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h ll.A DRY ING IHH GLAM tion at th e p la n t of th e W heeler-O s good com pany in Tacoma. Kiln drying of D ouglas Hr common is Mrs. Ben R aney of P o rtlan d w as in A recent rep o rt of th e F o re st S e r a problem w hich differs in several D O N ’T F O R G E T vice, ap p e arin g in th e W est Coast resp ects from m ost kiln drying prob G resham today looking a fte r business L um berm an for F ebruray 1, indicates lems. In o rd er th a t th e k n o ts sh all affairs and v isitin g w ith h e r d au g h ter, th a t it is e n tirely p rac tica l to kiln not drop o ut of th e wood, th e maxi Mrs. T. R. H ow itt. dry No. 1 common D ouglas fir boards mum te m p e ra tu re m u st be lim ited Mrs. F red B uerley of C en tralia, and dim ension. H eretofore th e kiln I m ore or less by the m elting point of W ashington, is visiting w ith her d rying of th ese grades has been held th e resin aro u n d the knots, and th e d au g h ter, Mrs. M att S channo. The im p ra ctic al because of th e dam age j hum idity k ep t high enough so as not la tte r's b ro th er and sister-in -law , Mr. done to the lum ber by th e m ethods to allow excessive differential sh rin k and Mrs. G eorge B aker and sister. used. T he p rese n t p ra c tic e of lum age betw een th e knots an d th e body Miss H elen B aker, of Kelso, W ashing b er m a n u fa c tu re rs is to a ir dry Doug wood. T he difficulty of keeping th e ton, w ere g u ests h ere on la st S a tu r las Dr com mon, or to ship ft green. k n o ts in p lace is lessened to som e ex day n ig h t and Sunday. The kiln drying of D ouglas flr com te n t by th e fact th a t it is u su ally not Mrs. J. C. C arlso n re tu rn e d last mon prom ises to become one of the n ecessary to dry com mon lum ber to a S p e cia ls W ed n esd a y an d T h u rsd ay O n ly n ig h t from so u th e rn C alifornia w here m ost effective m easures for conserv m o istu re c o n ten t low er th a n 15 per she w ent ten w eeks ago on a trip com ing th is m a teria l, by reduciug th e cent. A new com plication is added bining b u sin ess and p leasu re. The losses now o cc u rrin g w ith a ir drying how ever, in asm u ch as it is very d if w eath er h as been uncom fortably Y our ch oice of 1 q u a rt Sauce P a n s, 1 q u a rt M ixing B ow ls and m achining. The saving to be ficult to b rin g heartw ood and sapwood w arm in th e south, acco rd in g to Mrs. o r 1 q u a rt P u d d in g P a n s. gained in low er freig h t ra te s through to a uniform m o istu re co n ten t as high C arlson. shipping dry lum ber instead of p a r as 15 p er c e n t by any o rd in ary kiln- Mr. and Mrs. Chas. M cC arter have tia lly wet lum ber will not only g re a t d ry in g m ethod. gone to B ayard, N ebraska, w here they ly benefit th e lum ber m a n u fa ctu re r, T hese u n u su a l req u irem en ts de b u t ev entually th e consum ing public, rnand th a t a kiln for d ry in g Douglas expect to rem ain indefinitely. T heir Miss Edith Bennett, of N. Y., Is a and m oreover will perm it a w ider dis flr common sh a ll have a very rapid d au g h ter, Mrs. Eva H olth and her happy soprano. Singing from New. urk. N J.. Feb. 25. her sixteen songs F rid a y an d S a tu rd ay O n ly trib u tio n of th is fine s tru c tu ra l m a and uniform circ u latio n read ily re little d au g h ter, Olive, w ill rem ain here w ith relatives. were heard In England and France. te ria l, the rep o rt states. versible in directio n , and an accu rate In P aris an am ateu r w ith a home T he sixth b irth d a y of C h arles and In 1920, p la n ts lying w est of th e co n tro l of te m p e ra tu re and hum idity. m ade radio nicked up th e program. C ascade m oun tain s in Oregon and T he only type of kiln w hich at p re s K ath ry n G orsage w as celeb rated with W ashington produced 2>4 billion ft. of en t can be safely recom m ended for a p a rty given by th e ir m o th er, Mrs. DON’T MISS THESE BIG VALUES No. 1 common D ouglas fir boards and th is class of w ork is an in te rn a l fan- W. L. G orsage, on la st S atu rd ay , RADIO FANS PRAISE WILLARD BATTERIES dim ension, rep resen tin g m ore th an 42 kiln sim ilar to th e sem i-com m ercial M arch 10. T h eir b irth an n iv ersary p e r cent of the total volume of flr cut u n it In o p eratio n a t th e F o re st P ro d w as on W ednesday p receding b ut the A good deal of in te re st and no little N O T IC E — A B ea u tifu l V a se to the O ld est in th is region. As th e local m ark et ucts L ab o rato ry , Madison, W isconsin, day of th e p a rty was th e te n th b irth frien d ly com petion is developing P erson A tte n d in g the B ig 9c S a le. does not absorb th is am ount of com o r to th e kiln used by th e lab o rato ry day of th e S terlin g tw ins, R obert and am ong th e local rad io o p erato rs. It m on lum ber it becomes necessary to at Tacom a, W ashington, In developing R uth, who w ere am ong th e guests. is a "catch as catch c a n ” co n test to L e a v e Y our N am e, Age a n d A ddress find m arkets in th e g rea t consum ing th e schedules for th e drying of No. 1 O thers p rese n t w ere V irginia Miller, see who is able to get th e g re a te st M arg aret Ott, D orothy Sunday, Donald c e n te rs of th e east and m iddle west. D ouglas flr com mon. n um ber and th e fa rth e s t d ista n t b ro ad Page, M arjorie A ylsw orth, L o retta T he A tlantic seaboard can be supplied castin g statio n s. by cargo by way of the P an am a canal, S u lfu r In creases Crop on Most Red D ahl, R ichard M etzger, R ussell Akin, T acked on th e w all above o r n ear R obert Jo n es, Je a n E lk in g to n , May H ill Soil. but the m iddle w est is reached only th e receiving set of alm o st an y of our GRESHAM, OREGON by rail. Since rail ch arg es a re based S u lfu r h as beat su p e r-p h o sp h ate P a rk e r and Je a n Botkin. Mrs. Jack - local rad io " fa n s ” you w ill find a on weight, each pound of w ater re p roducing in c re ase s in crop yields on son Jo n e s a ssiste d Mrs. G orsage in larg e m ap of th e United S tate s lite r moved from th e lum ber ac tu a lly low red hill soils in recen t field ex p e ri en tertain in g . ally dotted w ith b ro ad castin g statio n s ers the cost of tra n sp o rtin g the lum m ents conducted by th e Oregon E x B. F. B auer of M ontavilla w as a checked off as they have been cau g h t It P a y » t o T r a d e a t B i s h o p ’s b er to the m arkets. p erim ent sta tio n , rep o rts, W. L. Pow ca lle r on G resham frien d s today. Mr. by th e in d iv id u al’s rad io set. It is a K eport Is based on rese arch done by ers, head of soils in v estig atio n at B auer and his fam ily have b ut re c e n t m a tte r of co n sid erab le pride on the th e F orest service In co-operation w ith O. A. C. As m uch as 5.0 per cent In- ly re tu rn e d from n o rth e rn Illinois p a rt o t each rad io o p era to r to g et one th e West Coast L um berm en s associa- C re a s e has been obtained from su lfu r h ere they have been a ll w in ter. They or m ore new sta tio n s eyery evening. trea tm e n ts. found very u n fav o rab le h e a lth condi -Some of th e se m aps a re so dotted with F o u r field fe rtiliz e r ex p erim en ts a re tion and did not delay th e ir re tu rn u n checks and cro sse s or o th er m ark s as O ur NOTHIN SALE fo r th e L a d ies’ H o m e S ew in g C ircle m ain tain ed on red h ill soils a t Shaw, til sp rin g as they had intended. They to ren d e r them p rac tica lly u seless for W eek h a s been c o n tin u e d fo r o n e w eek. W e a p p re c ia te any o th e r purpose. C o rb ett and N orth A lbany, and on the a re very glad to be back in Oregon. th e su p p o rt w e h a v e received fro m th is sa le a n d w ish to Mr. M cC arter, local W illard b attery u p lan d s a t th e A sto ria b ran c h ex p e r W ilson E astm an recen tly u nderw ent dealer, has m ade an in te re stin g in giv e o th e rs o p p o rtu n ity to benefit by th e reduced p ric e s im ent statio n . T h ere a re 12 to 30 on NOTIONS. F i o p eratio n for th e rem oval of his v estigation along th ese lines. H aving sold a n um ber of rad io b a tte rie s to plots at each location. tonsils. o w n ers of som e of th e la rg e r sets, and T he su lfu r co n ten t of red h ill soils IN EVERY WAY it pays to trade at Ju d g e and Mrs. G. W. S tapleton having advised a num ber of rad io en any quantity—any time ru n s only 150 to 400 pounds in the sp en t a few days a t Seaside, re tu r n th u sia sts in th e building of sets, he plowed su rfa ce of an acre, as show n ing hom e Monday night. They rep o rt w as cu rio u s as to how th ese se ts com D ELIV ERED pared w ith o th ers. by chem ical an a ly sis m ade by th e d e having enjoyed one b eau tifu l day. Made In G resham "I found th a t p rac tica lly every set p artm en t of a g ric u ltu ra l ch em istry , of A 10-pound g irl w as b o rn to Mr. and equipped w ith sto ra g e “A” an d “B” soils from sev eral co u n ties surveyed b atterie s w ere fa r b etter both in pick PACK PRODUCTS CO. T hat th ese soils a re deficient in a v a il Mrs. Ben P e rry on Monday, M arch 12. ing up d ista n t sta tio n s and in the Phone 1391 G resham E ugene C allison, who is in P o rt c lea rn e ss of recep tio n ,” said Mr. Mc able su lfu r a t th e close of th e rain y season Is Indicated by th e fac t th at land sa n ita riu m for tie a tm e n t, is r e C arter. “ I also learn ed th a t th e sets equipped w ith W illard rad io b atterie s I m ore su lfu r is lost in d rain a g e th an ported co n sid erab ly im proved. a re leading both as to num ber of s ta com es down in th e rain fall. J. V. Cem er left th e la tte r p a rt of tions picked up an d as to d istan ce of G ypsum , w hich is calcium sulfate, la st week for a b u sin ess trip to Po sta tio n s from receiv in g sets. RURAL FARRIER SEEKS un ab le to m ake no deliveries on a c TIRES AM» TURKS 'T h e ab ility to pick up d ista n t sta j has aided in n itrificatio n and in estab catello , Idaho, an d B utte, M ontana, HOME IN MIDDLE WEST count of storm conditions. tions, of co u rse, does not depend en lishlng new clover stands. w hich w ill keep him aw ay from home tire ly on th e b attery . A ntenna, w ir O ld field Mr. and Mrs. J. R. L ish, c a rrie r and S u lfu r can be bought as flour su l- for about six w eeks. Tires ing and tu b es all have th e ir influence su b stitu te c a rrie r on R u ral R oute A NITRATE FERTILIZERS | fur or in gypsum , w hich is one-sixth P rin c ip a l Cannon re p o rts th a t the in d eterm in in g th e lim its of th e set BENEFIT HARDEN CROPS from G resham postofflee, w ill be A m erican* i su lfu r in av ailab le form. atten d a n ce at th e high school has been But w ithout a good sto rag e b attery it A kron T ire s C ontinued use of su lfu r, o r applied co n sid erab ly in te rfe re d w ith last week is p rac tica lly im possible to g et good tra n sfe rre d to P aw nee City, N ebraska. , A pplications of n itra te fe rtiliz e rs about th e 15th of th is m onth and th e te ria lly benefit sp rin g g arden crops. V iileanizini; and R e tre a d in g , faste r th an it is used up by th e p lan ts, and th is by an epidem ic of colds and re su lts, I have found.” CaI FJ e r a t th a t PlaCe WiU C° m e h e re ’ ' N itrogen is one of th e essen tial p la n t All W ork G uaranteed ten d s to produce an acid condition grip. T his condition has affected both W hen th e M achine Won’t Work. le tra n s fe r is th e re su lt of an ad- I food elem ents and is d irectly asso ciat- th a t may m ake n ecessary th e use of te a c h e rs and pupils. As m any as 28 It Is safe to say th a t a m ajo rity of v ertisem en t placed in T he R u ral C ar- ed wftl, vegetable grow th. Sodium ni- I lime. stu d e n ts w ere o ut on Monday. th e tro u b le s experienced w ith ma r.e r in Ja n u a ry ask in g for a tra n s fe r »rate o r chill sa ltp e te r fu rn ish es ni- GEO. A. B R A N D T P h o n e 1107 Mr. and Mrs. W. H. McM aster and ch in ery , autom obiles and pow er farm to th e m iddle w est on account of tr o g e n 'I n th e form th a t Is readily W an t aas. ad d to y o u r profit. «laughter C harm ion, of C orvallis, w ere ing equipm ent a re due to lack of h ealth conditions. W ithin a few days I av ailab le for p la n t use know ledge on th e p a rt of th e o p era to r w eek-end g u ests of P rin c ip a l and Mrs. as to w h at th e m achine is cap ab le of a fte r th e ad ap p eared 50 an sw e rs w ere Much depends on applying th e ni- Roy Cannon. Mr. M cM aster Is p rin doing and how to keep it in first-class r e c e ^ e d and to d ate 80 have come, tr a te at th e rig h t tim e, th e best being cipal of th e C o rv allis high school. w o rking condition. It n a tu ra lly fol show ing th e la rg e n um ber who are ea rly ,n th e grow jng period Qf C lair Burch had the m isfo rtu n e to low s, th e re fo re, th a t if, as a farm in g lose th e flrst jo in t of his left fore class, we a re to get p ro p er and ad e an x ous to m ake th e ir hom e in th e p lant. T he increased benefit w ill com - q u ate re su lts from o u r g rain d rills T he a n sw e rs cam e from p rac- ■ p en sate for any losses due to leaching, Anger w hile sp littin g wood S aturday. autom obiles, g aso lin e engines, tr a c t wes tic ally all of ih e m iddle w estern T he application of sodium n itra te Mrs. Thos. M cKenney is spending ors, cream se p a ra to rs, lig h tin g p la n ts s ates from M innesota to M issouri, recom for the g arden is 150 th e week in T u a la tin w ith h er niece, and an y o th er m odern m ach in ery we also from Ohio on th e ea st and Idaho. pounds m ended th e a c re . , ‘ oll|d m ust go about le arn in g our individual Mrs. Chas. R osplack. M ontana an d Colorado on th e w est. be crU8hed and ™ gh "e- an d how to ta k e c a re of and Mrs. W. C. B urch has retu rn ed from o m p achines era te them . Mr. and Mrs. L sh have p erso n ally fo u rth inch 8creen or sm al]er , (efore R oseburg w here she spent tw o weeks T h ere a re a few fo lk s—an d only a w ith h er d au g h ter, Mrs. Chas. Lock- few —who can not le arn and w ho can an sw ered th ese le tte rs, and have told sp read in g th e fertilizer m i* with of th e ir u n u su a lly long ro u te and the tw ice lta w eight of Mn(J or a jr 8,aked wood. A d au g h ter, C h arlo tte Jan e, not becom e reaso n ab ly sk illfu l in the larg e n u m b er of p atro n s whom they ,,m e. to act as a fi„ e r flnd fl(d h an d lin g of m achinery. U n fo rtu n a te w as born to Mr. and Mrs. Lockwood even ly for them selves, th o se few a re the serve, w ith th e re su lt th a t th e num - d istrib u tio n . Som etim es on F eb ru ary 20. su p e rp h o s last to learn th a t th ey can not learn. her w ho still desired to co nsider the ph ate is used w ith sodium n itra te , Miss Eva T ach ero n is one of th e 14 But th e overw helm ing n um ber of tra n s fe r w as m a teria lly cu t down. 150 pounds of n itra te to 300 pounds of new pledges of th e Beta Chi so ro rity farm ers, especially of farm boys and In view of th e im pending change at W illam ette U niversity. She will g irls, who will th is sp rin g o r next fall superp h o sp h ate. A fter thorough m ix or next y ear be o p era tin g som e of th is and th e difficulties u n d er w hich a new ing th ese fertilize rs a re applied b ro ad tak e up her resid en ce a t th e ch a p te r m odern equipm ent, a re m ore th a n c a a rr ie r w ill w o rk u n til he becomes R epairs for a ll Im p lem en ts house In th e fall. pable of becom ing reaso n ab ly p ro fam iliar w ith his ro u te. Miss E. E. cast or by fertilizer d istrib u tin g m a chines. W ork th e m a teria l into the Mr. and Mrs. R. R. R ossm an of P o rt ficient in th is line of work. T h e re is Johnson, G resham p o stm aster, has r e su rfa ce soil w ith a h arrow o r o ther* land w ere recen t v isito rs at th e home little excuse for such p erso n s to r e A largt line ot good used implements, cream separators m ain ig n o ran t and Inexperienced. q u ested th e co operation ot all ru ra l tool. of Mr. and Mrs. Day Rossm an. T h ere a re too m any o p p o rtu n ities to p atro n s in com plying w ith th e reg u - j and gas engines A sk a tin g p arty u n d er th e auspices le a rn ; th e re a re too m any books w rit lation w hich provides th a t boxes are ' Sodium "¡’" T a t fp rti,lz ers ’ hould of th e E pw orth L eague was enjoyed ten on th e su b ject by a u th o ritie s to be p lainly m ark ed w ith th e nam e of fn „ . . ®. ' r e tt y to th e dam p °° last S atu rd ay night at The Daks rink. w hose p rim a ry p u rp o se is to m ake p atro n and th e box num ber. It w in '°u’ * 5 ™ m odern devices p ra c tic a l; th e re a re T he young people w ere accom panied too m any schools, som e p riv ate and be n ecessary for th e new c a rrie r to | Radif,he8 P lants, Reliability by Mrs. J. V. C em er, Miss F lorence som e conducted by th e sta te colleges, spinach, lettuce, peas, Service fam iliarize him self w ith th e location Honey, 11 L. St. C lair and George w hose sole p u rp o se is to ed ucate and 1141 cabbage, tu rn ip s, and o th e r ea rly g a r GRF.SHAM 1141 tra in o p e ra to rs along th ese lines. Man of ap p ro x im ately 500 boxes, serving den cro p s respond readily to the a p W ebster. u fa c tu re rs and d istrib u to rs of Im ple 685 fam ilies on a ro u te 50.3 m iles in plication of n itra te fertilizers. m ents and m ach in ery alm o st In v ari length, according to Miss Johnson, Veteran'* Bureau Ila* P o rtlan d (»dice. Oak Wood Fir Wood W ar risk in su ran c e service h as been ably have lite ra tu re co n tain in g the and at p rese n t m any of th e se boxes T ent ca te rp illa rs w ere seriously $10.50 estab lish ed in connection w ith the essen tial fu n d am en tals. F or those have n eith er nam e, num ber, nor any ab u n d an t in m any o rch a rd sections $8.00 who can not a tte n d a tra d e school United S tate s V eteran ’s B ureau in m ark of identification. Names and in four-foot or rick wooc delivered P o rtlan d , b ureau officials have a n eith er at th e s ta te college or at a p ri box num bers should be stenciled or last year. T he insect occurs at th is vate In stitu te, co rresp o n d en ce c o u rs tim e as eggs deposited in com pact nounced. Miss Metta W alker has been W. A . H E S S E L nam ed In su ran ce cash ier. In stead of es have been p rep a re d and a re given painted on th e boxes. In th is connec m asses in the form of waxy rin g s In such way as to be of m uch value.— tion all p atro n s should use th e n um sending prem ium paym ent to W ash about th e term in al tw igs. T hese egg ington, D. C., w ar v eteran s of On gun Oregon F arm er. ber ««signed to th e ir boxes, and not T his is an age of m ach in ery . The m asses should be w atched for and a re en titled to ta k e ad v an tag e of th e coining age w ill be an age of m ore he old num ber w hich w as used be w here observed should be cu t out of b ran ch office service m achinery, for m ach in ery has come to fore th e ro u tes w ere changed two or L oans on policies and o th er m a tte rs th e tree s and rem oved from th e o rc h relativ e to governm ent insurance are stay. No m an. th e re fo re, should be th ree y ears ago. ard. also handled at th e P o rtlan d offices In w ithout m odern equipm ent m erely be E very effort w ill be m ade to m ain | th e .Myler building. T h ere a re several cau se he is afraid he can not o p erate tain th e best possible service and all Money to loan on re a l e sta te . B. th o u san d ex serv ice people of this it su ccessfu lly , and no one who has it W. T h o rn e, at B ank of G resham . should condem n it u n til he h as m ade a re req u ested to co o p erate by m arking su b -d istric t ca rry in g w ar in su ran ce. T hose who have allow ed th e ir w ar su re th a t he know s w hat it can do box, th u s fac ilita tin g th e w ork of the A S t a t e d c com m unication of risk policies to lapse are urged to r e when p ro p erly o p erated and knows c a rrie r and avoiding any In terru p tio n G resham Lo odge A. F & A. M how to p ro p erly o p era te it. in sta te th e ir Insurance. If in good ;n th e delivery and collection of mall. ' N F ' No. 152 will ill be held in M asonic h ealth , only tw o m onths back p rem Mr. an d Mrs. L ish have been on th is hall, T uesday, M arch 13. Special bus ( ut F ederal Expense*. ium s need he paid. For the best s logan for Gresham area to be used by Comtncr- T he cost of ru n n in g th e United ro u te fo r a little m ore th a n tw o years iness of im portance in referen c e to T w enty y ea rs from now we'd S tates governm ent d u rin g th e six and have m issed uo tilde excepting p u rch ase of hall. cial Club and others on Stationen-, laugh to see com ing down the road m onths ended D ecem ber 31, 1922, was th ree and a h alf days w hen they w ere . „ W. L. GORSAGE, Sec y. Thio w as »2O9.67S.7S2 J E METZGER. W. M. lo n e of th e clum sy co n triv an ces we »1.628.230,650 less th a n th e o p era tin g co sts of the now call autom obiles. In th a t day any one of them w ill s ta rt under ail I governm ent d u rin g th e co rresp o n d in g co nditions a t th e p ress of a button, I six m onths of 1921. E x p en d itu res of pneum atic tire s will be unknow n, th e all d ep a rtm en ts show ed a d ecrease but th e m ost n o ta b le d ecreases w ere For the best sut ;estcd 1 .’U, diagram, embit le tn n r n i r - t i i r » p“ r,!' 10 be * “ «» *< » be s to u t • • . . 1 ° U 1 t l i r e | half <>t I l M M l i e » hi h m I I the In th e tre a su ry , w ar and navy d e p a rt m ents. GRESHAM LOCALS Flit COMMON LUMBER Sings First to Two Continents The Big 9c Sale Is Still On ALUMINUM WARE, each EXTRA - 9c S P E C IA L 6-in. Fancy Colored Glass Vases, ea. 9c HEPP’S RACKET STORE Continued for one Week IC E F IS K Gresham Tire Shop Implements, Farm Machinery BESSEL'S FARM MACHINERY J Gresham « Commercial Club Slogan Contest $5.00 Prize $5.00 Prize DANCE suggestive ot products, scenery, location, or all three combined. pow,r w,u be ’team o r Open to anyone, young or old. Contest closes March 26, 1923 ^«¿5* Address all replies or hand to contest committee. J. R. Martin, J. E. Metzger, L, R. Ellerman MARCH ei«ctrtcit>. If you would m ake th e m ost of your I’a trn n iie the Home Shee Milner. M en's and lad ies’ shoes. S aturday o p p o rtu n ities, you m u st allow your afte rn o o n and evening Ruben A nder o p p o rtu n ities to m ake th e m ost of you. son, sta n d in T odd's B arber Shop. R e g u la r m e etin g of G reah- Veetl Year Null ( leaned! am Lodge No. 125, 1.0 . 0 F. H ave it F ren ch dry cleaned Re in th e Odd F ello w s h all, every T h u rs p airin g n eatly done. T ailo rin g for day even in g B ro th e rs w elcome. ladies and men. ARTHUR H. HENSLEY. N. Q. P E T E R LENARD. T ailor. C A. H IL L . S ecretary . Good Mu«lc Ja c k Shultx. 1« MASON«’ HALI., <• RESIIAM Kewpie Olson’s Orchestra A Good Floor COMMITTEE B. w Thorne. W. A. H essel Edw. A ylsw orth J, E. M etcger EYKKYBOIO WELCOME