G R E A T E S T SHOW' ON
R E IH T T IO N IS P R IC E S
EA RTH H E R E SOON
BY willys - oveklani »
T he w o rld 's one big c irc u s— Ring
“Jo h n N. W illys, p resid en t of the
ling B ro th ers and B arnum & Bailey
W illys-O verland Com pany.
Toledo,
com bined—d raw s n e a re r and on its
Ohio, today caused a fu ro re in a u to
h undred c a rs w ill come "ten tho u san d
m obile circ les by his announcem ent
of Im m ediate price redu ctio n s and w o n d ers” to exhibit in P o rtlan d ,
g rea t Im provem ents in th e 1923 T h u rsd ay . A ugust 23.
W liiys-O verland lines." says Will lie s-
W orld toured and w orld conquering
sel of the G resham O verland agency, th is tru ly g re a te st show on ea rth is
T his action em bracing a drop in now fully a th ird la rg e r th a n it w as
p rice on the W illys-K night to u rin g w hen it last visited th is locality
In addition to the m any innovations
c a r and ro ad ste r m odels from $1235 to
$1175, F. O. B. factory, and on the offered th en , th e p rese n t se aso n ’s p ro
W illys-K night
coupe-sedan
from g ram num bers ten m ore train ed wild
$1595 to $1550, cam e as a d istin ct an im al d isp lay s— m aking th irty in all
s u rp rise to th e autom obile Industry ! —and th e m ost su p erb train ed horse
and m otoring public In view of the ac ts th a t E urope has yet produced.
More th a n 700 men and women, em
advance in p rice m ade by not a few
b
racin
g the w o rld ’s forem ost aren ic
m a n u fa c tu re rs in announcing their
s ta rs ta k e p art. T hese a r tis ts Include
1924 models.
T he new values in W illys-K night th e very biggest ac ts ran g in g from
anil O verland c a rs a re the d irect re- extensive com panies of foreign per-
su lt of the w onderful sales and p r o - , fo rm ers to th e am azing E nglish fam ily
duction records m ade by th e W illys- of N elsons— positively one fam ily con-
O verland com pany th is year, eclipsing slating of fath e r, m other, six daugh-
any previous period in Its history, ' te rs and one son. And th is group of
w hich determ ined th e officials of the w orld-fam ous acro b ats b u t illu stra te s
com pany to sh a re w ith the public the th e rem a rk a b le scope of th e hum an
appreciab le saving in costs m ade pos side of th is g re a t circus. T h ere are
sible by an enorm ous in c re ase In 100 clowns. Aside .’rom th e ferocious
beasts, th e p ro g ram Includes forty
business.
“ Mr. W illys added th a t in every de tra in e d elephants. T h ere aYe five
ta il all the ad vantages of th e W illys- com panies of train ed seals, m any
K night ca r have been reta in ed , w hile dogs, bears, m onkeys, pigs and p ig
im provem ents have been added, m ak eons. Added for good m easu re is the
ing th is car, pow ered w ith the fam ous m am m oth m en ag erie of m ore th an
W illys-K night sleeve-valve m otor, a 1,000 anim als. It Is th e b ig g est circu s
p ro g ram th e w orld has ever seen,
bigger value th a n ever before.
“T his announcem ent has g re a t sig- given under the la rg e st ten t,
niflcance because It m arks a new val
Adding org an ic m a tte r to soils in
uation record for autom otive prod
u cts in th e face of a generally rising cre ase s th e ir tilth an d w ate r c a
m a rk e t in raw m a teria ls,” says Mr. pacity, says th e O. A. C. ex p erim en t
statio n . Such additions m ay be m ade
H essel.
w ith b arn y a rd o r g reen m an u re,
F ree P ublic L ecture, high school w hich will also add beneficial b ac
gym, by Dr. C. W Miller. A ugust 24, te ria.
8:15 p. m. Scientific explanation of
th e law s of vibration.—Adv.
S to rag e, S torage
F
or
sto
rag
e see B urten W alrad,
T h e Bank of G resham pays 6 per
ce n t In te re st on tim e d e p o sits.— Adv. G resham , phone 1411.
CHEVROLET
CHEVROLET SALES ANI) SERVICE
LEE TIRES
WILLARD BATTERIES
General Repair Shop
Starter,
Generator
and
Ignition Work
W ork G u aran teed
SHERMAN McCARTER
garage
Phone 2331
G resham
D istrib u to r for C hevrolet M o to r C ars
(1 u arn ntreri
S a n ita ry
W » te r-P r o o f
nd A ir tig h t
SEPTIC T A N K S ;
W e have installed m any Septic T a n k s in E astern
M u ltn o m ah . E n q u ire of any of the following:
use.
------
.
"T his „ is w
hat -----------—
m akes th e price
of
gag g0 up a n d dow n: w hen th e re is a
p len tifu l supply of gasoline, th e price
of g aso line drops. W hen th e re is an
¡n8UfflcIent su p p ly of gasoline, the
pr | ce ascends. T his is not theory. It
)s fact it i8 h isto ry , too, of gasoline
and of every com m odity in th e w orld
as far back as h isto ry goes. It is
econom ic law, u n b reak ab le, Inesca
pable.
-T h e p rice of cru d e oil is th e prin-
cipal facto r.
T he v alu e of cru d e
fluctuates, rise s and falls, in stric t ac-
cord w ith th e volum e th e e a rth yields,
related , of course, to consum ption by
«he public T h ere a re o th e r f a c t o r s -
th e cost of pro d u cin g an d tra n s p o rt
ing oil , of m a n u fa ctu rin g and of
m a r k e tin g - th e s e also vary w ith w orld
i i h ..r o r e c e n t l y
conditions, ag ain obeying th e lm m ut-
am frien d s th e re recen y.
dem and Co8t8
A p a rty of G resham boys who spent I f materialg> cost8 of lab o r, go up
la st w eek a t Cannon Beach consisted
d
G reat W ar m 08t.
of O rville D avidson, C h arles Brow n,
„
. r. V U n rrv ly UP. 38 aI1 th e WOrld knOW8‘
Ray Adams, F ra n c is P eak, H arr.
„T h ree yearg ago th e pacific Coast
W ostell. P ercy P u lfer, E rn e st A" d«r; u n d erw en t a p a ln fu , experience, m ore
son and Ray Cox. They rove ' " " n | p a jnfu i to a h a ra sse d oil In d u stry
In D avidson’s school tru ck .
th a n to any one else. It is know n
Guy F ieldhouse of St. H elens v isit as the sh o rtag e. T he supply of cru d e
ed frien d s in G resham S atu rd ay and oil proved insufficient to m eet a tre
on his re tu rn took w ith him his m oth- m endous dem and. P ric es ascended to
Mrs. M artha Fieldhouse, who will high levels.
join his wife In an o u ting a t Seaside.
'T h e scene changed. H igh prices
T he ladles of th e Zion E vangelical w ere offered for crude. E veryone
ch u rc h w ill hold an ice cream social sta rte d to w ildcat. New fields of oil
on th e law n of Mr. and Mrs. G eorge w ere discovered. More and m ore oil
S leret on W ednesday evening, A ugust —a flood. And th e m ore it cam e the
An enjoyable evening is assu red , jegg its w orth.
P ric e s
of cru d e
w hich all a re Invited to enjoy.
dropped and dropped, an d gasoline
Miss D oris Z im m erm an is th e guest cam e tu m b lin g afte r.
of Miss G eorgle S tap leto n th is week
"H ere, th en , is th e proof of w hat
at R hododendron.
| we say: 1920— sh o rtag e— high p ric-
1923—o v er-p ro d u ctio n — low pric-
M B. Splaw n h as retu rn ed from es ;
e a ste rn Oregon w here he has been es.
The u n b eatab le law a t w ork, The
em ployed as road co n stru c tio n fo re
p
rice
of gaso lin e w as 60 per cent
m an for th e p ast few m onths. He has
been at W eston. Lostine. B aker and | h ig h er in 1920 th an it is to day,
Mrs. W. H. Thom pson w as a v isitor
ot
a r e n n ts.
» . ,»r.
of ner
her p p are
Mr. ................
and Mrs. A Wil- ,
klnson. at the L ittle Sandy R anger
. ..
Mr W ilk in s o n is Sta-
sta
tlo n , w here Mr.
W ilkinson is sta
G re sh a m
Hunting Season
For Deer
Opened August 20
A re you g oin g a fte r your “ B u ck ” ?
Take a W inchester Model 94 Rifle
and Winchester Cartridges
W ln ch eatcr Model 91 RItle
A w ell b alan ced am i a c c u ra te re p e a te r fast in a c tio n
and easy to h a n d le . T h is rltte h a s b ro u g h t dow n m ore
d e e r a n d big g a m e th a n an y o th e r fire arm m ade.
Remember, we hat e a large stock of nearly all kinds of
Gl \ OILS, CLEA N IN G RODS
and ACCESSORIES
Â. w . METZGER & CO.
The WINCHESTER Store
Phone 1451
Mrs. C. M. Z im m erm an and son
O rville have re tu rn e d from Govern
m ent Camp w here th ey w ent on S un
day to spend a day or tw o a t th e cam p
of th e G resham Boy S cout tro o p and
from w hich O rville guided th e p arty ,
22 stro n g to th e sum m it of th e m oun-
ta in on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. M. B
H ow ell and d a u g h te r T re lla also w ent
to th e cam p for a few d ay s’ outing
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. H o rr w ent to th e
cam p on S atu rd ay and w ill re tu rn
w ith th e p a rty in a day or two.
Miss B eatrice Ja ck so n of th e Out-
look force is ta k in g h e r vacation this
week. She is th e g u est of Miss D ella
L ew is at a co n stru ctio n cam p near
Brlghtw ood.
Mr and Mrs Benj r s m e r o n have
rec en tly p u rch ased a m odern m o u n
ta ln sum m er hom e a t W elches and
have nam ed it “T h e C am eron." They
have e n tertain ed a n um ber of G resh-
home.
FRANK C. JO N ES
C A R I'R ID G IS ,
and Mrs. R. A. S ta rb a rd and son
J u n io r of U m atilla.
Miss F lo ren ce H oney, who h as spent
th e p ast tw o w eeks at Cannon Beach,
expects to re tu rn hom e on T hursday.
sim ply says to his colleagues of the
board of d ire c to rs:
Well, let’s ra ise th e price of g aso
line th is m orning.'
•Not so. No m an, n o r group of men.
no com pany, nor group of com panies,
can co n tro l th e price of gasoline, nor
of any o th er com m odity in g en eral
o th e r points.
P e rry K itzm iller, fo rm erly of Bon
neville, h as ren ted th e Wm Caldo
place and w ill m ake G resham his
Judge O. W . S tapleton
B an k o f O reah am Bid.
J. 1. B ato n
C ity o f Ü renh am (C ity H a ll)
.I
hm Jenningt*
M u ltn o m a h C ou nty K a n n (Z)
E . B. K irk w o o d
J K Ultore
D e M e l B e rry Ranch
D r. w . J. O tt
B an k o f T ro u td a le
D . C . E ly
I I . C. C am pb ell
Jan E l kin a t on
E H W illa r d
H . U St (H a ir
B ert Kronenl>er<
S B H a ll
J
as Ledb ury
D r. Geo In a ile
Ed W ilk e «
C M Z im m e rm a n
D
M . I »enough
M r» M aagte V im
B lrd leg Heed
M rs. Sadia B u rr
and m an y others.
l'h o n e 601
It isn ’t n ecessary to rem ind tn e
Mrs. L. L. H iatt, d au g h ter E dith and rea d er th a t the S tan d a rd Oil com pany
son H ayden, re tu rn e d th e la tte r p a rt is a g rea t big going concern and th a t
of la st week from a sh o rt o u tin g at the com pany re p re se n ts one of th e
Seaside. Mrs. H iatt, H aden and Miss m ost n ecessary In d u stries of the
E. E. P re tty m a n , of P o rtlan d , have co u n try and of th e w orld.
gone to G ran ts P ass for a few days.
C ertain rec en t in cid en ts have led
Mrs. A rth u r D ow sett was hostess in m any to ask. W hat or who reg u la tes
a d elig h tfu l trip to W elches on last th e p rice of gasoline? Some people
S atu rd ay in honor of Mrs. Je n n ie Os still th in k "Jo h n D.” raise s th e price
w ald of S tockton. C alifornia, who is to su it him self and once in a w hile he
v isitin g here. O thers in th e p arty g ets scared and drops th e p rice a cent
w ere Miss P e a rl S ellers, niece of Mr.
o r a few cents.
D ow sett, of S tevens P oint, W isconsin.
A little c irc u la r exp lain s all th is
Mrs. C. M. Zim m erm an. Stafford and
p rice fluctuation. It say s:
Bobby D owsett. T h eir objective was
“ W hen th e p rice of ‘g as’ goes down,
"T he C am eron," w here they visited
Mr. and Mrs. Cam eron and Mrs. O. A. or up, you w onder why. E very now
E astm an , who Is a guest th e re , and and then you have observed a change
spread th e ir picnic d in n er and supper in th e p rice of gasoline. It has gone
in Mrs. C am eron’s dining room. W hile down, or up. F o r th e la st th re e years
at W elches th e p arty called on Mrs. th e ch an g se—th e re have been six of
M ary S h attu ck , Mr . and Mrs. Ed them d u rin g th is period— have all
S leret, Mrs. Jo h n R oberts, Mrs. Ed. I been dow nw ard. No doubt yuu won
R oberts, th e K idder fam ily and th e ir der why th e change, especially if the
guest. Miss H elen H isey, an d Miss p rice goes up. One day a gallon of
Mina G ilbert.
gas costs a c e rta in n u m b er of cen ts
‘ Mr and Mrs. W. E. Beegle have as - t h e next day it is m ore, or less,
th e ir g uest th is week th e la tte r ’s sis- N atu rally you w onder why.
!er Mrs R W L eighton of LaG rande.
"P e rh a p s you th in k th a t th e presi-
and h er son-in-law and d au g h ter. Mr. I dent of th e S tan d ard Oil com pan)
Phone 1451
SCOUTING AIDS LEPERS
At th e K slihl leper receiving sta
tlou, Honolulu, the scout uioveiueut
has 20 members.
The Idea of form ing this troop ortg-
m ated with th e su perintendent of the
statio n # who sa y s: a •Scouting
a(| ln has
, he per-
(toned. She re tu rn e d hom e S atu rd ay
m orning by autom obile, h er fath er
accom panying
. . - her.
Recent g u ests at th e hom e of Mr. and
Mrs I). M. R oberts w ere th e la tte r ’s
cousin, Mrs. H arriet Stansfleld and
■ tlem ent. It has cultivated a sp irit of
cheerfulness» and a desire to be help-
ful. It has given th e boys som ething
w orth w hile to do. and lias proved a
w onderful source of en tertain m en t to
| th e men and women who are here.
"Scouting h as m ade these lads
her d au g h ter, Miss K ate Stansfleld of
th
rifty
. Before th e advent of the
P o rtlan d , m o th er and siste r of Sen
movement many of th e boys spent th eir
a to r R obert N. S tansfleld, also Mr.
money ns fast as they could on trifles
and Mrs. Chas. P arso n s of P o rtlan d which peddlers would leave at the gate.
and Mr. and Mrs. Jen sen and children Now they save to buy th eir uniform s
of Seattle.
and equipm ent."
Mrs. H. Donley, who has been v isit
According to the local executive, ev
ing for th e last tw o w eeks w ith her ery one of th ese boys will In tim e he
m other, Mrs. H. M. Shaw , and sister, paroled—cured. T h e troop Is com
Mrs. Leslie S t.C la ir, left Sunday for posed at 19 H aw aiian» and one Ja p a
W alla W alla. W ashington, w here she nese. The scoutm aster, Enoch Aku, a
w ill spend a week w ith frien d s and H aw aiian, tw enty-tw o years of age, is
from th e re go to h er hom e in Spo a man of the highest type. L ast sum
m er th e very day th e annual boy scout
kane.
cam p opened, Enoch Aku was paroled
from the station. He w ent to camp,
and a fte r the vacation period w as over,
An In te re stin g e x p erim en t in freak declared his Intention of spending his
rifle sliiH itin. w aa d escrib ed recently tin«* In fu rth erin g the work of scouting
by an E n g lish officer. “I hav e fired an among the shut-in hoys at Kalihl.
o rd in ary w ax c a n d le th ro u g h fo u r
Since the form ation of the troop,
deni h o a rd s placed a foot a p a r t , ” he
each
week, scoutm asters from Hono
•aid . "I used six In,dies of w ax candle
an d th irty -th re e g ra in s of pow der w ith lulu tak e tu rn s in giving Instruction
th e usu al w ad s T h e shot w as n>m, , o l at th e station in th e various branches
Between th e visiting
by c u ttin g off th e top h alf-in c h of ttie of scouting.
case, and a can d le w eighing one and sco u tm asters and the boys Is a net
a q u a rte r o unces w as Inserted. I fired ting. hut It Is a simple m atter for the
a t a ra n g e of ab o u t five y ard s
Each hoys to follow Instructions in spite of
p lank w as p e rfo ra te d .
T h e re w ere th is harrier.
For th e ir dally “good tu rn s,” the
plenty of pieces of dry w ax on all the
h ,m n ls. b u t th e first.
W hen fired hoys aid th e ir b ro th er scouts and the
a g a in st p la n k s p lace d Im m ediately back oth er patients, and tak e care of the
to back, th e can d le w ent th ro u g h th e ground about tb e station.
Novel Shooting Feat,
first an d w as b ro u g h t up by the solid
w eight o f wood of th e o th e r th re e .”
Money to loan on real estate. F arm
M ajor H a rd c a s tle ad ded th a t a ce rta in loans at 6 per cent. B. W. Thorne.—
gamekee|H*r won many b e ts b> »! ,ot- Adv.
Ing c an d le s th ro u g h a spade.
R e g u la r m e etin g of Gresh-
E R A L ec tu re by Dr. C. W Miller.
■ ant lx>dge No 125. I 0 .0 F
at High School Gym. A ugust 4. 8:15
in th e Odd F ello w s h all, every T h u rs
I’. M -A dv.
day evening. B ro th e rs welcome.
ARTHUR li HENSI.EY, N t!
W h at you » a n t. » h e n you w ant It
Keep Four Lawn Green
A b eau tifu l law n adds m uch to th e appearance of
the home. I t is a heavy d rin k e r and if it is to keep
its rich green color it m u st be w atered regularly.
Lawn Hose Special
was
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
now
$6.34
7.34
6.88
6.88
5.34
4.34
5.34
feet % -in ch
feet ¿4-inch
feet •Hs-inch
feet % -in ch
feet. .j4 -in ch
feet % -in ch
feet ¿4-inch
H ose m enders, couplings, law n sprayers, nozzles, etc.
L. L. KIDDER HARDWARE CO.
Phone 1421
Gresham, Oregon
SA LE
Of Good Used Automobiles,
Trucks and Tires
C h e v ro le t 1921, lo o k s good, ru n s good, $300.
1921 F o rd S ed an , good tire s , sh o ck a b so rb e rs,
sp o t lig h t, $450.
F o rd 1920 to u rin g w ith good tire s , s ta r te r ,
sh o c k a b so rb e rs, sp o t lig h t, n ew s e a t co v ers,
$275.
F o rd S ed an w ith s ta r te r , good c o n d itio n , $350.
2 R ep u b lic % -to n tru c k s, p n e u m a tic tir e s a n d
d e liv e ry body, $250.
M axw ell to n tru c k , good d e liv e ry body, good
solid tire s , $200.
SALE ON
KELLY-SPRINGFIELD
Tires
30 X 31/0 re g u la r K elly cord, $11.50.
3 0 x 3 ’/> o v e rsiz e K elly cord, $13.20.
36 X 6 K elly p n e u m a tic cord, $56.00.
Buy a Kelly cord and re a liz e th e d ifferen ce
GRESHAM OVERLAND CO.
W. A. Hessel
A SCOUT IN SPIRIT
"I alw ays help th e old ladies across
Notice of Me«‘llng of County Board
of Equalization.
N otice is hereby given th a t on Mon
day, S eptem ber 10, 1923, th e B oard of
E q u alizatio n of M ultnom ah County
will atten d at th e office of th e County
A ssessor, at th e C ourthouse in P o rt
land, and publicly exam ine th e a s
sessm en t ro lls for th e y ear 1923, and
c o rre c t all e rro rs in valu atio n , des
crip tio n or q u alitie s of lands, lots or
o th e r p ro p erty , assessed by th e County
A ssessor. And it sh all be th e duty of
p erso n s in te reste d to ap p e ar a t the
tim e an d place appointed. If it shall
ap p e ar to such Board of E qualizatio n
th a t th e re a re an y lands or Jots or
I o th er p ro p erty assessed tw ice, o r in
Looking Both Ways.
Billy Kane, an Irish liackm nn of Ma co rrec tly assessed as to d escrip tio n or
con, Mo., was on the stan d in a per q u an tity , and in th e nam e of a p e r
son or p erso n s n o t the ow ners thereof,
sonal Injury case. A man w as suing or assessed u n d er or beyond th e a c
th e railroad, claim ing he w as hit tu a l cash value th ereof, said board
through the negligence of th e engine may m ake p ro p er co rrec tio n of the
man. It was in evidence th a t th ree sam e.
If It sh a ll ap p e ar to such
boys w ere standing on the edge of the Board th a t any land, lots o r other
platform as th e train cam e In. The p ro p erty assessab le by th e A ssessor
lawyer for th e railroad was cross-ex a re not assessed , such B oard sh all
am ining Mr K ane pretty severely, and assess th e sam e a t full cash value
thereof.
th e shnrper he becam e th e m ore exas
HIRAM U. W ELCH.
perating seemed th e w itness' answers.
County A ssessor.
Finally he dem anded the w itness tell P o rtlan d , O regon, A ugust 15, 1923.
him the exact position of those hoys.
"Well, sir," replied Mr. Kane
A W an t Ad le ts you rig h t In on th o
smoothly, "th e ir hacks was a-faclng g ro u n d flo o r In m ost any sm a ll bus
th e east,"
iness deal.
th e street," said a clear eyed lad to
a scout official," and they alw ays ask
me If I’m a scout, but I'm n ot—yet.”
A lad with th e scout sp irit of helpful
ness at h eart, but w ithout the bene
fits and Joys th a t come from be.ng a
scout! A boy doesn't have to wear
a uniform to be a tru e scout. If he
lives the oath and law as his dally
life, he’s one in spirit. But why not
in th e ranks of th e 430,0X1 other hoys
who are pledged to study luanllnesst
Free Public Lecture
DR. C. W. MILLER
E lectronic R eactions of A b ram s— y o u r ills detected, lo
cated and m easured th ru th e laws of v ib ratio n . Few
drops of blood tell th e whole story.
H ear his report on th ree test cases su b m itted by lo
cal com m ittee.
High School Gym
August 24, 8:1r