th e w,‘° th in k s h lsto .v is a dry sub ject to buv at Bagdad. — B g R n k a t J L io g ti J o n tt. T hey who fall ed, th e re is no one q u ite like him in w hole class w ill w rite. T he C o rb ett shouId see W ells. high school is ta k in g an activ e in te r- asleeP read in g W ells m u st be suffering m odern fiction "K eep Well S to ries," by M. F. Jones. »st th is year, w hile th e Sandy high from sleepy sick n ess. H e s ta rts a t th e T h ese sto ries, easy enough for a young shool is p lan n in g to fu rn ish som e of beginning and in clu d es in his w ork child to read, will be especially wel the essays as w ell as p a rt of the en- j the know ledge of th e geologist, nat- T he schools w est of u r a list, an th ro p o lo g ist and h isto ria n . com e to p a re n ts and te ac h ers who are te rtain m e n t. T he F irs t S tate Bank is exceedingly try in g to in still in th e ch ild 's m ind an G resham have not as yet been heard u n d ersta n d in g of th e need of p erso n al from. It is hoped th a t they too w ill be anxious th a t every eligible school be clean lin ess, good food, fresh a ir and rep rese n ted by sev eral essay s from rep rese n ted and th a t all school c lerk s and school d irec to rs, as w ell as teach- exercise, w hich tru th s a r e th e u nder each school. R ules an d R egulations have been era atten d th e m eeting in th e M asonic lying p rin cip les of th ese sto ries "W ireless T eleg rap h y an d T eleph- m ailed to each 8cho° ' They should h all, evening ot May 11th carefu lly . T each ers ony,” by A. P. Morgan, T his is the be observed should he carefu l to perform th e du- new edition, 1922. M u ltip ly y o u r r e tu r n s by ad d in g [ lies req u ired of them . T hey a re to w a n t ads to y o u r m ethods. A F ren ch av iato r has broken th e | A NEW DISCOVERY speed record in th e air, flying at the ra te of 234 6 m iles an hour. T he p re WE GAVE THE REQUESTED EXTENSION M atare*« w ay o f production g rea tly vious top speed record w as held by Im proved. an A m erican and was 224 miles. WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE! BETHEL BAPTIST 20 th Century Grocery T h e S a fe Store Buy dependable Coffee DON’T BUY Saturday and Monday Quotations are: AT BAGDAD 20th Century Coffee—It satisfies, your taste I will prove it. Pound for 33c, 3 lbs 95c I M IL L R U N ‘ OUR WINDOW-- J. E. METZGER BIG OLD-TIME DANCE W ednesday, Feb. 21. Dancing 9 p. m. to 2 COM FORTERS Buy of Your Home Merchants Hey Folks! M EET O SCAR HALL! More and Better Fruit W hat’s a home without a Hall ? > p Oscar is the leading character in our “Home Sw eet H om e” funny strip A Laugh for you Every Week iiiiiiiiliiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii GRESHAM LOCALS T h e f r u i t la m u c h la r g e r a n d th e f r u i t hud a m a tu re e x tr e m e ly la rg e c h e rrie s a n d th e y d o n o t fa ll. H ear in m in d th a t f u l l y Su pe r c e n t o f o u r c h e rry c ro p fa lls b e fo re m a t u r it y T h is m a y a ll be saved, e xce p t fo r W e a th e r c o n d itio n s , th e fir s t y e a r b y tlie a p p lic a tio n o f "M o re h o u s e 's O rc h a rd I n v lg o r a n t," a p p lie d h v e x p e rt h o r tic u ltu r is ts . A ll fr u it m a de lo b r in g fo r th a n a b u n d a n ce , as th e “ tn - V ig o ra n t" feeds th e f r u i t b e a rin g buds. T h e s e rio u s b le e d in g a s w e ll as B a c te r ia l u u m m o a ls . In th o c h e rry , soon o ve rco m e , th r o u g h th e p e rfe c t c ir c u la r o n o f th e sap. Roses a n d a ll th e n e w e r k tn ffd o iii m a de to raspen»! w ith b r ig h te r tin t» , a ll cereal», veg etab le s fo rc e d In to h e a v y p ro d u c tio n P ra c tic a l p r u n ln r . « p ra y in g , b u d d in g a n d g r a f t in g alone in p ro p e r .rea son A ll s p ra y s h a ve th e " I n v ig o r a n t " a d ded free. . " T h e w ild e rn e s s a n d th e d r y la n d s h a ll be g l a d . A n d th e de sert s h a ll re jo ic e , a n d blosso m as th e rose W r it e o r c a ll fo r fu r t h e r In fo r m a tio n Phone Sn. 5133 at.d Sn. 1792. Sunday excepted The Morehouse Orcharding Co. W oodstock, P o rtlan d . Oregon H usband Making. A noted su ffrag ist say s: "E d ito rs | m ake th e best h u sb an d s.” T h e a v e r age editor, not to he outdone eith er in ch iv alry or debate, w ill com e back w ith th is sta te m en t of fa c t: “Good wives m ake th e best h u sb an d s.” Fn-t, Faster. Fastest. Ju d g e— Ten d o llars. .Motorist—Can you ch an g e a »20 bill? Ju d g e— No, hut I can ch an g e the Pnc. T w enty dollars. S p e c 1 a 1 com m unication of Lodge A. F & A. M N o 152 w ill be held In Masonic hall W ednesday. F eb ru ary 21. 7:30 p. m. laihor In M. M. Degree. V isit ing b ro th ers welcome W. L. GORSAGE. Sec y. J. F METZUER. W. M. Wf y F IR S T STA TE BANK G resham . Oregon. I am w ritin g in re g a rd s to my note. When I w as In I said I would ta k e It up on th e 20th of th is m onth. On th e 9 of th is m onth I had a D au g h ter born to me and the money I had to take up th e note w ent for D o c to rs Bill and a nurse. If you will ex ten ct tim e 30 days on mv n»’«e • CM ta k e ittu p at th a t tim e when I prom ised to ta k e up mv note on th e 20th of th is it was w ith th e beleve th a t th e G irl w ould not “ n J '0 ’ , l,h e r u Ot. neXt and planded paym ent aco rd in g ly as you will see inclosed clip p in g she arriv ed sooner th a n I th o u g h t Believ ing G entlem en you will see th a t It is not my fault and I am u nab le to ta k e »ip my note on th e tw en tieth and hoping you will Extern t me 30 days I am G entlem en Respt. yours. ( .r resham e- Milk re p o rt b lanks now cheap a t th e O utlook o f f ic e . for M ie S u b scrib e now fo r th e O u tlo o k and y e a r P o rtla n d Dally. • « W'e arc alwaj* glad It» avrommodate whenever we eonsiatently can. L. F ir s t S t a t e B a n k Gresham, Oregon